The cross-stitching UFO club

*Louise*

My weekly update - Vision at the Lake

Last week:





This week:

shelly

sweetcarer wrote: »

Well folks, I decided to continue - so it was looking like this when I found my UFO in the shed

http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac117/sweetcarer/Picture006.jpg

Then I gave it a very good wash and restarted last week. Now a week later it now looks like this


http://i891.photobucket.com/albums/ac117/sweetcarer/100_3611.jpg

To be continued - stay tuned for next weeks episode.

Blimey! That looks like a whole new piece of material! I bet you're glad you kept going now and didn't bin it.

shelly

Coming along nicely Louise!

I am taking my time on my current UFO project because I really enjoy stitching sampler type kits (which is my current project) because after only a short while you can see where you have been immediately....kind of like doing lots of small kits to make one big one. The last kit I done I seemed to be stitching for hours but getting nowhere.
Also I am using my new frame and its sooooooo much better to use than the old one

MRSMCAWBER

Morning all
*Louise* thats brilliant progress -those shades are so relaxing to look at :TI have a question about that frame you are using -can you get the fabric on it really tight? only Im thinking something like that might be good for the big projects Im going to be doing -but if I can't get the fabric like a drum I will stick to a hoop... ooooohhh and where did you get it from ?-just in case...
Sweetcarer -you have done really weel to get that fabric THAT clean :T-its looking lovely too
Right -back to my celtic lady :j

Misty_Blue

Everyone's stitching is coming on so beautifully.

I don't have such spectacular progress to report, but I have found time for a few hours of stitching time this week, so...from this:



to this:

ocemeer

MrsM, *Louise*, Misty Blue So much progress in a week and you can really see it Very impressed and something for the rest of us to aspire to.
Just bought another UFO - from the charity shop a printed peice of fabric ready to embroider but someone has cut a square from the top so not sure how I will do the panel but it is gorgoues so fingers crossed I can find a way to make it work.
Hope everyone has a nice weekend and the weather is better than here (which as its foggy drizzly adn bleurgh is perfect stitching weather)

*Louise*

MRSMCAWBER wrote: »

Morning all
*Louise* thats brilliant progress -those shades are so relaxing to look at :TI have a question about that frame you are using -can you get the fabric on it really tight? only Im thinking something like that might be good for the big projects Im going to be doing -but if I can't get the fabric like a drum I will stick to a hoop... ooooohhh and where did you get it from ?-just in case...

I only recently started using that frame, and I can't see me going back to a hoop now.

I got it from Sew and Sew when I first ordered my Galatea stuff , it does keep the fabric quite tight, it does slacken off after a while, but I put an extra piece of fabric between the clip and the frame if I need to.

http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran1633-0.html


^^I have this smaller one, they do a larger one as well, but the great thing about it is one side is bigger than the other, so you have 2 different frame sizes to choose from depending on your project.

Bella79

When you have large areas to fill in the same colour do u work in rows then goback along same row and make it a X ?

MRSMCAWBER

Hi Owens

I do.....I find it much easier to do the whole area in 1/2 stitch , once you have the bottom half of the X done and have loads to go back across -you can put your pattern down and just go over it without thinking....

*Louise*
I think I might have to try one of those frames !!!!

nmm

Hi guys, you're all doing really well on your UFO's, so glad it got me back into stitching

My first weekly update, only managed about 6 hours last week so not much done but you can see the lioness's head outline coming on