Cross-stitch cafe 2010

Dorastar

Yay have actually got started on my June challenge - although I did stay up stupid late this morning to get started on Fillmore for ds - it is much smaller and easier than I thought so with luck I might actually complete both parts fo my challenge (don't want to jinx myself now though shhhhhh;)) Have also got to sew dancing outfits for me and dd ready or 19th June so going to be busy!

Thanks for updating the list Bubbles and welcome Froddington:)

ERICS_MUM

Judellie wrote: »

Hi emzy81

gallery.me.com/judith0909#100460/IMG_0002&bgcolor=black.

Coverage isn't too bad. As you can see the background is quite a bold colour and doesn't really show through much at all. HTH. Don't know if you can make out the date on it (1992:eek:)

Jude x

Dear Jude,

what lovely works of art ! I especially like the Harbour, would you mind me asking which company produced to kit or chart please ?

Thanks

Linda xx

awesome2_2

Hi Everyone
Hope you are all having a great day and getting loads of lovely stitching done.

Maria and the imps Thank you so much your help is greatly appreiated so is the pattern.

Bubbles Well done for haning in there it is looking fab wish I was as talented as everyone on here.

Have a good day

ERICS_MUM

I've noticed a few of you saying that you stay up very late to get some stitching done. I confess that sometimes I am still stitching at 2am, munching on a bag of tortilla chips (nacho flavour) and watching QVC in the background :eek:.

How late do some you actually stitch ?


Linda :beer:

Ruth_honey

Bubbles911 wrote: »

Ruth your massaging chairs at the hairdresser sounds like heaven! I cant afford to go to a hair dresser, my friend is a mobile hairdresser so I die my own about once every 3 months when I can afford it and she comes and cuts it every 3 months or so. The rest of the time I cut it myself, as my hair is short its quite easy just to trim it. It only costs a tenner for her to cut it then I dry it myself. I never used to think about paying out for a colour cut and blow dry and the hairdressers, now I would kill to have one to feel special! San Fransisco looks lovely.

Yep, it was lovely! I haven't had my hair cut for almost a year. My usual hairdressers has closed so I wasn't sure where to go. The last place had a great offer on-cut, colour and style for £20! It was a proper 'granny' salon and it was only round the corner. I found a place on LastMinute.com that was a cut & colour for £22.50 at the Hilton Park Lane. I thought this seemed reasonable, so that's where I went. The college by where my mum lives has a salon and a dry cut there is only about £5. It's hard to find a place you're totally happy with though.

That paragraph sounded foreign to me! I only use Aida, ruth honey is sending me some even weave (not sure what count) to try for the first time.

I'll be popping your evenweave in the post later today. It'll be 28 count, which is equivalent to 14 count aida. Let me know how you get on with it.

Been stitching some more on Balloon Girl today. It looks odd close up with the all different colours around the black, but from a distance, it works.

Off to see Michael McIntyre tonight. It's a show where he's trying out new material, so should be fun. It doesn't start until 9:30pm, though!!! I'm usually ready to go to bed about then.

*Louise*

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Off to see Michael McIntyre tonight. It's a show where he's trying out new material, so should be fun. It doesn't start until 9:30pm, though!!! I'm usually ready to go to bed about then.

Ohhh I am so jealous!! We saw him last year at the Edinburgh playhouse when he was filming his Comedy road show and he was just amazing - one of my favourite comedians ever.:j

Ruth_honey

*Louise* wrote: »

Ohhh I am so jealous!! We saw him last year at the Edinburgh playhouse when he was filming his Comedy road show and he was just amazing - one of my favourite comedians ever.:j

My mum is jealous too. We were watching his first DVD on holiday & she loved it. We saw him at the O2 last year & he's brilliant. This venue is tiny compared to that and we're only 5 rows from the front!!!:j:j:j Must take camera....:D

*Louise*

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

How late do some you actually stitch ?

Depends what I'm working on and how much I am enjoying it. With my lake picture I was easily up till 3am at the weekends.

I don't get time to stitch during the day, so when I do pick it up at night, I hate stopping!





Feel so bad I can't get to grips with this afghan, I HAVE to complete it by Fri, but I just have so much other work on atm.:o I have figured out why I'm not enjoying it though....I can't use my (luvverly) lap frame, so am back to single hand stitching, which is giving me a clicky wrist and it's blimmin uncomfortable

sweetcarer

thifty wrote: »

:rotfl:

I am off to John Lewis tomorrow to get the remaining threads I don't have for the Charlie and Lola charts and I must remember to put my mag in my bag today as I left it in my sewing bag and so couldn't copy it:mad:

thirfty

If you have time you should buy your threads from the website a lot of use for threads as they are only 37p each but you can buy in bulk for cheaper.

http://www.across-town-stitching.talktalk.net/index.html

I remember buying in John Lewis a few years back (at least 7 years ago) and they were 75p each then.

Kind wishes

sweetcarer

AshysPebbles

Hi! I'm another newbie that would like to join please!
Just got back into cross stitching for the first time since I was about 12, and made a sampler for a wedding I'm going to this month. Didnt take too long, although I did spend a fair bit of time unpicking bits I wasn't happy with. Now looking forward to progressing a bit, you lot have given me loads of inspiration.

so a pic of my 1st (ish): with details removed for the recievers privacy-and in case any one who knows me is around