Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

*Louise*

Afternoon all!

The sun is shining, it's a beauiful day, I am ignoring any problems in the world today and enjoying it while it lasts :j

Have been working on my Twelve days, I overestimated my target of finishing by the end of Oct, I reckon I can have it done in less than a week now :cool:

23rd - I love the cupcake, and the Quilt is gorgeous :T What will Stonehenge look like when it's finished, do you have a link?

Willow92

Loved the cupcake

mrs-moneypenny

love that cupcake, the calorie free kind are the nicest
cant wait to see the finished stonehenge
everyones work is looking so great

well done on speeding ahead with 12 days louise

catwoman150

Love the cupcake, makes me want to eat one though

mrs-moneypenny

what one chat for a whole day!!! where is everyone? probally out stitching in the sunshine.
no stithcing for me today im knitting in the sunshine till the kids come home

shelly

Hi ladies.

Hope everyone is well.

I haven't stitched for a couple of days so decided I had to do some earlier this afternoon. Didn't get much done but every stitch counts, right?

Soulie

No stitching for me these past couple of days as it's my son's 13th birthday today!!!

Having a break now while he and his mates have gone out for a bit before they come and eat us out of house and home :rotfl:

:bdaycake: for William and :beer: for us

Emily926

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good day. I have done a bit of stitching this week and hope to do loads over the weekend!

A quick question on backstitching - How many squares do you cover with one stitch?

Love the cupcake!

bikerchick1066

Emily926 wrote: »

Hi everyone, hope you are all having a good day. I have done a bit of stitching this week and hope to do loads over the weekend!

A quick question on backstitching - How many squares do you cover with one stitch?

Love the cupcake!

normally back stitch over one square unless that would not go through a hole, in which case two or three.

Hope that makes sense! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

shelly

Emily926 wrote: »

A quick question on backstitching - How many squares do you cover with one stitch?

I pretty much do as the chart says except for the longer stitches. If the backstitch line goes across 2-3 squares on the chart, then so does my stitch. If it goes in a straight line for say 10 stitches I might break that into 2 lots of 5.
In the end I do what I think looks best either covering the distance on the chart with one stitch or more.