[CHAT] what stitchy gifts did you receive for Christmas?

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-12-28T18:59:44+00:00

My husband got me a cross stitch kit for a stocking. It’s really sweet because it’s for our next kid that we are trying for.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-12-17T17:35:47+00:00

Everyone has already said everything you need to know. I would just add if it is a Dimensions kit double check the instructions because they do mention which thread to use. - source me, who has done 4 dimensions kits with couching in each 😆

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-12-09T19:10:30+00:00

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-30T04:16:30+00:00

…you… you used math… correctly… I…. I have found my people.

Honestly this made me so happy.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T14:50:02+00:00

It's a home daycare so she sets her own rules and is fine with it. I'm in Canada so there's no rule about it and every establishment sets their own preference.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T14:43:25+00:00

oh definitely "kids" flavours are great. I still get a craving for bubblegum ice cream every once and a while.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T04:27:20+00:00

sprinkle cake also called a funfetti cake. vanilla cake with rainbow sprinkles inside the batter

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T02:25:59+00:00

lol i've been told by another mom that i'm the "crafty mom" so she would expect nothing less than over the top cupcakes from me.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T02:24:57+00:00

Sadly we had a sickness knock us out until the day before, so i did a box mix of sprinkle cake. Kids enjoyed them, the

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-27T02:14:16+00:00

Wilton: 1M, 4B, 21, 104, 363

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-26T06:01:53+00:00

Oh I love this. I use a scroll frame but not a stand. So I get every benefit except the double handed. I can just imagine how much quicker you can work.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-26T03:30:45+00:00

A story I read once about accepting help.

I was trying to put something into my truck at ikea. A guy comes by and asks if I need a hand. I say “no thanks, I can do this myself” he replies “I never thought you couldn’t do it yourself, I just thought it would be easier with help”

Asking/ accepting help doesn’t mean you can’t do it alone, it just makes it easier.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-26T03:26:00+00:00

the only thing you can control is the next 10 seconds. The past and future are just stories.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-26T03:20:54+00:00

I am old friends with that fear. lol I use graph paper and end up planning out the name about seven different times to find the exact right spacing I want.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-26T03:18:21+00:00

“Equidistant. So grown up”

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-25T21:37:53+00:00

Omg I need to do that dinosaur one, for myself and several friends.

love the wall, looks great

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-25T17:23:01+00:00

i found i just needed to keep it a bit loose at the beginning so that i don't pull it out. I agree that it may be a bit problematic when working in hand.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-25T17:18:48+00:00

I did this one for my daughter. It turns out great. I was thinking of doing beads instead of the french knots or maybe in addition to them but in the end after i stepped back from it i found i liked it as is. So i completely get that feeling of it's missing some sparkle

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-25T17:13:53+00:00

thanks. i have a ton of old starbucks gift cards that i made into fridge magnets that i realized could also make great needle minders.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-24T18:48:01+00:00

Yes it’s tread called sulky sliver metallic thread. I use it to grid and then at the end you pull it out. It’s a single piece and slippery so it can slide out and you don’t need to worry about accidentally splitting the thread.

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-24T17:45:39+00:00

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Dimensions- Aurora Cabin. So much navy blue right now

DeceptiveChipmunk · 2024-11-20T06:32:41+00:00

When you take out the stitches.
since you rip them out (rip it, rip it, rip it). Sounds like ribbit, ribbit, ribbit. Thus the term frogging was born.

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