Cross stitchers come clean................

[Jenum71]

ok so just how many projects do you have 'on the go' at the moment!

For me its erm.... I cant quite remember

[Nemo1977]

ive got 3 on the go at the min..one I started over 2 yrs ago when pg with ds and was to go in his room...am trying to finish it for db due in dec...probably end up being for a grandchild the way I am going..lol

[Jenum71]

Lol!

I found one I started when I was pg with ds1. I was only stitching his name (Zack) and I'd only managed the Z and part of the A! He is 6 now!

[Nemo1977]

lol

this is a winnie the pooh and friends one..lovely but I just get bored of doing the same colour..pmsl

[WigWamBam]

I've got three on the go too; strangely, I don't have as much time to stitch since I discovered MN!

I'm doing a panorama of Stonehenge, a huge thistley-type flower (looks nicer than it sounds) and a Kipper picture for dd's bedroom wall.

[Jenum71]

Nice!

I get bored doing blocks of the same colour .

Much prefer one with all different bits like country companions etc

[WigWamBam]

The backstitch on the Country Companions-type charts drives me up the wall, I hate it! I prefer just cross-stitch ... although the Stonehenge one is full of fractionals and straddled stitches so it's a bit fiddly.

[Jenum71]

yeah I'm not too keen on backstitch, especially on those Tatty Ted ones ! Arrgghhh

Which is a shame cos I quite like Tatty Ted!

[WigWamBam]

I go for the more realistic designs, but dd likes me to do her some of the Tatty Teddy type things, so I can't escape the dreaded backstitch all the time.

Al backstitch should be sent to Room 101

[Jenum71]

Definately!

[jenk1]

i started cross stitching a photograph of my ds and my neice together 2 years ago.
then i got pregnant and havent touched it since

am definately going to do it this winter though, hey we should take photos of our projects and put them on here like people do with cards

[Miaou]

I've got a few on the go too (my own designs). In fact that's what I should be doing just now....! I'm doing a very bright design with tropical fish on it (no backstitch!), but I have to finish off three designs for a local shop and I've promised my db that I will do him a birth sampler for his baby (due in December - argh!) - when I see it all written down I so shouldn't be on here.....!!

[Dior]

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[lucykate]

i design cross stitch when not on maternity leave. work for coats crafts uk, anything with 'anchor' brand name. don't stitch it though, we pay people to do that for us

i appologise about the backstitch on the tatty teddy ones, some, not all, are my designs! backstitch is the only way you can get the tatty effect i'm afraid

[Tommy]

I have a Victorian style sampler on the go to celebrate my nephew and nieces' christening which was last Sunday

[hellsbells4]

I completed the sampler of my babies' births last year - they are now 18 and 13! Do I win?

[cadbury]

I have a very big Orange tree one that I have started, in the middle of a 12 dancing princesses sampler, have about 5 waiting for me to finish framing them and goodness knows howe many waiting for me to do them at all
Really must get my ar$e in gear

[suedonim]

Not telling and you can't make me! Put it this way, I have a blanket box stuffed to the gunnels and half a sideboard full, the doors of which I have to slam shut very quickly to prevent it all cascading out.

[suedonim]

Oh, and I'm the odd one out as I quite like backstitch. I have a tapestry that I've been doing for about twenty years. The moths will have it soon, I'm sure!

[Jenum71]

Lucykate - do you really design the tatty ted pictures?! I'm impressed and starstruck! Wow!

I do understand that you need the backstitch to get the right effect, but its still a PITA!

What other designs do you work on?

[Jenum71]

Hands down you win Hellsbells!

[Jenum71]

lol @ suedonim!

You like backstitch? Oh well each to their own!

[suedonim]

Hehehe! I just like those straight lines and the fineness of the thread, I think. It annoys me if there's lots of starting and finshing off, though!

[Jenum71]

Yeah IKWYM!

I dont mind backstitch if there is a def hole to put the needle in and out of and I do think it makes the picture look better, but backstitch when its all over the place and its tiny stitches too - oh dont get me going!

[WigWamBam]

I prefer it where the detail in the picture is done without backstitch - it makes the stitching more complicated but I like the end result better. I actively avoid charts that use backstitch.

[jayzmummy]

Why dont you cross stitchers open up a gallery on yahoo so we can all see your work??? You must be so talented and I wanna see some of your creations.
I havent got the patience to sit and sew.....give me card,scissors and a glue stick and Im well away