Any cross stitchers or quilters out there?

[Colleen]

I've been making quilts since 2001 but I've cross stitched since the early 1980's. I also crochet but I don't knit. I have to keep busy with my hands
The first quilt is a Quilt As you Go quilt and made with scraps leftover from another project.

 

[foreveralone]

Nice work, my mom loved to quilt.

 

[Colleen]

Here's a couple more quilts and cross stitch.

 

[Pinky]

Beautiful work! You have a lot of patience. Love them all!

 

[Pam]

Never done quilting but have done cross stitch. When I did a nursery nurse/nanny course we had to make a game or toy. I found a Ludo cross stitch in a magazine so made that and framed it with a perspex top. It is the only form of sewing I enjoy(ed).

 

[Pepper]

Used to cross stitch & needlepoint, but my vision, my hands shaking, my patience, so can no longer, but I loved doing it. Works displayed here lovely.

 

[Sliverfox]

Ashamed to admit I have a quilt that's been years getting finished.

It's embroidered state birds & flowers,, squares.
My mother started it using single thread embroidery floss.

I've worked off & on it.

My friend has a quitting machine & I've asked her to help finish it.
We haven't got together yet .

 

[Devi]

Really lovely work, @Colleen. Beautiful to look at, and useful around the home.

 

[AnneTeak]

me! I am a quilter. My joy in life is to go on quilting retreats. I call them a sweat shop with wine.

 

[Wes]

I've been making quilts since 2001 but I've cross stitched since the early 1980's. I also crochet but I don't knit. I have to keep busy with my hands
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Lovely creations. Expert stuff. Well done.

 

[Devi]

me! I am a quilter. My joy in life is to go on quilting retreats. I call them a sweat shop with wine.

Do you take a sewing machine with you? (I assume so, but thought I'd ask.)

 

[Jules]

me! I am a quilter. My joy in life is to go on quilting retreats. I call them a sweat shop with wine.

I need to suggest one of those to my DD.

 

[Wes]

Nice work, my mom loved to quilt.

So did my mom. As a matter of fact quilting was done by many of her generation and almost all women in our family for generations past. Sadly, unfortunately, none of the women in my generation nor those who followed now do needlework of any kind. As a matter of fact, no women in my generation even knows how to sew. So much has been lost as a result of the women's movement which wrongly disparaged anything to do with what women of the past traditionally did.

 

[Wes]

Used to cross stitch & needlepoint, but my vision, my hands shaking, my patience, so can no longer, but I loved doing it. Works displayed here lovely.

My mom had the same issues. It was very hard for her to give up those things she loved so very much. They were often gifts at Christmas to family loved ones. Gone is the day.

 

[Wes]

I've been making quilts since 2001 but I've cross stitched since the early 1980's. I also crochet but I don't knit. I have to keep busy with my hands
The first quilt is a Quilt As you Go quilt and made with scraps leftover from another project.View attachment 327604View attachment 327605View attachment 327606View attachment 327607View attachment 327608

I liked your thread. Thank you for posting it.

 

[Marie5656]

Several people in my building quilt. I would love to. @Colleen on another forum I used to belong to, my handle was Queen Bee....so I like that one

 

[Jules]

As a matter of fact, no women in my generation even knows how to sew.

There’s nothing about gender that says women have to sew, if there’s no need. We only have so many hours in a day so we do what we choose. If you want to sew, go ahead. Please don’t disparage those of us who don’t want to.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Yes. I’m working on a flowered one now.

There’s nothing about gender that says women have to sew, if there’s no need. We only have so many hours in a day so we do what we choose. If you want to sew, go ahead. Please don’t disparage those of us who don’t want to.

Thank you.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Beautiful work Colleen. You clearly have patience and a good eye.

You too Pam. That’s gorgeous work.

Women do needlework cause they want to.
Women don’t do needlework cause they don’t want to. Women’s Lib has nothing to do with it.

 

[Colleen]

Never done quilting but have done cross stitch. When I did a nursery nurse/nanny course we had to make a game or toy. I found a Ludo cross stitch in a magazine so made that and framed it with a perspex top. It is the only form of sewing I enjoy(ed).

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That's beautiful! Nice work

 

[Colleen]

Several people in my building quilt. I would love to. @Colleen on another forum I used to belong to, my handle was Queen Bee....so I like that one

I posted the Queen stitch for our friend's here that are from the UK, etc. Thought they might like it.

 

[Colleen]

Yes. I’m working on a flowered one now.


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It's beautiful I'm glad you shared this.

 

[Remy]

So much has been lost as a result of the women's movement which wrongly disparaged anything to do with what women of the past traditionally did.

Many people like working with their hands. If you check out sewing, quilting, knitting and cross stitch forums on Reddit, they are very active. There is also a large knit and crochet site.

It's not all gone.

 

[Supernatural]

I belonged to an "Arts and Crafts" group in the late 70s. I did so many cross-stitch landscapes. My own and finished the others (munchkins) who had trouble to complete them before our charity sales.

So, sad to say, but I've none left from those years. Same goes for all the quilts. Everything always got bought during our monthly sales.

I remember we'd pool our efforts and made an oversized Wedding Quilt in time for June's brides. It was completed in 3 months and was then raffled.

I did loads of macrame hanging pots for plants. Ceramic painting on cake holders and teapots. Paint thread on tablecloths. Bargello handbags, macrame wall hanging, mostly owls (they were popular). Oh, just remembered, one item I made from scratch was a frog whic to this day sits on the left side of the kitchen sink and holds the metallic scrub sponge.

I'm hoping to join the SWI next month with daughter and get back to doing double hooking floor rugs.

Currently, all my cross-stitch are painless with this funky Android App!

Cross Stitch Coloring Art - Apps on Google Play

 

[AnneTeak]

Do you take a sewing machine with you? (I assume so, but thought I'd ask.)

yes, we take our machines and sewing projects with us. we visit quilt shops. we rent a home for a few days. we cook, we go out to eat, we snack, we drink, we laugh. sew from sun up to sun down.