Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

chickywiggle

oppps meant to add earlier *Louise* hope the lurgy doesn't do the rounds.

Emma glad your move went ok. It took me over a year to unpack all the boxes last time we moved.

mrs-moneypenny

hope things are strating toease now louise and no one else comes down with the lurg

Emma133

Hi Chicky thanks, yes we still have boxes everywhere as the house is such a tip i'm keeping as much packed as poss until the room it belongs in is decorated and ready lol so thats going to take a looooong time.

For some reason I seem to have two accounts, must have mistakinly made two a long time ago lol, weird

Emma x

23rdspiral

i've got a little more done on the wedding sampler. But i have got stalled by new boiler & rads needing furniture moving for pipework and posting out a handmade soft sculpture raven (ooh, new posh phrase to describe my folk art style soft toys on sticks that aren't toys lol!).

Chicky - wow that's nice of work to let you do that. good luck with the new application x

chickywiggle wrote: »

23rd glad your boiler man is here ........ just in time for the Summer.... how have you coped with no heating??

we have a wood burning stove, and OH is a forrester so we have lots of wood. the boiler has been on its last legs since we moved in a year ago, and irritatingly its gone through phases of being fine, not working, and only working if my OH hits it 'just so' (like the Fonze!) Coming back off a wet camping trip to no shower or heating was the last straw. I'm worrying the wedding will be impacted by the huge cost of the work, but can't do anything about that. AND i'm glad it'll be summer as we wont want to turn it on for fear of spending the gas!

Sweetcarer - am glad you sound a little happier this week. if there's ever anything we can do, please just say x

Dorastar wrote: »

Eeeew at all the cat tales - am not a cat (or dog) lover sorry, but give me a squeaky guinea pig any day

:T i like kittens, and love the loyalty of dogs, but yes, guinea pigs are my fave too! wheep! Wheep!

Louise - eek. i hope the rest of your family is ok. poor thing x

*Louise* wrote: »

Going back to finish half crosses is a whole section you don't need to check against the chart so you can just zoom through it. :T

yep that's why i do it too

And for reducing the number of times i have to finish off and start a new thread. - i'll happily travel behind an inch or so of other stitching, catching my thread under other stitches at the back in order to then carry on with the same colour in the next place.

i usually do 1 row /// then back again \\\. If it's a section on it's own or around another shape i to do full or halfs depending on whether i can travel back that way or not to the next section.
so yes there's a lot of us here who do different methods to suit...

sweetcarer

Just thought I would stay hi

I usually finish at 4pm on a Friday but I am still in the office now. Waiting on an important phone call. Wish it would hurry up - I'm hungry.

I thought if I could log in here and see whats happening.

Catch you later girls

sweetcarer

imprisoned in work - yikes!

Soulie

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Does anyone do as much stitching as you can in half stitches before going back and completing the stitch ???

I do if there's lots of 'block' work and not so many different colours. Like the Dalek one.
You can just about see the reddish-brown /// stitches on this picture:

Not done any stitching this week as I have been busy sorting my cross stitch magazines out!
My gosh, it is time consuming lol

I have removed all the charts from the magazines, and I plan to scan them all through to the computer, then I have been listing the original charts for sale on a facebook page I belong to!

So far I have listed 4 magazines worth, with about 50 or so more yet to scan lol before I list them, but you should see the 'junk' that came out of the magazines!!! Enough paper for another 50 magazines worth of charts! Ridiculous! I will have to have a proper count up of how many magazines and take a picture of the 'junk' that was left over after the charts were removed!

maria_and_the_imps

Louise hope nobody else gets the lurgy

Sweetcarer hope you escape soon

Of to pick up my neddle, hubby has gone to get morleys, so will stop to eat that!

catwoman150

Wow such a lot to read, looks like you have all been busy. I might be back later when I have had a good catch up

maria_and_the_imps

Have eatten my morleys and now I'm to stuffed to do any sewing!

So I'm going to watch my last episode of Vincent and then a film on love film, any suggestions?

Ruth_honey

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

Have eatten my morleys and now I'm to stuffed to do any sewing!

So I'm going to watch my last episode of Vincent and then a film on love film, any suggestions?

I really want to see My Week With Marilyn. Or if you fancy something silly, Dispicable Me always makes me laugh! Enjoy your movie night.