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

flowerofscotland

I could get used to these 3 day weekends.

After a busy 2 days yesterday was spent relaxing and sorting through my stitching stuff and Pinterest. I have decided I need to live to age 400 to complete everything I want to do

I completed another UFO - a pair of elegant ladies which had been relegated to the UFO box when I ran out of 3 of the colours of Anchor thread. Just need to decide what to do with them now.

image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

I also did some more stitching on "Let them be Small" - the Lizzie Kate chart which Louise stitched last month. I always enjoy stitching LK designs

image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

mrs-moneypenny

morning all
hope everyone is well
beautiful updates and photos.

all that lovely long weekend and i didnt manage a single stitch.

Coxy11

Hi everyone,


We were away in Somerset this weekend for DS2s rugby tour (U10s) so no time for stitching or posting.


Loving all the updates and pics.


sweetcarer - sorry that your work colleagues made you upset. I'm the same - just the smallest off the cuff comment and it really affects me for days. Sending you hugs xx Your twisted band sampler is exquisite - I love the colours you are using and the range of stitches is amazing.


Mrs_T_M - great Mario designs.


marywooyeah - tut tut (only joking) I can think of many recipients for some of those teehee


b-e-g - ewe are my sunshine looks fantastic all framed up. The frame is a lovely colour. The red tree design is great - good idea to switch to evenweave.


Ayeshalush - great start to Henry


Annie - the design is really taking shape.


fos - the pair of elegant ladies are really nice. Will you frame them as a pair or individually?


As for me, I've ordered threads for the Garden Medley from sew and so. Realised that the design is only 2" by 11" (!!!) so it won't take any time at all to stitch. Have therefore ordered threads for another two designs from my stash - Gingerbread Trio and a Michael Powell mini Christmas design (yes - I'm back to stitching for Christmas lol).


In the meantime though, I've gone through my stash and picked up a WIP that I'd started and had immediately gone wrong with grrrr. I unpicked it last night and made a start. There are three in this range that I have - Daisy Girl, Girl with Cosmos and Collecting Shells. My Mum stitched Collecting Shells and has it finished and framed so has told me to do that one last lol.


Will post pics in the next thread using ipad.


Have a good day all.
Coxy

Coxy11

[URL="[URL=http://s1017.photobucket.com/user/coxy11_album/media/Mobile Uploads/image-40.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af292/coxy11_album/Mobile Uploads/image-40.jpg[/IMG][/URL]"][/url]

[URL="[URL=http://s1017.photobucket.com/user/coxy11_album/media/Mobile Uploads/image-39.jpg.html][IMG]http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af292/coxy11_album/Mobile Uploads/image-39.jpg[/IMG][/URL]"][/url]

JCS1

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

Here we go. I think DH has made a good job of the sheep pic. This is one of the Ikea Frames - not bad value at all - I think it was £1.95 and the mounts were two sheets of card (15p each) so all in all it was quite a :money: project



and this is the kit I got from China - I just call it the Red Tree as I cannot read Chinese :rotfl:




It did come with 11ct aida but I thought with so much of the fabric showing I would swap it for evenweave. Only seven colours in it and some of them look that similar they could be the same.

Have a good weekend everyone.

b_e_g

Stunning design, and love the frame from Ikea :T

JCS1

Afternoon,

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend?

Here's my (late) monday night update, it's starting to take shape

mrs-moneypenny

coxy, daisy girl looks so cute. i see from your sig you are reading my favourite book, i hope you are enjoying it.

JSC lovely update i really like the look of your picture

pm2326

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

all that lovely long weekend and i didnt manage a single stitch.

I managed to stitch for an hour last night was hoping for more time but alas it wasn't to be

I'll post an update of Elvis this weekend, hopefully I'll have managed to sneak in another couple of hours before then.

Everyone's work looks lovely, b-e-g do you have a pic of how the red tree will look when finished? I think it looks great so far

Mrs_ceejay

Coxy11
Great minds I've just started a Christmas advent which I ordered for last Christmas and never had time to start it,so this year I am organised,ha ha
B.e.g.
Love the red tree,I have a geisha to do (inthe never ending stash) that has something similar in it.love Chinese crosstitch.
Trouble is not enough hours in the day to do all stitching I want to do
Love all the updates,

Ayeshalush

Annie - looking fab, can't wait to see the yellow cab lol.


sweetcarer - Twisted Band Sampler is really coming on, it's beautiful.


fos - your elegant ladies are gorgeous and I love the LK design.


Coxy11 - Daisy girl is lovely, I love the colour of her dress.


JCS1 - it's coming on a treat.


mrs-moneypenny - I'm currently reading your favourite book too. It's very good.




Ali
xx