Saturday, June 20, 2009

Introduction

Hi Everyone! I was so excited when I heard some openings were available to be a part of this great group! First off, my name is Kerri and I currently live in Denver, Colorado with my boyfriend and our two little furkids (kitty cats). I started stitching about 8 years ago and only recently discovered HAED's at the beginning of this year. I've always been drawn to larger designs and I love that they are all full crosses and no backstitch (I despise backstitch!) At the first of the year, I started Chessie by Ash Evans and I'm about a page and a half into it but Chessie is on break at the moment because I started working on Catch a Falling Star by Julie Fain. I love Julie Fain's artwork and this was one of my favorite's of hers so when it got charted I immediately snatched it up. Surprisingly, it only has 14 colors in it which seriously, I think may be the only HAED I've seen with so few colors but I love it because it goes quicker. So here's a pic of what the end will be

and this is where I am so far
It's being done on 18ct aida with 3 strands over 1 and full crosses. What's really cool is on my flickr page, Julie Fain actually left me a message that she was following my stitching and she hadn't actually seen any of her art done in a cross stitch yet so that was very cool!
Anyways, thank you all for letting me join and I look forward to seeing all of your lovely HAED's!
Kerri ;)

6 comments:

Solitary Raven said...

welcome Kerri!
Your project is very nice, and I
like the look of what u have done so far!
Welcome to our wonderful group :)
Laura

Anita H said...

Welcome Keri, you have a nice start going. Nice to work on something with so few colors, hope it goes fast for you.
Anita

Gabi said...

Welcome Kerri. What a lovely HAED you have chosen. Exciting that the artist herself is following your progress. That's a nice thing isn't it?

pethair-xstitcher said...

Welcome and you picked a lovely chart to start! I can see some of those stars twinkling.. the more you do the more you will feel the urge to just keep going. Excellent start.

Cindy F. said...

Welcome Kerri!! We're so excited you're joining us! and I LOVE your beautiful design choice! 14 colors! That's very exciting;) You've already gotten off to a wonderful start and we can't wait to see more progress!!

Wendy said...

Hi Kerri, welcome to our blog.
You did choose a gorgeous design and you have a wonderful start already. Can't wait to see more.