*barb's* SAL's

Lili · Post by **Lili** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:44 am

very pretty!

K1nS · Post by **K1nS** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 11:38 am

Lovely work

Busy_B · Post by **Busy_B** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 2:51 pm

Mabel Figworthy · Post by **Mabel Figworthy** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 5:05 pm

That's looking so beautiful! A lady at my stitching group has just started this today, I'll tell her how beautifully it stitches up!

~threadbear~ · Post by **~threadbear~** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 8:32 am

The bistro is looking amazing. It really is lovely.

vanessanjf · Post by **vanessanjf** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:03 pm

Great work

gyork · Post by **gyork** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 3:26 pm

Barb,

Another of my silly questions about this one, I opened mine yesterday just to have a nosey, and the thread comes in pre-sorted cards, but the threads seem to be stuck in the card with some sort of glue, which makes the end of the thread sticky, can you take them out and use a thread sorter, is this easy, or is it easier just using the card.

agi · Post by **agi** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 6:22 pm

This is really wonderful!

Parksfarm · Post by **Parksfarm** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:14 am

Ooh, love the Bistro - I've been wanting this kit ever since I first saw it... Beautiful work!

*barb* · Post by ***barb*** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:57 am

gyork wrote:Barb,

Another of my silly questions about this one, I opened mine yesterday just to have a nosey, and the thread comes in pre-sorted cards, but the threads seem to be stuck in the card with some sort of glue, which makes the end of the thread sticky, can you take them out and use a thread sorter, is this easy, or is it easier just using the card.

yes it is glue. Mine never came presorted, but i have another dimensions kit that did. I did initally try and pull them off but the end was tacky from the glue...so i now cut them off as high up as i can..you only lose a little bit of thread. That glue would ruin the fabric and work so dont try and save the thread.

I take mine out, label cardboard bobbins with the symbol drawn in the colour it is printed in...a four colour pen will do the trick..red, blue, green and black. Then i wind the matching thread onto the labelled symbol bobbin. That way when I am stitching, i can look at the pattern without referring back to the colour chart as all the bobbins speak the same language as the printed pattern.

I wrote HS for half stitch and (3) if it is 3 threads or (4) if it is four..ect also on the bobbin. If it is a combined colour i write 1 of each and put both colours on the one bobbin.

Cardboard bobbins are the best and can be used again..just get white out/tippex/liquid paper (chose product depending on your country..LOL) and clean them up for the next project.

Dont forget to double check them when you have finished setting them all up as you wont have to check them when stitching and if you made a mistake, you wont know till the end.

If you dont understand what i am getting at, let me know, i shall scan my bobbins for you.

dollystitcher · Post by **dollystitcher** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 7:09 am

Your bistro scene is coming on really well and I love the wolves, but the cat one is just so cute.

gyork · Post by **gyork** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 9:39 am

thanks for that barb I will put them on my sorter when I get ready to start

*barb* · Post by ***barb*** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:36 pm

It's been three months since I posted on this topic! My how time flies. Well I did post a separate thread about why I have been absent.

So this is all I have done since I last posted :

Progress on European Bistro

and I also made this patch for my hot water bottle cover...the cat has taken a liking to it and so we fight for it

Cant wait to finish Bistro, really finding it tedious now but dont believe in UFO's so I shall plod along.

My next stitching plans are a DMC Victorian Dressed Teddy Bear with hat and handbag and four seasons of the cat.

Oh, I am doing one more..it's forever friends garden swing..I forgot to take a photo, it's about 3/4 done.

Cecilia · Post by **Cecilia** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:42 pm

Aww! He's cute!

Nachstenliebe · Post by **Nachstenliebe** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 12:47 pm

If you were nearby I might have put myself in the ringer for that water bottle cover..

Faith

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 2:13 pm

The Bistro is just lovely. I have looked back at the previous posts because I had to see what "the kitty" was that everyone talked about. Too too cute. My kitty wants one now. She is in my lap as I type (not my assistant, but her sister who prefers computers to stitching) and she wouldn't settle down till I said I would make one for her.

Do you remember where you got the pattern? It was a lot of fun looking at the progression of your work.

Carole

Rose · Post by **Rose** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:42 pm

Bitro is looking super!!!!!!! The patch is very cute!!!!!

tiffstitch · Post by **tiffstitch** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 4:53 pm

Wow, Bistro has come a long way! I'm sure you'll get there in the end.

Cockneystitcher · Post by **Cockneystitcher** » Sat Jun 25, 2011 11:45 pm

The Bistro is a favourite of mine,and you are doing a great job.
Tatty Bear is so cute.

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Tue Jun 28, 2011 12:32 am

The Bistro is looking great Barb and I can just imagine you and Lumpy Cat fighting over the hottie.

Sally

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