Cross Stitch Cafe 2016 - Spend Less and Stitch More

mrs-moneypenny

They are both fab, love the story behind the snowman cushion, it's very well travelled

blue_eyed_girl

flowerofscotland wrote: »

beg. I love your snowman

I love snowmen (as decoration I don't want any real snow)

In fact I have just made a cushion from a snowman round robin which was completed YEARS ago. The piece was stitched in England, Wales, Australia and South Africa so very well travelled. It's a poor photo which I've added to our Flickr group but I'm out tomorrow so won't be able to take a photo in daylight before Saturday. The fabric is light blue linen which doesn't show up very well

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69215052@N02/23865798239/in/pool-1577253@N21/

I've also added a photo of my 2nd finish of 2016. It's "All you need is Love" made into a cushion. Most of the cross stitching was done last year but the final 3 letters were done this month

https://www.flickr.com/photos/69215052@N02/23938007980/in/pool-1577253@N21/

Snowman cushion is so cute. The fabric I am using for my snowman is the sparkly type but doesn't show on the photo. Your 'All You Need' cushion is fab too. :T

They are saying we are in for Arctic conditions next week, starting with frost in the morning - no no no :eek:


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nmm

Love the cushions FOS.

Mrs Ceejay, I say buy the kit, its a gift so not really adding to stash, we can keep a secret, haha.

BEG, aw I think snowdog is adorable, i'm sure I have a good pic of him in a magazine, might hunt it out to stitch for Christmas.

blue_eyed_girl

nmm wrote: »

Love the cushions FOS.

Mrs Ceejay, I say buy the kit, its a gift so not really adding to stash, we can keep a secret, haha.

BEG, aw I think snowdog is adorable, i'm sure I have a good pic of him in a magazine, might hunt it out to stitch for Christmas.

My snowman came from WOCS nmm but cannot say which issue.


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Mrs_ceejay

I am afraid I have succumbed,it was in the checkout and paid for before the Angel on my shoulder could stop me!!!

mrs-moneypenny

It's a gift and will be completed quickly so it doesn't count as stash. We forgive you.

Just remembered stitchpoint.com that lovely recourse/ site for converting words into cross stitch. I've just been playing with some more Frank turner lyrics. It may be dhs valentines card.

blue_eyed_girl

Love must be in the air fos - our DS has just returned from Bruges where he proposed to his girlfriend. . Just wondering now - do I buy a card or do I sort something to stitch :think:. Will give it a little thought over the weekend and see what I can come up with.

Got the snowman out to do a little while DH prepared our tea and I sort of got side-tracked looking online for engagement/love themed stitches .

Gifts for others are defintely a different matter Mrs C so I wouldn't feel too bad about it. That's what I'm thinking with the engagement card. Might find chart in my stash somewhere and have plenty of threads and several bits of fabric but if I have to buy something - oh well at least I have tried :rotfl:

Hope you all have a lovely weekend and manage some quality stitching time.



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Coxy11

Hi everyone,

kezbabybabe - love the Winnie stitch. I did the A-Z and numbers for my children's nursery years ago. Still have them in the loft for when I have grandchildren lol!

Mrs ceejay - lovely hydrangeas, really nice colours.

fos - the cushions look great.

nmm - great leopard update.

I have finished Sydney :j I started it on 13.4.15 (yes I am a nerd and made a note), but RL got in the way and what should have taken a relatively short time took a lot longer. I was busy with work and holidays, GCSE results, craft fayres etc. last year and it meant less time for my stitching. I've made a decision not to do any craft fayres this year. Mum will go with my DSis (who sets them up and runs them). I have to be realistic - it's a lot of work for not much recompense. One fayre I didn't sell anything at all. I don't need to supplement my income (luckily) so I'm not going to give myself more work to do. Sorry for the ramble, but I saw DMum and DSis last night and it was on my mind this morning.

Ta Dah!

http://i1017.photobucket.com/albums/af292/coxy11_album/Mobile%20Uploads/image_4.jpeg

Now off to look for my next stitch project. I won't take part in the Valentines challenge thank you, but will look forward to seeing everyone's makes.

Have a great day all
Coxy

Coxy11

Sorry beg - forgot to mention your lovely Snowman stitch. I love the Snowman and think I too may have a Snowdog chart somewhere.... need to clone myself to get through all my stash lol!

Coxy

blue_eyed_girl

Lovely finish Coxy :T. Can fully understand your decision on the craft fayres. The snowman is a nice one to stitch (imo ) but like everything else it's hours we need adding to our days to enable us to stitch everything we would like to do.

Have decided I am just going to buy DS a ready-made engagement card but have been reminded of the LK A Good Marriage Chart which appeals and I may get a little more time for that .

I am sure I rescued a hydrangea chart out of a magazine - would look lovely in my lounge for the summer. The way things are going I don't think it will be summer 2016 though :rotfl:

Enjoy the weekend everyone. No stitching for me today but I have sorted a couple of items for fleabay.


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