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

flowerofscotland

Just thought I would share a piece I collected from the framers a couple of weeks ago which DH has decided is his current favourite of my framed pieces.


image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

I stitched it years ago when I had a lot more time to stitch but didn't have the funds to get anything professionally framed. Plus as it was done at a stressful time in my life I was worried it would bring unpleasant memories. But when I unearthed it I decided enough time had passed and I've always liked the design so it was time to put it on display. I'm so pleased I did as DH loves it - he is particularly taken with the reflection in the mirror and insisted I show him how it was done

mrs-moneypenny

that looks beautiful, so glad you had it framed as it deserves to be on display

these are the two ufo cards ive finished today, timing is good because its my aunts birthday on friday so i can use the flower one for her.
the nessie one is tiny more like a gift tag really but i thought it looks cute

Mrs_T_M

flowerofscotland wrote: »

mrs tm cute owls - have you decided what you are going to do with them?

I think I'm going to put them away for now, and when we get pregnant again I'll get them out and put them into the nursery.

flowerofscotland

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

that looks beautiful, so glad you had it framed as it deserves to be on display

Thanks

these are the two ufo cards ive finished today, timing is good because its my aunts birthday on friday so i can use the flower one for her.
the nessie one is tiny more like a gift tag really but i thought it looks cute

These are lovely. I recognise the butterfly I received it as a birthday card a few years ago and it is sitting in a box waiting to be mounted into a coaster. I think you have just given me the virtual kick I need to actually do it

flowerofscotland

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

I think I'm going to put them away for now, and when we get pregnant again I'll get them out and put them into the nursery.

How lovely

*Louise*

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

that looks beautiful, so glad you had it framed as it deserves to be on display

these are the two ufo cards ive finished today, timing is good because its my aunts birthday on friday so i can use the flower one for her.
the nessie one is tiny more like a gift tag really but i thought it looks cute

Those are lovely

Where did you get the nessie chart?

Emily926

ERICS_MUM wrote: »

I love the Princess kit. I wonder if they have a Prince version, my niece had a little boy before Christmas and she'd love a birthday pic. I made them for her and her siblings 20 odd years go and they still have them.

I haven't seen a Prince one but all the Mr Men kits are in the sale at the moment They have some lovely designs.

Coxy - I'm glad you had a good time, well done for surviving!

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

I think I'm going to put them away for now, and when we get pregnant again I'll get them out and put them into the nursery.

Love the owls, and this is a lovely idea

Chicky - I hope the bear turns up.

fos - Your framed piece is lovely, loads of detail.

mrs mp - The cards look great.

I have also finished a free card kit whilst I was waiting for my new projects to arrive


image by emp88, on Flickr

flowerofscotland

Emily926 wrote: »

I haven't seen a Prince one but all the Mr Men kits are in the sale at the moment They have some lovely designs.

Coxy - I'm glad you had a good time, well done for surviving!



Love the owls, and this is a lovely idea

Chicky - I hope the bear turns up.

fos - Your framed piece is lovely, loads of detail.

mrs mp - The cards look great.

I have also finished a free card kit whilst I was waiting for my new projects to arrive


image by emp88, on Flickr

What a cute card

Flat_Eric

WOXS was waiting for me when I got home last night and the kitten kit is supercute so I plan to sort the threads out and get stitching! Hopefully this will give me the stitchy bug back. I'm frustrated though that they haven't supplied thread numbers as I do prefer to use threads from my stash.....

Meanwhile, I have a bit of a stitchy dilemma which I have been putting off thinking about. I need to have a massive spring clean, a ruthless, it must go spring clean. This does include my cross stitch stash. :eek: I've been stitching for a long time now and have accumulated an awful lot of stash including hundreds (and hundreds) of magazines. I can't keep these indefinitely but likewise I can't face the prospect of simply putting all of them out in one fell swoop for recycling, that would just be wrong so what do I do with them all?

Its going to take an awful long time to sort through them all, something which as I say, I've been putting off so I'd be grateful if you would offer any suggestions or tips - do I just keep all the mags (and rent storage) :rotfl:how ruthless should I be/how best to sort through / do I keep the whole mag/or cut out the charts I like? etc !

If I cut out the charts, how do I store - old issues of cross stitcher used to have pages bigger than A4 so would need to be cut to size to fit in A4 pockets and if I simply hole punch and stick in a folder, its inevitable that I'm going to end up punching through the chart !

It seems wrong to be considering just recycling the lot but that of course is the easier option and I would I guess keep certain bumper publications? Some mags haven't been looked through since purchase which is as long ago as ten plus years so why am I keeping them?

mrs-moneypenny

morning all

Louise - Nessie was a carboot bargain. its from a scottish range textile heritage but the kit has now been discontinued. it was really quick and easy to do.

Emily - that cat card is soo cute

FoS - i agree the butterfly card would make a lovely coaster, hopefully yours will sometime soon

FE - its always difficult to know how to store mags and how long to hold on to them for - i have piles of them and have no idea what chart is where without going trough them all.
i keep thinking i should go through mine but wouldnt have a clue how best to organise them.

found the green i need in my dmc stash upstairs so can get back on with backstitching but i think as it fast approching mothers day i will also make a start on the cushion for my mum.

happy stitching all