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

mrs-moneypenny

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Mrs MP - belated birthday wishes. Hope you had a lovely time. Was it the milestone birthday mentioned in your siggy? Looking forward to seeing tiger.


b_e_g

that was last years so im a year older now:o been away for a weekend as DD1 treated us to a few days at the seaside (sheringham) as a christmas pres but booked it so we could be away for our wedding anni, it was lovely, DD3 stepped up to the plate and had DS2 for the weekend and a huge surprise we came home to a beautifully dug pruned weeded and planted up flower garden on the front she must have worked so hard, it was her DS2 and her fiancee who did it as a late birthday/weding anni pressie for us. proper made me cry. and she made cake!!! strawberry bakewell. was a lovely welcome home.
on stitchy news tiger now has eyes as i sat on the beach most of friday with him.
love all the update news and photos, santas clothes and the shop window look fantastic.
sweetcarer your sandy hook square as usual looks beautiful.

Maisie_M

Coxy11 - love the french shop it is so quintessentially french and feels like you could just be there. The Santa Clothes is fantastic and my kids would love that one.

Sweetcarer - glad you had a nice holiday. Your final Sandy Hook square is gorgeous, such beautiful bright colours for the school.

beg - ooh you finished -well done. I know what you mean about it driving you gaga. It is gorgeous and has inspired me to get mine finished.

Mrs MP - sounds like you had a lovely weekend and how nice of DD to do your garden and make a cake for you.

Well haven't managed to get my stitching mojo back yet for my bigger projects, so I did a small xmas card over the last couple of nights just to get me back into the swing. Think its the weather as I am too hot and my brain feels scrambled by night time. Having seen Beg's finished let's do Wine I am determined to pick mine up and start getting it finished off this evening.

Flat_Eric

Well I managed the grand sum of 13 stitches over the weekend! :rotfl:But I've started it now !! so hopefully I will stitck with it and make some progress although it looks like it is going to be an awkward project to stitch with lots of colour changes....

so a bit of an off topic question now (well actually very off topic) I hope this is ok - but we are such a lovely lot on here, i don't know where else to put it !!

Out of interest, if you phone to make a routine doctor's appointment, how long do you have to wait for an appointment? I'm a bit annoyed because I phoned to book an appointment for my OH and it will be 2 weeks before he can be seen unless we phone same day and ask for an emergency appointment (which it isn't). How can this be right? Why can't they offer a system whereby if it isn't an emergency and it isn't a routine check up appointment, you get seen within 3 working days?

43teabags

Flat_Eric wrote: »

Well I managed the grand sum of 13 stitches over the weekend! :rotfl:But I've started it now !! so hopefully I will stitck with it and make some progress although it looks like it is going to be an awkward project to stitch with lots of colour changes....

so a bit of an off topic question now (well actually very off topic) I hope this is ok - but we are such a lovely lot on here, i don't know where else to put it !!

Out of interest, if you phone to make a routine doctor's appointment, how long do you have to wait for an appointment? I'm a bit annoyed because I phoned to book an appointment for my OH and it will be 2 weeks before he can be seen unless we phone same day and ask for an emergency appointment (which it isn't). How can this be right? Why can't they offer a system whereby if it isn't an emergency and it isn't a routine check up appointment, you get seen within 3 working days?

At our Doctors surgery it is the same system. I don't see how they would handle a three tier system! Have just got used to this system. All I can say is if you know you need an appointment start thinking ahead!

On a stitchy note well done you, 13 stitches is more than I have managed lately. Although when decluttering my wardrobe I found my threads for a WIP that I was looking for. So maybe I will have a go at it soon.

JCS1

Dr's same here as well, drives me mad as phone between 8am and 8.30 for morning appointment yet I'm normally already at work in the next town........

Just got new subscription copy of Cross Stitcher, if anyone wants the tropical bird bookmark cover kit, please pm me.

Flat_Eric

43teabags wrote: »

At our Doctors surgery it is the same system. I don't see how they would handle a three tier system! Have just got used to this system. All I can say is if you know you need an appointment start thinking ahead!

On a stitchy note well done you, 13 stitches is more than I have managed lately. Although when decluttering my wardrobe I found my threads for a WIP that I was looking for. So maybe I will have a go at it soon.

No I'm not sure how a 3 day system would work either but it seems daft (and annoying) that if you just want something checked out that you are concerned about that you have to wait for so long. It seems unfair to take the place of someone who really needs a same day appointment just to get seen quicker.

I would like to think I will do some more stitching tonight but I don't really feel in the mood

winniepooh

I've made a routine appointment today and managed to get an appointment for next Monday. .....my iillness is not urgent but it will have cleared up by then

maria_and_the_imps

I rang the other day on a tuesdayy for my littlest who is 4, he had sickness and couldny keep anything down not even water. I told them this and asked for a emergency appointment and got told all they had was Wednesday the week after

flowerofscotland

Hello everyone


Just browsing in my lunch break and spotted this which I thought was very appropriate for the Cafe



We've had rain, thunder and lightning, sun and cloud today so back to the unpredictability of British weather

SmallL

:j May i join?!

I think i have bitten off much more than i can chew.....
I picked a random internet image and translated it to a CS pattern using an online tool. Its huge and daunting, 150 by 150 stitches.....

I have only done about half a 50*50 panel :eek:

On top of this i have about half a dozen other crafts on the go, polymer clay, water colours, jewelery making and a half-finished door stop.

How do you stay motivated or even get the will to pick something back up??