Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

lupyloo

Thanks louise, just been looking at your homepage, you are very talented.

Have found a couple of guides and yes basically it just help with making sure I am doing stitches etc correctly. I think the half stitches are wrong how I have been doing it !!!!

Just found some good mag offers via TCB, 5 for £5.00 on WOXS and cross stitch crazy, or 3 for £5.00 cross stitch cards plus 15% cashback. Is there a favourite out of these 3? Would like to get them all but thats not very MSE is it?

Also it says you can back order from September, if I do this will they send me 2 issues out together do you know?

nykied

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I'm going to take it how it comes on Sunday. I'm not expecting to do an amazing time or anything and i expect i shall walk a good part of it. I'm just hoping the momentum of the occasion will get me through. I'm keeping a running diary here there are some useful tips and ideas that other posters have shared :j

You'll be fine, the hype of the race will get you through. Good luck

Dorastar wrote: »

Great idea with the tokens - I have slacked off a bit from the couch to 5k training since the summer hols ended and need to get back out there again.

Need to invest in something warm/waterproof but not too big and bulky for my early morning runs - any advice on where to look for suitable jackets (am trying to avoid flourescent yellow/pink ones as am trying to stay well hidden and my face is bright red enough as it is!)

Sp*rts Direct do some okay Karrimor ones, thin enough to run in and they're running-specific. They're about £15 I think and whilst they do have bright ones, they also have black ones with just a bit of bright.

mrs-moneypenny

havent popped in for a couple of days, i love the photos

*Louise*

lupyloo wrote: »

Thanks louise, just been looking at your homepage, you are very talented.

Have found a couple of guides and yes basically it just help with making sure I am doing stitches etc correctly. I think the half stitches are wrong how I have been doing it !!!!

Just found some good mag offers via TCB, 5 for £5.00 on WOXS and cross stitch crazy, or 3 for £5.00 cross stitch cards plus 15% cashback. Is there a favourite out of these 3? Would like to get them all but thats not very MSE is it?

Also it says you can back order from September, if I do this will they send me 2 issues out together do you know?

I personally would go with WOXS - I have subscribed to that mag for at least 5 years now and have never been disappointed with an issue :T

No idea if they would send out 2 issues....I would assume they would be pretty close together though since one has already been released.

shelly

Louise. Touched by Magic is coming along really nicely

dizzy_lizzie

I second what Shelly said Louise. The amount of work you're putting into it is phenomenal. It will look beautiful.
x

23rdspiral

lupyloo wrote: »

That is a fab idea, cant believe someone on here has nearly the same name as me too. Or did you mean me?

oops, yes I meant u! Sorry, mix of dyslexic plus using safari means I don't always say what I mean.

I scanned and posted a how to a little while ago http://www.flickr.com/photos/23rdspiral/6140284197/in/photostream and http://www.flickr.com/photos/23rdspiral/6140285237/in/photostream/ . I found it useful as it shows how to fasten off the thread, including the Loop Start which I didn't know till people here showed me, and also a glossary. It's from a quite old mag so no issues I can see with me posting it for reference.

Thanks chicky. I'll put together a list of free sites I know when I can. Maybe others can do the same and then they can be smooshed together into a full list.

Observer

I too like WOXS - I've had quite a few now. Thanks for all the comments on the snowman. Think you have inspired me to do another one (different design) now!!

littlemonkey81

I can't quite remember who was asking about reasonably priced kits (haven't got the hang of quoting yet!) but I bought my first few kits really cheaply from The Black Sheep, the kits in their sale section seem to change fairly regularly.

h ttp://www. blacksheepwools.com/acatalog/Cross_Stitch_Kits_main.html

(sorry I can't post links properly!)

Louise: I'm in awe of how quickly and neatly you stitch! I seem to make hardly any progress in a day... impressive stuff.

And for whoever is compiling the list: Here are some free sites I have bookmarked, some are better than others... (again, apologies for rubbish links, hopefully someone can translate them into proper ones!)

h ttp://www. michaels.com/Cross-Stitch/projects-yarnandneedlecrafts-crossstitch,default,sc.html
h ttp://dmc-usa.optiemstaging.com/Inspiration/Projects.aspx
h ttp://xs.houseofkats.com/freebies.html
h ttp://permin2002.dynamicweb.dk/Default.aspx?ID=21
h ttp://www. newstitches.co.uk/magazine/free_charts.html
h ttp://www. tor-rhuann-designs.com/
h ttp://www. brookesbooks.com/CrossStitchFreebies.html
h ttp://www. craftcreations.com/Section.aspx?SectionID=939
h ttp://www. free-cross-stitch-pattern.com/index.php
h ttp://www. cross-stitchers-club.com/
h ttp://www. yiotas-xstitch.com/freebies
h ttp://www. maurer-stroh.com/cat_free.html
h ttp://shopping.originpublishing.com/ charts_category.asp?category=5
h ttp://www .en.coricamo.com/free_patterns.htm

Tracey2609

Hi All,

Having a bit of a panic - found out that I've got to have more chemo possibly as soon as the week after next (waiting for the appointment to come through). So I am stitching like mad as I want to get my sister's stocking done before then, I'll feel more relaxed once I've got the cross stitch out of the way - the backstitch shouldn't take too long. This is how the stocking looked on 10th October.


DSCF0554 by tracey2609, on Flickr

and here is how it looks now - I'm onto the last page of stitching and there's not much on this page. So just the foot part to go and adding my sister's name.


DSCF0555 by tracey2609, on Flickr