Cross-stitch cafe 2010

sophieandemily

Hi all can I join I have only had chance to look back a few pages of this thread but its good to know there are lots of people like me out there with half done projects.
I have just finished a birth sampler for my daughter she has just turned two! I can't post a picture or a link but its called Toy Shelf Birth Sampler and I am looking for another one similar to this one to do for my daughter whi is almost one! I want to get another one done especially as I am expecting number 3 in July and will then want to do another one! any suggestions anyone
looking forward to getting to know you all
Beth

harley1

Morning all, and welcome to all the newbies. Lovely to see everyones work.

Ellie, that santa looks brilliant. Coming along nicely.

Maria, those lillies are stunning, I hated working on black but it really does pay off. Well done for having more patience than me!!!

I did a little bit more stitching yesterday, Kezia slept a bit better in the afternoon for once so I caught up with all the new CSI's from the night before and stitched away quite happily.

I'll try to figure out how to upload all my pics when I finish this last one but all the photos of them have been taken on my phone and I'm not sure how to get them onto the laptop. When I get chance I'll investigate a bit further but don't be holding your collective breaths for me to understand how it all works.

Have a lovely day all,

Harley xxx

maria_and_the_imps

morning all thanks for all the lovely comments on my lilliies i didnt find it to hard working on the black just made sure i had really good light, i did attempt to do it in the car on the way to visit my mum but that didnt work out to well !!!
hello newbies
elliep you santa is coming on really well cant wait to see him finished, the snow has stopped here now and we now have rain so im not sure what is better
hope everyone has a lovely day
xxx

kezbabybabe

elliep wrote: »

Kerry, you're very diciplined to take a picture every day. it's lovely to be able to see your progress though.

Thanks Ellie, I found that my friends on FB are keeping an eye out on my progress, it's pretty easy for me to take a photo on my iPhone and upload it directly to FB, cos sometimes I forget to take it when I start the next days session.

sophieandemily wrote: »

I have just finished a birth sampler for my daughter she has just turned two! I can't post a picture or a link but its called Toy Shelf Birth Sampler and I am looking for another one similar to this one to do for my daughter whi is almost one!

Hi Beth,

I love doing samplers for people. Having completed 3 now for various family and friends. I completed this one in 2008 for a friend's daughter's birth:
http://www.sewandso.co.uk/cgi-bin/find/db.cgi?db=zoom&uid=&Prod_Code=55296&ww=on&do=search_results
Here's my finished product:
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1541238&l=4ce882834f&id=582306970

It does end up quite big though, however it was an absolute joy to stitch and back-stitch.

Here are some of my completed projects for you, as I didn't have time to post them this morning:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=63799&id=582306970&l=d88f9c7d97

Right time to do some stitching while on my lunch break...


See you all later on.

kezbabybabe

ASC wrote: »

am currently working on a vase of daffodils from a magazine which I’m about a quarter of the way through. I need this finished by the end of the month as it’s for MIL birthday (there’s nothing like a deadline to keep focused).

I certainly agree with you there about deadlines helping! I had to stitch a couple in double quick time, even taking time off work to get them done.

Do any of you do your stitching out in the garden? I do when the weather is nice and warm, listen to a bit of music and away I go.

MummyClaire_3

thank you for posting my link Laura

i love ya Tigger Pics Kerry, i wish i had the patience (and memory) to take a pic of my work every day so i can see how its progressing like that ... and i'd know how many days it had taken me

yep elliep most of them come from Crossstitcher magazine or world of cross stitch as they are the ones i subscribe too i have the gold baby first christmas in the frame in my wall ... and the other one i stitched for Laura's son Ben ... i loved both
Your father christmas is coming along great, i cant wait wait to see it finished

i take pictures of all my projects and i have them all in a photo album (the type with sticky pages) as i have sent so many to different people that i'd forget all i've done ... and some pics i luv so much i wanted to keep after i had finished
.... i only just realised the custion i did for the crossstitch round robbin isn't on there yet ... the pic is but not the finished cushion (which i was lucky enough to get at the end of it) ... might scan onto my pics too the actual page from the magazines as that will add to my cross stitch achievements.....

kezbradley - my daughter is 3 in April and i still never got her birth sampler finished ... or a new one started , the 1st one i started was on 16count aida and i made a mistake on a bit that should have had nothing on it) so when i took out the stitches it left big holes and looked really bad so i binned it ..... and i never started a second one.... and as my sistetr had done her a Popcorn Bear one i decided not to do one... unless i run out of other projects

harley1 - getting pics from phone to comp you need either a lead to connect the 2 or a bluetooth dongle (as long as you have bluetooth on your phone ) ....it took me a while to work out how to do it on my phone but once i worked it out it was easy ... but i can still only do one pic at a time ... i could insert my memory card into a bigger memory thing that slots into the pc but i cant find the bit at the moment lol

xxx

MummyClaire_3

kezbabybabe wrote: »

Do any of you do your stitching out in the garden? I do when the weather is nice and warm, listen to a bit of music and away I go.

yep i luv stitching in the garden in the summer, my daughter can run around and splash in the paddling pool and i can sit in my chair with a nice ided drink, my music on my phone playing and get lots of stitching done ... then wonder where my day went ! lol

xxx

Ruth_honey

kezbabybabe wrote: »

I certainly agree with you there about deadlines helping! I had to stitch a couple in double quick time, even taking time off work to get them done.

Do any of you do your stitching out in the garden? I do when the weather is nice and warm, listen to a bit of music and away I go.

Time off work? There's dedication for you!
I have stitched in the garden before. Get the little table out, large glass of chilled iced tea and my ipod....doesn't summer seem a million months away? Still, stitching inside in the warm, with a hot chocolate, watching the snow fall is also good!

chickywiggle

MummyClaire wrote: »

harley1 - getting pics from phone to comp you need either a lead to connect the 2 or a bluetooth dongle (as long as you have bluetooth on your phone ) ....it took me a while to work out how to do it on my phone but once i worked it out it was easy ... but i can still only do one pic at a time ... i could insert my memory card into a bigger memory thing that slots into the pc but i cant find the bit at the moment lol

xxx

i have found (by accident) as long as my phone is connected by the data cable i can access the photo's via My Computer. then you can copy them really easilly.

MRSMCAWBER

Evening everyone.....
Thought I would take a short break from sewing to post this weeks progress(means I can just get stuck in again in the morning:D)

Here is where I was when I picked it up on Friday

and here is where I am now :j-the colours look a bit odd as I have used the flash .....

I think it is safe to say that my x-stitching MOJO has come back ...I just don't want to put it down
Ellie -Im loving santa ...I "might" get my copy done in time for this year..but I won't count on it

Maria -those lillies are lovely, I like working on dark fabric

Kez- I get my heaven and earth charts online from a company called "sew-along" -I looked, but they don't have the one you are after listed -BUT the couple who run it are great, so it would be worth e-mailing them and seeing if they can get it you in...
Its great to see so many people joining in..
Right -off to se which chunk of pattern to start on next -
Happy stitching everyone :T