Cross-stitch cafe 2010

maria_and_the_imps

evening all hope you have all had a lovely day

nmm loving the lions they are looking lovely

finished the april challenge





and this is the next one i have planned and will be my may challenge it is also for the childrens room as are the arsenal ones my ds is arsenal mad im also planing on doing him 2 england ones when i have finished the mr men



bubbles can you put my may challenge down to be - to get all the back stitch griding and 3 mr men finished and my W for the quilt please thank you

im just about to email the people who asked for nudge nudges sorry it has taken me so long

night all see you all in the morning
xxx

chickywiggle

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

and this is the next one i have planned and will be my may challenge

OHHHHH thats the one I'm half way thro. except instead of doing 1 big project each are on individual squares which monster-in-law were gonna stitch onto a patchwork blanket for DS before he was born...... 18 months ago!!
I really outta finish it but if I remember correctly some of the squares frayed loads at the edges so wouldn't stitch on very well...... kinda made me loose my motivation as not really sure what I'd do with it now.

Mrs_Supersaver_1

Hi, why not add some colourful ribbon/lace just before the frayed edges and that would then give a little more length to sew onto your quilt etc.:)

chickywiggle

Mrs_Supersaver_1 wrote: »

Hi, why not add some colourful ribbon/lace just before the frayed edges and that would then give a little more length to sew onto your quilt etc.:)

ohhhhhhhh thanks for that idea.

craftygranny

ooooh i just went to sewandso to look at thread storage boxes and spotted this
might have to see if i can find it cheaper my oh would have a fit but i love it.

*Louise*

craftygranny wrote: »

ooooh i just went to sewandso to look at thread storage boxes and spotted this
might have to see if i can find it cheaper my oh would have a fit but i love it.

That is lovely

It's quite expensive, no wonder hubby would have a fit lol. Have you had a look on ebay to see if you can perhaps get the chart on it's own?

Dorastar

Fairies still not finished but am going to spendtoday and tomorrow alternating housework, school work, playing with kids and stitching so hopefully will be done by the end of Monday - or by end of week if not!

My HAE arrived yesterday - is seriously a mammoth project but looks like there a quite a lot of blocks of same colour so they should be fairly easy. Am not going to start it for a while but have never done such a big one before - where am I best starting and is it better to do blocks of colour or work through squares of 10x10 stitches or what? I normally start in centre of designs but that seems a bit impossible hidden somewhere in 40+ pages of charts!

*Louise*

Dorastar wrote: »

My HAE arrived yesterday - is seriously a mammoth project but looks like there a quite a lot of blocks of same colour so they should be fairly easy. Am not going to start it for a while but have never done such a big one before - where am I best starting and is it better to do blocks of colour or work through squares of 10x10 stitches or what? I normally start in centre of designs but that seems a bit impossible hidden somewhere in 40+ pages of charts!

I would still start in the centre, with such a large design it would be even more important to make sure it is lined up correctly.

What I did with charts with multiple pages was lay them all out on the floor so you have the picture. Then number them all clearly and keep them in a folder.. It will be easy enough then to pick out the centre of the design and start work from there.

I usually do page at a time, I mark the fabric with water soluble pen - it's much easier to count and jump about the page that way (for using up extra thread left on the needle etc) plus less likely to make mistakes.

funfairprincess

I'm posting from pg 128:eek: although I have looked at the pictures and they are beautiful :T:T

Well done to all the April challenge finishers.

I failed terribly:( but that's more or less the norm for me anyway. I intend to get my hedgehog finnished over the next couple of days as I am stitching again and then crack on with my May stuff.

Witchywoo I found Daniel last night he'll be winging his way to you tomorrow!

Welcome to all the newbies


Right off to get the rest of my house work done then I can stitch for a while.

Emzy81

Nmm Well done on your April challenge it looks great :j that Mr men chart looks great

welldone to Chickywiggle too :j

Craftgranny That kit does look good but yep expensive! Hopefully you'll be able to find just the chart, I'll keep an eye out for you

Dorastar Hope your son is ok, and good luck with your HAED, I was looking at mine again the other day, I really love the picture but all the confetti stitching was getting me no where fast, I'm thinking maybe starting a different page that at least has a few stitches of the same colour all together, once I see a bit done it might spur me back on again, but I've got enough to do at the moment! I might try a wash out pen too it seems to work well for you Louise

Hi FunFairPrincess hope you haven't got too much house work to do and then you can relax and stitch

I went to a carboot today and picked up a couple of cross stitch books, not sure if they are any good but they cost me £2 altogether so I'll have a Gluck through them later with a cup of tea and choc hobnobs