Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

Flat_Eric

Yes its the cat holding the heart that I'm stitching :j I don't know why I waited so long to start it. Its such a cute design

blue_eyed_girl

Maria - hope move went well for you all. Hope it wont be too long before your are sitting with your feet up and your stitching in hand.

chicky - love those Dictionary of Mums and Dads. We will have to keep on the look out for them. Hope the pester power works.

Louise - your niece will love it im sure. The frame is gorgeous too.

Well I'm painting today and supposed to be at aerobics tonight so I don't think a great deal of stitching will be getting done today.

Take care everyone,

b_e_g

lancs-lady_2

chicky have you tried copying it into a XS designer and seeing what happens?? It might not turn out, but if someone wants to send me the design I'm happy to give it a go - I'm using Jane Greenoff XS Designer thanks to you helpful ladies on here

Well I finished Chop Chop off Moshi Monsters yesterday. I'm quite pleased with it, as I didn't think it would turn out very good. I didmn't have all the correct colours so had to improvise a bit. I'll post a piccie on a little later.

The only thing now is that my daughter wants me to stitch another for her friend, plus a whole picture of Moshi Monsters! Oh and I had to buy Chop Chop off Ebay for her yesterday as she was missing that figure. For any Moshi fans, have you seen the price some of them little critters go for on Ebay? I was gobsmacked :eek:

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
the picture for your niece looks lovely Louise and the frame really sets it off the colours compliment each other perfectly.

love the dictionary of pictures

can i ask for advice please, i want to do a stitch but need to convert something how do i chart is it trace the picture then transfer it on to squared graph paper? my niece is in Birmingham children's hospital and there logo at the mo is a red balloon with what looks like a stitching plaster cross on it. her name is Lily so i want to do something using a lily flower and the balloon, do any of you think its possible or am i being too ambitious

flowerofscotland

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

morning all
the picture for your niece looks lovely Louise and the frame really sets it off the colours compliment each other perfectly.

love the dictionary of pictures

can i ask for advice please, i want to do a stitch but need to convert something how do i chart is it trace the picture then transfer it on to squared graph paper? my niece is in Birmingham children's hospital and there logo at the mo is a red balloon with what looks like a stitching plaster cross on it. her name is Lily so i want to do something using a lily flower and the balloon, do any of you think its possible or am i being too ambitious

There are free downloads of graph paper for xs such as this one. Have you got a light box to make tracing easier? If not holding the paper against a window can work for tracing a design. Good luck - it sounds lovely and a perfect gift to cheer her up

mrs-moneypenny

flowerofscotland wrote: »

There are free downloads of graph paper for xs such as this one. Have you got a light box to make tracing easier? If not holding the paper against a window can work for tracing a design. Good luck - it sounds lovely and a perfect gift to cheer her up

shes only 8month old so its more for her parents than her really, its so hard on them with one twin being allowed home at christmas and the other too poorly to leave hospital they are torn in two. i visited for the first time last week she is just gorgeous

i havent got a light box so will do the up agaist the window method. thank you for the help

The_Dragon

another way is to print the graph paper, then put that back in the printer and print the design/s you want

23rdspiral

Hi all, thankyou for your less-stress wishes.
Nothing is really progressing. DirectLine havnt got back to me, the repair place havnt either, and no progress getting my wall fixed / made safe.

Ive been looking for something. One of those things "in a safe place". But I decided i was going crazy so Stopped looking for lost thing, instead looked at wedding dresses for 2 hours, then began tidying up 3 days worth of chaos that came from looking for lost thing. Decided to file things differently. AND FOUND LOST THING!!! :j

Oh and in the 3 days of looking for lost thing I also threw away a ton of old paperwork, tidied the shed and attic, and found £50! Win. Win! WIN!!! :j

Yes the lost thing was my paper driving licence, and it was tucked in my disability statement (yes, the statement that declares I have trouble organising things!! :rotfl:) I now realise it was there with my birth cert since my job interview last May!

Reward = I'm gonna give some time to stitching! Yay!

chickywiggle

lancs-lady wrote: »

chicky have you tried copying it into a XS designer and seeing what happens?? It might not turn out, but if someone wants to send me the design I'm happy to give it a go - I'm using Jane Greenoff XS Designer thanks to you helpful ladies on here

Nope not tried it yet, might have to have a play at the weekend (or send it to you :rotfl:)

The_Dragon wrote: »

another way is to print the graph paper, then put that back in the printer and print the design/s you want

Do you know it had NEVER occured to me to do this. SOO simple!! The last time I 'created' one (without using a cross stitch creater) I printed the graph paper onto an acetate sheet. Printed the picture off and put it underneath then sellotaped the 2 together. It was impossible to stitch but actually turned out not too bad.

23rd what a productive day. I think your reward should be to spend the £50 on stitchy stuff .

Louise - the ballarina looks LOVELY in that frame, it was made for it.

mrs-moneypenny

just instaled my newly arived printer and tested it by priting out a sheet of graph paper, need to search my mag stash now for a picture of a nice lily

thank you for your help and pointing me in the direction of the paper download

http://www.yiotas-xstitch.com/freebies/pink-lily-free-cross-stitch-pattern

anyone used this site before some nice free downloadable patterns. i just googled free cross stitch patterns and a few came up