Cross-stitch cafe 2010

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Arghhhh, back to work, and no more free days off til the evil Christmas thing!

Good luck all

Try 'n' have a good week - bring on the weekend I say (I expect you're beginning to understand my name now!!) xx

Welshlassie

Wow there are some really impressive designs being worked on ladies. Can I ask what you do with them when you've finished? Are they all on display in your house, gifts for friends/family, something else entirely?

How do you decide what your next project will be? I can understand if you are doing something requested by someone else or as a gift, but what about the ones you choose?

The more complicated designs, how did you decide you were ready (skills wise) to start one? I've done quite simple designs until now, the Baby Express one I'm doing is the complicated one I've attempted, but compared to some of the others being worked on here and what I've seen on the internet they are very simple. I wouldn't want to start a more complicated design and then spoil it or find its harder than I thought I leave it unfinished.

Sorry for the questions, I'm just thinking about my next project (although I won't be ready to start it for several months, i'd like to keep my eye for it).

ERICS_MUM

Thify,

I love all your works of art, there's such a variety of themes.:T

I'm also impressed by your Photobucket skills, I'm always worried that I'd share all my albums by mistake :eek:. I must have a go and get my sister to check it out before I go to the wider public ;)


Linda

tellmeitsfriday

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

Thify,

I love all your works of art, there's such a variety of themes.:T

I'm also impressed by your Photobucket skills, I'm always worried that I'd share all my albums by mistake :eek:. I must have a go and get my sister to check it out before I go to the wider public ;)


Linda

We don't mind looking at all of your photos x

*Louise*

Welshlassie wrote: »

Wow there are some really impressive designs being worked on ladies. Can I ask what you do with them when you've finished? Are they all on display in your house, gifts for friends/family, something else entirely?

Sonme on display, some given as gifts but the majority (70+) are sitting pressed and flat in a box in my wardrobe

How do you decide what your next project will be? I can understand if you are doing something requested by someone else or as a gift, but what about the ones you choose?

I just 'fall in love' :happyhear with certain designs and HAVE to buy them. I have at least my next 5 projects planned, if not more. :rotfl:

The more complicated designs, how did you decide you were ready (skills wise) to start one? I've done quite simple designs until now, the Baby Express one I'm doing is the complicated one I've attempted, but compared to some of the others being worked on here and what I've seen on the internet they are very simple. I wouldn't want to start a more complicated design and then spoil it or find its harder than I thought I leave it unfinished.

Tbh my most complicated ones are Heaven and Earth designs and I started on them after joining this group last year. I find having some encouragement and being able to share my progress helps a LOT in getting something completed.

Once you have your basic techniques in place, nothing is really 'hard'...it's just bigger/has more backstitching/more multiple basic techniques.

Sorry for the questions, I'm just thinking about my next project (although I won't be ready to start it for several months, i'd like to keep my eye for it).

Do you have your eye on anything yet or still waiting for that inspiration?

shelly

Hi Ladies.

Welcome newbies!

Not posted for a while and don't have an update pic this week as I haven't done a single stitch!

Went into London yesterday for hubbys birthday and my day was made when we saw the gorgeous fella in my avatar, James Toseland, in Kings Cross!


Mags. Love Max, he is going to look great when done.

thifty. Love your pics, especially the Robin.

Welshlassie

*Louise* wrote: »

Do you have your eye on anything yet or still waiting for that inspiration?

No idea yet. As I said earlier I've got a while before I'll be ready to start anything new (although I have just ordered a few thank you cards for my physios and MW, but they shouldn't take too long), but have no idea what sort of thing I want to attempt.

awesome2_2

thifty wrote: »

right now this may not work as I have uploaded these and used photobucket for the first time without my programmer husbands help :Dbut here is the link for the project photos I have been promising for so long including the one of the Flower fairy with the huge amount of french knots lol!:)

http://s803.photobucket.com/albums/yy319/thifty/


woohoo it works! Right now I know how to do it I will be boring you all senseless with my pictures

Well done Thrifty on your photobucket post and all the lovely work you have done you should be proud of yourself:T

Keiss_21

Dorastar wrote: »

Please could you nudge me a recipe or its whereabouts for the brownies they sound yum.

It's a Hugh F-W recipe..have fun...cooked more beetroot yesterday so feel another batch is on it's way! BTW I use Tesco's value choc & Stork marg, and it is still fab!

Not been on MSE since last Week...so have loads of catching up to do. Not been feeling great lately, had a bit of a bug, giving me very itchy painful eyes, so computing and sewing have had to be abandoned for a few days :eek:.
Managed to get a bit of the Elegant Lady done though before I stopped, so will post piccies later. Louise, I just don't know how you managed to complete it so quickly!!!

Really must get organized with all the Xmas stitching I want to do, have loads of books and magazines to trawl through.

First though...have to take DS1 to the station, then do a bit of shopping...back later!

PS Mags, Max looks brilliant!!:T:T

tellmeitsfriday

Keiss_21 wrote: »

It's a Hugh F-W recipe..have fun...cooked more beetroot yesterday so feel another batch is on it's way! BTW I use Tesco's value choc & Stork marg, and it is still fab!

I wonder what it would be like minus the beetroot????? Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm..............