Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

kezbabybabe

*Louise* wrote: »

I know when mine started........it was when I was little and he used to present childrens BBC in the 'Broom Cupboard' with Gordon the Gopher.....:o:o:o:rotfl::rotfl:

Yep! me too, always had a soft spot for Schofe. If any of you are Twitter birds, you can find him on there called '@Schofe'

I got my first rose panel done yesterday, I will share a picture on monday.

I watched the wedding on SkyNews, cos I like to be different... She looked beautiful. I was happy to see that while it was a very formal wedding, they looked relax and moments of informalness, like when they were on the balcony.

*Louise*

Yay - finished!!!:j

Day 13



Day 16 - DONE

sammr85

Well Done Louise, he looks fab!

Well I am goign to unbury my threads and get on with my DOH today I will take some photos for u all too

Happy Stitching all x

ERICS_MUM

Louise, well done ! He is going to look amazing hanging on a wall.

chickywiggle

stunning *louise* he's gorgeous

shelly

Louise. He's gorgeous!

I haven't started my backstitching yet. Might do so later while listening to MotoGP and Snooker.

Keiss_21

Wow Louise, he's marvellous! :j

So what's the next project for you?

I have been getting a bit of work done most evenings on The Elegant Lady...still slow though. How do you your single half-stitches, I am finding I take ages to get them all done, the tie-ing off of each one is a real pain .

Have a good weekend all.

ejs2311

Hello,

Only a quick one as I'm cooking tea.

Love your work Louise - still wish I could sew as fast as you.

Didn't get much done on Friday as I had to weatch the wedding - think I've become obsessed by weddings after getting married last year! We had a BBQ which didn't finish til the very early hours so yesterday was spent starting the Mackintosh pic however today I have gone back to Titanic and can definitely see it being finished this month :rotfl:

Mags_cat love the St Petersberg design, it will be a lovely reminder of your trip. I want to do a Sydney one as a reminder of out honeymoon (eventually). Hope you have a wonderful trip.

Right, best go before I burn stuff! Enjoy the rest of your weekend everyone

*Louise*

Keiss_21 wrote: »

So what's the next project for you?

I have been getting a bit of work done most evenings on The Elegant Lady...still slow though. How do you your single half-stitches, I am finding I take ages to get them all done, the tie-ing off of each one is a real pain .

^^Found some black fabric so have started work on the Swan Queen

Forgot how much longer it takes when I'm not using the washable marker :eek:


Not sure what you mean about the half stitches?? I can't recall any that are all that far away from the bulk of the rest, so when it's only a couple of squares, and I'm working with a light colour (so it doesn't show through) I just carry it over and continue stitching.

Flat_Eric

I didn't get round to my stitching till this afternoon but once I got started, I was hooked and the anniversary card I have been stitching is now finished !

I am so pleased with the end result which I have tweaked just a tad from the design featured in the mag (the design was from an old issue of Cross Stitcher) - the seed beads were featured on the 30 card.

On the 40 card, I should have used a felt heart with the heart embellishment attached and a blue ribbon. I didn't have the right colour felt so did cut out a heart shape (not very successfully!!) on some strange pinky coloured felt but when I spotted the 30 design, I decided to do the heart in seed beads which has worked ok I think - only trouble was - there isn't enough room to include the heart embellishment but after a brainwave, I have sewn it into the middle of the card inside.

Quick question - I want to iron some interfacing on to the back of the evenweave before I mount in the card- will this work with the seed beads ???

IMG_0373 by Flat Eric on Flickr, on Flickr


IMG_0375 by Flat Eric on Flickr, on Flickr


IMG_0374 by Flat Eric on Flickr, on Flickr

So with this card finished and my last day of holiday tomorrow, I am going to pick something for me to stitch then next weekend its back to stitching my friend's birthday card which is going to be late now...