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

flowerofscotland

Ailsb wrote: »

Maria - they are from me. I meant to send them months ago and thought I'd posted them. Found them just before going away for Easter so took the envelope with me and posted it. Didn't get chance to post in the forum.

Anyway I'm back from 12 very wet days away. I wil, trh to catch up kn the forum over the next dag or so. I've finishedbthe Spools Christmas Tree, a Cheetah design, a pair of knitted socks, knited one fingerless glove and nearly finished my cross stitch of the kniting gnome. Will do a mammoth catach up of photos in the week.

Hope everyone is well.

Going to eat now and then early night.

What a productive holiday - can't wait for the photos

mrs-moneypenny

afternoon all

PM can i just say i love Elvis (and the stitch you are doing)
sweetcarer your learning sampler and your mums memory stitch are beautiful, love your book and how its building up
nmm, little cat is starting to look good, looking forward to updates
emily your wedding sampler is lolvey
MrsTM love your cute little bear
shelly your summer garden is looking lovely, great update

sorry if ive missed anyone out ive not meant to

hope you are all well

flowerofscotland

pm Elvis is looking great

mrs tm Very cute

Forum was down due to technical problems about half an hour ago - hope it wasn't Maria's lovely photo :rotfl:

Framed If I stitch fast using a frame from a charity shop (£1.25 = :money:)

image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

mrs-moneypenny

fos, that looks brill - sorry i knew there was one i hadnt commented on, your framing is great as well as your stitching

moments_of_sanity

Mrs_T_M wrote: »

Finished the teddy bear!

This is absolutely gorgeous, not a design I have seen before but will definitely be looking for them from now on

moments_of_sanity

nmm wrote: »

Lovely updates Sweetcarer and Emily and welcome to the caf! mothernerd

Here is my floral cat update after a week of stitching only an hour a day really so about 7 hours. All the cat is done just the flowers to go and the dreaded BABS Note to self: do not stitch whilst drowsy from meds, had to unpick a couple of times :rotfl:

This !!!!! (Guess what the word was!) cat is adorable already, can't wait to see it finished. I would have loved a ginger cat but they are so hard to find so settled for a tabby and a silver/grey instead.

moments_of_sanity

It's lovely to see everyone's updates, I still haven't done any stitching but have made a couple of mors type bags out of some old shirts my Dad gave me and they look fab!

Why is that I only have about 3/4 of page 9 to finish on my wolves cross stitch but I CBA to carry on, it's really infuriating!:mad:

So looking forward to my long weekend with DH, he isn't my girls biological Dad but has been with them longer than their Dad was but due to ex being a PITA he never had them so we never (and I mean never) get any time on our own. Last time was in 2010 when we managed 7 days for our Honeymoon :rotfl: Must find a cross stitch that I can do over the weekend, preferably one that will be easy enough to do in a few hours.

sweetcarer

Hi All

On for a wee quick one to share this - band one done in the twisted band sampler



So tempted to do more but going to do it in a rotation - Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday do learning sampler. Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday do twisted band.

Kind wishes to all and thank you for your kind comments

sweetcarer

JCS1

Evening,

Sorry not been around much, lots of trauma with cats........ one of the wild ones now safely neutered but bigger op than usual so had to keep her in a dog crate for a few days - she wasn't happy :eek:. Then one of the younger kittens got hit by a car and didn't survive. Now got 3 x 6 month old kittens in the house and my old cat isn't amused

Update on latest project below, still doesn't look like much yet.



Take care all x

Ayeshalush

Nmm- hope the rash is improving

Pm2326 - Elvis is looking good

Mrs T-M - your bear is so cute.... And so is the Mario mushroom!

Sweetcarer - learning sampler is looking fab, and the twisted band sampler is already looking good. Looking forward to more progress pics.

emily926 - the recipients are going to love your wedding sampler. I love the colours.

Ailsb - thank you for taking time out of your hol to post the Henry chart to me. My threads can't come quick enough! Looks like you got loads of stitching done while away. Looking forward to seeing your pics.

tricksie - well done on your chart purchase, please post progress pics once you get started.

Shelly - looking forward to seeing this finished. Lovely design.

Fos - if I stitch fast looks great framed. You did a great job of both stitching and framing it.

Mix - hope you both have a lovely weekend

JCS1 - sorry to hear you've been having probs with the cats and really sorry to hear that you lost one of the kittens. The new kittens will be keeping you busy. Any photos? Your stitching is coming on well.

I'm in the process of making up my needle case now, which us a little fiddly but I'm hoping to be finished tomorrow. Will post pic once it is. In meantime here is my Golden Wedding sampler all framed. Just have to hope my mum and dad like it now. It still has cellophane on in pic below but don't want to take it off just now as it's not needed until Nov.
[IMG][/img] image by Alicatt2, on Flickr

Ali
xx