Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sally's Intro

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Sally's Intro

Thank you Cindy for the invite to this blog and to Cindy and Wendy for setting it up:)

I'm Sally, 45, married for 22 years and have two daughters aged 17 and 14. I've stitched a few small HAED designs as I find these easier to finish than a BAP! Lol!

I'm currently stitching Quick Stitch Girly Gothic. Here is what she'll look like when she's finished.

Picture courtesy of the HAED website

And this is what she looks like at the moment! I've started stitching her in 2007 I think but lost interest last year and have finally picked her up again just a few weeks ago. I think being here will help me keep motivated to finish her:)

I'm going to be stitching on her on a Wednesday evening and will show my progress each week:)

Sally

http://stitchingplace.blogspot.com

8 comments:

Mich said...: Great to see that you are picking up your work again. I promise that we will all be cheering !!; March 4, 2009 at 4:00 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome Sally, this is a great design too! We will cheer you, so you will finish this project!; March 4, 2009 at 5:10 AM
BW said...: Welcome Sally. :) Your Girly Gothic is looking great!; March 4, 2009 at 5:20 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome Sally! Your design choice is beautiful! Love her eyes:)
and you've made incredible progress! Wow!! You stick with us and you'll finish her before you know it:); March 4, 2009 at 9:13 AM
Yoyo said...: She is a real cutie. You are quite far along too. Looking forward to your progress.; March 5, 2009 at 3:01 AM
Carolyn NC said...: You've made such good progress on her already. Glad you're picking it up again.; March 5, 2009 at 5:45 AM
Srinity said...: She is really pretty! I hope you get a motivation boost from here and we'll see more lovely wips. :); March 5, 2009 at 10:25 PM
Terri said...: Great stitching so far. Cannot wait to see more; March 7, 2009 at 4:57 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.