The "no frills, no gremlins (hopefully)" cross-stitch cafe

Coxy11

Morning :coffee:

fos - dancers look lovely and well worth finishing I'd say

Hippipal - I have the same r&r frame as mrs-moneypenny and its really good

No flower shop stitching last night. I think I mentioned before that I am doing some fundraising for DDs guides, so I went through my charts/books to find some small designs they could perhaps make into cards or bookmarks. I am making some mock ups to take along to show the girls, they will choose a design and I will supply the aida and thread.

Someone mentioned laminating the bookmarks - I was thinking of mounting the aida onto card, then laminating. Do I leave a border around the edge (of clear laminating sheet) or cut along the card edge? Sorry to sound stupid but I've not done it before

Gardening for clients today then a meeting this evening so no stitching until tomorrow -boo!

Coxy

Flat_Eric

very quick post to say if you have received WOXS this month,
where (scratches head) in the magazine is the charts for the NOEL design and the snowman featured on the front cover (see pics next to Margaret Sherry)?

Mags_cat

Coxy11 wrote: »

Someone mentioned laminating the bookmarks - I was thinking of mounting the aida onto card, then laminating. Do I leave a border around the edge (of clear laminating sheet) or cut along the card edge? Sorry to sound stupid but I've not done it before

I think you need to leave a small border of clear laminated plastic. It has to stick to itself to help prevent it from peeling apart.

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

Mags_cat wrote: »

I think you need to leave a small border of clear laminated plastic. It has to stick to itself to help prevent it from peeling apart.

thats right, i tried some with felt backing and it jsut didnt work it was too thick and looked awful, i did one for my mum and in the end used normal printer paper as backing so it wasnt too thck to laminate, the laminate goes stiff so you get a rigid bookmark. you need to leave at least 1/2 cm border round of clear laminate to weld itself together or it will just fall apart
HTH:)

emslovesmickey

Flat_Eric wrote: »

very quick post to say if you have received WOXS this month,
where (scratches head) in the magazine is the charts for the NOEL design and the snowman featured on the front cover (see pics next to Margaret Sherry)?

You're right they aren't in there! I've only just noticed! Bit pointless putting them on the front cover

BOBBIs_MUMMY

Flat_Eric wrote: »

very quick post to say if you have received WOXS this month,
where (scratches head) in the magazine is the charts for the NOEL design and the snowman featured on the front cover (see pics next to Margaret Sherry)?

You're right its not there!!! not overly impressed with this months offerings though have just ordered another 5 for £5 offer as overall its a great magazine most months!!

emslovesmickey

Someone has just pointed out that if you look at the festive quick makes page it's actually the ones that are being charted in next months magazine. Page 55

*Louise*

Coxy11 wrote: »

Someone mentioned laminating the bookmarks - I was thinking of mounting the aida onto card, then laminating. Do I leave a border around the edge (of clear laminating sheet) or cut along the card edge? Sorry to sound stupid but I've not done it before

Definitely leave a small edge to keep them together. Iron on interfacing on the back can hide the stitching without making it too thick to laminate.

Flat_Eric wrote: »

very quick post to say if you have received WOXS this month,
where (scratches head) in the magazine is the charts for the NOEL design and the snowman featured on the front cover (see pics next to Margaret Sherry)?

That's a bit misleading isn't it? As emslovesmickey said, they are on pg55 advertising next month - very strange

flowerofscotland

*Louise* wrote: »

Honestly....even though it's twice the work of half stitch, I think you should carry on. I don't think anyone would know any differently when it's finished.

There's not really all that much left to do, so it would be a shame not to finish off that last section.

Thanks for your comments - I did a bit of stitching on it yesterday evening and discovered another challenge - my friend makes her xs the opposite way to me:

i stitch //// and then \\\\. She stitches \\\\ and then //// - don't know if it because she is left handed. I know there isn't a right or wrong way, just that all stitches should be stitched the same way.

Anyway as I am a huge Strictly fan I want to finish it even though it will probably take much longer than I first thought

flowerofscotland

*Louise* wrote: »

Your poor DD :eek: Glad she is on the mend though, what a worry

I have found myself with the light on a few times in the past week, but only when it's really dull outside. I'm definitely going to ask Santa for a free standing lamp with chart holder for Christmas....I been good this year

Okay, maybe not that good...I started another new project I haven't felt in the mood for working on large pieces for months now (plus side is my improved ready made card stash) but I got a chart called A Baby, A Manger which is a vintage style with only two colours so I don't need too much concentration. And it's Christmassy :j

Love your new chart and also the website you linked to - it was new to me and I ended up spending an hour last night looking at various charts and pinning them onto my board on Pinterest. Not what I had planned to do but very enjoyable