Check-In Post June 6th 2022

[badly_knitted]

Hello to all members, passers-by, curious onlookers, and shy lurkers, and welcome to our regular daily check-in post. Just leave a comment below to let us know how your current projects are progressing, or even if they're not.
Checking in is NOT compulsory, check in as often or as seldom as you want, this community isn't about pressure it's about encouragement, motivation, and support. Crafting is meant to be fun, and what's more fun than sharing achievements and seeing the wonderful things everyone else is creating?

There may also occasionally be questions, but again you don't have to answer them, they're just a way of getting to know each other a bit better.


Today's Question: No question today.


If anyone has any questions of their own about the community, or suggestions for tags, questions to be asked on the check-in posts, or if anyone is interested in playing check-in host for a week here on the community, which would entail putting up the daily check-in posts and responding to comments, go to the Questions & Suggestions post and leave a comment.

I now declare this Check-In OPEN!

Comments

[badly_knitted]

Today my computer kept telling me the weather was 17C and mostly sunny. I haven't seen a glimmer of sunshine all day, just heavy, gloomy clouds. I think summer must have emigrated.

Lots of writing today, a bit of card playing and file sorting. That's it.

[stationblorbos]

Cool and rainy here in Ontario, flood warnings in some areas. The weather is mostly avoiding us which is kinda too bad. I was hoping for stormy weather.

[badly_knitted]

Might be getting storms here tomorrow in England. I like storms but right now I'd rather have warm and sunny.

Hope the floods miss you.

[stationblorbos]

I'm a vampire, I like the dark and cool

[badly_knitted]

ROFL!

Not sure what I am, but I don't like extreme temperatures.

[nagi_schwarz]

Yay for lots of writing! Card playing sounds fun...

[badly_knitted]

I loaded games on my very old laptop that still runs on XP. Great to play the old games again.

[wiseheart]

I envy you for the lots of writing part.

[badly_knitted]

Well, when I say 'lots' I really mean under 1k, but that's still good *grins*

[peaceful_sands]

Well done on the writing. Shame about the weather - as you say summer seems to have gone off elsewhere.

[badly_knitted]

Thanks!

Today is supposed to be warmer. I just want the house to warm up. Preferably without me having to light the fire again.

[stationblorbos]

Struggling with sinus pressure today and a constant drip from my nose and eyes. I'm very much not about anything right now.

I might get some stitching done, but what I really want to do is get some of my spiritual work started while I pedal on my seated elliptical later. No idea how it'll go. I've been off that for a few days because a whacked my knee pretty good on my work desk (and it's big and heavy and wood. And also awful without a flat top but the owner likes it so whatever) and struggled to use it for the weekend. It got better later yesterday.

[nagi_schwarz]

Hope you feel better soon!

[badly_knitted]

Hope we both feel better soon. I'm not feeling like much of anything either. Stitch if you feel like it.

Go easy with the exercising. Knees hurt.

[peaceful_sands]

Sorry to hear you are feeling great and hope things improve soon. Take care.

[wiseheart]

Unexpectedly enough, I've managed to do all the seaming on the finished double page. Now I'm trying to put together the design for the next page.

[nagi_schwarz]

Well done, and good luck on the next page!

[wiseheart]

Thanks. I can always use some luck.

[badly_knitted]

WOW! Well done!

I hope you find a design you like for the next page.

[wiseheart]

It will be something maritime, with a big, fat fish and other sea creatures. I've selected a few templates - we'll see which ones will work.

[badly_knitted]

Got to have an undersea page!

[peaceful_sands]

You are doing very well with it.

[smallhobbit]

Just continuing with my cross stitch of Tenby harbour, and have begun some cross stitch for the daughter's birthday card. Also very slowly making progress with the next square for my throw.

[nagi_schwarz]

Looking forward to seeing the cross stitch when they're done!

[smallhobbit]

There will be pictures. The birthday card needs to be done in less than 3 weeks, I hope to finish the other by the end of next month.

[wiseheart]

Slow progress us still progress.

[smallhobbit]

I shall get there.

[badly_knitted]

Three projects! All progress is good, so well done!

[smallhobbit]

I like working on a variety.

[badly_knitted]

Less chance of getting bored with a project =)

[peaceful_sands]

Forward progress on lots of things! Keep up the good work.

[nagi_schwarz]

Recently finished a little blanket for my husband's coworker who just had a baby:

[wiseheart]

This is lovely!

[badly_knitted]

Wooo! It looks very snuggly!

[smallhobbit]

That's lovely - great colours.

[peaceful_sands]

Well done - I'm sure they'll love it - it looks great.

[peaceful_sands]

Finished the design for the card and got started onto a second straightaway - probably another couple of days work to go.

Can anyone offer me any advice on how to mount cross-stitch designs into cards? At the moment I have ones with three folds, the middle fold has the cutout for the design with one then placed behind to cover the back of the sewing (yeah - cover up the untidy bit *grin* I know they're not too bad but there is always some mess). It's the first time I've tried making cards, so I just wondered if there were any do and don'ts I should be aware from people who've been there before? Thanks!

[badly_knitted]

Acid-free double-sided sticky tape is your friend for mounting stitching in all kinds of cards. The hard bit is getting the stitching aligned with the hole. What you can do is apply the tape around the card's hole, pin your stitching to a cork tile or something similar so it's flat, then press the card down onto the fabric once you've got it positioned right. Make sure it's stuck before you remove the pins and turn the card over though. Then use more double-sided tape to stick the backing fold in place to conceal the back of your stitching.

If you use the single fold cards, you can stick some pretty paper to the card for a backing, then fray the edges of your stitched piece before sticking it to the card.