Our Friends' HAED SAL: February 2013

Sunday, February 17, 2013

Daisy Offerings

POSTED BY LINDA KILNEDINST

Here is a progress pic of HAED Daisy Offerings - Sandra Kuck is the Designer.

HAED Daisy Offerings by Sandra Kuck...Stitching this on 18 Count White Charles Craft Material 2 over 1. I am on page 2 out of 36 pages. When I re-started this project I had to start with Page 3 due to the Center of the Pattern and I'm stitching my way back to Page 1. Than I will finish up with Page 3 and than go onto the next page which will be Page 4.

Thanks for looking...enjoy....
Linda K
Blog: http://lindakscreativityworks.blogspot.com

Saturday, February 16, 2013

Winter Wings -Nene Thomas

This is my Wip of Winter wings by N. Thomas.

I' m working on cotton fabric white , with DMC floss, 1x1.

Now I am arrived line 250 of design.

And now this work is FINISHED

Friday, February 15, 2013

Queen's Croquet Ground by Gustafson stitched by Shauna

Hello everyone! It's been a really long time since I've posted. Our family has been dealing with some challenges over the past 8 months or so. My husband deployed for six months so I was essentially a single parent to our two kids. It didn't leave me much stitching time. He's been home for awhile and I got some good stitching time in so I've finished two whole pages of Queen's Croquet Ground. It's a ton of fun to stitch although it was really slow going for awhile because it was a lot of sky. The picture isn't the best since we don't have really good sunlight right now. Just a whole lot of clouds. I hope you enjoy seeing it anyway!

Sunday, February 10, 2013

It's here

Friday, February 8, 2013

Golden Promises 2nd Page Finish

Here she is with the top of her head peeking out!

Happy Stitching!

Vani

Thursday, February 7, 2013

The Spam

I know that you have noticed the SPAM that has been showing up here on the blog. This started happening when we set up the email address for buddies. Since that email address posts directly to the blog there is no way we can stop it. I get an email anytime a post is made to the blog via that email address. I try to get here and delete them as soon as I can. But they sometimes come in overnight, so I don't see them until I get online in the morning. There really is nothing I can do about it, other than shut down the email posting address. If that happens, our buddies would have to go back to sending their updates to full members and having to wait for that member to post their updates. If anyone has a suggestion on how to avoid the SPAM (other than shutting down that address) please let me know. Thanks.

UPDATE: Thanks for your comments. I've changed the email postings to 'save emails as draft posts'. This means that any post coming in via email will have to wait for me to publish. So buddies keep that in mind.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

3 February 2013: Sistine Chapel

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.