Cross Stitch Cafe 2011 ..... part 2

maria_and_the_imps

Evening all nearly finished the budgie put in a few hours stitching today whilst poorly bubba was asleep and eldest 2 were asleep and a few hours tonight so should hopefully be finished tomorrow and then I promise to post pictures! And then I can start a shiney new one!

Chicky not doing your farm tonight?
Or have you given in and done it lol?

What phones are you having trouble with the internet on? I have a HTC and I love it I hardly ever turn the computer on now and always check in with you guys on my phone, It did take me a while to get used to it but stick with it I'm sure you'll get used to it

Night night all gona catch up on some of the sleep I lost last night !

Xxx

maria_and_the_imps

Welcome emily. If you decide to buy fabric and use different patterns let me know, I have loads of patterns I can give you. When is your baby due? Do you know if you are having a boy or a girl? Any name ideas? Sorry I do love a baby!

Emily926

Thanks Maria. The baby is due in December and we dont know whether its a girl or a boy. I have a feeling it might be a boy but could be completely wrong! No names as yet as we cant agree on anything!

chickywiggle

HI Emily... YAY for babies.
I picked up a brand new Afghan for stitching on off ebay really cheap but not actually started it yet. I do believe it came with a chart (plus i know some other girls have one if you ever need a helping hand).
There are loads of ideas ou there - personally I wanted one so that if I saw a cute thing i wanted to stitch that was small enough to fit i would fill it with misc pictures.

Wellll Maria tis like this......... I had to go hire people then they left one farm unfinished (I am up to 11 now) so I had to do it........ then I have been looking for a laptop fan for underneath.... then i had to update my diary....... and then i found a bag of popcorn...... then I realised there was a new series of Doc Martin on........ but NOW I am going to see if i have the aida for mums christmas stitch.

maria_and_the_imps

Oh dear chicky. Get your stichy bug back. We want some update piccies lol. So glad I don't have a Facebook farm if it is that addictive. I'd never get anything else done. So much for going to sleep decided to watch another episode of bad girls and have now put on friends. Naughty Maria! Will be knackered again tomorrow now
Xxx

postingalwaysposting

Welcome Emily :j

I have been searching ebay, anyone live near Manchester? Look at this amazing cupboard, if I could afford the petrol I would snap it up but a bit too far from me

augustsmummy

I love that cabinet, but it might look odd in my light wood house maybe I can convince DH it would fit in our bedroom...

*Louise*

Emily926 wrote: »

Im expecting my first baby and would love to stitch an afghan for it but im unsure whether to fork out for a kit (approx £40 :eek: and not very MSE) or buy some afghan fabric (approx £15) and then stitch some pictures in the squares. What do you all think? Where would I find small charts/pictures for the squares?

Any advice greatfully received!

Congrats on the imminent arrival (and welcome to the thread):T

I would definitely go with buying the afghan and filling it yourself. You can buy a chart seperately or if you can say which sort of designs you are looking for (alphabet, animals etc) some of us may be able to help you out

I have completed 2 afghans, I will look out the pics if you would like to see them - one was from a chart booklet which I bought and the other was an alphabet from a magazine.

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

I have been searching ebay, anyone live near Manchester? Look at this amazing cupboard, if I could afford the petrol I would snap it up but a bit too far from me

Oh it's lovely isn't it. My house is all light wood as well so not something I would go for (mind you, at that price...!). If you really wanted it could you not buy it and arrange for a courier to collect it for you?



I am cracking on with my 12 Days, I have remembered it was all the gold metallic edging that put me off it before but I am persevering and am going to bring forward my target from end of Nov to the end of Oct.:j

chickywiggle

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

Welcome Emily :j

I have been searching ebay, anyone live near Manchester? Look at this amazing cupboard, if I could afford the petrol I would snap it up but a bit too far from me

and i may struggle to get it home on the train.

KatyLiz

Hi Emily, welcome and good luck with the baby I have to admit to complete ignorance as I've never heard of an afghan!!

chickywiggle wrote: »

yay katyliz an Australian Masterchef buddy......... i think it's far better then the british version. I'm also currently loving Jamies Kitchen Australia - he is one brave (or stupid) person.

I love it I thought I was the only one who watched it! It is loads better than the British version, this year they seemed to try to make ours more like the Australian one, but it didn't work at all. I forgot to start watching Jamie's Kitchen, I'll have to catch up on it. I love all food shows. I keep watching the Cupcake shows on Food Network too.

Well, I've been awake since 4.30am as my son woke up with a sore throat and started crying and screaming Since having Calpol he's made a miraculous recovery, moaned he's bored and wonders why he can't play and jump around! Trying to keep him quiet was proving a problem until I said, 'oh good you're all better and will be fine for school today then'. Strangely he instantly went silent and had a relapse :rotfl: