Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

shelly

Blimey! Had a couple of pages to catch up on

Louise. The frame really sets off the Gorjuss girl, she's lovely.

Tigerlilley. Popcorn calendar is very cute!

Ejs. I love the Kingfisher, such lovely colours used.

Emma133 wrote: »

All your finished projects are looking fab I really need to pick up my needle again soon!! Thanks for the kind comments and advice, I'm going to take the plunge and try the lap frame and see how I go with that.

Emma

I recommend these types of frame http://www.sewandso.co.uk/ran997-0.html though to use them comfortably you need something like a small table in front of you to lean the frame on or ideally the floor stand that is made for them http://www.sewandso.co.uk/Products/Posilock-Floor-Stand__FLO-POSI.aspx
I have a couple of frames (so I can mix & match them to get a perfect size) and the floor stand and I wonder how I ever managed without them.

shelly

Here's my weekly progress update, a bit later than usual as I have been 'Dad sitting'

Last week,



this week,

ejs2311

23rdspiral wrote: »

i just signed up on monday, and got my free gift yesterday! it's a really lovely blue polka dot craft bag. i didnt expect to get it to be honest. did you get one?

Yes, got the craft bag - it's really handy for delivering my cupcakes in with the zip down side!!!

I wouldn't get too excited about the tin with CS - I love collecting them for all random things but this is very average.

...Had my interview this afternoon - seemed to go well. May have wangled myself into the events management side of the business (which i hadn't realised they have) so keep your fingers crossed for me!

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

Flat_Eric

I thought my copy of Cross Stitcher had arrived today but sadly it was my two knitting mags. I can't knit if I am being honest but want to try and get better at it and took out a subscription using my club card points and then did 5 mags for five pounds with the other mag. Hopefully it will arrive tomorrow :j I guess the free gift this month then is:mad:

- out of interest, what do people prefer ? a stitchy gadget / chart book / or a free kit ? I prefer the free kits - even if its not a kit I would stitch, I can make use of the material / threads etc.

I am planning a very quiet weekend. stitching and poirot day tomorrow (three in a row!) then just possibly some housework! and more stitching on sunday. happy stitchy weekend all. hugs to all who need them :grouphug:

Marru

craftygranny wrote: »

OOOOh marru love the woodland folk they are fab. Do they take long to do? I have the rubber stamps of those somewhere .

nykied That seems to happen a lot with the freebies now .

When I was on sick leave I did the squirrel in two days and then the fox in two days. But I wasn't really doing anything else

At the moment they don't progress so much as at home I prefer doing the dog and I am not getting that many opportunities to stitch when out and about.

sweetcarer

Ruth_honey wrote: »

That is like a whole other language to me! LOL!

There have been some wonderful pictures posted recently. Well done!

I am so behind with kids shows - ever since my late hubbys family have stopped me seeing the kids somehow - yes, they promised when he died I would always be their auntie but now I don't get to see them - I don't get that. Finding it hard today as it would of been his birthday. I know I have remarried but I still miss him - am I wrong feeling like this still.

And yes, there is some wonderful work being done in here - I hope to start stitching my wedding sampler this weekend.

nykied wrote: »

My tin arrived squashed and then broke as soon as I opened it up

My tin seems to be okay but it does feel flimsy like it could snap in two - not very pratical. Did they not learn the lesson after the mirror fiasco.

ejs2311 wrote: »

...Had my interview this afternoon - seemed to go well. May have wangled myself into the events management side of the business (which i hadn't realised they have) so keep your fingers crossed for me!

Hope all goes well for you. Hubby was at job centre today to sign on - don't know why when he doesn't get benefit. He has been told he has to go to a back to work talk - only been unemployed 2 months. We are just managing but I panic each time we go to the shops and go overboard - trying so very hard to cut down.


Hope all is well with you all in your own part of the world - kind wishes to all.

sweetcarer

craftygranny

ejs good luck hope you get it.

Marru Thank you for telling me i might have to fit stitching those into my list too now.

Sweetcarer that is terrible of your late husbands family but sadly it seems to happen a lot. Thinking of you and wishing you both well.

*Louise*

Tigerlilley - The Popcorn months are adorable!!:TWas that a kit or did you compile it together yourself? And the African Lady is very strinking

Chicky - total respect to you being able to sit through the Night Garden Live - I can't flipping stand it, all that plinky-plonky music makes me want to run away screaming :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

cat_g - perhaps you would have been better off not knowing!! Honestly, it is addictive just looking at the pictures!!:o:rotfl:

ejs - the kingfisher is beatiful :j:T

Marru - lovely doggy stitch, you need to show us your progress, and those woodland characters are so sweet:D:D

Emma - Good luck with that lap frame, you won't regret it!

Shelly - That's pretty good progress considering how much you've had on your mind this week. Backstitch, like in a MP design, will bring it to life in seconds:j

Flat Eric - I prefer a small kit personally. All these tins and things are all very well, but they don't last 2 minutes. The only other gift I wish they would bring out again is the zippy folders, CS did a couple years back and I still have them - very useful for storing individual projects.:cool:

Sweetcarer - sorry to hear that It's a sad situation. You're not wrong to still miss him, he was a big part of your life. If anything it says a lot about the type of man he was if he is still missed so much years later xxx

*Louise*

Still plodding away and enjoying stitching the Lion King

Day 4





Day 5:

tellmeitsfriday

That lion is coming on nicely. I'd get bored with all the different browns - I am doing the grass on my Old McDonald at the moment, and I am bored with that!!