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  • nmm
    nmm Posts: 2,413 Forumite
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    Auti, cute card, I second glue dots, i had no end of double sided coming unstuck but the dots really stick well for me.

    Charly, brill finish i love that project. Have you decided on your next one?

    Coxy, congrats on the sale, the first one is the hardest, hopefully lots more to follow :) The critters are for some bollard toppers to mark the way to the local taste of the sea festival, it was done last year for the first time and went down great so they are making lots more this year, my friend is part of the group making them so i said i'd help with critters, think they need over 200 total. Facebook post with a few photos from last year (hope the link works)
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  • Auti
    Auti Posts: 535 Forumite
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    Hopefully posted this so it gets there (abroad) in time - had to do customs declaration :) Posted today. Just to say - I hate metallic thread!!


  • Charly27
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    @Auti I love the card. So cute. I’m with you on the metallic thread. I bought a little thing of wax in the end and that seemed to help.
    @nmm sounds like a great project, the link worked! I’m not sure where to go next. I could pick up Love Cats again as, their anniversary is in April and it could work as a gift. Or I could start the four seasons for my other friends’s 60th. I’ve messed up on mounting Enjoy the little things and had to order a smaller hoop. 😠 Rookie error, which hopefully I can sort tonight. 
    ‘One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things’ said Mole.Cross stitch cafe TaDa Enjoy the Little Things, WIP Love cats, ‘A Year in the Life of’ HSC July-December and The Seasons graphic sampler. Read 13/100 2025 all owned or borrowed.
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  • nmm
    nmm Posts: 2,413 Forumite
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    My mothers day card for this year :)


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  • Charly27
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    Love the card @nmn. I salvaged the project and used some fabric to cover the back of the hoop! 
    Now bashed my thumb but restarted Love Cats! 
    ‘One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things’ said Mole.Cross stitch cafe TaDa Enjoy the Little Things, WIP Love cats, ‘A Year in the Life of’ HSC July-December and The Seasons graphic sampler. Read 13/100 2025 all owned or borrowed.
    MORTGAGE FREE 17/01/25
  • Charly27
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    Progress so far. Trying to backstitch as I go!
    ‘One of our greatest freedoms is how we react to things’ said Mole.Cross stitch cafe TaDa Enjoy the Little Things, WIP Love cats, ‘A Year in the Life of’ HSC July-December and The Seasons graphic sampler. Read 13/100 2025 all owned or borrowed.
    MORTGAGE FREE 17/01/25
  • nmm
    nmm Posts: 2,413 Forumite
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    Charly that is framed beautifully, perfect amount of space around the edge :) Love cats is cute.
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  • foxandflowers
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    Charly - backstitching as you go is very smart! I am never that organised.

    We are now all moved in and I have found all my projects, but haven't had more than 5 minutes of peace to sit down and work on them! There's lots of cute little stitches, and I can't wait to get started. 

    In the mean time I have been making pompoms with my daughter. They make me think of ice cream!



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  • Coxy11
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    @nmm you're famous!!!

    Have started my new role - busy busy but enjoying it so far. Will update over the weekend.
    Coxy xxx
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  • nmm
    nmm Posts: 2,413 Forumite
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    Oh no, not again, lol
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