Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Dragon Riders Progress

Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Maxine's Dragon Riders Progress

Hello everyone long time no see :) I finally got back to some HAED stitching after a stressful few weeks. Out came Dragon Riders, here's my before pic just to remind you all where I had got to....

Here's where it as of lunch time today...this pic is more true to the colours than the one above.

I am staying with this for a couple more days at least so hopefully more progress to show next week...was going to say this page may get finished but then I always jinx myself lol.

Here's DD Jennifer's HAED Puppy Love Fae....

She has got all the way across the top and is now coming down the right hand side. When she has finished this page I'll take a full pic so you can see it in all it's glory :)

Going to spend a few minutes (or should that be hours lol) looking over all your wonderful progress. Keep up the great work ladies.

Thanks for reading and commenting :)

Maxine's Blog.... So Much Stash - Sew Little Time

7 comments:

CathE said...: I'm loving th colours in your piece and you daughter is doing a great job on hers too. Lovely to see your progress.; September 30, 2009 at 11:06 AM
Cindy F. said...: Beautiful work you two!!!; September 30, 2009 at 3:54 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Look at these colors - lovely work!; October 1, 2009 at 7:23 AM
Sabine S. said...: You've done quite a bit since picking it back up. You'll finish that page in no time. Your daughter's looks lovely.
Sabine; October 1, 2009 at 8:19 AM
kerbear said...: Wow great progress on your dragon riders! Your daughter is making amazing progress as well! I enjoy watching both of these pieces!; October 1, 2009 at 9:08 AM
Astrid said...: You did much,. beautiful!!; October 2, 2009 at 4:39 AM
Wendy said...: Wow! You both are still doing wonderful! nice progresses on both of the projects. Keep up the good work.; October 2, 2009 at 8:06 AM

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.