newbie snowthorn

[snowthorn]

Hi
i am new to the forum and i have 2 things i am passionate about ,cross stitching and my dogs,
I have been fundraising for the last 3yrs since my grandson was born with half a heart and is under the care of Newcastles Freeman Hospital i stitch cards and the money from the sales goes to the hospital,i have had dogs in the show ring and become aware of the unwanted pedigree dogs that go through breed rescue and stitch dogs for them to sell here and abroad.
Just wondering if there are many others who like me love cross stitching i am at the moment stitching a batch of get well cards which will soon be heading to the hospital

[Lili]

Hello! welcome!

[Wandatoo]

Welcome from Canada!

[Nachstenliebe]

Welcome to the forum!
Faith

[rcperryls]

Hello and welcome to the forum.

Carole

[gyork]

hello and welcome, there are so many of us that love stitching, and you do it for such a fantastic cause too, hope it helps raise loads of money

[Juel]

Hello and Welcome

[Squirrel]

Hi and Welcome snowthorn,

What a lovely name, snowthorn.

I stitch cards occasionally, used to do a lot more at one time but too many of my (5)kids are turning 50 and I seem to be forever rushing against the calendar. No doubt soon their wives/husband will start the merry go round again.

I trust your grandson is progressing ok

Sally

[vanessanjf]

Hello and welcome

[Cockneystitcher]

Hi and welcome.

[tiffstitch]

Hi snowthorn! What a great idea to raise money for charity. I had been trying to work with a local rescue on making some coasters, but they ended up getting shut down. So I hope to get going with another rescue to make some things for fundraising. We also adopted a dog from them. What breed of dogs did you show? Have you found a good batch of stitchable dog patterns? I have the Luvable Pets book and a couple others that I've used.

[Midge]

Hello and welcome.

[helrica]

Hallo and welcome from South Africa! I love crossstitching, in fact only craft at the moment. We have a rescue dog and 2 rescue cats. I work in NICU, so know the stress you have with your grandson. Everything of the best!!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Welcome to the forum snowthorn!

[snowthorn]

Hi
And thank you for your thoughts my grandson had another 8 hrs of heart surgery in january and is doing well he is about to start nursery school when the school gets intouch with the nurse about his condtion but he is just like any other 3yr old full of mischief but gets out of breath if playing games and has to come in .
The dogs i have at the moment are three basset hounds hopefully to soon become 4 and i show the youngest who is 2yrs old i have many many dog charts so if anyone needs help i am happy to help i also stitch for many breed rescues i have large charts or card sized i have just completed a boxer dog and an irish wolf hound this weekend Brenda Franklyn has some wonderfull charts and when stitched are very realistic julie

[Ruthi]

Welcome! I think you'll soon realise how many cross stitchers are out there!

Another one that is a bit dog mad! On my first date with hubby I told him I planned to become a mad old dog lady, with 13 dogs, but we are only up to 2 so far, although I manage to sneak foster dogs in when his back is turned. Never mind frogging, I seem to spend ages picking dog hairs out of my work!

Glad your grandson is doing well. It is amazing what the doctors can do nowadays, and I think the 'special' children get outstanding treatment. My granddaughter (now 4) goes into hospital in a couple of weeks to have her hips sorted out. She has spina bifida and is paralysed from the waist down, but they work on her in the expectation that medicine will find a cure and have her walking!

[tiffstitch]

I have a basset hound and half basset/beagle (bagle). I love bassets! I'll have to discuss charts with you some time.

Glad to hear your grandson is doing well after surgery!