Cross-stitch cafe 2010

23rdspiral

thifty wrote: »

Hi everyone not much progress on the lavender fairy I'm afraid so don't think it will be finished by next Friday.

:eek: gosh thrifty, talk about a poke up the whatsit!! i hadnt realised that next friday is the end of the month! :eek: i should have known as we are going away on the thurs for a long weekend, so i've really only got a week to finish the motto, and also cut 45 fabric scrap squares for a quilt piece swap to the USA, and finish a waistcoat to wear there and make a couple of ravens for my friends shop... oh bother. i should proabably say the xstitch should take the back burner but i just know that won't happen as once i've figured out where to put the chicken ect it will be 'easy' to stitch in the evenings when i couldnt do the other things. sigh.

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

I've just finished two small items (5" x 7") that I started a couple of months ago.

They are really lovely Erics' mum, but i wouldn't say they are that small!

OOh, i visited a lovely oldie worldie craft shop today (working in a different place to normal), and the lady was selling off her stash of craft mags and books. i had to resist the books (library resoloution) but couldnt resist 3 of the Xstitch mags: a '94 Needlecraft (cute xstitch sampler & piece on charm quilts), a 94 Crosstitcher (camel & birds), and a '92 Crossstitcher (1934 ducks reproduction). Anyway i was quite surprised to see the '92 Crossstitcher is Number 1!! I checked on ebay and they've gone for 1.00 in the past, and one is on for 3.99, so i'm in profit if i sold it! woop! :T

kezbabybabe

23rdspiral wrote: »

Hey Kezbaby, my OH is all disapointed about not being able to go to the BTC this weekend too. (though i can't remember why he's not going ). I've done a bit of work at Rockingham too, it's a really nice stadium, and grew up with the Silverstone testing sounds ringing in my ears! :eek: Sorry, i'll stop there before i start to name drop anymore!!:D

*giggles* Name drop away, 23rd spiral, You OH doesn't visit the official forum does he? I'm there too with the same username.

*Louise* wrote: »

Kez - posted it last night for you

You are an angel. I hope I can return the favour one day...

I've finished the cross-stitching! :j I've started the backstitching tonight, so let's see how I get on with that and I'll post an update piccie for you tomorrow.

Can't believe there is just over a week to go :eek: I'm fairly confident that I should finish it by then. :A

ali.b.123

Erics mum - they look lovely.

craftygranny - yours is really coming on - why dont you like it???

witchwoopiggy

a week till the end of the month :eek::eek::eek: no hope in finishing wolves, well it does not help that all the same colours have got me fed up with it, sooo as it is a christmas prezzy im now aiming to finish it by then lol and i have started a colourfull project for me and i will take wolves out with me and do my colourfull 'hogwarts crest' indoors hope thats ok bubbles

Dorastar

Hmm might have to pull a sicky to get the fairies finished:eek: Got an email today to say my HAE is on its way via snail mail although the plane problem might slow it down.

chickywiggle

nooo I'm REALLY gonna have to get a wriggle on if I want to get this bit done by end of month (tho am impressed with the progress so far!). Hubby is angling for an 'early night' tonight - does he not understand about the challange!!!!!!

Hmm might have to pull a sicky to get the fairies finished

I like that idea!!

Dorastar

chickywiggle wrote: »

Hubby is angling for an 'early night' tonight - does he not understand about the challange!!!!!!
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Hmmmm my dh might be thinking along the same lines since there are flowers and choccies in the bedroom!!!!! He too is going to be sadly disappointed.

Ruth_honey

sweetcarer wrote: »

Ruth - are Ikea frames really that bad. I was thinking of using one to frame up the Floral Alphabet and buy a made to measure mount from the frame shop that some have mentioned in here - I costed it out and it is too much I feel for both frame and mount from there, though it is probably worth it after all the effort I put into it.
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Gosh I have went on a bit - sorry for that. Its just in here I have found a kinship that I have not had for a long time. I don't have many friends close by. One stopped talking to me after I remarried - only the occassional round robin email and messages of FB. Sad as we would of been friends 21 years this year - met a Girl Guide camp years ago and became penpals then friends.

I found framing it really tricky. I think the frame was called RIBBA, and although it looks great now, I don't think I'll buy that frame again. I've got some other IKEA frames that are fine, so it might just be the way this one was made.

Don't worry about letting it all out on here. Goodness knows I have! I think we've got a wonderful supportive group of friends here, so feel free to let loose if you need to.

Emzy81 wrote: »

Ha ha you could place them all over each other so each one covers the unfinished bit and you can have a wall full of patchwork Cross stitch lol :rotfl::p


That would be interesting! :rotfl:

Ooo talking about hedgehogs we took a rescue one in a juvenile one that was too small to be allowed to hibernate, so had to be kept at room temp. We got him off the rescue centre in November and have had him in a big plastic tub (with holes drilled in) in our office/spare bedroom with us. But we've got to release him in the next couple of weeks.... sounds silly but im going to miss him, its nice sat here on the nights and have him come out and say hello and start ripping his newspaper bed apart lol. Although im not sure ill miss cleaning him out every morning, honestly i never knew they were such messy animals!

Awww...love hedgehogs, and well done for looking after him. That's a lovely thing to do. We saw a hedgehog for the first time in ages a few weeks ago. Took a different route home from the tube station & he was on someone's doorstep-then saw us and ran...(they can really shift, can't they???)

harley1 wrote: »

New baby is due in 2 days so really must get a wriggle on!!!

Good luck with the birth. Hope all goes to plan & make sure you come back here as soon as you can and show off some pics of him/her!

Ruth_honey

chickywiggle wrote: »

nooo I'm REALLY gonna have to get a wriggle on if I want to get this bit done by end of month (tho am impressed with the progress so far!). Hubby is angling for an 'early night' tonight - does he not understand about the challange!!!!!!

[QUOTE=Dorastar;32088143Hmmmm_my_dh_might_be_thinking_along_the_same_lines_since_there_are_flowers_and_choccies_in_the_bedroom!!!!!_He_too_is_going_to_be_sadly_disappointed.[/QUOTE]

Maybe the men are feeling neglected??? I see no sign of chocs or flowers here, but I have been made a cuppa & he cooked tea. Although he's been cooking tea all week as I'm so knackered from getting up early for jury duty, then sitting around all day. It's soooo tiring doing nothing. Well, that's not quite the truth. I stitched for a bit this morning, then shortly before lunch, I got a case! :j Expected to last a couple of days, so at least I'm doing something all day tomorrow. It's quite interesting watching the lawyers argue their case. Like being on Law & Order-although not as slick!

harley1

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Good luck with the birth. Hope all goes to plan & make sure you come back here as soon as you can and show off some pics of him/her!

Ah, thanks Ruth, but it's not my baby - it'll be my nephew:T. My baby is coming up to 7 months old:o (where did that time go???). It is her that I am doing the practice vest for before I do the real thing as a gift.

Though I will take you up on the kind offer of posting pics when it is finished. Any excuse to pop her photo on here