Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

Apocasaver

I like the card and the bathroom rules. The latter would be brilliant for my family, but our bathroom is so damp and mouldy that I wouldn't put anything in there!

I've been looking at cross stitch card kits as I had decided it'd be nice to stitch my cards this year, but it seems to cost a lot of money. Considering I'd buy a card for 50p - £1 I've realised it'd be very un-mse of me to stitch them instead! I will still do one for my mum's 60th though as that's a special occasion, but I haven't seen anything I like yet.

On with the rocket for now, although I'm not enjoying it much!

witchwoopiggy

nannon wrote: »

Morning everyone !

Finished the baby card last night.

aww that looks lovely well done :T

ejs2311 wrote: »

http://http://www.flickr.com/photos/57903066@N07/5371986699/in/pool-1577253@N21

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57903066@N07/5372586896/in/pool-1577253@N21/

...still won't let me post pics :-(

Anyway, hope you all have a good day xxx

for some reason i can only see the second pic but it looks good and your making good progress :T

shelly wrote: »

These are the frames I use and love them.....even more so now I have the floor stand too!
Anyway, what I do when starting is find the centre of the fabric and mark it. Then lay the edge of your fabric on top of the groove that the clips clip into then clip the clips on. Don't go too close to the edge of the fabric though because it will slip out either when you tension the fabric or just over time. I try to use a line of holes as a guide to keep the fabric straight when clipping because this helps keeps even tension when stitching.
Do the same on other side.
Then you come to roll up and tension the fabric. I loosely roll mine so that the fabric has an even amount on each side bar and I can see my centre mark and tighten one set of nuts. Then I unroll one side bar, roll it properly (more tighter) and tighten the nuts. Do the same the other side and you should have the centre and a nice tension to your fabric.
Don't roll the bars too tightly though because if you leave your work too tightly rolled, over time the fabric holes will be stretched (been there, done that and learned my lesson...lol) I tighten mine just so there is a slight 'bounce' to the fabric when I touch it.
They are quite big to use and holding them by hand will hurt after a while. Before I got my stand I had to rest the frame on a lowish table so if you have something to lean on it's much easier to use.


I hope that makes sense If not let me know which bit/s don't and I'll try to help more

thats perfect and i understand totaly, so glad you said about not too tight or i would of done that :othank you so much for your help :A:T:T:T

nmm

kezbabybabe wrote: »

Do you sit this on a frame? I wondered if you had a light for it (like I do with mine), that maybe to see through the aida you could fix the light upside down to the frame and shine it up at you rather than down on to the fabric to help the holes show up?

Hi, its just the standard frame that you hold rather than the lap frame, i have a light directly above me and the chart underneath its a cream colour so i can make out the holes easier. It was quite hard to see the holes in my hoop so i guess this frame holds it better, black aida is quite a struggle, i thought it would be the same a white. Oh and i thought stitching white on white was bad, black on black is much worse, i can't tell where i've stitched :rotfl:

maria_and_the_imps

nannon wrote: »

Thanks for the link Maria. Was thinking I could do it for my sister who lives in US and has a nightmare in her house with her DH and DS being untidy bathroom users! (easy postable gift ).. uh oh I think its another project in the pieline lol

Apocasaver wrote: »

I like the card and the bathroom rules. The latter would be brilliant for my family, but our bathroom is so damp and mouldy that I wouldn't put anything in there!

I've been looking at cross stitch card kits as I had decided it'd be nice to stitch my cards this year, but it seems to cost a lot of money. Considering I'd buy a card for 50p - £1 I've realised it'd be very un-mse of me to stitch them instead! I will still do one for my mum's 60th though as that's a special occasion, but I haven't seen anything I like yet.

On with the rocket for now, although I'm not enjoying it much!

let me know if you want a nudge

sweetcarer

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

i have started kiss which im doing on 14 count because it is going on my bedroom wall

I am half thinking of doing the same thing withe kiss and hug. Waiting on ink for the printer to print charts off (should be here tomorrow). What size of material did you use for you 14hpi and how many of each dmc colour did you buy to be enough for it.

Sorry for so many questions. Looking forward to the pictures.

Kind wishes to all

sweetcarer

Flat_Eric

I am having dinner at my local pub tonight :j so no cooking or washing up for me !! :j

I shall raise my glass in memory of Soulie's brother. Soulie and her family are very much in my thoughts at the moment. Hugs of the highest order being sent. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I don't know if you have the latest issue of World of Cross Stitcher, the one with the fizzy moon kit on the front cover :j but I am stitching the Newton bear eating the cake. I only started him this week but he is coming along nicely. I shall try to post a picture at the weekend.


nb if you do have the fizzy moon kit, what do you think ? Its a lovely design and I would love to stitch for my OH for valentines but all those damn backstitches ??? and why oh why such similar colours for the threads which are not sorted for you. :eek: It will be a project and a half just to get it ready for stitching.:(

Elle1267

My thoughts are with Soulie tonight. I'm sorry for your loss Soulie.

lovecrafting

nannon wrote: »

Morning everyone !

Finished the baby card last night.


Happy with results.. just need to press and mount in card now
Baby isnt due until March but my friend has a habit of having them early so thought I should be prepared LOL

Next one is the 7x5 wedding record. Going to rest this weekend as have lots on..so will start on Monday with that !



That looks great! Who's design is it?

Have a great day xx

That card is lovley well done.

i wont be stitching today im off for an interview in a few mins, on the plus side its in edinburgh so i can go on the hunt for some stitchy goodies if i get the job

nykied

I'm doing a picture to send to my friend in Australia. I've asked at a stall at Wetherby market that does frames and they'd charge me £28.

That's for a square frame off the peg, a new mount (it needs a circular aperture), plastic glass and for them actually to mount it.

Does that sound about right to you lot? I've only ever used frames I buy ready-made and frame them myself.

Ruth_honey

What size frame? Square frames are quite hard to find sometimes & mounting in a circular mount could be a bit tricky. You could check SD Framing website to see what they'd charge. Postage is expensive on there but it would give you some idea if that's a good price. Unless it's a tiny frame, I think it sounds fair.