Cross-stitch cafe 2010

23rdspiral

cassolete wrote: »

May your needles stay threaded, may all your stitches be even, and may the gods of anti-tangles be your friends!

and also to you!


Hi Bubbles, sounds like you've had a hell of a few weeks. Funerals are horrible and all the people you need to talk to but have nothing to say apart from the obvious... sorry, was only there a few months ago with my nan. I hope it went as well as it could.

my neck has been playing up so far less stitching and computer time for me, i'm so behind on catching up i cant remember where i was and i'm away next week... so if you'd like to post a summary when you've caught up that would be great!

not much stitching eh? :T only the patchwork heart (took me nearly 2 weeks!), and all the rest!! don't be so hard on yourself eh?

take care of yourself bubbles, and hugs to you and anyone else who wants needs them.

* ooh, 5 (intermitent) hours of poking the computer seems to have paid off. it's not crashed since i've come on here and it seems to not be dropping text either. fingers crossed.

chickywiggle

cassolete: its lovely, so cute.

bubbles: well done, that's fab. I am sure the mag will understand if you don't want your face published. say you are more then happy to send the stitching pics.

shelly: i know what you mean about the 'home sweet home' - i love my charlies ark but really can't find the enthusiusm for it.

*Louise*

Bubbles911 wrote: »

No 3 Louise - To finish edging of afghan, stitch Liam's birth details and to complete letter 'A' for the quilting project. Oh...and complete the House picture....yikes.

JUNE CHALLENGE - Completed :j:j:j

Here is the completed 'Home Sweet Home', obv with family name blanked out







'Summer Lady' starts tomorrow

Keiss_21

Lookng fantastic Louise, did the design give you alternative people, or did you adjust them yourself to represent you all more closely?

Off to bed soon..shattered! At least no work tomorrow! :j Plan on making a couple of cushion-covers to take to li'l sis on Saturday...so HAVE to get them done!!

*Louise*

Keiss_21 wrote: »

Lookng fantastic Louise, did the design give you alternative people, or did you adjust them yourself to represent you all more closely?

You get a number of designs to fiddle with but I took the basic figures and 're-dressed' them colourwise to represent our own clothes, and my hair lol.

23rdspiral

i've let myself have a cheeky 20mins reading back to catch up a bit before i go away and have TONS to catch up on! So sorry these comments are a little out of date, but i just had to say them!

sweetcarer wrote: »

In this months No1 cross stitcher - issue 228 August 2010 - there is a free kit. The kit is a surprise either Be Lucky (a tattoo style swallow) or Vintage Sampler (home sweet home). I got my subscription copy today adn got the swallow but would of prefered the home sweet home - is anyone wanting swap?

i'm trying not to buy any more mags till i reduce my list... but would dearly love to stitch both, esp the swallow. did you find a swap partner? do you think they could be done with oddments or are they quite large? (wondering if i could get & do them with just the chart somehow;))

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Heading to Northampton (for Home Bargains!) and Daventry first. Staying overnight there, then off to Sherwood Forest Monday morning.

:eek: someone actually WANTS to go to NORTHAMPTON? very strange! i work in the town centre. Home Bargains is pretty much the only decent thing in town though. There's a lovely patchwork fabric shop in Weedon just south of Daventry, and Daventry has the most plentiful and cheapest charity shops around . Hope you enjoyed / are enjoying your trip and centre parks .

Emzy81 wrote: »

Glad you like it here, we'll definitely be here in August so will be lovely to meet up hopefully the weather will be nice
Im going to have to try stitching on the beach but I just keep thinking i'll get sand everywhere so I keep chickening out

hey Emzy, it now looks like we're coming July 9,10,11 or 16,17,18... can't wait! for my other halfs birthday. we'll be dressing up as pirates one day/night :eek: - feel free to join us!! i've not tried stitching on the beach either, but then i dont get much beach! i've stitched by a pool in gran canaria and that was lovely

shelly

Louise. I love the house, it looks great!


Here's my weekly update,
Last week,


this week,


I think I'll have it done in the next 2 weeks, maybe less.

cassolete

It amazes me, seeing pictures of other people's big cross stitching projects (like Shelly's) at how people seem to be able to do their projects so methodically. I always feel like I am bouncing back and forth all the time. How do y'all get your cross stitching done in block chunks? Lately I've been sticking to one square at a time, but if the colour goes beyond the boundaries I follow it, if that makes any sense.

My girl got an arm tonight! It's 4 AM, though, so if there's to be a picture it'll be taken tomorrow. I hope nobody's lost her needle in between the couch cushions!

*Louise*

23rdspiral wrote: »

i'm trying not to buy any more mags till i reduce my list... but would dearly love to stitch both, esp the swallow. did you find a swap partner? do you think they could be done with oddments or are they quite large? (wondering if i could get & do them with just the chart somehow;))

I have the swallow kit and will never stitch it, you can have it if you want, just pm me

shelly

cassolete wrote: »

It amazes me, seeing pictures of other people's big cross stitching projects (like Shelly's) at how people seem to be able to do their projects so methodically. I always feel like I am bouncing back and forth all the time. How do y'all get your cross stitching done in block chunks? Lately I've been sticking to one square at a time, but if the colour goes beyond the boundaries I follow it, if that makes any sense.

I tend to choose designs/kits that have blocks of colours so it's easy for me.
For instance....as beautiful as Louises 'Lady of the Lake' is I couldn't see myself ever stitching something like that. I like designs that have lots of small things to stitch that make one big thing.....do I make sense? :rotfl:

Also I like to start stitching from the top left corner and keep to one area, working my way across the fabric.
I won't stitch willy nilly all over the fabric..like branches of a tree..I stick to block areas.

I find it hard to explain but I hope it made some sense