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kitty kat
08-Jan-09, 23:07
i have to shout this from the top of my ORG voice and tell everyone i have had a crossstitch i have been working on for about 4 years she is called snow angel and i fell in love with her but she was my first attempt at a bit project and i made a few mistakes gave up and started and gave up etc
now she is done i have done a few inbetween this but i feel so happy i finally finished her i will try to put a photo up she is my angel
does anyone else have achievement to shout about :lol:
changilass
08-Jan-09, 23:11
well done kitty kat now you can start another one :lol:
They really are worth the time and effort
You should take a photograph to show us all your hard work. I started a celtic cross-stitch in 1996 and it's still only half finished :lol:
kitty kat
08-Jan-09, 23:23
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250594.jpg the whole picture
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250595.jpg close up of the wings ( glitter i love them )
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250596.jpg the beads on the bottom half
hope they work :)
What beautiful work! That's quite an achievement, it looks like an awful lot of work has gone into her. Will you have her framed?
kitty kat
08-Jan-09, 23:54
yep as soon as i will cry if anything happens to her,,, i will enter her into the show to im so proud
Well done Kitty Kat it looks really beautiful, especially the beads at the bottom. I too have a cross stitch that I started at least five years ago and haven't finished yet, but have done smaller ones in between. I find it really relaxing and almost addictive!
Does anyone know where to get cross stitch framed in Caithness and roughly how much it would cost?
purplelady
09-Jan-09, 00:24
am new to cross sitich but have ordered one so when it comes will get started cannot wait x
kitty kat
09-Jan-09, 00:27
am new to cross sitich but have ordered one so when it comes will get started cannot wait x
what is it of?
Well done Kitty Kat it looks really beautiful, especially the beads at the bottom. I too have a cross stitch that I started at least five years ago and haven't finished yet, but have done smaller ones in between. I find it really relaxing and almost addictive!
Does anyone know where to get cross stitch framed in Caithness and roughly how much it would cost?
shearers in Wick or the frame shop in Thurso
ive got a flowerfairy i started about 10 years ago and still havent finished!!! also about 3 others ive started cos got a bit bored with fairy for a while, then set them aside aswell. they are all quite large and fiddly with lots of half and quarter stitches. now youve got me thinking i should get on with fairy as i would love to get her finished and framed and up on the wall with other finished ones. ive a castle dragon, and mum&baby that i completed within the last 10 years. however the bathroom tiling is my priority job at the moment, so maybe once thats finished ill start stiching again.
Does anyone know where to get cross stitch framed in Caithness and roughly how much it would cost?
Durrans in Thurso (next to Hallmark card shop) does framing. You can buy a frame from somewhere else and bring it along with you and he'll do the mounting, etc and put it in the frame for you, or you can choose from his own selection of frames. The mounting is only about £3 or £4. I haven't used him myself yet but I hear he is good. I've had my father in law frame my projects, and one of them my gran sent to an art gallery to get framed - it looks really good, but I'd imagine it must have cost her about £30/£40 as it is quite big. The price depends largely on the size of the frame.
kitty kat
09-Jan-09, 12:10
ive got a flowerfairy i started about 10 years ago and still havent finished!!! also about 3 others ive started cos got a bit bored with fairy for a while, then set them aside aswell. they are all quite large and fiddly with lots of half and quarter stitches. now youve got me thinking i should get on with fairy as i would love to get her finished and framed and up on the wall with other finished ones. ive a castle dragon, and mum&baby that i completed within the last 10 years. however the bathroom tiling is my priority job at the moment, so maybe once thats finished ill start stiching again.
would love to see some pictures be proud and show them off alot of work goes into them :)
anneoctober
09-Jan-09, 12:53
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250594.jpg the whole picture
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250595.jpg close up of the wings ( glitter i love them )
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/P1250596.jpg the beads on the bottom half
hope they work :)
Well done Kitty Kat, delicate, beautiful and YES, a lot of hard work to complete, not to mention dedication. Come on you talented Orgers.....let's see your work!! :lol:
Woohoo you did it kitty kat, now you can start the other one you got for xmas. Bet oh's mum is glad you finished it. :D
That is lovely work!!!!!! Does anyone else have to have the stiches always the same way and have to undo it if you swap the diection of the arms even in one?
I would love to do an Amanda Loverseed chart. I also like Michael Powell patterns alot (He has some free charts on his site: http://www.michaelpowellart.co.uk/ ). They are alot of fun to do. Does anyone else do them?
dirdyweeker
09-Jan-09, 22:59
Not something I do anymore as I find it so difficult to see for close up work. Some beautiful ones on Michael Powells web site. Absolutely gorgeous one of the angel kitty kat. You must be sooooo proud. It doesn't matter how long it took it is the completion of it that matters. Well done to anyone with such "crafty" hands.
kitty kat
09-Jan-09, 23:00
Woohoo you did it kitty kat, now you can start the other one you got for xmas. Bet oh's mum is glad you finished it. :D
she dont no yet i will gi her a suprise she has wanted to see it finished for ages lol im not lazy i just take my time
that one i got for xmas has just added to the pile she has already give me for xmases and birthdays lol
i really want til do a tigers face or a few cubs for the living room
teenybash
09-Jan-09, 23:04
Well done you to complete such an intricate project......very beautiful.:)
yep as soon as i will cry if anything happens to her,,, i will enter her into the show to im so proud
Wow. Brilliant work. I took up crochet once but I couldn't get the balls through the hoop.
kitty kat
09-Jan-09, 23:36
Wow. Brilliant work. I took up crochet once but I couldn't get the balls through the hoop.
i like to crochet its quick and easy when you know how my nan taught me many moons ago its alot quicker than knitting
and thank you everyone for your lovely comments i just had to show her off my angel
Buttercup
10-Jan-09, 00:01
Well Done, kitty kat, it's beautiful! The glitter and beads just add that special touch.
Highland Lass, very kindly, did a cross stitch for a friend of mine a few months ago and made a super job of it.
I admire you both and wish I had half your talent.
she dont no yet i will gi her a suprise she has wanted to see it finished for ages lol im not lazy i just take my time
that one i got for xmas has just added to the pile she has already give me for xmases and birthdays lol
i really want til do a tigers face or a few cubs for the living room
A big tigers face would be lovely. Or a wolfs one, is it you that has that picture of a white wolf?? with a moon behind it. The wolfs face would be brill. TBH i was having a moment yesterday and thought about trying one myself then i came on here today and read this. That is freaky. lol
kitty kat
10-Jan-09, 12:45
A big tigers face would be lovely. Or a wolfs one, is it you that has that picture of a white wolf?? with a moon behind it. The wolfs face would be brill. TBH i was having a moment yesterday and thought about trying one myself then i came on here today and read this. That is freaky. lol
here dont tell me at i will get you started no bother i have got a few with wolves on them but i really fancy a doing a big tiger
i really want til do a tigers face or a few cubs for the living room
Guess what, I just finished a cross stitch of a tiger's face. It was dead easy and only took me 3 or 4 weeks. I'm going to frame it myself and put it in the livingroom. My new project I'm working on at the moment is a conversion of a photo into a cross-stitch. It's of me and my two girls walking along the beach in Thurso with the cliffs in the background. It's really beautiful. My mum took it and she's good at photography so she captured the moment really well. It's going to take me ages though because there's almost 60 different thread colours!
kitty kat
10-Jan-09, 16:00
Guess what, I just finished a cross stitch of a tiger's face. It was dead easy and only took me 3 or 4 weeks. I'm going to frame it myself and put it in the livingroom. My new project I'm working on at the moment is a conversion of a photo into a cross-stitch. It's of me and my two girls walking along the beach in Thurso with the cliffs in the background. It's really beautiful. My mum took it and she's good at photography so she captured the moment really well. It's going to take me ages though because there's almost 60 different thread colours!
would love to see a photo of the tigers head:D
would love to see a photo of the tigers head:D
Here you go. Took a while to get one that was reasonably clear!
kitty kat
10-Jan-09, 17:39
Here you go. Took a while to get one that was reasonably clear!
he is lovely i love the fact its not white aida to well done u:cool:
kitty kat
12-Jan-09, 15:04
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/crossstitchdone.jpg ready done
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/crossstitchworkingprogress.jpg working progress
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/crossstistchsquirrels.jpg
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/crossstitchrabbits.jpg
http://i548.photobucket.com/albums/ii344/kitty_katxx/crosstitchbadger.jpg
would love to see more peoples work to
highlander
12-Jan-09, 15:34
Well done kitty kat, i did try it once but could not see it properly, dont know how anyone is going to be able to do this in the future with the energy saving bulbs not enough light to do delicate things. Ett whoaaaaa i do love the tiger you did, well done.
Well done kitty kat, i did try it once but could not see it properly, dont know how anyone is going to be able to do this in the future with the energy saving bulbs not enough light to do delicate things. Ett whoaaaaa i do love the tiger you did, well done.
It can be tricky to see the holes when they're very small but most of the ones I've done haven't been too bad. I find as long as I sit near a lamp I have enough light to see. My step-mum-in-law uses a light bulb that looks like real daylight so she can see to do her cross stitch. But my eyes aren't that far gone yet! :Razz
would love to see more peoples work to
Here are the ones I've yet to frame, my set of four cottages:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/christonberg/Miscellaneous/IMG_2476.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/christonberg/Miscellaneous/IMG_2477.jpg
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/christonberg/Miscellaneous/IMG_2479.jpg
And the last one:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/christonberg/Miscellaneous/IMG_2480.jpg
Here's the one my gran had framed for me at an art gallery. I completed it when I was 17 - it took me about a year and a half cos I gave it up for ages then finally finished it! It was my first big project:
http://i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd15/christonberg/Miscellaneous/IMG_2488.jpg
kitty kat
12-Jan-09, 20:37
a big well done to you ett i love your masterpiece beautiful all the animals look so sweet you must have been very proud at 17
That is a lovely piece. You should be very proud. I have had a few cross-stitch framed in the past and they have been stretched out on sticky back board. I believe though for a good one you should stitch them over a frame, sort of like lace it up the back I think, and I don't know if anyone does it up here.
a big well done to you ett i love your masterpiece beautiful all the animals look so sweet you must have been very proud at 17
Thanks kittykat, I was pleased with it when I finished it! Felt like a big accomplishment. How long do you think it'll take you to finish your animal cross-stitch? It looks great just now but it'll look fab when it's done! :)
That is a lovely piece. You should be very proud. I have had a few cross-stitch framed in the past and they have been stretched out on sticky back board. I believe though for a good one you should stitch them over a frame, sort of like lace it up the back I think, and I don't know if anyone does it up here.
That's the way I frame them when I can't find anyone else to do it for me. A friend who's a pro at cross-stich says that's what she often does - stitching it up at the back to make it nice and taut, then she buys a mount from the man at Durrans and gets a frame cheap from a charity shop (paints it to the right colour, etc) and finally hangs the finished product on the wall!
kitty kat
14-Jan-09, 18:13
Thanks kittykat, I was pleased with it when I finished it! Felt like a big accomplishment. How long do you think it'll take you to finish your animal cross-stitch? It looks great just now but it'll look fab when it's done! :)
knowing me it could take a few months more hoping not though...
i cant wait to see it finished :lol:
Margaret M.
14-Jan-09, 23:35
Wow, beautiful work, kitty kat and your cottages are stunning, ett. A few years ago, I bought a couple of wee, and I do mean wee, needlepoint thingies to work on while I was in Caithness -- they're still over there in a drawer somewhere.
kitty kat
15-Jan-09, 00:16
Wow, beautiful work, kitty kat and your cottages are stunning, ett. A few years ago, I bought a couple of wee, and I do mean wee, needlepoint thingies to work on while I was in Caithness -- they're still over there in a drawer somewhere.
pull them out :lol:
the feeling you will get of finally doing them is well worth it
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