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My stashmas present has arrived - cant wait to open it!!!

forgot to pop on over the weekend - mine has been sent

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Fabric 18 count and higher, any
Hand dyed Fabric (love opalescents) and threads
Variegated threads
Purple, green and blues
Bright colours
Butterflies
Dragons
Tiger
Sunsets
meaningful sayings, or funny sayings
Kits
Charts
things to keep tools neat - eg Pin cushions, needle minders, fobs etc ...

please could I join,

User name: Sian311
location: St Helens (nr Liverpool) England, UK
sending to: I'm happy to send anywhere (but if I had to give a preference it would be UK)

Oh I adore the minion! I will be PM'ing you shortly! just a few chores to do and then I'll be popping back!

This is what I got

I guess its one time we cant complain about the post

I received mine this weekend - Thank you so much Mauveme I love it.

Mine is made and packaged ready to go on Tuesday - I would post tomorrow but its a bank holiday so the post office wont be open.

Should I put a photo of the one I got on this thread?

I've started 3 times - changed my mind every time.... lets hope I like the finished one - thinking of re-starting again haha

By the end of Wednesday (16th) it was looking like this, http://i1126.photobucket.com/albums/l607/sianlouise311/Working%20Progress/random/IMAG0481_zpsf0x8rcph.jpg

After a dentist appointment on Thursday, so working on it for a bit then and on and off until today its looking like this,

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Thanks all,

Here is where it is at the moment,

This is one of my current WIPs - this is just a small one to go up in my little girls bedroom when its decorated.

I started it on 22nd March, and this is where I am at the moment -

I certainly will do - I love to show my WIPs - I've just been trying to work out where to post them - I've sort of figured the gallery was for finishes, so where would WIPs be best posted?

Welcome back. :-) I hope you'll share pics of your WIP's, especially the Tatty Teddy. I have a few of them on ...

Please can I join in?

My info is

Favourite Cake/Desert: Chocolate,Cheese cake, icecream, eclairs, brownies, Sundaes

Favourite Colour: purple, pinks, blues, greens, vibrant colours

Major dislikes: pastel colours, flowers

Willing to Ship International? yes

Surprise Swap or No? don't mind ...

Hello all,

Sorry I've been awol I've had a lot going on, and in the last month for sure my stitching has suffered :( :tantrum: which isn't like me as its my 'take me away from it all' get out

But this last week I've had time off work, and really got back into things - I started and am currently ...

I have a few ideas I'd love to stitch, a lot of the time I do it free hand so to speak, but I have a few that would need to be charted. The issue I have is I'm a poor artist, so drawing on graph paper is out.

I was wondering how other people chart their ideas? is there any software recomendations ...

Hi Sian and welcome! Can't wait to see what you and the wee one do, and I bet she'll be just as good at this as you are! Maybe get her some little kits and see how she does? Hi from Appalachia in the US (West Virginia).

Oh she is a definite stitcher - she comes to stitching/craft shows and tends ...

Its such a pain! I started my HAED on magic aida to avoid any mistskes. After 100 stitches I'd realised i miss counted and wouldn't have enoughfabric to finish it :'( i was do gutted

Thank you for your lovely warm welcome

I stitch pretty much anywhere, i have a smallish project that lives in my handbag so anytime im bored it van come out, generally on trains, resturants, on the platform at the train station. Ive got one at work for lunchtime, and then my biggest projects at home.

Although i have stitched when in the ...

Oh what a great gift, I do love the way they come out. I did this one a while back - I think I just looked for a butterfly pattern on Google, and came across it, hope you find something you like

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VSDgGmf0irw/UJ6dRf_GUzI/AAAAAAAAADo/pGWNxj3yWO8/s320/Butterfly+exchange+Aug ...