Wednesday, January 5, 2011

HAED BB 2011 SAL Terra as of 05.01.2011 by Gizzimomo

Here's the first update on my progress for the Heaven & Earth Designs Bulletin Boards SAL. As you know I'm doing Terra by Brigid Ashwood and I'm stitching her on 28 count vintage green zweigert, 2 threads over 1 square in........wait for it........TENT STITCH!!

I gave in and decided to give tent stitch another go and it seems to be working better this time. I'm still not convinced I like completely as it really does feel like cheating but it does stitch up incredibly fast! I'm going to stick with it this time..... what do you think???


As of 05.11.2011

8 comments:

grannie said...

Great start! I know what you mean about tent feeling like cheating - I felt the same! :-)

Vani said...

Me too! But it still looks good, and look how much you have done!

Anonymous said...

I am having a similar problem with tent stitching, it does feel incomplete! 32ct looks good, but it is so slow. I am now inspired to try the 28ct, your project looks great!

Terri said...

Great start :)

Magally said...

Very nice start ! And this design is really beautiful !

ana~stitch said...

I like it so far - maybe it's just finding the right count and thread coverage. :)

The Crafty Princess said...

The coverage is great. I wouldn't worry about it being cheating though it looks amazing and that is all that matters. Plus you're completely Faerie Melody in full crosses so it's cool to have a few projects in tent stitch just to get through your stash. It's beautiful and at this rate will be finshed by the end of the SAL!

Susan said...

I love tent stitching. Yes it feels a little bit like cheating, but who cares! I have almost all of my HAED's in tent stitch now. I am to impatient to do full crosses.

Your progress so far is beautiful, enjoy it!