Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

craftygranny

Louise you should have bought it i'd have even offered to go and collect it for you. My oh saw me looking at the pic and said !!!!!! where the hell do you think you're going to put that. Oooooh i was itching to reply but bit my tongue. I could get rid of him and put it in the corner where he sits though my reply to him wouldn't have been so polite.

23rd the card for val is ace. I think it's lovely.

Bubbles loved the shoe card is lovely and the heart. welcome back too.

maria_and_the_imps

Bubbles love both your pieces any chance of a nudge on the 2nd one? Please.
Chicky I feel for you I really do. People can be so judgmental and quick to comment when it comes to other peoples children. Hope you are feeling a bit better now.
Hugs to all and I promise to post piccies soon
Xxx

blue_eyed_girl

Just to let you know there is a MP Myrtle Cottage kit winging its way here to me as we speak (welll will be on Tuesday when the PO reopens) so thats s-i-l's 50th sorted (well after the cross stitching, backstitching and framing is done). Got about 6-7 weeks to complete (no pressure :rotfl:) so xmas cards will be on back burner for a while.

Night Night

poppett

I haven't touched my HAED for just over a week, I have been working on this Juicy Lucy design for a Christmas present. Sorry didn't iron ti before taking photo.

Ruth_honey

poppett wrote: »

I haven't touched my HAED for just over a week, I have been working on this Juicy Lucy design for a Christmas present. Sorry didn't iron ti before taking photo.

I plan to stitch that one too! Have a couple other Juicy Lucy charts that I must stitch too.
Been stitching all afternoon. Still looks unidentifiable...



Anyone tell what it is yet??? LOL!
Sorry for the huge pic!

poppett

When people moan about having to do backstitching I have always said I enjoy it......until now that is! I didn't realise that this one contained backstitch that didn't go in the holes but in between (if that makes sense). I had to use a normal sharp sewing needle but got there in the end. 5 days to complete it.

Ruth_honey

poppett wrote: »

When people moan about having to do backstitching I have always said I enjoy it......until now that is! I didn't realise that this one contained backstitch that didn't go in the holes but in between (if that makes sense). I had to use a normal sharp sewing needle but got there in the end. 5 days to complete it.

It's a pain when backstitch does that. I usually swap the fabric for evenweave to make it easier but I know not everyone likes stitching on it. All tatty teddy kits do this. Think newtons law ones might too.
It looks great, though! And well done for getting your Christmas stitching organised so early.

mrs-moneypenny

hugs for you chicky

Ruth its not a clown fish is it?

picked up 3 mags id never heard of at the carboot this morning "mary Hickmott's new stitches" got them for 10p each they were £3.99 each new and are recent feb/mar/april this year.

drizzly out so might have to do a few portholes on titanic

have a good day all

nykied

shelly wrote: »

I got some more stitching done yesterday, filling in some of the small areas I have been putting off. Some of them are just a little too far apart to trail the thread across the back which really bugs me!

I usually do the bits in between, then weave the thread through the back of a few stitches until I get to where I need to be. Lazy, me?

poppett wrote: »

When people moan about having to do backstitching I have always said I enjoy it......until now that is! I didn't realise that this one contained backstitch that didn't go in the holes but in between (if that makes sense). I had to use a normal sharp sewing needle but got there in the end. 5 days to complete it.

I'm doing one like that at the moment and it's such as PITA :mad: It's on an aida band as well, so I couldn't swap it for evenweave as Ruth_honey suggests. Grrrr....

Ruth_honey

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

hugs for you chicky

Ruth its not a clown fish is it?

picked up 3 mags id never heard of at the carboot this morning "mary Hickmott's new stitches" got them for 10p each they were £3.99 each new and are recent feb/mar/april this year.

drizzly out so might have to do a few portholes on titanic

have a good day all

Nope, not a clown fish.

I've got a few of those mags. Tracked down some older issues for a blackwork chart I wanted. The *huge* real counties of Britain one. Didn't realise the mag was still going. You don't tend to find it in the shops.