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Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:02 pm**

I did the middle design several years ago for my dad, but he's a great procrastinator and had yet to get it framed so I had the idea to put it in a lap tray like this. I sewed the words best pops on lovely fabric pieces I'd seamed, with waste canvas, my first real time using it with Caron waterlillies floss. I think it's worked well, even if the dog is on aida!

The dog design is a Jeanette Crew Tailwaggers design, when I started to do cross stitch I found many kits from this and the cattitudes series, not realising that they were rip offs,

since I realised it recently I have bought many of the series so I feel less bad about the whole copyright issue! I do love these desgins, so easy and fun to stitch, great for some light work!

Niki x

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 1:19 pm**

That looks amazing!
Faith

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:10 pm**

That is just adorable!! Great finish!!

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 2:38 pm**

That is great. What a wonderful present.

Carole

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 3:43 pm**

What an absolutely amazing finish

The fabrics complement the little dog beautifully, and what a great idea to frame it in such a useful item as a lap tray!
Was it a special one with room for a piece of stitching? Or did you use an ordinary one? Is the stitching covered with glass/perspex? (It seems to be, from the picture) I'd be very interested to hear how you did this, it looks like just the thing for several Christmas presents next year!

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:01 pm**

very cute

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 4:16 pm**

What a great idea!

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:32 pm**

That's so cool! I love the idea of turning it into a lap tray.

Posted: **Wed Dec 07, 2011 8:44 pm**

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... _578wt_689" target="_blank

I don't know if that will work, if it does you have to scroll down as the item has ended.

Anyway it was a lap tray you can personalise, it came with a mount for photographs which I took out, and a glass cover. It hass a zip around the bean bag so you can getbinto the tray bit.

I was very pleased to find it as it is just what my dad needs, and I found him stealing mine the other day!

Thank you for the compliments, I was very pleased with the result myself

Niki xxx

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