Cross Stitch Cafe 2012

*Louise*

flowerofscotland wrote: »

Louise - hope you rekindle your stitching mojo soon. If you've lost interest in Earth from Space are there any other UFOs that appeal more? And I thought you were starting Sleeping Beauty from Cross Stitch Gold soon?

Yeah, and the other two but I don't want to have so many unfinished ones on the go (got enough already) And I have a new piece to stitch for my Boss - got until October for that though.

I picked it up last night and got some done.....it's starting to catch my interest again - mojo never disappears for long

Oh - we had a lovely family day out yesterday - visited the Royal Yacht Britannia, it was really interesting. Went to the tearoom on board - omg @ the prices :eek: £4.50 for a slice of cake lol. In the end we got ice creams x3 for kids, a coke and a hot choc for my mum and I - £22 lol, not exactly moneysaving.

Need to decide what to do next weekend now Depends on the flipping weather, you never know what it's going to do atm

nmm

Update on my mums mackintosh roses, not much to do now I'm going to border all the way round then border between the 3 smaller ones, i hope it looks ok



OMG louise £22 :eek: imagine how much stitchy stash that would've bought :rotfl:

mavisangelica

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

sorry just had a look through my pile i have a few needlecraft issues but not the one you need

Thanks you mrs-moneypenny

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

hi have you tried craft bubble it is the website linked with alot of the magazines and i believe you can ask for things and people oftern sell old mags on there
hth
maria

Thank you Maria. I have now registered and will have a smooch about first to get a feel for it before I post. (More time on the computer ) I reckon it was a bad thing signing up as I will end up with a queue of projects lined up.

blue_eyed_girl

TMIF - hope its not too long till you can enjoy your lovely new bathroom.

Flat Eric - nooooo I've never walked out without paying for a meal.

mavisangelica - sorry cant help with mag. Hope you manage to find one soon.

Louise - pleased you enjoyed your family day out. Hope the hot choccy was a good one for those prices.

nmm - love the update - simple design but very effective.

Here's the update of the Art Deco Minis - sorry for the rubbishy photo but I think you will get the idea.



Will take another pic once they are framed.

b_e_g

Flat_Eric

sweetcarer wrote: »

Off topic

Just thought I would drop in and say "cherrie" for now. I am in the middle of packing for my holiday to Wales - not been there much since my late hubby died - tho born in Scotland he was brought up there - but we are going to the other end from there - going south to between Cardiff and Swansea.

Went to M&S to pick up some trousers I ordered online and popped into Next to see if anything - usually disappointed as I am a size 22/24 and I found a nice basic top for £4 in a 22 so will try that on and bought a lovely top for my best friend which was £6 - got a couple of earrings and that was it. I hope they all fit.

Making some of my cupcake victoria sponges - trying a different recipe. I am treating my da who is 77 and fell of his roof on Friday - silly old goat he acts more like a 7 year old, think he forgets his age. Him and my mum are looking after Sam while we are on holiday.

Keep well girls and I will catch you all when I get back - need to mind what page we are on so I can scroll back.

Kind wishes where ever you are

sweetcarer

PS did anyone download this free design from DMC help?

I haven't seen this before but it is very striking. I like it lots :T ! I hope you have a lovely holiday:T

Soulie wrote: »

It is very annoying!
I'm going to have to go careful with the rest of the thread now just in case.
I still have a little bit left to do on the top half so I will see how I feel after I am done, but I might switch back to the Dalek, we will see!

Grr I have some Dimension kits in my stash. That's going to put me off stitching them now. Why can't they be generous with the thread. I certainly will think twice before I order another Dimensions kit.

mavisangelica wrote: »

Well, I am embarrassed to admit but I am about to continue with a project that I started in 1993. It is a tapestry rug that was a series in the Needlecraft magazines. Previous to this I did a lot of cross stitch and after I started this I did a few cross stitch pictures for a friend that liked them but didn't have the patience. I then had my son and then my project got stuffed on top of the wardrobe.

I have been decluttering this year as the house is on the market and I have found my stash of cross stitch and needlecraft magazines but horrors the first issue that the rug is from is missing. Needlecraft June 1993 issue 24. I have all the others before and after. I think because I was working from that one.

I have looked on Ebay and surprise, surprise that is the only issue not listed.

Can anyone give me any ideas of websites that do back issues or perhaps craft forums that do sale and wants.

I can't help with the magazine as that's one I've never really bought. Have you saved a search for the mag on ebay ? i'm sure it will come up at some point. People don't always put much info in the main description so ask ebay to search the description as well.

*Louise* wrote: »

Yeah, and the other two but I don't want to have so many unfinished ones on the go (got enough already) And I have a new piece to stitch for my Boss - got until October for that though.

I picked it up last night and got some done.....it's starting to catch my interest again - mojo never disappears for long

Oh - we had a lovely family day out yesterday - visited the Royal Yacht Britannia, it was really interesting. Went to the tearoom on board - omg @ the prices :eek: £4.50 for a slice of cake lol. In the end we got ice creams x3 for kids, a coke and a hot choc for my mum and I - £22 lol, not exactly moneysaving.

Need to decide what to do next weekend now Depends on the flipping weather, you never know what it's going to do atm

Oh it makes me so cross how much it costs for snacks and meals when you are out. :mad:

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

TMIF - hope its not too long till you can enjoy your lovely new bathroom.

Flat Eric - nooooo I've never walked out without paying for a meal.

mavisangelica - sorry cant help with mag. Hope you manage to find one soon.

Louise - pleased you enjoyed your family day out. Hope the hot choccy was a good one for those prices.

nmm - love the update - simple design but very effective.

Here's the update of the Art Deco Minis - sorry for the rubbishy photo but I think you will get the idea.



Will take another pic once they are framed.

b_e_g

Wow ! these look good !

Flat_Eric

IMG_2381 by Flat Eric on Flickr, on Flickr


This is the bird design that will be in Cross Stitch Collection next month. September issue on sale 2 August. (Someone posted asking for pic?)

This is progress so far on the bookmark design I'm stitching. I managed a little bit this afternoon while watching Columbo.


IMG_2382 by Flat Eric on Flickr, on Flickr

subtle_minx

Fab updates everyone!. PP looks amazing!
Still not done much stitching this week, also seem to have lost mojo, been sooo tired and sore. I got a lovely thank you card for my oriental exchange, that was nice I'm still slowly working on mums bookmark etc. Prob should have stuck to a design, rather than tweaking bits of designs.. oh well, I always make things harder for my self. Also looking for bookmark designs as decided they are cheap to make, effective and look good. Brought a RM kit on ebay yesterday so will use that in future for my mum, I think.

Just brought this on ebay... Eek!
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/230819503379?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_792

FE- never left without paying, though had many ops but know Karma would come back and bite me in the butt.

Will post re: fave stitchy places etc another time. one essay for now is enough

nmm

The dmc chart that sweetcarer asked for was given out free a couple of weeks ago i have it, if you want a let me know For the bird table it looks like 2 blue tits, a coal tit, a robin, a gold finch and a sparrow on the left maybe?

ocemeer

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l542/little_red_gecko/024.jpg

Bokmark from a CS - quite like it as small enough to carry around though threads and Aida shocking quality

http://i1123.photobucket.com/albums/l542/little_red_gecko/029.jpg

Doing this for my boys - on order - going to take forever.
Just been looking I have so many UFOs i have banned myself from buying anything else.
Have done soem more - a quick card for someones birthday and a couple of brooches just need to sit down and get on with things.
And must stop browsing bad websites and clicking on all your just bought links otherwise I'll never finish anything.

maria_and_the_imps

Subtle, I'm a little bit jealous lol