Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

Ruth_honey

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

afternoon all
augustsmummy hope you are soon feeling better
love your millenimum sampler
im hoping to do a bit of titanic later, just warched perfect storm

hope all are well

Been watching loads of Titanic things these past few weeks. My stitching of it hangs above our sofa in the living room. A Night To Remember is on BBC 2 tomorrow afternoon. I've never watched that film, but heard its very good.

Not had much chance to stitch recently. Working on something secret that I can't stitch around DH and he's been around too much to make any progress!

Love all the updates and pictures, though. The Millenium sampler is very impressive!

23rdspiral

flowerofscotland wrote: »

23rdSpiral Thank you so much for sharing your experience at the Show - it was almost as good as being there (and far less expensive for me )
I loved the shot of the stalls - I love the feeling of anticipation when I first enter a show wondering what new goodies I am going to see. I am so jealous of your workshop with Jan Constantine. I have liked her work for a long time but her recent designs really hit a chord with me.

you're very welcome. i was a little at how much i'd written, but i didnt like to delete after putting the effort in! I'm glad you enjoyed the photos. The Workshop with Jan Constantine really was brilliant. And yesterday i put the skills learnt to good use by appliquing with blanket stitch my cousin's name onto his birthday gift .
~ TKMaxx had 4 Jan Constantine Cushions last week... I treated myself to one. at 35 it was a lot cheaper than the usual 75pounds, but still the most i've ever paid for a cusion. it's cream with a big red heart on and 'with love' on top. i really love her new designs for the Jubilee, and want her Map wall hanging, but at several hundred it's not gonna happen!

* got the new Cross Stitcher yesterday, and for once i think it's brilliant! ok, the Jan Constantine article helps(never rains but it pours, shes everywhere!), but actually there's a lot in it i might stitch, esp now my stitching bug seems to be returning

* Wee Little Stitches had a flash sale on, so at 1am i found myself buying 'Big Bang Theory' and 'The Breakfast Club'. Oopsie! :rotfl:

~ have a great holiday LOUISE!
~ hope little un gets well soon AUGUST MUMMY!

catwoman150

lancs-lady wrote: »

Could someone please recommend a good software designer for me please? Either free or moderately priced? I've tried Stoik but my free trial has ended and don't want to pay that much for one. I've also tried XS Professional but it won't let me save or print, so much good!

I don't want anything too fandangled because I'm really technophobic, I just have some nice pictures I want to convert.

Many thanks

I purchased this
I love it it takes a little while to get into it, but the photos side of it is very good and they come out great. I havent stitched any yet though, but I have converted some pictures with it ready for stitching.

23rdspiral

I've been catching up, reading backwards...

I'm so sorry for your loss Louise.

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Also re Lord Of The Rings charts, my inner geek loves this one...


http://www.etsy.com/listing/82386057/pixel-people-the-fellowship-of-the-ring

mrs-moneypenny

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Been watching loads of Titanic things these past few weeks. My stitching of it hangs above our sofa in the living room. A Night To Remember is on BBC 2 tomorrow afternoon. I've never watched that film, but heard its very good.

Not had much chance to stitch recently. Working on something secret that I can't stitch around DH and he's been around too much to make any progress!

Love all the updates and pictures, though. The Millenium sampler is very impressive!

that is a very good film well worth watching, in fact i think ill join you and watch it again myself

Ruth_honey

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

that is a very good film well worth watching, in fact i think ill join you and watch it again myself

3pm BBC2 tomorrow, for anyone who fancies watching it. My Sky+ box is chocka with Titanic programmes!

23rdspiral

Sorry for multiple posts, but am reading back slowly in between tidying, cooking and holding a friends new baby...

I'm so sorry for your loss mrs money penny, how lovely to have such a large family. You bought a tear to my eye too x

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Thank you to who ever posted the link to the Dolphin in the sale, I had a nosey, spotted the bee kit, emailed it to a friend, who has bought it - she's wanted an affordable bee kit for ages. THANKYOU!

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You ladies have been really busy! I'm loving seeing all the work. Flowers of Scotland I Really love the quilt design, really unusual.. I quilt too so think it's really fab. Where did you find it?

flowerofscotland

23rdspiral wrote: »

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You ladies have been really busy! I'm loving seeing all the work. Flowers of Scotland I Really love the quilt design, really unusual.. I quilt too so think it's really fab. Where did you find it?

Sorry to most of you - this is off topic
The quilt is a sampler quilt with 12 different blocks which was designed by Pam and Nicky Lintott of The Quilt Room. It uses a jelly roll plus some additional fabric for the sashings and binding. The patterns were on the Quilt Room website once a month and then used for a book I have saved my copies of each of the 12 month blocks if you would like a Funnily enough I have just bought another jelly roll (Moda's Blueberry Crumbcake) to do another version as I really enjoyed making the first one. I intend to do one block a month like I did with the first one so it's a 12 month project but as it's for me it doesn't matter

Just realised you may not have meant the quilt - were you asking about the cross stitch quilt which I made into a cushion? If so it is a design by a US designer called Paula Vaughan - I've done a few of her designs

lancs-lady_2

catwoman150 wrote: »

I purchased this
I love it it takes a little while to get into it, but the photos side of it is very good and they come out great. I havent stitched any yet though, but I have converted some pictures with it ready for stitching.

Thanks for the advice. I was looking at that but was a bit unsure of it. I've tried a couple of the free ones but I can't seem to get on with them.

lancs-lady_2

Augustmummy - thank you. Theres no rush. My friend's son's birthday is the 10th May so I was thinking of doing it for then. Plenty of time. I seem to be flying with my stitching at the minute.

My Spring Angel took me 4 months to complete, but I'm half way through Winter Angel and spending a lot less time on it.

I'll post a pic shortly.