Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

chickywiggle

ohhh *Louise* what a fabby hubby. Enjoy your days out, anything nice planned?

Re: the wolf design funnily enough I know exactly the one you meant without any extra explaination which can only make me assume I have seen it advertised in the back adverty page of cross stitch mags.

YAY i won the mag with the 'if' design in it now I have the perfect excuse to use some pretty colour or hand dyed fabric. It suggests linin but I'm still not sure how confident I am to stitch on it (or evenweave) but it'll be HUGE on aida which defo leads me to think i will only do 1 verse of it - will have to work out sizes in a bit.

For older members the 'paso Doble' kit eventually sold last week so thats another £15 donation for Mind.


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new computer is up and running but still attempting to recover documents. so stitching is well and truly on the back burner. Tho have around 9h of flexi time banked at work so may take a Friday off when kids are at childminders .

What with O2's data problems I know have the SKY box and internet messing around. had to laugh at sky's response:

Me: am SOOO fed up of my sky internet crashing. have already had to reboot the sky router and lost count of the amount of times I have had to close/ reopen my internet in the last 24 hours.
we're on the xxxx server."

Sky rep via facebook: Hi, I have checked your exchange and there are no know issues, have you tried all the steps on the following link http://!!!!!!!/e6wBvG

well DURRRR i would if i could get intenet connection long enough!!!!

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Ruth_honey

Chicky-great news about the kit selling. Thanks for that! And give evenweave a go. Linen I'm not such a fan of, but evenweave is lovely to stitch on. I'm sure you'll enjoy it once you try it.

I have a small favour to ask those of you on Facebook. Could you please
'like' my photo that I entered into Urban Cross Stitches comp? The pic with the most 'likes' wins some UCS goodies.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151012437934431&set=a.10151008341604431.446765.51794189430&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
Thanks very much!

mrs-moneypenny

shelly finished picture looks lovely , really bright and happy
shicky glad the kit sold
louise what lovely hubby you have

chickywiggle

will do (facebook) ruth_honey. hmmmmm may attempt it... if i don't like it am sure one of you will give it a new home without too much pursuading.


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I retrieved the file YAYAYYAYAY. If ever you are in the same situation I highly recommend Pandora (https://www.pandorarecovery.com). tis free.

One happy bunny and lots of man hours saved. (still no stitchy tomorrow as needa month of updating on it.)

maria_and_the_imps

all done ruth

chickywiggle

oh WOW. amazing if you want to do a sea stitch for kids or bathroom.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Underwater-Scene-X-stitch-Fabric-All-Counts-Colors-/180559765722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2a0a3360da

(ooops apologies for size)

*Louise*

chickywiggle wrote: »

ohhh *Louise* what a fabby hubby. Enjoy your days out, anything nice planned?

Re: the wolf design funnily enough I know exactly the one you meant without any extra explaination which can only make me assume I have seen it advertised in the back adverty page of cross stitch mags.

YAY i won the mag with the 'if' design in it now I have the perfect excuse to use some pretty colour or hand dyed fabric. It suggests linin but I'm still not sure how confident I am to stitch on it (or evenweave) but it'll be HUGE on aida which defo leads me to think i will only do 1 verse of it - will have to work out sizes in a bit.

He is great - we are going to Edinburgh Zoo (£50+ for a family) and going to visit Royal Yacht Britannia. It's one of those attractions which is almost on the doorstep but we never get round to seeing, DS2 will love it...I'm just going for a nosey lol, see how the other half live :rotfl:

Ruth_honey wrote: »

. Could you please
'like' my photo that I entered into Urban Cross Stitches comp? The pic with the most 'likes' wins some UCS goodies.
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151012437934431&set=a.10151008341604431.446765.51794189430&type=1&relevant_count=1&ref=nf
Thanks very much!

Done - good luck with the likes!

chickywiggle wrote: »

oh WOW. amazing if you want to do a sea stitch for kids or bathroom.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Underwater-Scene-X-stitch-Fabric-All-Counts-Colors-/180559765722?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item2a0a3360da

That is gorgeous!!! :happyhear

Would look great just with some random tropical fish dotted about

Hmm...I'm sure there was a tropical fish design library type thing in a magazine not so long ago?

Flat_Eric

Yay its Friday :j:j:j :D:D:T:T:T

Sorted the threads last night for a Woodland folk bookmark which I hope to start over the weekend :j Have to say, not as keen on dmc charts as I am for Anchor charts

lancs-lady_2

Morning all

Just a quick question, does anyone use one of those magnetic boards, and if so are they any good?

I was just looking at this one on the Sew and Sew site:-

http://www.sewandso.co.uk/Products/7-x-10-Magnetic-Board__DMC-M230.aspx

flowerofscotland

Flat_Eric wrote: »

I've decided that I am probably going to treat myself to the cushion material but would welcome guidance on what size material to buy? Someone has already commented that the piece costing £9 odd will be tight so I will push the boat out and buy the piece costing £16 odd but which piece is best as there are two different options...

50 x 70 cm / 19 x 27 inches is £9.48 but this isn't big enough as I need material 55 x 55.

50 x 140 cm / 19 x 55 inches is £16.93

70 x 100 cm / 27 x 39 inches is also £16.93

then we have the 100 x 140 cm / 39 x 55 inches at a :eek: of £33.86.

Having typed the above, it would seem sensible to buy the 70 x 100 cm but this isn't going to get me two cushions and I guess if I want two, I would be better to order two x 70 x 100 cm rather than one 100 x 140 cm ? (as I need two 55 x 55 pieces) Typing it out has helped my head clear as I was getting very confused!

The material seems expensive but I do have birthday money leftover plus I won £10 on the lottery last night so do I go for it or wait to see if the material gets reduced or is there another material I should try ? (thats cheaper).

The 50 x 140 piece can be cut into 2 pieces each 50 x 55 and you will be left with a piece 50 x 30 which is a useable size so 3 pieces of fabric for £16.93 isn't too bad. I'm sending you a pm about discounts at Willow Fabrics