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

blue_eyed_girl

nmm - lovely BD update. Hope meds keep working for Tikaani.

Dragonfly - welcome to the Cafe :hello:

pap - lovely cards :T

shelly - good luck with your test in the morning. Hope you manage to get kitty home with you too.

maria - those stacked trees look brill.

Stitchy-related stuff I've picked up today - yet another red frame from Ikea (this one is for Boofle) and some very thin silver stretchy elastic stuff to use on some of the xmas cards.

No stitching done today at all

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georgia1980

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

Georgia have you tried utube for French knot tutorials? there are some good ones on there

Great i will go and take a look :T Thanks so much

I had so many good intentions to stitch today but sadly my day didn't go as planned and l got a total of zero stitches done!

catwoman150

Have a quick question for those who subcribe to WOCS. I signed up for the 5 issues for a £5 back in Feb. They took the first payment out £5 and then later on in the year they took another payment in about june/july.

My question is : Does anyone know when the next payment is due to come out? I know it might be a long shot as everyone might have different payment dates.

I have tried to login to their website but I keep getting an error message.

blue_eyed_girl

OFF TOPIC

Just read that Comet have re-instated their gift vouchers for general public. Hope this helps some people.

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chickywiggle

georgia1980 wrote: »

Dragon it is just Cross stitch stitches. I am ok with most of the techniques but l am struggling with French Knots in particular! Every way l try they fail!

5 stitchy years on...............and I still fail at french knots!!! despite watching and reading every tutorial released.

JCS1

chickywiggle wrote: »

5 stitchy years on...............and I still fail at french knots!!! despite watching and reading every tutorial released.

Me too! I now cheat and use beads or make a smaller cross instead

sk00bie1

catwoman150 wrote: »

Have a quick question for those who subcribe to WOCS. I signed up for the 5 issues for a £5 back in Feb. They took the first payment out £5 and then later on in the year they took another payment in about june/july.

My question is : Does anyone know when the next payment is due to come out? I know it might be a long shot as everyone might have different payment dates.

I have tried to login to their website but I keep getting an error message.

I've been trying to login to view my subscription too!

I thought it was work's computer, but seeing your post has reminded me to try here and no joy.

If I can't get it to work tomorrow I'm going to ring them I think, I want to find out if they can change my subscription to a different mag for the remainder, I think mine will go till February. I'm still going to cancel it after it runs out.

blue_eyed_girl

catwoman150 wrote: »

Have a quick question for those who subcribe to WOCS. I signed up for the 5 issues for a £5 back in Feb. They took the first payment out £5 and then later on in the year they took another payment in about june/july.

My question is : Does anyone know when the next payment is due to come out? I know it might be a long shot as everyone might have different payment dates.

I have tried to login to their website but I keep getting an error message.

I have usually cancelled my d/d before the second d/d comes out but I seem to remember reading that after the first 5 for £5 it would be something like £8.99 every 3 issues. If you don't have any success with website maybe give them a call to see if they can work it out for you.

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Ailsb

Firefly - thanks for the details of the magazine. Unfortunately I don't subscribe to this magazine, I almost bought it for the nativity design but decided against it. Thanks for the info though, may have a look if it's still in WHS and if so if it will be the right size. Thanks for the link to the canvas, if I decide to "do my own" I think I'll go for a fat quarter.

Chicky & Louise - I couldn't even contemplate stitching the swatches as one piece, I know I'd never finish it.

MrsF49 - thanks for the details re Cross Stitch Crazy, this isn't a magazine that I'm familiar with.

Flowers - Will have a look at willow Fabrics. As I've never stitched a cushion I'm not sure what the difference between acrylic and wool is for this.

PAP & Catwoman - thanks for the links and for looking for a free charts. I did spend ages trying to find one but drew a blank.

PAP - Your cards are great.

Catwoman - it's £8.99 every 3 months, so if the last payment was June then the next would have been Sept if July then Oct. I'd call them tomorrow and check. They were very helpful when I called about my sub.

Re French Knots. I can do them but don't enjoy them so I use beads now as well.

For anyone after frames Sainsburys have Silver and Red ones in a pack of 3 I think they were £6 and 5X7.

Shelly - good luck tomorrow and for picking up the kitty.

Louise - looking forward to seeing your chocs.

The more I think about it the more I think I'll a) wait and see if I find anything at the show on Thursday and b) if not order the other cushion kit from sewandso.

I did buy this cross stitch kit earlier in the year. May see how this would convert to a cushion or may just try to stitch it as it is but not for this Christmas I don't have the time.

nmm - sorry to hear about your dog hope things get better and she gets older.

Dragonfly - can't help with the frame but agree with Maria re aida, kit and coasters from Sewandso and acrosstown for thread. Both are really good sites to buy from. Also RUCrafts are good for kits.

Re French Knots - I can do them but don't enjoy them so I use beads as well.

For anyone after frames Sainsburys have red ones and silver ones in a pack of 3, I think they are 5X7 and cost £6

Sorry for length of post.

*Louise*

chickywiggle wrote: »

wonder how big a piece of aida we'd need lol - perhaps thats an evenweave 1x1 stitch project

I might try and chart a bit and do some rough calculations......I just think it would make a pretty display

georgia1980 wrote: »

I had so many good intentions to stitch today but sadly my day didn't go as planned and l got a total of zero stitches done!

Oh I have many a day like that :rotfl:

Maria - Those trees are very pretty, but also seem like a lot of work,
I look forward to seeing how long they take and how they turn out

Well as I mentioned earlier, I spent this afternoon making chocolate tree decs (as seen on many christmas craft sections of the website). I will be bagging them to sell at the school craft fayre. (That's one box load in the pic, another 2 to go)