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

flowerofscotland

mrsceejay I know what you mean about some kits. If it were me I would put it to one side and work on something else for a while - but then I always have a few projects in progress and I know that doesn't suit everyone

Love your dinosaurs and I'm sure the recipients will too. Why are little boys so fascinated by dinosaurs? We've taken nephews and grandsons to the Walking with Dinosaurs live shows and they were enthralled

coxy Flower Shop is A-MAZ-ING You must be so thrilled with it.

I haven't decided on the backing fabric yet although I am taking note of the fact that most of you preferred the cream and gold.

If you have a sewing machine Stockings aren't difficult to make - I wouldn't attempt making one by hand though. Happy to share my method if you are ever tempted.

Right decision about the Guides - don't waste your stash - you can put it to far better use

shelly I agree that the actual colours of Rose Garden are nicer than the picture I love the design

Louise I have done a review of the latest issue of Cross Stitch Collection as [STRIKE]instructed [/STRIKE] requested

mrs-moneypenny

finished the tinman

flowerofscotland

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

finished the tinman

fabulous - lots of work there but it is worth it

nmm

Hi guys great updates and finished projects, I love the dinos, the reindeer and the flower shop

Great start shelly, the colours look much better than the original pic I guess they over brightened it or something :huh:

I've been sorting out my threads just the 37xx and 38xx ones to sort so almost done :j I've been getting sidetracked though looking at all the charts I want to stitch now :rotfl:

Latest BD update for you all, i'm trying to complete this page as quick as possible then I must get started on Christmas stuff

Mrs_ceejay

Hi,
nmm,
I just love your BD,It makes me want to stroke his fur,how big will it be when finished?
I have my mothers threads(about 6 boxes in all) as she can't sew anymore,only trouble is each box is numbered differently,so the same col and no. can be in 2 or more boxes and there is 1 box,full to bursting with no numbers at all,sorting them is going to be a major job which I keep putting off!
pm2326
The panda is so life like,can't wait to see more.
Just about caught up with all the chat as I was on holiday,Sorry I missed the deadline for Christmas card but will join in next year.x

*Louise*

I hate being busy and not having stitching time it's been a hectic few days, and it was DS1' s 14th birthday so we had family over tonight

Rhaben - that reindeer is amazing :T how long did it take to stitch together? I'm afraid that would be the part that would put me off doing it myself, 'normal' stitching doesn' seem to agree with me

Fos- thanks for doing a review, I will head there next :T

Mrs ceejay- hope you're okay, it must be so difficult having family so far away

Coxy - sorry to hear the guides parents weren't interested better to know before you went to the bother of supplying kits I guess. On a brighter note....flower shop is gorgeous!:j

*Louise*

Btw....who was it that mentioned they would like to stitch the Margaret sherry charts that came with CSC? I am on the kindle so can't search back but whoever it was, give me a shout and you can have mine

Nmm - getting there! The end is definitely in sight ......
and speaking of sight....I feel I have waited long enough to see the eyes so you need to get it done soon;):rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

*Louise*

Ohh I hate autocorrect on the flipping kindle! It changes without notifying, your names were corrected to heaven, God, Mrs deejay, Cody and hmm. !

rhaben

*Louise* wrote: »

Rhaben - that reindeer is amazing :T how long did it take to stitch together? I'm afraid that would be the part that would put me off doing it myself, 'normal' stitching doesn' seem to agree with me

I didn't time myself on this one. I'm going to take a guess at around 75 hours. A normal doll takes me about 50 hours and this one was not normal.

Ailsb

Hi all just to say I'm back from my long weekend in Paris, we had a great time. Off to work now - boo!

Will do a proper catch up later. Have a good day everyone.