Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

postingalwaysposting

ebaybaby, those charts look amazing, well done to your daughter finishing hers already :j I generally do a row of stitches and then go back, the exception to this is if I am confetti stitching (ie one stitch in a huge area etc). I used to do full stitchs but I found I used far more thread and my backs looked awful. However its personal preferance, I didn't start line stitching until 2 years after starting xs'ing.

Willow, no I ment cross sticthing (xs), however christmas is good too. Its not long now is it! Very scray really :eek: Another year has flown by and I am still getting older

Willow92

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

Willow, no I ment cross sticthing (xs), however christmas is good too. Its not long now is it! Very scray really :eek: Another year has flown by and I am still getting older

Oh... I feel a bit daft now. I thought you meant Xmas :rotfl:No more to do until I get a couple of kits from some lovely people on here

postingalwaysposting

Don't feel daft Willow, glad your xmas gifts are going well too. Good luck with your new xs designs when they arrive

So this is my dragon so far, I am not counting the hours on this one as the count is so small but its not as big as I had imagined so shouldn't take long :T

blue_eyed_girl

Some of the latest stitchings .......







That's a start on the xmas cards - thought I would do several different ones and then have a big make them up session.

Myrtle Cottage has now been framed but I seem to have 'lost' the pic - will have another go tomorrow. Its probably still on the phone just not uploaded to flickr.

Happy Birthday Maria - hope you have a lovely day :bdaycake:
You and your daughter a making really good progress ebaybaby.:T

What count are you using for your dragon Pap - my little snowman was quite small (using up a bit of leftover) and when I changed and did santa on 14 count it felt massive. Bought a chunk of 16 count cream today - thought I would go somewhere in the middle :rotfl:Are you having a break from Picadilly atm?

Well thats it for tonight.

blue_eyed_girl

Found it ...



Have a good day everyone

Mags_cat

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Some of the latest stitchings .......

Oh he's gorgeous....any chance of a please?

Ailsb

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

I think he's lovely, really simple but so effective. If there is a going I wouldn't say no. Also Mytle Cottage looks lovely. I do like MP designs the backstitching brings them to life.

Anyway off to clean the house now, friends round tonight and want it sparkling.

ebaybaby

I love all your pics! The santa and snowman are so cute! And the cottage is adorable!
Can I also ask, what are the cscm numbers?!

mrs-moneypenny

happy birthday maria

havetn been in for a few days s its taken me ages to back read and admire everyones photos - lovely work all

23rd, you mentioned finishing work started by someone else, the orca i posted a phto of that i did for my dad was a prestarted carboot find that cost about £1 the fin and area of black had been started and colours sorted. took me a while to find where they were on the chart but once id done a bit it was fine

no stitching as im waiting to put needlecase together but first want to finish blanket for my brothers twins im on the second one but theyve come early (they shouldnt have arrived till dec 20th so about 13 weeks early, ive got everything crossed for them but they are alomst 2 weeks old now and i hear they are doing alright.) only visitors allowed so far are parents and grandparents

23rdspiral

Ailsb wrote: »

23rd that's me. I haven't been on here for ages as I have been feeling really down and haven't been able to concentrate. I haven't done any cross stitch for ages - although I did manage to wind 100bobbins the other day....
Seeing your comments has made me realise that I need to get off my fat a**e and finish the tiger so that I can start something I want to do. Thank you for the kick - I needed it...

hi ailsb, sorry to hear you've been feeling down. i've been up and down myself like a yo-yo recently. can you get help to pay for glasses somehow? i'm sure MSE will have advice... either vouchers or cheaper from Asda or internet or something.
how about promising us some updates of the tiger to spur you on?

ebaybaby wrote: »

Anyway here is a pic of my w.i.p:



And my 15 yr old DD also took it up and has finished her first project, Im so proud of her, it looks amazing!! Its the "Cowboy" from Cath Kidston's STITCH book.



How often do you all post pics? Once a week? Sorry for the questions!! x x

Love the 1950s lady you're doing... she's on my To Stitch List (along with many other things!) and BRAVO to your 15yr old, that shows real patience and sticking power. you should be really proud :T :T
like others i do rows, areas or outlines in /// then go back and do the \\\ unless they are isolated or i'd want to travel away at the end of the row if you see what i mean.
~ post as often as you like / need to... i dont post pics as often as i should... but it is nice to mark progress sometimes they just make it to the flickr stream instead.

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

23rd, you mentioned finishing work started by someone else, the orca i posted a phto of that i did for my dad was a prestarted carboot find that cost about £1 the fin and area of black had been started and colours sorted. took me a while to find where they were on the chart but once id done a bit it was fine

no stitching as im waiting to put needlecase together but first want to finish blanket for my brothers twins im on the second one but theyve come early (they shouldnt have arrived till dec 20th so about 13 weeks early, ive got everything crossed for them but they are alomst 2 weeks old now and i hear they are doing alright.) only visitors allowed so far are parents and grandparents

ooh, you'd never known the Orca wasnt all you. thanks for your opinion. i'll keep an eye out for other unfinished works (had a look on ebay and unfinished quilts are going for a Lot of money!)



:T BEG- it looks fab!! :T and the santa is cute, the snowman is totally adorable! :T