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

*Louise*

chickywiggle wrote: »

Been looking on Amazon and Raggy Dolls DVDs are £5 each .

# if you're not at ease with your knobbly knees and your fingers are all thumbs.....stand on your two left feet and join your raggy doll chums....#
I might buy one for my sister's birthday, she would love that:T:rotfl:

maria_and_the_imps wrote: »

and as someone said the other day he now tells me what I miss and rewinds it if i need him to lol

:D:D:T

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Didn't know about the 80s tv weekend, so thanks for mentioning it! Used to love Knightmare.

One of my favourites! Even though it used to creep me out a bit lol:T

couldsavemore_2

morning everyone seens very windy outside.

not managed any stitching over the last couple of days but hope to get an hour or two later.

we are not doing much for new year just a small buffet and play some games with dd who wants to see the new year in. will watch a bit of tv to see the fireworks at midnight.

M O S lovely cushion will look great in your caravan

F F 369 those look very festive you have been busy did they take you long what are you going to do with them

nmm your project is coming along well how long has that taken so far.im only being nosy because i seem so slow

my project said it should take about 45 hours I think it will be twice that for me, you all may do it quicker.
have you all been stitching for years. i did do some a few years ago but then left it for a long while so I'm now trying to get back into it

*Louise*

couldsavemore wrote: »

have you all been stitching for years. i did do some a few years ago but then left it for a long while so I'm now trying to get back into it

My mum bought me my first Cross stitch kit when I was 15 so I have been stitching for 18 years now (blimey that makes me feel old when I say it like that):eek::rotfl: I think I lost my mojo for about a year in my early 20's but that was mainly lack of time.

I only started keeping a proper record of things when I joined this forum, and tbh I have a much larger To Do list these days because everyone keeps posting pictures of lovely ideas

chickywiggle

Ruth_honey wrote: »

Hope your beef joint turns out yummy. I quite fancy trying out the gammon in cola that you've mentioned. Do you literally just put in the gammon joint & pour full fat cola over it? How long do you leave it for?

Didn't know about the 80s tv weekend, so thanks for mentioning it! Used to love Knightmare.

yup pretty much. :j linky to Nigella (the goddess of comfort food)

Knightmare is the best (on at 2pm both days) - tho I have downloaded the Torrent of all series (1-8) which me and DS1 are currently trying to work our way thro (up to season 6)

Incase anyone missed the 30yrs of CITV documentry that was on ITV that's repeated too january 2nd on ITV2 @8pm

Flat_Eric

Happy New Year's eve everyone Its very wet and windy where I am. Hope it clears up for later. _party_ Its kind of tradition to stand in our high street to see the New Year in. I don't really fancy doing that in the rain !

Didn't manage any stitching last night as we ended up watching Police Academy. :rotfl: Larvelle Jones was my favourite character :rotfl:

So going to update my money spreadsheet later (boring) but then hopefully do some stitching. I'm also going to bundle all the projects I want to do together and take a pic which I'll post later. My stitchy resolutions for 2013.....

Have a lovely day all :j

maria_and_the_imps

IMAG0795.jpg by mariaorpington, on Flickr

Did this last night

Have just looked and I had saved 7 quotes with the intention of charting them!

firefly369

Good Morning Everyone,

Wet and windy again today. When are we going to get some dry weather.

MOS - Your cushion is lovely.

Couldsavemore : I did a few small pieces just for fun. They turned out better than I thought so am going to keep them for next year.

I am so disorganised, guess what this years resolution will be:rotfl:.

My other resolution is to post more on the forums I visit:D. I am very much a lurker at the moment. Living on a farm and not having children means I don't have much in common with people my own age so I am not very good at chit chat:o.

Anyone else got any New Year Resolutions?

chickywiggle

lovely Maria

amazon never fails to amaze me. orded my book the other day - checked it was a UK supplier (yup says UK, delivery 2-3 days)........ so whyhas today dispatch e-mail got an estimated delivery date of..........wednesday January 16th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!! I know the post is bad but seriously - me thinks someones inputted something wrong somewhere.
or perhaps they are sending it by pigeon?

nmm

couldsavemore wrote: »

nmm your project is coming along well how long has that taken so far.im only being nosy because i seem so slow

I'm sure you're not slow, everyone stitches at their own pace i started BD in April this year so 8 months ago and only just made it onto page 4, the stitching so far on page 4 has taken about 4 hours roughly i only get about an hr or so a day to stitch. Don't compare yourself to *Louise* she like our superstitcher, no-one can keep up with her :rotfl:

I would like to complete BD next year so hope to do about 1 page a month, there are 12 pages plus the one i'm on, thankfully they are not all full pages and no backstitching :j

Stitcher, which two lions kit are you doing? i love big cat designs My lovely African Lions got me back into stitching after a very long break and who could forget Czar. Reminders for you all

firefly369 wrote: »

My other resolution is to post more on the forums I visit:D. I am very much a lurker at the moment. Living on a farm and not having children means I don't have much in common with people my own age so I am not very good at chit chat:o.

Anyone else got any New Year Resolutions?

How old are you if you don't mind me asking, i'm 33 and no kiddies either, unless you count the 2 ferrets, 2 dogs, spider & scorpion :rotfl:

Mags_cat

Chicky - can I ask something about your stitching?

When you post your update photos (love the DOH, by the way - it's growing fast!) you always seem to have the fabric quite loose in the hoop/frame. Is that how you stitch or are you releasing the tension on the fabric after you've finished stitching? I have to have my fabric really taut when I stitch, I don't think I could manage if it was loose. Just interested - it's fascinating to see how different people approach it. Bit like seeing someone else's progress pictures on a design you've stitched - no-one ever stitches it the same way you did.

Ta