Our Friends' HAED SAL: Lady Godiva

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Lady Godiva and a New Start

At the end of the last SAL on the HAED BB, this is where Lady Godiva stood.

I joined the current New Start SAL with a RAK I received from Dagmar, Mini Sea of Roses. Here is what it will eventually look like!

I'll be back later with my cup of coffee to enjoy all of your updates. Wishing everyone a happy week of stitching!!

Sabine

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

For Christmas I received a RAK from Liz, over on the HAED BB. It is Mini Gypsy Firefly, straight from the top of my wishlist! I started on Christmas Day, but after a couple hundred stitches I decided I didn't like the way it looked. Restarted in tent, but didn't like it either. Retarted on a totally different fabric and count and thought I could live with the results. Nope. So now I've put her away to cool off until I get a new piece of fabric. I really hope a fresh start will keep my love of her alive!

Meanwhile, Lady Godiva insisted on some attention! Here she is where I started back last week.

I am a slow stitcher, but hopefully I'll find my way back here much sooner with an update on her!

Happy stitching to you all!

Sabine

Thursday, March 15, 2012

Latest Updates

Its been an age since i last updated, as i have no computer and i am using my phone to surf the web, so since i have access today to a pc i thought i would share some updates
Hannah Lynn Dreaming on the Farm

Mermaid by Alena Lazareva

QS Daffodil Springs by Hannah Lynn

Lady Godiva By John Collier

Corsair Daemira By Nene Thomas

Mini Sadness Of An Angel by Zindy Nielsen

I am hoping to get more stitched on them this year and no... ( ok not too many ) new starts

Wednesday, September 8, 2010

Hello Out There in Stitching Land!!

It's been a long time since my last post!

Several weeks ago I told my buddy that I had put away all of my HAEDs because none of them were bringing me any joy. I spent some time stitching on CDC and another piece, but soon I missed HAEDs. How could that be? So I thought about the difference between patterns I like and those I would like to stitch and eventually hang on the wall, about stash, and how I go about stitching HAEDs. I learned a few things...

Then for my birthday I received this chart: Lady Godiva by John Collier.

How could I resist a new start? I find that I am enjoying her very much! It is a peaceful piece. I want to stitch on her every day, but it's more like wanting to spend time with an old friend, rather than feeling the pressure to get so many stitches in. I think something clicked in me about enjoying the process of stitching a HAED.

So here she is! The upper left corner has so many shades of browns and tans and even purple! I wish the picture would show how beautiful it really is, but even in daylight I could not get a good shot.

Thanks for looking!!!

Sabine

Tutorials

How to Carry Threads
This is really easy...it takes a while to get used to though....and your back will look terrible...this you will have to live with...One thing...You will be working your 10 x 10 grids in colums...it makes it easier...
1. Start with a 10 x 10 grid..
2. Find your first symbol...and stitch all of that symbol in your 10 x 10 grid....When finished...
3. Find the same symbol on the 10 x 10 grid below it...take your needle and bring your thread up like you are going to make the first 1/2 of the X ...but don't do it...just unthread your needle and lay the thread down..
4. Go back to the first grid you were working on...and stitch the next symbol the same way....when finished bring your thread down....
5. continue each symbol until your first 10 x 10 grid is finished....
6. start the next 10 x 10 grid ....you should have thread there already for you to pick up and stitch...
Posted by Vickie 3/7/2009

Tent Stitching (Wikipedia)
Tent stitch variants
There are three types of tent stitch, all producing the same appearance on the front of the canvas but each worked in a slightly different way and having particular characteristics, uses, benefits and drawbacks. These variants of tent stitch are known as basketweave, continental and half cross tent stitches:
Basketweave tent stitch - The basketweave form of tent stitch is worked in diagonal rows up and down the canvas. The yarn on the back of the canvas has a typical basketweave appearance, with alternating horizontal and vertical stitches. Basketweave is the best stitch to use for covering large areas of canvas as it does not distort the canvas as the other two forms of tent stitch do.
Continental tent stitch - Continental stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitches appear diagonally across two threads. This method uses more yarn than half cross stitch tent stitch but is more hardwearing.
Half cross tent stitch - Half cross stitch is worked horizontally or vertically across the canvas. On the back of the work, the stitch appears vertical or horizontal, not diagonal, and crosses only one thread. This method uses less yarn than other stitches but is not very durable as coverage on the back of the canvas is a little thin.