Kate Posted June 2, 2010 Share Posted June 2, 2010 I love that Kell! That is a lovely surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inver Posted June 3, 2010 Share Posted June 3, 2010 Kell ~ that was a lovely surprise and what a good colour combo she has used. Simple but very effective design. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 That is lovely Kell...she did a really lovely job. Gorgeous colours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheeta Posted June 4, 2010 Share Posted June 4, 2010 I used to embroider, but now I don't have the time anymore! Except at summer vacation. I made bibs for the news kids in my family, or embroidered their names on plushes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lexiepiper Posted June 11, 2010 Author Share Posted June 11, 2010 Got my copy of the new CrossStitcher through the post this morning and saw our very own Kell inside! I'd notice those blackwork sheep anywhere! Congrats Kell! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted June 12, 2010 Share Posted June 12, 2010 Thank you, Lexie! I didn't know until last night when someone on Facebook let me know. I'm going to see if I can get hold of the issue today and see for myself. They didn't, by any chance, leave in the web addess for Kincavel Krosses, did they? I suspect they'll have edited that out of my letter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted June 13, 2010 Share Posted June 13, 2010 Congrats Kell, I don't get Crossstitcher but I will have to get it just to see your sheep. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted June 21, 2010 Share Posted June 21, 2010 Went to the in-laws' yesterday and my lovely MIL showed me a HUGE pile of cross stitch mags she had dating back to 1991! She then said I could take them home to have a look through if I liked. She wants them back, of course, but she said she's in no hurry and if there's any patterns I like to feel free to use them. Spent yesterday evening going through some of them and there are some great designs (she even has the first few issues of Cross Stitcher Magazine!). I still have plenty more to flick through yet too. Ooh, and to top it all, she said I could keep the cover kits - how great is that?! Even if I don't like the designs that were originally with them, I can always use the pieces for other projects. It's so great to have a nice MIL with whom you share an interest! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 The first in my Quotes Collection. I'm designing each of these quotes mini samplers myself and then putting them all together in a kind of scrap book. This first one reads "Curiouser and curiouser!" cried Alice... - Alice's Adventures n Wonderland by Lewis Carroll It's stitched on white 18-count aida in Anchor 1375 (single strand throughout). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 That looks amazing Kell! Did it take long? Looks like it must have done, all those changes in colours Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 It's actually a variegated thread, so no colour changes involved at all. As a result, I started and finished stitching it all in the same day and then assembled the page before going to bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 After 12 years...and this was initially for my nephew but I picked this up again at the end of last year for my baby niece....my completed Sleeping Bunnies Birth Annoucement sample.....finally. My very first biscornu and it was tiny! I have a new niece (3 days old) and I have this Hush Lickle Baby birth sampler on order and I can't wait to get it started. Looking forward to this one. I have also a Winnie the Pooh project to do for the same niece I did the Sleeping Bunnies for. So I will be quite busy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 They are really good Shin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 wow i love your sampler. how long did it take you to do? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 wow i love your sampler. how long did it take you to do? 12 years!!! No, the story behind this sampler is...I bought it 12 years ago for my nephew but I did not do much to it at all and then stopped cross stitching altogether. Then one day last year I was up in my mums attic and found all my cross stitching stash....including this sampler....still on the wooden frame. Thankfully, it didn't stain the fabric. So I decided to finish it for my niece as now my nephew is too old for it. But I am have been doing it on and off since end of last year. If I was doing it regularly I think I would have finished it quicker. I think I even went about three months without picking it up at all. So, that is why I am so thankful it is completed. Thanks Kate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lauraloves Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 oh ok then lol. i did one for my cousin when she was born and she didnt get that til she was over the age of one, and i had started it when my auntie was around 3months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 My niece is near 11 months and I started when she was about 3 months old. But I think it is important to do a sampler that you enjoy doing and as this one was 12 years old, my taste changed. I really wasn't enjoying it as I would have preferred to do something else for her. I think what really made me finish it in the end was I told her mummy that I was doing it and I had my husband on my back asking then was I going to finished it. But I think I will enjoy doing the Lickle Baby one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted June 27, 2010 Share Posted June 27, 2010 Wel done Shin - I really love the sleeping baby one, it's so cute Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted July 2, 2010 Share Posted July 2, 2010 I just ordered: 105 Anchor flosses 1/2 a metre of cream 22-count hardanger fabric 10 packs of DMC plastic bobbins 3 packs of needles 1 pack of perforated paper All for under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kate Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 That is great Kell! Well done! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angel Posted July 3, 2010 Share Posted July 3, 2010 I used the same site as Kell and I got 33 Anchor 6 stranded cootons 6 Anchor 4 stranded Martlitt 3 Kreinik Gold threads 7 Caron flower threads - Waterlily range 3 lengths of pre-cut aida (14 & 18 count) Anchor perle no 5 x3 Anchor perle no 8 x3 Anchor perle no 12 x3 Needles - cross stitch and beading Thread conditioner and a couple of other bits and pieces All in all -- 66 items for Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilywhite Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I'm so tempted by this but I don't need anything at the moment. I'd just be buying for the sake of it. You both sound as if you got a great haul there as well! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted July 8, 2010 Share Posted July 8, 2010 Kell, were did you get your pattern? Any site I go onto they don't have an option to send by email and I would prefer it that way if I am going to pick my own threads...also because I can get it quicker. Ok, this is what I have been working on lately. It is called Eeyore's Tail and it is for the same niece that I did the sampler for. I am hoping to make it into a pillow for her but we will see about that. I also need to start on my Hush Lickle Baby sampler but I will rotate these project page by page. Oh, and I end up ordering from that site too. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shin Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Here is some stash I received today in the post. 22 Anchor stranded cotton including variegated 23 DMC stranded cotton including variegated 7 packs of Mill Hill Petite Glass Beads in aqua, pink, heather mauve, autumn flame, matte pumpkin, bay leaf and matte chocolate. Quarter metre of 22-count Hardanger Aida in Antique White Quarter metre of 22-count Hardanger Aida in Cream (Ivory) Half metre of 18-count Aida in Cream (Ivory) Ecru Perforated Paper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kell Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Ooh - lovely stash! I'm drooling here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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