Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

sweetcarer

Hello Girls

Hope you are all well. Sorry its been a while but I think I may of found my stitchy bug - was under the sofa but its to heavy for me to lift but the cat managed to pull it out.

I hope after this to do some of little boy blue. This is what it will look like when finished but I will be altering it with a couple of alterations - name, birth, etc.



I also found some old cross stitch magazines - slowly going through them - I just sit there and look through them instead of sorting them, and found something that I could take to work and do. It is a 3 part series but it is all in white thread and blue evenweave. Found that I had bought the thread and evenweave years ago and they were in a folder that I found, my to do list!

Will post a picture later when I find the camera - hubby must have taken it - he always taking photos of stuff.

I am also going to alter Joan Elliott's moon goddess. I don't like the way the bottom looks (no offence Joan) and make it a wee bit different - have emailed Joan and she says thats ok and she would like to see it before I stitch it up. It will be a while before stitching as I don't have the money to buy materials. I have fallen in love with the set - green goddess, rose goddess and the christmas one.

Well better go and get on - hope everyone is well where ever you are.

Kind wishes,

sweetcarer

*Louise*

pap - Getting there!:T I love the splash of red in among all the greys, its goin to look great when it's done.

Flat_Eric wrote: »

- what would the best way be to stick the material on to a card? should I iron on that interfacing (is that whats its called) first ? then double sided sticky tape??

That's usually what I do


ocemeer - What a lovely card, so sweet

Flat_Eric wrote: »

bank loan anyone? :eek:

That's a crazy price......:shocked:


Benny - those roses are beautiful :T It's not just roses I don't like stitching, it's all flowers I'm not sure what it it, I think it's all the blended colours running into each other - particularly the leaves, I find them boring to stitch. I would do it if I really had to as a gift for someone though, just wouldn't choose it willingly lol.

Sweetcarer - glad you found that bug again, that's a lovely design, very suitable. I like Joan Elliots work so will have to look up the Goddess designs you mentioned (LOL at you emailing her :rotfl:)



As for me today - I got a huge pile of ironing done so other than cook the dinner later - I have a whole day to stitch!!:j Well the family is still around, they want to watch DVD's with me, but I can stitch and do that

Have also had another request - my friends sister has had a baby boy so she has asked for a stitched baby cube to match the one I made when her neice was born.:)

benny1981

Oh and guys I have another request - seems like I never stop with these.
My Mum recently decorated her liviing room and decided she would like a XS sampler, so off she goes on the world wide web (v v v v v dangerous if you are my mother) and out of every design there is she has decided she would like and no other will do,
Just Nan - majestic peacock. So now I am on a mission to get it.
I would usually tell her to wise up and pick something else but shes had a hard few years and I would love to get it for her - or something very similar. It's the teal that attracts her (unlike me she is very matchy matchy)
Any ideas or has anyone a wink wink nudge nudge??

This is how it looks


Just Nan majestic peacock by XS77, on Flickr

benny1981

Sweetcarer that design is gorgeous - what a wonderful way to announce a birth!!!

I see what you mean *Louise* it's all what you fancy in this game - or it becomes like turning up trousers - boke!

froddington

Finally got around to doing some photos!

This is one I've just completed (needs ironing!) - was good to stitch as all whole stitches and no backstitch For some reason I can't get it to rotate.





This one I have just sorted all 37 threads for! Lots of colours but small enough to carry around.





This is a bigger one I'm planning on starting on my frame at home. Should be relatively easy as it's nice blocks of colour.

QueenB.

Afternoon everyone, I have been having major computer problems and just could not access this site but OH brought me a lovely new laptop, shiney and up to date so finally I can get back online:j I have been suffering with a lot of headaches lately so stitching has been slow. However I am very proud of the fact that I have finished 2 unfinished projects, one of which has been half done for about 7 years:eek:

I finally finished the Alice and wonderland piece, I had struggled with it for about a year, just no motivation. Then a couple of weeks ago everything just came together and my stitching block lifted and it took just a week to finish. Then I finished my witch on a hoover. Its one of the granny adams range called just flying. i brought it about 9 years ago but it has a lot of fractionals and metalic blending which i think put me off for a long time but now its all lovely and complete. I still have to fiqure out how to put a picture on here, If my OH gets home early enough tonight I may have him help me.

I have also been going through my HUGE stash of stitching mags and pulling out the charts that I want to keep all and organising them into folders, I'm about halfway through my magazines but it has been lots of fun and I now have a long list of projects, large and small, that I want to stitch.

At the moment the large project Im working on is another unfinished piece that i started early last year Its the fans of the far east project fromJoan Elliots an Oriental Odyssey. There are 3 fans and I have completed one and am over halfway through the second one.

I hope you are all having a fab stitching Sunday.

QueenB.

Meant to ask, do i actually need to set up a flicker account to post pictures or can I do it another way?

sweetcarer

Hello Again

Twice in one day - now thats new! Found camera so I can show off some pictures

Latest with little boy blue



The pattern I am going to do at work - it is in 3 parts, so here is part one -



From very old copies of Cross Stitch Collection (1997) - issues 28, 30 and 32. The last part shows you can do it as all in one in a cushion but I am going to do them as groups of 4 and alter the wording so it contains month and flower. But here it is as all in one. The material I think I picked up a craft fair years ago so its not the exact same blue and I have 7 skeins of white - must of used two else where. It recommends you do 3 skeins per picture of 4. Sorry for photos - I am not David Bailey.



PS I have become friends with Joan Elliott, Emily Peacock and Faye Whitaker in Facebook and they comment in peoples work - they have forum pages. Its amazing to think they watch us doing our work and give wee comments. Nice wee boost.

Kind wishes to all

sweetcarer

flowerofscotland

Hi Sweetcarer When your first post described the white on blue set of designs I wondered if it was the one I stitched ages ago - and your 2nd post shows that it is. I only managed to stitch the first in the set but would love to do the other 2. I like stitching in one colour and find the work grows quickly that way. Your Little Boy Blue is lovely.

Flower sampler on blue evenweave by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

Flat_Eric

its official, knitting makes me grumpy :mad: back to the cross stitch....