tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post3868254804357107037..comments2024-02-18T06:32:42.950+11:00Comments on Bartacks and Singletrack: When I asked what he wanted for his birthday....Lightning McStitchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-18991589886641402252021-04-23T00:33:24.823+10:002021-04-23T00:33:24.823+10:00Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us, Sh...Thanks so much for sharing this with all of us, Shelley! I hope to do this on a T for my very very particular grandson. Will take notes about the soluble grid stuff. NirmalaNirmala Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17700549952312612753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-52170941919920701192015-05-30T10:36:13.029+10:002015-05-30T10:36:13.029+10:00This shirt is all kinds of awesome! I'm pinni...This shirt is all kinds of awesome! I'm pinning this as my husband is a total space invaders geek. Thanks for sharing!Cindyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17538128071032666452noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-88317174625170997282015-05-28T21:41:45.066+10:002015-05-28T21:41:45.066+10:00Thanks. Now that I have a handle on my cross stitc...Thanks. Now that I have a handle on my cross stitch speed (about an hour per square inch) I'll know what I'm in for if I ever start something like this again!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-22340911392653871172015-05-25T11:50:15.140+10:002015-05-25T11:50:15.140+10:00P.S- I had a chuckle at the Flipper thing :DP.S- I had a chuckle at the Flipper thing :DOckduspockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472291767747357704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-53223241835117303592015-05-25T11:48:48.562+10:002015-05-25T11:48:48.562+10:00Awesome! Such a lot of work in this. You have been...Awesome! Such a lot of work in this. You have been a busy girl. Hope he loves it as much as we all do!Ockduspockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472291767747357704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-7401811825132842472015-05-21T22:21:40.513+10:002015-05-21T22:21:40.513+10:00Cheers Inder. He's hard to impress so of cours...Cheers Inder. He's hard to impress so of course I get a bit competitive and try harder each year.Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-71996979794773161782015-05-21T22:20:13.386+10:002015-05-21T22:20:13.386+10:00:) thanks Jenya! Perhaps next year I'll do one...:) thanks Jenya! Perhaps next year I'll do one that says "I asked my wife to solve world conflict but instead I got this lousy cross stitched t-shirt"Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-57968579166064920642015-05-21T22:16:32.468+10:002015-05-21T22:16:32.468+10:00Thanks Marisa! I'd enjoyed doing the flowers o...Thanks Marisa! I'd enjoyed doing the flowers on my valentine exchange gift and of course early computer graphics are perfect for cross stitch as there are so few pixels per image. ...and someone led me to mrxstitch on instagram. He's amazing!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-77651342456147198992015-05-21T07:57:15.126+10:002015-05-21T07:57:15.126+10:00Outstanding. Just outstanding. What a fantastic gi...Outstanding. Just outstanding. What a fantastic gift! Inder-ifichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09724667602427496583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-18084636987224878352015-05-20T22:34:21.245+10:002015-05-20T22:34:21.245+10:00Absolutely fabulous! World peace and game over!Absolutely fabulous! World peace and game over!Jenya @ While she was sleepinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11443073685889323191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-80073227079794742912015-05-20T11:44:35.255+10:002015-05-20T11:44:35.255+10:00Magnificent work, Shelley - who would have thought...Magnificent work, Shelley - who would have thought that cross-stitch could be so masculine :) The top looks seriously amazing. marisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715341254331190992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-33359888427487471472015-05-19T20:15:41.458+10:002015-05-19T20:15:41.458+10:00Wow thanks! I'd love it if another sewer marri...Wow thanks! I'd love it if another sewer married to a computer nerd found this useful! Niche sewing huh?!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-5084083477339731502015-05-19T01:11:21.619+10:002015-05-19T01:11:21.619+10:00Oh my goodness, this is just too awesome. My husb...Oh my goodness, this is just too awesome. My husband is a video game developer child of the 70's, and is also impossible to come up with gifts for... your cross-stitch pattern may come in handy at some point:) Nice job! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-28631570852249570082015-05-18T09:46:21.067+10:002015-05-18T09:46:21.067+10:00Sorry Janice. How about Skippy, or Gilligan's ...Sorry Janice. How about Skippy, or Gilligan's Island just for a change of ear worm!<br />I'm pretty proud of this shirt, so thanks!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-39533750947487824272015-05-18T09:45:12.002+10:002015-05-18T09:45:12.002+10:00The challenge is in teaching the kids to understan...The challenge is in teaching the kids to understand droll irony. Once you've worked out what the very obscure, minimally worded answer was, it's inevitably quite amusing. It will take me a lifetime or more to fully understand this husband of mine!<br />We need to find an IT museum where all those Commodore 64s and Microbees and Ataris ended up and take you youngsters for a look! :)Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-12537611155540981762015-05-18T09:39:50.009+10:002015-05-18T09:39:50.009+10:00:) He was the one who came up with my pseudonym, s...:) He was the one who came up with my pseudonym, so when it became unavoidable not to mention him on the blog I suggested Flipper, pointing out that it was very flattering. If only it were true that "no one but he is faster than me".<br />Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-48822974249727330762015-05-18T09:37:25.807+10:002015-05-18T09:37:25.807+10:00Thanks Masha. I really liked the Game Over tag too...Thanks Masha. I really liked the Game Over tag too and that was the only surprise part. There's no way I could do all this late night stitching and have kept it secret, so one little surprise was necessary.Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-54493149117030735482015-05-18T09:36:18.155+10:002015-05-18T09:36:18.155+10:00{blushing} well thank you! Not all the time mind y...{blushing} well thank you! Not all the time mind you, but I have been on a bit of a roll with a few overworked, overambitious projects lately. It's fun so why not?!Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-62389183859423513882015-05-18T09:34:58.257+10:002015-05-18T09:34:58.257+10:00Exactly! Problem is he has a birthday every year. ...Exactly! Problem is he has a birthday every year. It's getting tougher and tougher!...Lightning McStitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11955101913822685967noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-19898681242311464942015-05-17T22:59:24.283+10:002015-05-17T22:59:24.283+10:00So now you put the Flipper song in my head! Such ...So now you put the Flipper song in my head! Such an amazing shirt. Janice https://www.blogger.com/profile/15516765600724614193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-83994211744055797012015-05-17T14:52:20.769+10:002015-05-17T14:52:20.769+10:00I am seriously impressed! That tshirt fit looks p...I am seriously impressed! That tshirt fit looks perfect. And you guys are both funny!? Your kids are destined to have the best sense of humor between genetics and environment. ;) And as a child of the 80s, I missed the pop culture references but Dan filled me in. :Prachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12000794959264304528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-72839235228299922962015-05-17T12:48:24.435+10:002015-05-17T12:48:24.435+10:00I understand his blog name now! Of course! Well ...I understand his blog name now! Of course! Well done for quite a customized birthday gift.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15892067289101529745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-92221170773611692242015-05-17T03:42:54.464+10:002015-05-17T03:42:54.464+10:00This is so cool - I can't believe you did all ...This is so cool - I can't believe you did all that cross-stitching. A true labor of love. The Game Over tag is my favorite part.Mashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05364861545043732582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-37798634929924340702015-05-16T22:00:50.447+10:002015-05-16T22:00:50.447+10:00You are so creative....ALL. THE. TIME!!! Who would...You are so creative....ALL. THE. TIME!!! Who would have thought a little (ummm....LOT OF) handwork could be incorporated seamlessly into this sort of attire?!?!? FANTASTIC!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10887931254631748099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8161170775588638867.post-38635738490677679622015-05-16T21:47:56.082+10:002015-05-16T21:47:56.082+10:00Awesome, the best gift her never knew he wanted he...Awesome, the best gift her never knew he wanted he will ever get!motherof5https://www.blogger.com/profile/10195031588051037622noreply@blogger.com