Our Friends' HAED SAL: Yvonne's Intro

Thursday, March 5, 2009

Yvonne's Intro

Thank you so much to Cindy and Wendy for setting up this blog to join HAED stitchers together :0))

I am Yvonne from Denmark, married for 6 years and we have a 4 year old daughter together.

It was the beatutiful artworks of Katerina Koukiotis that made me started my first HAED project 1 year ago :0)).

My first project was and is Angel of Spring with a background removal. I stopped stitching on her as I wasn't so sure about the colours on her face. However, after the assurance of many members from the HAED forum, saying she looks perfectly normal and nice, I am going to pick her up again once I complete my Sleeping Beauty which is my current project. I am stitching her 1 over 1 on 28 count SMF airbrushed Keenan.

This is my current HAED project which is Katerina Koukiotis Sleeping Beauty. I started on this beauty on the 18 Dec 2008 and till date, I've completed 5 full pages. She is a real pleasure to stitch! I hope to complete her real soon and continue with my Angel of Spring as she is still my absolute favourite :0)). I am tenting with 2 over 1 and using HDF silk on 28 count Wichelt Jobelan Lavender Sunset.

I am looking forward to see more wips from all the HAED stitchers here. In the meantime, I have to read the blog and admire all the beautiful stitchings.

Yvonne

7 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: Beautiful Work!; March 5, 2009 at 5:43 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome Yvonne to our blog!
I love your designs! Can't wait to see your progress on it!; March 5, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Wendy said...: Welcome Yvonne to our blog!
I love your designs! Can't wait to see your progress on it!; March 5, 2009 at 7:13 AM
Yoyo said...: What pretty designs. I'm anxious to watch your progress.; March 5, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Cindy F. said...: Yvonne! OH MY GOODNESS!! I have never seen these! They are absolutely amazing...beautiful! They look like photographs. I wish I'd thought about tent stitching BEFORE I started mine!...lol...oh well...next time:)
WELCOME to our new group! We're so excited you're joining us and we can't wait to see more of your incredible stitching!!; March 5, 2009 at 9:46 AM
Jackman73 said...: Beautiful stitching Yvonne, I really love seeing your progress on these two. Hugs Jackie x; March 6, 2009 at 11:31 AM
Terri said...: Absolutley wonderful stitching Yvonne. I love them both; March 7, 2009 at 5:08 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.