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

JCS1

*Louise* wrote: »

In all honesty, that, and the change in direction of the magazine is what made me cancel my subscription a while back after being a dedicated subscriber for 10+ years

Think I will be doing the same soon, not stitched any cover kits for months and no designs that I want to stitch either.

*Louise*

pm2326 wrote: »

Evening all

Quick question, in the past when I've finished a piece I've applied interfacing to the back of it before framing as I feel it protects the stitches and also seems to make the fabric a but stiffer.

Does anyone else using interfacing?

I use it regularly, not so much for really big pieces, but having the fabric stiffer is handy to keep fabric flat while framing :T

moments_of_sanity

I have sent a request through to join the group.

blue_eyed_girl

Had to go to Mums this morning as she was having a visitor from the company she rents her bungalow from to do the annual check. I go down just so she feels more comfortable when 'strangers' are mooching around the place. I grabbed the chance whilst waiting for him to get a bit of Soulie's card done as we are off hospital visiting shortly and will be going to my s-i-l's tonight.

Hope everyone is having a good day.

b_e_g

Mrs_ceejay

I use interfacing on small projects as it gives abit of body to it,bookmarks need it,to stop them from being too floppy.
Went Christmas shopping and came home with wocs,to read on the bus, as I haven't bought it for ages,it seems to me it's not as thick as it once was,but it has got a tatty ted on front and I do have a soft spot for him!!
It's my mums birthday this week,inspiration is needed,what do you get an 85 year old with dementia and alzimers and living in a home? She can't sew anymore and can't remember how to knit,any ideas from you good ladies out there x

mrs-moneypenny

mrsceejay, how about audio books for your mum so she could listen to stories. or how about a book with photos of the town/city she grew up, someitmes older memories are stronger than more recent ones so that may trigger some happy memories for her and give her some new things to talk to you about

Mrs_ceejay

Mrs moneypenny,
The book of old photos seem a good idea,I seem to think I saw something like that on amazon under cities,thanks for the idea.x

Mrs_ceejay

Just opened the free gift from wocs,a card with Rudolph which looks cute,only trouble is ,supposed to fit the opening of card,the card is about as straight as a dogs hind leg.very disappointing.

kezbabybabe

Hi All,
I've been absent for a while, some people might remember me from quite a while ago. Hope you are all well?

Sorry to hear about Soulie, that was sad news indeed.

Hippipal

Mrs ceejay the photos are a good idea. My colleague's dad suffers from Alzheimer's and doesn't remember who his son is, but when he takes old photos of people he used to know they have some good conversations about who is in the photos and memories of what they did.