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Cross Stitch Cafe 2011

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  • 23rdspiral
    23rdspiral Posts: 1,929 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Car Insurance Carver! Xmas Saver!
    i'm having a day at home as a man came to audit our electrics today... lights on and off, odd beeping noises and the front door mostly open for 3 hours! id hoped to do stitching but couldnt concentrate so cleared out a bag of random paperwork.
    Ruth_honey wrote: »
    Stopping chatting about our stitching and actually DO some??? ;) :rotfl:
    :T:rotfl:
    Ruth_honey wrote: »
    Sweetcarer-I'll never tire of seeing that design. I'm so, so pleased that you didn't bin it and it came up looking as good as it does. :)

    ditto!
    Relax, Breathe, Love 2014 Challenges:Cross Stitch Cafe Challenger 23. Frugal Living Challenger. No buying cleaning products. I used MSE advice to reduce my car insurance from 550 to 325!! & paid it off in full!!!
  • chickywiggle
    chickywiggle Posts: 5,203 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Photogenic Combo Breaker Xmas Saver!
    I almost thought the forum was going down today - its sooo slow and took me 5 attempts to log in (just wouldn't recognise my password had been entered).

    It just CANNOT go down on Saturday...... I cannot stitch as I have my DS to look after, however i can keep up with the thread while he is around - humph. would like to say YAY I can use facebook instead but am in hassle at work for daring to write something that my so called 'friends' have told the manager about....... so now I am waiting to see what action HR want to take. GRRR I am SOOOOOOOO cross I am beyond angry!!! Then to top it off I just made sandwiches with yesterdays leftover crusty rolls that had gone hard and chewy and weren't nice at all.

    I managed to make a start on the birth sampler yesterday, lets just say I am SOO GLAD I blew it up to A3 size!! Hoping to get a bit more done tonight.

    Anyway better get back to work....... can you sense the enthusiasm.......
    loves how my "I've been censored" signature has been censored. LOL. Happy Christmas. :xmastree:
  • nannon
    nannon Posts: 96 Forumite
    Charliec45 wrote: »

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    Home sweet home cushion by Charliec45, on Flickr

    That's a good idea using soluable canvas on a exisiting cushion cover.. never used it myself..but my mum has when she x-stitched some logos onto some polo shirts for my step-dad.. looking forward to seeing finished article!

    On another note.. cheating a little with upcoming new bundle of joy for friends.. going to do a nice card for them as I have found a kit I had AGES ago.. can dress up the card bit instead.
    Realised have another wedding to think of... this one is March this year (oops!) It's friend's wedding so have ordered a nice modern sampler from sewandso to do in the sale today.. so I think I have sorted my Jan and Feb challenges!

  • *Louise*
    *Louise* Posts: 9,197 Forumite
    Ok - just to get you all drooling over and sharing your favourite kits....

    Q - If you were given £100 to spend on stitchy stash only, what would you buy?

    :D:D:D
    Cross Stitch Cafe member No. 3
    2012 170-194 2013 195-207.Hello Kitty ballerina 208.AVA 209.OLIVIA 210.ELLA 211.CARLA 212.LOUISE 213.CHARLEY 214.Mother & Child 215.Stop Faffing Completed 2014 216.Stitchers Sampler. 217.Let Them Be Small 218.Keep Calm 219. Ups and downs 220. Annniversary piece 221. 2x Teachers gifts 222. Peacock 223. Tooth Fairy 224. Beth Birth pic 225. Circe the Sorceress Cards x 24
  • *Louise*
    *Louise* Posts: 9,197 Forumite
    With my imaginary £100 I would buy:

    Fall Fairy (£47.97)

    Fallfairy.jpg


    'Candlelight' by John Clayton (£24.47)

    Candlelight.jpg

    'Waltz' (£22.75)

    Waltz.jpg

    Edinburgh Castle Chart (£6.68)

    Edincastle.jpg


    It's a couple of pounds over, but would be worth it lol
    Cross Stitch Cafe member No. 3
    2012 170-194 2013 195-207.Hello Kitty ballerina 208.AVA 209.OLIVIA 210.ELLA 211.CARLA 212.LOUISE 213.CHARLEY 214.Mother & Child 215.Stop Faffing Completed 2014 216.Stitchers Sampler. 217.Let Them Be Small 218.Keep Calm 219. Ups and downs 220. Annniversary piece 221. 2x Teachers gifts 222. Peacock 223. Tooth Fairy 224. Beth Birth pic 225. Circe the Sorceress Cards x 24
  • tellmeitsfriday
    tellmeitsfriday Posts: 2,331 Forumite
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    Not that you've given this any thought of course!
  • *Louise*
    *Louise* Posts: 9,197 Forumite
    tellmeitsfriday wrote: »
    Not that you've given this any thought of course!


    I have a cross stitch wishlist in my favourites....:o
    Cross Stitch Cafe member No. 3
    2012 170-194 2013 195-207.Hello Kitty ballerina 208.AVA 209.OLIVIA 210.ELLA 211.CARLA 212.LOUISE 213.CHARLEY 214.Mother & Child 215.Stop Faffing Completed 2014 216.Stitchers Sampler. 217.Let Them Be Small 218.Keep Calm 219. Ups and downs 220. Annniversary piece 221. 2x Teachers gifts 222. Peacock 223. Tooth Fairy 224. Beth Birth pic 225. Circe the Sorceress Cards x 24
  • tellmeitsfriday
    tellmeitsfriday Posts: 2,331 Forumite
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    OOOOO I like that idea!

    Not that you should be encouraging me to buy any more

    I have half of Too Pooped, half of 100 Cats and all of my cut thru windmill, as well as a crate or two full of other stuff I've npt even touched.

    And I love the dog cushions in this month's cross stitcher i can see my self buying the stuff for that next payday too.

    Argh...

    hehe, i ordered my new laptop yesterday, so no more freezing and general old computer rubbishness (when it arrives :))
  • shelly
    shelly Posts: 6,394 Forumite
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    *Louise* wrote: »
    Ok - just to get you all drooling over and sharing your favourite kits....

    Q - If you were given £100 to spend on stitchy stash only, what would you buy?

    :D:D:D


    That is a very good question!!

    I only really have 1 on my virtual wishlist at the moment and that's the Rainbow Peacock that's mentioned earlier in the thread.
    Thinking about it I also loved the Max and the Adirondacks that Mags stitched (I think that's what it was called) There are also a couple of kits that feature butterfies that I love but have no idea what they are called.
    I would also like to do a HAED at some point in the future, they are stunning designs.
    :heart2: Love isn't finding someone you can live with. It's finding someone you can't live without :heart2:
  • maria_and_the_imps
    maria_and_the_imps Posts: 2,034 Forumite
    *Louise* wrote: »
    Ok - just to get you all drooling over and sharing your favourite kits....

    Q - If you were given £100 to spend on stitchy stash only, what would you buy?

    :D:D:D

    this is a really good question i think i would buy loads of aida and loads threads so i could do all the charts i have in my stash
    oh and a really good frame
    13 in 2013 challenge 9/13
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