Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

mrs-moneypenny

i agree with the dragon, i found it easy so anyone can do it

augustsmummy

Afternoon ladies

Had a peek at blackwork, it looks good, but I think I will stick to my already long list of craftstuff to do. I think DH would be a bit corss if I bought any more kits :rotfl: I still have 2 cross stitches on the go, and 6 waiting in my drawer to be started!
Plus my card making.
Oh and my new love of making jewellry for party bags.

No wonder my little terrace is bursting at the seems!
Spent most of yesturday sorting out my cardmaking stuff. I found 5 packs of card blanks I had forgotten about :T so felt inspired to make a few.
So not a very stitchy day yesturday, but managed a little more today (have had more pain so went back to see my GP who advised me to tell my consultant when I next see him, so that was helpful :rotfl:)
Hoping to finish the deckchair this evening, pics to follow! Then might have a breif play on my cricut to prove to DH that I do use it :rotfl:.

Hope you're all having a lovely day
AM x

augustsmummy

Mags- cat - regarding watse canvas, I have used it a few times and found it really easy to use. I have used it to do t-shirts for DD before, and they turned out really well. I have kept one of them (I will post pics in a bit) as it was so lovely on her.
My advise is to leave yourself a wide boarder, it makes it easy to pull the waste threads out. And make sure you remove the waste on a flat surface and pull gently to avoid snagging.
If you have any questions just ask I will do my best to give you tips. hth

bikerchick1066

Had a lovely day at Ally Pally on Saturday.
There weren't a huge amount of stands selling cross stitch but still managed to buy three kits.




and another one of a french cafe that I can't find atm (I'm at work!!)

Also bought two lots of yarn to make a couple of scarves.

Went to Covent Garden afterwards for a wander around and a lovely steak dinner.

It's my Birthday today so going to have an Indian tonight and maybe start one of my scarves.

augustsmummy

Hello,
I actually found 2 of the 3 t-shirts I did for DD using waste canvas in her memory box, so thought I would share



I sowed these about 3 years ago, before I was particularly good at sewing. Before these I had only done about 4 kits.

It has reminded me that I started a finding nemo t-shirt for DD, which I have now hunted out, to find the t-shirt was for 2-3 years :eek: that counts as a serious UFO! DD is now in 5-6. Oh well, I think I may unpick and stitch on one of DS's t-shirts now as he loves disney.

Whilst I had DH taking pics I thought I would post a little update


Not much progress but getting there slowly.
Off to stitch with my brew (DH has his good points lol)
AM x

BTW - just a little note - sorry if anyone would like a but I no longer have the charts used on the t-shirts. I got them from WOXS back in 2008 I think.

augustsmummy

Happy birthday Bikerchick!
Wow that red dress one is stunning, can't wait to see your progress on that one
Have a fabulous day x

*Louise*

Sending you birthday wishes biker xxx:bdaycake::staradmin:starmod:

Tracey2609

DSCF0554 by tracey2609, on Flickr


Thank you for the warm welcomes everyone, here is my stocking - as it's a snowman I decided to stitch it on Navy Aida and it really makes the colours stand out.

chickywiggle

no. 88 - debtdalek
no. 89 - flowerofscotland

2 new numbers for 2 new members.

lovveeee the t-shirts Augustsmummy and the stocking Tracey2609

biker the red dress one is stunning - and happpyy birthday.

both boys bathed and in bed. hubby at the pub and STILL waiting for a courier to pick up a parcel (anytime betweeen 8am and 8pm) so have put it in my "safe place" outside and am taking myself off to bed to stitch. i will go MAD if they don't come pick it up...will NOT have my ebay stars squased cause of them. was supposed to go royal mail but i underestimated the weight by 500g and only charged £4 not £8 - as it only sold for £4 i was really p****d off.....!!

bb in a bit with a stitchy update.

shelly

Bikerchick. Happy Birthday! Hope you have had a nice day.
Love the kits you bought especially the Fair Lady, will be stunning when done.

Augustsmummy. Those t-shirts are cute! Nice progress on the beach scene and I hope you feel better soon.

Tracey. Love the stocking and I agree, the snowman looks great on the navy aida.