Cross Stitch Cafe......where your "to do" list gets longer by the day

winniepooh

Morning Ladies, I'm at work today but im hoping to do a bit of stitching after I've been to the gym, infact I'm hoping to get quite a bit stitched this week.

Anyway heres my progress so far

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postingalwaysposting

Hi all, sorry I have been awol Mad weeks at work and have been on holiday this week... So sorry if some of these replys are way out of date

FOS, lovely finds from the attic, really love the hydrangeas the boarder is fab. That owl is amazing, best not let my Mum see that :rotfl:

Tricksie, that London sampler is great love the train in the bottom left.

Chicky, the polka dot bow is very simple but really realistic :T The superman logo was a quick stitch. Ohh thats the first time I have seen the dinosaurs (09/06) and I love them! Is it a kit/chart? Ohh that magazine looks tempting, I adore samplers but have never made on myself, do you know its release date in the shops? Or is it an online only?

Nmm, adore that blue tit... I need to find out if the design is avalible - bigger! Congratulations to the mother on her new arrival, she looks cute. BD is comply along nicely... Don;t begrudge you all that greyscale :rotfl:

Louise, lovely wedding sampler... Fingers crossed for the couple :rotfl: Joan Elliot design is moving on fast, what aida is it being stitched on?

JCS, stunning rose design, can't wait to see that one being stitched.

Caroline, good luck completing that birth sampler. I am sure your cousin's friend will love it.

Squishy, welcome back, I really like that family design, so simple yet really nice Sorry it has gone wrong and you need to restart it. Great progress with your home sweet home design though.

LindseyandMatthew, great AOY finished piece, it looks great I love the sandcastles around the border. Love the finished fathers day card!

Erics Mum, Lovely card I adore the colours and I think teh mounts look just fine.

Mags_cat, great progress on your huge design

winniepooh, great finished cushion :j Great stain glass window design, can't wait to see update

Sweetcarer, congratulations on finishing your rainbow of hearts :A


I need to take a pic of the heart design and my JE christmas angel. Boith have been worked on since my last update but I just haven't had time to take the pictures. Will do this aftrenoon!

While on holiday I did get some great charity shop finds... I purchased this for £2.50 which contains one band sampler I want to stitch and I would like to have a go at using designs in this book to make my own, the instructions are included. I also purchased a magazine for 20p, its called needlework and was published December 1994 :rotfl: I purchased it for a blackwork design and a christmas card design however Flat Eric it has a teddy bear design in it, not a modern design though. I will take a pucture and upload it

Have a great Monday all :beer:

BOBBIs_MUMMY

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

Hi all, sorry I have been awol Mad weeks at work and have been on holiday this week... So sorry if some of these replys are way out of date

FOS, lovely finds from the attic, really love the hydrangeas the boarder is fab. That owl is amazing, best not let my Mum see that :rotfl:

Tricksie, that London sampler is great love the train in the bottom left.

Chicky, the polka dot bow is very simple but really realistic :T The superman logo was a quick stitch. Ohh thats the first time I have seen the dinosaurs (09/06) and I love them! Is it a kit/chart? Ohh that magazine looks tempting, I adore samplers but have never made on myself, do you know its release date in the shops? Or is it an online only?

Nmm, adore that blue tit... I need to find out if the design is avalible - bigger! Congratulations to the mother on her new arrival, she looks cute. BD is comply along nicely... Don;t begrudge you all that greyscale :rotfl:

Louise, lovely wedding sampler... Fingers crossed for the couple :rotfl: Joan Elliot design is moving on fast, what aida is it being stitched on?

JCS, stunning rose design, can't wait to see that one being stitched.

Caroline, good luck completing that birth sampler. I am sure your cousin's friend will love it.

Squishy, welcome back, I really like that family design, so simple yet really nice Sorry it has gone wrong and you need to restart it. Great progress with your home sweet home design though.

LindseyandMatthew, great AOY finished piece, it looks great I love the sandcastles around the border. Love the finished fathers day card!

Erics Mum, Lovely card I adore the colours and I think teh mounts look just fine.

Mags_cat, great progress on your huge design

winniepooh, great finished cushion :j Great stain glass window design, can't wait to see update

Sweetcarer, congratulations on finishing your rainbow of hearts :A


I need to take a pic of the heart design and my JE christmas angel. Boith have been worked on since my last update but I just haven't had time to take the pictures. Will do this aftrenoon!

While on holiday I did get some great charity shop finds... I purchased this for £2.50 which contains one band sampler I want to stitch and I would like to have a go at using designs in this book to make my own, the instructions are included. I also purchased a magazine for 20p, its called needlework and was published December 1994 :rotfl: I purchased it for a blackwork design and a christmas card design however Flat Eric it has a

teddy bear design in it, not a modern design though. I will take a pucture and upload it

Have a great Monday all :beer:

Morning Everyone!! Still checking in every day but still not found time to pick up the needle! I too had some lovely finds in the charity shop on Saturday 4 world of cross stitch mags from 2007 and 3 other cross stitch mags all for 10p each!! and an "all our yesterdays" hard back book with 33 designs in like this one

http://www.amazon.co.uk/All-Our-Yesterdays-Stitch-Collection/dp/0715324721/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371461327&sr=8-1&keywords=all+our+yesterdays

now I just need to find the time to stitch something!! ......

Loving everyones updates x

chickywiggle

anyone else's MSE just gone doolally on the widescreen option??

Well I'm off to get my pole lol so no stitchy planned for me tonight........... tho I can't play until I've cleaned all the oven pride out the oven (I set fire to it last night).

here's the little poppy cat that I've just finsihed. it's supposed to be a pin cushion but don't know if I'll bother to make it up or use it for a card.

mrs-moneypenny

some beautiful photos, well done everyone
sweet carer well done on finishing all your SH hearts, cant wait to see a photo of them all together

sweetcarer

postingalwaysposting wrote: »

While on holiday I did get some great charity shop finds... I purchased this for £2.50 which contains one band sampler I want to stitch and I would like to have a go at using designs in this book to make my own, the instructions are included. I also purchased a magazine for 20p, its called needlework and was published December 1994 :rotfl: I purchased it for a blackwork design and a christmas card design however Flat Eric it has a teddy bear design in it, not a modern design though. I will take a pucture and upload it

Have a great Monday all :beer:

Is that the book with the year of floral garlands - I have that pattern and its on my to do list.

Made a start on my teddy for Sandy Hook. Still not washed and ironed the hearts.

Kind wishes to all

sweetcarer

nmm

The forum is fine our thread has been widened by winniepooh's massive picture :rotfl: If it can be resized all will be normal again Lovely update winnie, nice and colourful.

Chicky, you got a pole then, was it a bargain?

chickywiggle

no, i can't use the reply box unless i go into the smaller view, it won't even let me type in smaller mode if i try to quote you nmm.

not got it out yet but hoping it was a bargain (tho their communication is getting 1 starred - i ended up VERY angry at them).

It was £95 altogether (including them delivering it todfay) which i didn't think was too bad.

Flat_Eric

The cat is very cute Chicky Lovely stitched piece.


Thanks to those that have posted reviews for WOXS. Despite my initial excitement, I'm a bit disappointed with this month's issue and next month's doesn't look much better. I did like the free cat chart though !

JCS1

Stitching bug well and truly back. 3 pieces washed/ironed and ready to go to framers tomorrow.

Small piece finished (only taken 20+ years to do a decent french knot :rotfl:)



And started this design next



Progress so far after 2 nights: