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

flowerofscotland

sweetcarer Beautiful work and great progress

mrsceejay I would be furious. Getting the symbols and colours wrong is the most basic of mistakes and makes the whole thing "not fit for purpose" Have you asked for a refund? And please share the name of the manufacturer so that we can avoid purchasing from them in the future

jcs Looks lovely - I love all the detail in the piece. I found this pattern in my stash and immediately thought of you


image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

nmm BD looks lovely. The design looks like space invaders to me as well

As I expected no stitching time at the weekend or last night and the rest of the week isn't looking good either. I will have severe withdrawal symptoms by the weekend (and that is going to be busy as well):(

nmm

Good guesses and pretty close, it was in fact MINIONS

Ruth_honey

nmm wrote: »

Good guesses and pretty close, it was in fact MINIONS

Love them! They look Great! :T

flowerofscotland

nmm wrote: »

Good guesses and pretty close, it was in fact MINIONS

What a brilliant card

mrs-moneypenny

love the minions

Maisie_M

Hi all

just a quick pop in to say hello. Have been horrendously busy all of May and June doesn't look much better so I guess I will just have to catch up with my stitching in a couple of weeks when I finish work for the holidays. 7 weeks of chilling and catching up on all my hobbies lovely.

I love the different patterns which have been cropping up and am really enjoying seeing all the WIPs and the finished products.

I will hopefully pop in again soon with some finished work!!

JCS1

flowerofscotland wrote: »

sweetcarer Beautiful work and great progress

mrsceejay I would be furious. Getting the symbols and colours wrong is the most basic of mistakes and makes the whole thing "not fit for purpose" Have you asked for a refund? And please share the name of the manufacturer so that we can avoid purchasing from them in the future

jcs Looks lovely - I love all the detail in the piece. I found this pattern in my stash and immediately thought of you


image by stitchyfeather, on Flickr

nmm BD looks lovely. The design looks like space invaders to me as well

As I expected no stitching time at the weekend or last night and the rest of the week isn't looking good either. I will have severe withdrawal symptoms by the weekend (and that is going to be busy as well):(

That is me, even the colour of the cat and the calf is right

JCS1

Anyone seen any WW1 remembrance kits? Found this one but can't find any others:

http://www.sewandso.co.uk/Products/Over-the-Top-Cross-Stitch-Kit__TWI-2890-fslsh-0032.aspx

nmm

That's a lovely kit JCS1, I have Remembrance Fields if you're after a general poppy design, will have a look for you.


Glad you guys like the minions, I modified the design slightly to add the sign, feel free to use it

moments_of_sanity

flowerofscotland wrote: »

mos How frustrating to have to unpick all that work. I feel slightly guilty because I suggested the size of linen needed though in my defence I did say that if worked 2 over 2 it would be 75 stitches x 75 stitches and I see from the chart that the design is actually 150 stitches square.

IMHO it will be fine on 28 count stitched over 2 - you will need a piece approx 17 inches square. Stitching over 2 on 25 count might need 3 strands of cotton?

It's a lovely design and will look stunning when finished.

I use a magnifier all the time when stitching and I'm not keen on working over 1 thread on linen

Fos - please don't feel guilty at all, your information was fab as I had no idea what to do at all so you gave me somewhere to start.

I have restarted the piece several times now, not sure what the issue was with starting in the middle but I just couldn't get it right so decided to count it all out and start at the top! It seems to have worked this time! :rotfl:

Does anyone here have a caravan or go on caravan holidays? The reason I ask is I love to do cross stitching when I am away but I find the lack of light a problem and I really don't have space to take my crafting lamp and wondered if anyone had managed to find a good source of light that is easy to transport?