Cross-stitch cafe 2010

Emzy81

Hi everyone,
Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine, ive had a quick flick through all the posts...Wow please stop talking so much! Im off here for a few days and its taking me ages to catch up

A big hello and welcome to all the new people

Congratulations on passing your test Maria :j im too chicken to learn Oh and I want pics of your advent calendars I have the need to see christmassy things Oh and the Mr men is fantastic!

Talking about ages I turned 29 this year....sounds like there are a couple of us hitting the big 30 next year :eek:

Happy Birthday Kez hope you've had a nice day and I love how that design is progressing

Dorastar Glad you're feeling a bit better now x

Craftgranny Thats coming along nicely

Lindseyandmatthew I love that advent calendar its really nice well done

Sweetcarer You are so good keeping to one block at a time, its looking great

Ericsmum I love Eric! Ill have to get some pics of my kitties on here

Louise You are doing that super fast! I love the colours

Shelly I did lol at 'Percy the Pug and Doris the Dalmatian' I think they are great names

Bubbles Thats great news about the magazine printing your story!

23rdspiral Not too long now and you'll be here then :j Unfortunately I don't have a pirate costume but ill definitely meet up with you, we went for a paddle in the sea yesterday...its quieter in the week at the moment, won't be soon when the school hols start!

To those who want the anniversary chart... I promise ill email it asap

Im struggling to get the anniversary design finished at the moment, I did hardly any last week, I just never got a chance having OH around all the time and now ive hurt my neck (think ive just slept funny on it but I can't get the pain to sod off) so its a pain trying to stitch at the moment :mad: I need to get a move on

Sorry if ive missed anyone out, feel free to give me a kick up the bum

kezbabybabe

chickywiggle wrote: »

ohh kez I only just realised you live in Swindon, my friend lives there (priory vale).

I'm in Eastleaze, which is South of Priory Vale.

Ruth_honey

Emzy81 wrote: »

Hi everyone,
Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine, ive had a quick flick through all the posts...Wow please stop talking so much! Im off here for a few days and its taking me ages to catch up

A big hello and welcome to all the new people

Congratulations on passing your test Maria :j im too chicken to learn Oh and I want pics of your advent calendars I have the need to see christmassy things Oh and the Mr men is fantastic!

Talking about ages I turned 29 this year....sounds like there are a couple of us hitting the big 30 next year :eek:

I'm a little ahead then, as I turned 30 last week. Had another birthday pressie today. A couple of friends popped over & they'd done me a 'movie night in hamper' with Forgetting Sarah Marshall on DVD (been meaning to buy it for months!), some Malteasers, cider (:D), crisps and popcorn. :T We've also booked to see Priscilla at the theatre next week. Wanted to see it when Jason was still in it, but the months flew by and we never got round to it.

Speaking of not getting around to things, I still haven't gotten any stitching done. That's a week and a half now...:eek:

Emzy81

Ruth_honey wrote: »

I'm a little ahead then, as I turned 30 last week. Had another birthday pressie today. A couple of friends popped over & they'd done me a 'movie night in hamper' with Forgetting Sarah Marshall on DVD (been meaning to buy it for months!), some Malteasers, cider (:D), crisps and popcorn. :T We've also booked to see Priscilla at the theatre next week. Wanted to see it when Jason was still in it, but the months flew by and we never got round to it.

Speaking of not getting around to things, I still haven't gotten any stitching done. That's a week and a half now...:eek:

What lovely friends you have, such a nice thought you do realise you have to share the malteasers with us

cassolete

Hello, helpful cross stitch buddies!

I am wondering if any of you use a floor stand for your scrolls. I own a scroll (as you probabaly saw in my picture, hah) and I am thinking about giving myself a six-months-early birthday present like this one:....

Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm not allowed to post links yet. Okay, that's no matter. My local Joan Fabrics has a Deluxe Hardwood Scroll Frame Floor Stand.Any advice? Is it as useful as it seems? Are there any features I ought to be holding out for?

Thanks kindly!

maria_and_the_imps

Emzy81 wrote: »

Hi everyone,
Hope you're all enjoying the sunshine, ive had a quick flick through all the posts...Wow please stop talking so much! Im off here for a few days and its taking me ages to catch up

A big hello and welcome to all the new people

Congratulations on passing your test Maria :j im too chicken to learn Oh and I want pics of your advent calendars I have the need to see christmassy things Oh and the Mr men is fantastic!

Talking about ages I turned 29 this year....sounds like there are a couple of us hitting the big 30 next year :eek:

Happy Birthday Kez hope you've had a nice day and I love how that design is progressing

Dorastar Glad you're feeling a bit better now x

Craftgranny Thats coming along nicely

Lindseyandmatthew I love that advent calendar its really nice well done

Sweetcarer You are so good keeping to one block at a time, its looking great

Ericsmum I love Eric! Ill have to get some pics of my kitties on here

Louise You are doing that super fast! I love the colours

Shelly I did lol at 'Percy the Pug and Doris the Dalmatian' I think they are great names

Bubbles Thats great news about the magazine printing your story!

23rdspiral Not too long now and you'll be here then :j Unfortunately I don't have a pirate costume but ill definitely meet up with you, we went for a paddle in the sea yesterday...its quieter in the week at the moment, won't be soon when the school hols start!

To those who want the anniversary chart... I promise ill email it asap

Im struggling to get the anniversary design finished at the moment, I did hardly any last week, I just never got a chance having OH around all the time and now ive hurt my neck (think ive just slept funny on it but I can't get the pain to sod off) so its a pain trying to stitch at the moment :mad: I need to get a move on

Sorry if ive missed anyone out, feel free to give me a kick up the bum

no probs they are on a disc somewhere will hunt them out later i also have this pattern if you want a nudge
http://www.chcrossstitch.com/redirect.php?tid=5397&goto=lastpost
and lots of xmas card designs and also the patterns for my advent calendars let me know if you want a nudge

harley1

Happy Birthday Kez

Congratulations Maria

cassolete wrote: »

Hello, helpful cross stitch buddies!

I am wondering if any of you use a floor stand for your scrolls. I own a scroll (as you probabaly saw in my picture, hah) and I am thinking about giving myself a six-months-early birthday present like this one:....

Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm not allowed to post links yet. Okay, that's no matter. My local Joan Fabrics has a Deluxe Hardwood Scroll Frame Floor Stand.Any advice? Is it as useful as it seems? Are there any features I ought to be holding out for?

Thanks kindly!

Hi Cassolete
I have one and previously had a different one and I would suggest that you make sure that the feet are big enough to support the weight of your scroll frame. One of my early ones used to fall forward on to me, which wasn't to bad for stitching but I always had to prop it up against the wall when I left it which was a pain.


Sorry I've not been posting much. My very slow laptop has gone away for a bit of therapy and the one I have on loan to replace it is even slower. How it hasn't gone through the window yet I have no idea. Anyway I am, sort of, keeping up but opening every new page takes over a minute and scrolling down freezes the page for several seconds each time, and since I'm not very patient it is driving me insane!!!

Stocking is coming along nicely but won't get bottom half done by next week. Have a teething baby so having lots of cuddles instead.

Hope to be back with you all properly very soon

Harley xxxx

shelly

cassolete wrote: »

Hello, helpful cross stitch buddies!

I am wondering if any of you use a floor stand for your scrolls. I own a scroll (as you probabaly saw in my picture, hah) and I am thinking about giving myself a six-months-early birthday present like this one:....

Oh yeah, I forgot, I'm not allowed to post links yet. Okay, that's no matter. My local Joan Fabrics has a Deluxe Hardwood Scroll Frame Floor Stand.Any advice? Is it as useful as it seems? Are there any features I ought to be holding out for?

Thanks kindly!

I have never had a floor stand but recently I have been thinking about this one http://www.sewandso.co.uk/cgi-bin/find/db.cgi
Purely because it has (and I quote) **Unique swivel and flip top makes checking the back of your work quick and easy**
I like to check the back of my work quite often so that feature would be ideal for me.

Ruth_honey

Emzy81 wrote: »

What lovely friends you have, such a nice thought you do realise you have to share the malteasers with us

Share Malteasers??? Nope, I don't understand this concept...;)

sweetcarer

Hi there

I use the rolling frames for my large project - floral alphabet and golden earth. I have a clip thing I can attach them to for a floor stand but find it quite uncomfortable. Like the one below



So I have just use the frame and hold with the hand I am not using. Like if I am putting the neddle in with my right hand I hold with my left hand and when I put the neddle from back to front I hold with my right hand and needle on left hand. I can flip it any time to check back if need be and to secure stitching.

Frames like I use:



You can get a variety of sizes.

I just rest the frame on me. The material is attached using masking tape (not pins like I used to - found out what it does it you don't do your UFO for a long time).

Hopefully you understand my ramblings.

sweetcarer

PS Ruth - I will share my tea with you if I can have a malteasser