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

Mrs_ceejay

Hi,
A big thank you to mags cat for the Christmas charts,wasn't sure you got my reply as i'am not very good at all this messaging lark,still working out what all the symbols mean.technology not really my thing!!
Hippipal
The eagle and puffin sounds good,The colours on the puffin will fantastic,i did a hawk a few years ago and really enjoyed doing it,hope you have a good trip
Coxy11
That's my thing worrying and fretting about things,going over and over in my mind,driving my self mad until I realised I was only upsetting myself,so decided no more.easier said than done but you have to take a step back and leave them too it.
Take care,and have a good weekend

luckycat99

blue_eyed_girl wrote: »

luckycat - I'm sure you'll get your project finished in time. . Are you framing it yourself. Bet they will both love it. Don't forget to let us see the finished thing.

b_e_g

I wouldn't know where to start with framing it myself as I've seen people on here talk about stretching it etc and although I'm quite handy, I wouldn't want to mess it up. I'd be grateful for any tips though...

luckycat99

flowerofscotland wrote: »

nmm BD looks awesome

luckycat welcome (I don't think I've seen you post before). Love the wedding sampler (is it Historical Sampler Company design?)

Hello! It is a Historical Sampler design. I love their stuff and have bought another similar one for my own wedding next year. It says 'all you need is love' on it.

blue_eyed_girl

mrs-moneypenny wrote: »

morning all
i love it but cant claim 12 days as mine, its FOS thats stitching that one. will you get it done for this christmas fos?

Whoops big sorry the mix up fos and mrs. mp. That's what happens when you try to do a thousand and one things at once .

b_e_g

blue_eyed_girl

Catch up time ladies

Mags_cat - xmas decs are brilliant:D

mos - can't manage to cross stitch in the car (as a passenger I mean)

hippipal - cruise sounds brill. Looking forward to seeing your progress with your Disney pic. Hope all goes well for all the family.

Ayeshalush - welcome to the Cafe :hello:. Re: mags - I have tried a few different mags and always seem to go back to World of Cross Stitching. Here is a linky to enable you to get 5 issues for £5 which is pretty good. Yes dont forget we love pics - we're a right nosey bunch

Mrs ceejay - looking forward to seeing dinos.

luckycat - re framing. I'm quite lucky as hubby seems to have developed a bit of a flair for framing. According to him he just makes it up as he goes along. He does tend to sit and work things out logically mind you unlike me. One of the ladies in the Cafe gave me a link for a tutorial on lacing for bigger projects - I will try and sort it for you. Even if you dont use it - it was quite interesting.

Postie brought me the remaining threads for 12 Days today so didnt have to wait too long.

Hope you manage some stitchy time this weekend. I'm a bit tired now to start it so I think I will settle down to watch the first XFactor (yes I am a saddo who will probably watch it most weeks and complain all the way through).

b_e_g

JCS1

Must be some kind of record, stitched in 1997, finally framed this week..............

moments_of_sanity

I had a really frustrating evening of stitching, I spent ages doing the 'Santa stop here' part of the Xstitch.........and realised it was 2 squares out so had to unpick it and re do it all . My DD said she would have thrown it away at that point :rotfl:

I have had a busy couple of days so my CFS is bad today, I am planning on watching the end of the motogp and then going to do some stitching for the rest of the day. Luckily I have a lovely DH who is very kind and compassionate and never moans about me not doing anything.

B-E-G, I didn't manage to do any stitching in the car, we took my Brother with me who has learning difficulties and he can talk the hind legs off a donkey - nice to spend some time with him tho

sweetcarer

Latest update on my winter sampler



Hope all are well

sweetcarer

moments_of_sanity

sweetcarer wrote: »

Latest update on my winter sampler



Hope all are well

sweetcarer

This is beautiful, the colours are so calming

nmm

Hi guys latest update on BD, its coming along great this page i'm sure i'll be finished it this week :j I actually bought something cross stitch related last week, I usually store my floss in the bag they get delivered in, but it was taking ages to find the colour I needed when I ran out. I bought 2 of those storage boxes for the card bobbins and it is so much easier to grab the colour I need, I wish i'd done it sooner. Got a bargain aswell 2 boxes + 200 bobbins for £8.90 delivered, even though I only half fill 1 of them :rotfl:



Mrs Ceejay, great news about the elephants can't wait to see a photo and i'm glad you are enjoying the dinos, it will be nice seeing them stitched up.

Ayeshalush, welcome some people use a hoop, others like *louise* and myself use R&R craft frames mine is a standard square one clicky and *louise* uses a lap version clicky

Hippipal, the eagle and puffin sound great and a fellow stitcher after my own heart, since I got back into stitching all I've really done is animal kits, I did African lions, czar the tiger and now my lovely wolf