Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

maria_and_the_imps

No problem benny if I forget later please remind me I have a shocking memory!

23rdspiral

*Louise* wrote: »

The smaller one has done me just fine....I'm also using it for a 3ft wide HAED, I just fold and pin the excess fabric at the sides.

that's brilliant, thanks. I,ll ask for it for my birthday I think. Is sew and so the cheapest place to buy? I want a chrysqnthiumn (sp!) kit from there but their 'tell u later' postage policy worrys me.

benny1981 wrote: »

Hello All,

Well what a day I have had, I am currently ill in bed and decided to google cross stitch forum, and up came MSE. I usually lurk on Old Style but lo and behold I have been lured onto this thread...

:T well being here should help. There's a few of us with depression or other I'll health so we can symphasise in a posative way IUSWIM. Welcome to the thread, grab a coffee and enjoy your reading!

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

nykied hope you are feeling better soon
louise what a brill tip i will definately be bonding the back of my small pieces before card making in future, and i love those ballet pictures
B_E_G i love your owl
welcome to the newbies
finished doing crossstitch last night so will start backstitch this evening

blue_eyed_girl

Lovely to have you with us benny. I did this ballerina many years ago and it became quite a labour of love. I don't know if I kept the chart as it got so tatty as it was on the go for so long. If you like it I can try and find the details out for you if you like - it may have been dmc but could even be discontinued now as it was quite a while ago. I have since learnt to copy my charts before starting them so that the originals are kept in good condition. Good luck with your search.

Debating whether or not to get stitching out this morning as im taking mum to hospital this afternoon or should I do some housework .............. decisions decisions :rotfl::rotfl:

b_e_g

Ruth_honey

23rdspiral wrote: »

that's brilliant, thanks. I,ll ask for it for my birthday I think. Is sew and so the cheapest place to buy? I want a chrysqnthiumn (sp!) kit from there but their 'tell u later' postage policy worrys me.


:T well being here should help. There's a few of us with depression or other I'll health so we can symphasise in a posative way IUSWIM. Welcome to the thread, grab a coffee and enjoy your reading!

Sew & So tell you the postage costs once you get to the address stage. You don't have to go as far as payment details. I think it goes by the destination & weight, but I find they're resonable.
Waiting on them to get in lizzie Kate's 'a good marriage' as I want to stitch it for my husband for our 10th anniversary in may. I emailed them yesterday to ask if they'll be stocking it soon and got a reply back very quickly saying yes, just keep an eye out on the what's new page.

catwoman150

this is how far I have got on White Lightning
http://flic.kr/p/b7NtsM

ejs2311

Don't you just hate it when work gets in the way of stitching. Since I reopened (obviously I gave myself Christmas & New Year off!) I haven't had a minute til now.

Louise - thinks for the link to the interfacing. I need some but didn't have time to search so this will do just fine.

HP - I love the kit from WOXS that you did. Is that the current issue?

I'm off to get my 5 for £5 set up now and then I'll actually pick up my stitching for half an hour. My challenget this month is to finish the owl that I started a while back for my sister in laws birthday.

HP_Sauce

ejs2311 wrote: »

HP - I love the kit from WOXS that you did. Is that the current issue?

I won this kit as part of a job lot from ebay so not sure which issue it's from, I do know it's not been in the last 6 months or so as I've been subscribing since then.

QueenB.

Happy 2012 stitchers:j
i really want to do something a bit different this year. I finally finished my pagan fairy by DMC, it looks really good, i wasn't sure about the white backstitch through the black hair but it really works at a distance. I will have to try and put a piccie up of it at the weekend.

Well my first stitching target is to finish a UFO from last year. I had started a Alice in wonderland piece for a friends birthday last year but just didn't finish, luckily she had no idea about it so no awkward apologies:o but i am determined to get it finished before her birthday this year (march) only really the table to do and the back stitch but its lots of white and light grey making it both a tad boring and difficult to do in the evenings. Once that is finished i would really like to do something for me to actually keep, but soooooooo many choices:D

Dorastar

ejs2311 wrote: »

Don't you just hate it when work gets in the way of stitching. Since I reopened (obviously I gave myself Christmas & New Year off!) I haven't had a minute til now.

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Am with you on that one - how sad would it be if I won the lottery and when they interviewed me I said I would buy a radiator for the ensuite (cos it is flippin freezing in there) and retire and stitch all day long - not exactly world shattering way to spend the dosh is it