Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Intro

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Maxine's Intro

Hi Everyone, thank you Cindy for sending me the invite and a big thank you to both you and Wendy for organising this blog :) I am Maxine soon to be 44yrs old. I live in the UK with my OH Mark, we have been together 11yrs this year. I have 4 children, Ian who is my angel in heaven, Leanne 23, Gary almost 22 and my 'baby' Jennifer who is 18. I have been stitching for the past nine years and have a very understanding OH who just lets my addiction get the better of me lol.
I have got far too many HAED charts to list and have at least 5 on the go.....in my defence though I have actually finished a full size HAED (Jessica Galbreth's Wild Autumn, there's a pic of it on the HAED website and I also use it as my avatar on my blog) It took me two years to stitch but that wasn't stitching on it every day some weeks/months I never touched it at all! I was going to put up wip pics of the ones I am working on at the moment but blogger isn't playing!

I can't wait to see all the wip's and cheer everyone on. Happy stitching and may the frogs stay

Maxine So Much Stash - Sew Little Time (my blog)

4 comments:

BW said...: Your work is wonderful! Can't wait to see more. :); March 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Mich said...: What a brave woman you are, so many HAED ongoing at the same time ;-)) I will be looking forward to seeing your changes.; March 3, 2009 at 11:11 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome Maxine!! We're so glad you're joining us! I know your work and it's amazing! I'm going to enjoy cheering you on from here too!; March 3, 2009 at 12:17 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome Maxine!! Great you are joining our SAL too! Can't wait to see some of your wonderful projects!; March 3, 2009 at 12:28 PM

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.