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

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
id forgotten all about 2012 2012, brilliant date. i hope everyone manages to get done what they wanted to achieve.

getting roots done this morning, but instead of knitting or stitching im going to have to take abox of cards so i can write out the ones for 'my' class, been so busy i hadnt got round to them yet and school shuts tomorrow

have a good day all and stay warm and dry.

flowerofscotland

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Morning girls.

Cuppa at my side - stitching in hand (well it will be very very soon) and about to start to bs the last few baubles on MP Cottage :j

Just a little reminder in case anyone has missed it - it's 20.12.2012

Have a good day everyone. Its chucking it down here - but thats still better than the icy stuff for me.

b_e_g

There was an item on Radio 4 Today programme about "magic numbers" - partly because tomorrow there will be 20.12 20.12.2012

Apparently there has been a glut of magic numbers in 2012 but there aren't many more to come for the rest of the century - there are 68 in total of which tomorrow is the 43rd Of course we cross stitchers were way ahead in knowing this

And if we want to make our 11 12 13 projects really special we should finish them at 14.15. making the date and time 11. 12. 13. 14. 15

Ruth_honey

Thanks for the recipe link, Maria. It was me that was after the butter chicken. Sounds yummy! Might give it a try over new year.

As some of the sales have started now, I popped into town before water aerobics in the hope I'd pick up a bargain in Yours. Been eyeing up a snowflake jumper & some PJ's online, but needed to buy in the shop to use my voucher (annoying! Wish I'd been bought the gift card instead). They didn't have either of the items & although I tried on a few things, nothing was right. Then I popped into Evans. Ordered a nice cardigan from the website yesterday-lovely hubby said to buy it. Will let him give it to me for Valentines as its black with white hearts. Saw two other things l liked in there. A winter-y jumper dress & a cardigan with a gold sparkle into it. Both still too pricey for me, even in the sales though. Why can't my voucher be for there???

Finished mums forever friends stitching yesterday & eventually managed to find the bag of flexi hoops to frame it. Then I did a bit more on the Christmas abc sampler. Am so behind on that, but hoping I'll make up time on the smaller letters. Might get chance to do a couple of hours on it later.

maria_and_the_imps

Sorry Ruth lol, it was lovley. Got a beef stew with horse radish dumplings in at the moment. Well my Wednesday target went passed and I'm no where finished off to grandads tonight to do some tidings up so I probably won't get any done tonight either

sweetcarer

sweetcarer wrote: »

Feeling so very tired today - more than normal - hubby is up early he has an interview today so hopefully. Trying hard not to get my hopes up.

Wondering if it is a good sign when the company you have an interview with leaves a message on your phone to call them back. Hubby got that call when he came in tonight but too late to call them back.

sweetcarer

blue_eyed_girl

Sweetcarer - fingers crossed it's good news.

Finished MP Cottage and DH has framed it for me. I have tried to take a piccy but I keep getting damned reflections in the glass. Will wait until daylight tomorrow.

Take care everyone and try to stay dry.

b_e_g

chickywiggle

sweetcarer wrote: »

Wondering if it is a good sign when the company you have an interview with leaves a message on your phone to call them back. Hubby got that call when he came in tonight but too late to call them back.

sweetcarer

hopefully.....got everything crossed.

Flat_Eric

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

Mmmmmm chicky can I come ? Sounds lovley

Thanks for all the help re slow Cooker have brought one now and made a lovley butter chicken yesterday was delish. So if anyone has any recipies they want to share I would be grateful.

too tired to catch up properly now so will have a proper read tomorrow/saturday. I'm excited to see talk of slow cookers.... I won one in an xmas raffle so an early xmas pressie :j and can't wait to find recipes and use it :T

Have also started to receive xmas money - £40 so far :T and tempted to treat myself to something from sew and so but I don't need anything and I've left it a bit late to guarantee xmas delivery.... They don't appear to have had much new stuff recently and their whats new page click here seems to have vanished in honour of their xmas delivery - order by friday 3pm message....

moments_of_sanity

Good evening all, hope you have all had a great day and got some stitching done.

Do any of you cross stitches use a magnifying light to do the cross stitch and if so would you recommend them. I am struggling to see in the artificial light :rotfl:

chickywiggle

Just popping in to mention an amazing facebook group sweetcarer found and pointed me in the direction of.

Xstitch for those impacted by the Sandy Hook Elementary school shooting

it's really hit home to me as DS1 is not much younger then the poor children who lost their lives.
We're both signing up to stitch a few squares - you can dedicate them to specific children/ adults or just wereever the designer feels they best fit.

There is no minimum/ maximum amount you can 'donate'.

they have lots of free designs that artists have donated for use.

rules

Material- 14ct aida- all will be accepted, we prefer to keep the size of the stitch uniform.

Colors for the aida:

cream
white
pastels
please refrain from using any dark colors

Sizes: 7x7 and 9x9 stitching space- overall size should be 10x10 or 12x12 stitching needs to fit within these dimensions- sorry for any confusion and hope this clarifies

Signature- please put your name or initials, whichever you are most comfortable with and where you are from. This can be anywhere on the piece. Just please make sure to leave enough room on the border for the piece to be made into a quilting block

Time frame- right now we are thinking about a deadline for August, but this could change depending on everyones status.


If you aren't on facebook then let me know you are interested and I will post on your behalf.