Cross-stitch cafe 2010

chickywiggle

magic pen all the way http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260466779359&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

chickywiggle

grr :mad::mad: have spent all week watching a cross stitch kit for my nannas xmas pressie and just double checked the listing and its flippin stamped aida!!!!

tis a complete kit so do you think it has a chart so i can stitch it onto normal aida??

ohh a quick google search and i think i can...... then sell it on without threads

*Louise*

chickywiggle wrote: »

tis a complete kit so do you think it has a chart so i can stitch it onto normal aida??

Pretty sure stamped pics come with charts. I would probably email the seller just to confirm.

I only ever attempted one stamped pic - it done my head in, don't even know where it is now, probably got skipped when we moved house

*Louise*

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

I will try it... tacking stitches or magic pen?

Deffo pen - tacking is a pain to take out

shelly

chickywiggle wrote: »

grr :mad::mad: have spent all week watching a cross stitch kit for my nannas xmas pressie and just double checked the listing and its flippin stamped aida!!!!

tis a complete kit so do you think it has a chart so i can stitch it onto normal aida??

ohh a quick google search and i think i can...... then sell it on without threads

I feel your pain!
I was watching a really nice Thomas Kinkade kit on ebay a while ago, an 'embellished' one and thought that I'd research the price for a brand new kit whilst there were a couple of days left to go just so I knew how high to bid. I thought embellished meant that once you have stitched it you added embellishments...like sequins & beads etc.
Once I googled it I realised it was stamped fabric and you just done a few stitches and that was it! No sequins, beads or anything :rotfl:

When I looked again at the listing it didn't mention at all that it was a stamped kit. I promptly took it off the watch list!

I have never really been tempted by stamped kits. I think I enjoy seeing the picture progress and come alive and know that's it all my own work rather than just stitching over what has already been printed.
Also I have seen completed stamped projects online and most of them you can see the printing around the edges where the print has been slightly off centre.....that would drive me potty! :rotfl:

ERICS_MUM

The "embellished" kits I've seen tend to be printed in quite garish colours and don't have the subtle shading and blending that you can achieve by stitching alone.

craftygranny

tellmeitsfriday wrote: »

Why do you feel guilty? It's a hobby, something you do for pleasure... Do whichever one you feel like x

I want to stitch the bears but i need to do this monkey by the end of the month for my grandaughter . She will be three and she loves monkeys and with her being deaf she loves things she can look at.
But i tell myself when i've done the monkey i can go back to the bears.

*Louise*

Ohhh guess what....

*Louise* wrote: »

DAY 16

DAY 20




DAY 22





Finished :j:j:j:j

Putting it away for my mum for Christmas. Will measure it up and keep the sizes in my purse so I can look out for frames when I'm out and about. Got plenty time just now.

chickywiggle

:j:jwell done Louise she's fab:j:j

witchwoopiggy

she is lovely