Our Friends' HAED SAL: Bottom of the Garden by Babs

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Bottom of the Garden by Babs

Some of you might remember my first Haed, Queen of Hearts. I started it, but after a lot of faults in the fabric and not happy with the coverage I wanted to restart it. But then I noticed more beautifull Haeds...

Recently I started Bottom of the Garden, by Amy Brown. I'm not far yet, somewhere halfway the first page.

And this is how it should look like:

I hope to post more often, but I don't stitch my Haed everyday.

Love, Babs

6 comments:

Anonymous said...: GORGEOUS!!! I have this one in my stash, great start, look forward to seeing your progress.; September 2, 2010 at 9:57 PM
Claire said...: Babs - fab choice of design! Wonderful start and it looks like it could be a lot of fun to stitch too!; September 3, 2010 at 12:50 AM
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Rachel said...: What a wonderful start! And a beautiful piece! I can't wait to see more :); September 3, 2010 at 4:27 AM
Astrid said...: Wow Lovely work !!!; September 3, 2010 at 12:05 PM
Louanne said...: Another one of my favs. Also in my stash. I will be waiting to see more of this one! Gret job so far!; September 3, 2010 at 12:16 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.