Cross Stitch Cafe - stitching out of 2012 and into 2013...

flowerofscotland

Good morning stitchers

brednall Sorry to hear of your problems. As has been said "talk" here if it will help even a little

mrsmp Thank you for posting the links to the variation on Celtic Christmas - it looks stunning

firefly Thanks for the reply about the stockings

sweetcarer Thank you for the link to your bookmark design. Lots of lovely free charts on there though they seem to out of free time :rotfl:
I've printed off quite a few.

Good luck with the competition

elliep If you like Joan Elliott designs then consider one of her fairies or angels ? Lots of inspiration in her blog

Though I really like the home sweet home one you posted

pm2326 Hope you get some stitching done (and surely your eyes are worth the small amount of electricity that modern light bulbs use?)

chicky I followed your link to 23rdspiral's post and ended up looking at her flickr photos (as you do) Seemed to be lots of photos of fabric there even if there weren't any xs kits

louise looking forward to seeing an update of your project 12. I know why my Christmas Cheer piece became a UFO. The chart is quite small and uses a lot of similar symbols so I have gone wrong twice recently :mad: Have now realised that the solution is to enlarge the chart as it makes the symbols clearer for my old eyes.

Shelly Thanks for the feedback on the stockings. Your latest piece is so cute - have you got cats like the picture?

brednall

Morning all. THanks for the support but I think if I start to post my ranting feelings on here, you'll either all think I'm mad, not want to read them or it might get me banned from posting any more!!!

Hoping to make a list of what I want to stitch. Must finish my second blackwork owl as it is for a friend of my mum's who saw my completed one and wanted one for his neighbour. If there wasn't a rogue thicker stitch in the first one, I would have sold him that one.

Keeping soldiering on but not sure this is how I want life to be for the foreseeable future

Emma

shelly

flowerofscotland wrote: »

Shelly Thanks for the feedback on the stockings. Your latest piece is so cute - have you got cats like the picture?

You are welcome and thanks.
Our cat couldn't be more different than the ones in the design! We currently have Lily, she is black and white. We also had Coco, she passed in 2008 and was pure black.

The story behind me doing this particular piece is hubby keeps badgering me for a kitten. He says we NEED one! I say both Lily and I can do without
I thought I'd stitch this piece as it was in my stash and then hubby can have 3 kittens :rotfl:

catwoman150

Morning all, only just come back online our broadband has been down but they did give us money off the bill
loads to catch up on again catch up part 1

thanks for the ideas on the wine aprons, not sure about the washing up bottle ones- thanks for looking anyway.

Laura your tea cup is fab
Louise your little cootage is cute
Congrats Aneres Hope all went well and you both emjoyed your day xx
Brednall lovely little globes
Ruth glad all went well with the op, sending hugs to you
Chicky IF looks lovely
Hello Fran and welcome
Hard Frost looks great Mags_cat
Louise The Doctors Look good together. It must of been a very productive day to frame them.
PAP London is coming along great
I have had a quick look at The making Spot and they have some nice charts on there, have bookmarked them till I get paid - but must try and restraint myself and NOT buy anything yet.
Welcome back Vickie
Lovely stocking Sk00bie
Sweetcarer it looks lovely
scotstwinmum I keep all my needles together in an old mint tin.

right Im off to work will catch you all in a bit

*Louise*

Update on '12 Days' which I finally picked up again over the weekend...

When I ditched it:



Now:

The_Dragon

Cor *Louise*! you are really cracking on with that!

Flat_Eric

elliep wrote: »

argh, I just typed a long response and it wouldn't post. Really should remember to copy before pressing the 'post' button!

I'd really like to do something colourful and christmassy but last time I did that I ended up stitching a beautiful JE Santa all year. He was lovely but I don't want Christmas all year again. I like larger projects as if I do small ones I don't frame them and they get put in storage where they're wasted really. So what to do?

1. Choose Christmas design and just work on it for as long as it takes
2. Find colourful non-Christmassy design

If 2 then any suggestions anyone? My stash consists of a pile of magazines, a bag of fabric and about 2/3 of the DMC colours so I don't have a stack of kits waiting to be stitched. I've been trying to get the JE ultimate collection book but it goes for crazy prices on ebay and I can't find it anywhere else. I want to stitch the stockings and maybe one of the angels from it. (If anyone has one they want to sell, I'm interested in buying).

Why not buy this or this ???

I have both of these items and have started stitching some small designs to fit the pen pot. The idea if I'm organised and finish in time for xmas is that I will give my friend the pen pot with 3 different stitched designs. Then for future birthdays and xmas, I will stitch new designs so she can change them to suit.

I might however get distracted making one for myself first !!

elliep_2

Thanks Flat Eric, I really do prefer stitching larger designs though. I'm very tempted by a cut through if I can get a nice one in chart form (not kit). I'm also very tempted by a 'dictionary of', maybe the bra one because my mum laughed at it for ages when I showed it to her online a year or two back. I could do it for her birthday (May - so I've got ages).

I'm just a little bit put off by the fiddly nature of both of these styles. has anyone stitched a 'dictionary of' or 'cut thru' design? do they have as much confetti stitch as it looks like?

mrs-moneypenny

afternoon all
damp and muggy here, dentists check ups done and a few chores so im having a stitchy hour while DH and DS2 play on the xbox - its 1/2 term here and DH always takes it off to be with me and the kids
love all the photos and updates

louise do you ever sleep or once you go into stitchy mode are you like the duracell bunny and can just go on and on? 12 days looks fab

Emma, sending more hugs we are all here for you and you know you could feel free to rant, i hope however things turn out you get the life that is right for you, and that would be a happy one.

have framed my 3 lizzie kates, they look nice so am pleased with them/ friends decoration has turned out really well. ill try and post photos soon. im working on my stitchy christmas card now for in here as first effort turned into friends decoration. so far im thinking it will stay the card stitch

nmm

Hiya guys, sadly no stitching for over a week and not been online either, i have 10 pages to catch up on, off to read