Cross-stitch cafe 2010

chickywiggle

facebook and flikr groups added to 1st post.

Keiss_21

Hya folks, just catching up as we have had no internet for the past few days :mad:...seems our ISP had an outage and collapsed!!:eek:

Been distracted from stitching over the weekend as have been trying to make a curtain for the kitchen back door to keep out the freezing draughts. I am using two fleece blankets and a towel (to add length and width)...but it is sooo heavy to move!! I ran out of the right colour of thread, so had to get more yesterday. I will get the rufflette tape sewn on today and perhaps some applique added too, to hold the two fleeces together...IYKWIM. I just hope the rail that DH got is strong enough to hold it!!

Love all the makes everyone...will have to investigate Flikr and joining the group there...but really need to get sewing soon.

In the meantime, here's piccies of my finished X-stitch pictures, all framed and ready to get wrapped and posted...hope they survive the trip to Canada!!



This is for my Dad...Scotland this time!



Sorry for the reflections, will try again for a better piccie...once the sun has gone!

Still not finished the coaster...Louise, I use a design from one of my books...I seem to be doing the same design with a differenet initial in the middle...here's ones I have done earlier this year.



Sorry about the long post!

Right off to get some sewing done...keep warm and safe everyone.

chickywiggle

well i was close to finishing my main November challange..... just the backstitch to do. Also debating whether to leave the purple border as half stitches or make them whole, personally I think I like them as halfs.



however gonna put it down now as I swore to myself to start Christmas cards on 1st December. Luckily I have found 2 (I think) designs that i must have made and had left over from last year so only about 2 or 3 i need to do.

:xmastree:24 days to go:xmastree:

bikerchick1066

Woke up to 8 inches of snow this morning, but have battled ten miles along country lanes into work. Busy cancelling clinics as no-one can get there apparently! Hoping to leave early though and crack on with my wedding sampler this afternoon.

chickywiggle

ahhh hubby and his mate have taken DS sledging, I've been banned from leaving the house. time to make a start on christmas cards.

my house today: http://www.flickr.com/photos/49457746@N04/5222739991/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/49457746@N04/5222739165/

cazmcf

blimin heck chicky, i've never seen so much snow. We had about an inch here and it's nearly all gone although it is bitterly cold. An d thank you for the offer re books chicky that was very kind of you, but alas my aida finally arrived in the shop today!:j And not only that, I had a bit of a spending splurge online at the weekend ans another kit arrived today! So I now officially have a ufo list:).

Tonight I'll start the first project a stocking. It won't be done for xmas but I don't care I just want to do something xmassy.

*Louise*

elliep - giraffe chart has been emailed to you. Maria, if you still want a copy, can you pm me your email please

We have had amazing snow here - never known anything like it for years. Schools have closed for the full week.:eek:



Havent even seen a snow plough in our street, never mind a gritter...



Glad that's not our car :rotfl:



As good an excuse as any to stay indoors and stitch Have started a new christmassy design, little mouse round a fire, really cute

elliep_2

Wow Louise that's a lot of snow! What part of the country are you in? We haven't got anything like that in Coventry.

Thank you for the giraffe chart. I've not tries opening the attachments yet but all looks great, thank you.

*Louise*

elliep wrote: »

Wow Louise that's a lot of snow! What part of the country are you in? We haven't got anything like that in Coventry.

Thank you for the giraffe chart. I've not tries opening the attachments yet but all looks great, thank you.

I'm a few miles outside Edinburgh - I can only imagine how much worse it must be further North

Glad it got through this time, first email got rejected for having too much info lol :rotfl:

tellmeitsfriday

Not even a single flake of the white fluffy stuff down here in Plymouth... infact the sun was out earlier! Bah!