Our Friends' HAED SAL: September 2014

Monday, September 29, 2014

Christmas Dreams

Hi everyone, thanks so much Louanne for allowing me to join in as a buddy! I live in Florida and I've been cross-stitching for over 30 years but only a couple weeks ago found HAED! Of course when I saw the beauty of the designs I just had to find out more! Ordered a pattern, loaded up on supplies, and I'm off to the races :-)

I just fell in love with Christmas Dreams by Dona Gelsinger and while I know I'll never finish it by this Christmas, I have hopes for 2015 but we'll see how it goes. Then I found this group and started looking over the work of others here. Amazing! I only hope mine will turn out half as well.

Any tips or tricks would be greatly appreciated. I've typically done Dimensions Gold Collection kits in the past, I love the fullness of the designs, but starting an HAED is a whole different challenge! I've never worked on linen before, generally Aida 14 & 18 count, so the 25 count evenweave is definitely different for me. I'd also always just held my work in my hand, but decided for this a roll bar frame would probably be a good investment. The frame I got came with 20" dowels and the fabric is close to twice that in width so I had to do a little folding/rolling on the right side to fit it in the frame. That of course led to some looseness on the area where I was going to be stitching, to resolve this I took a linen dishcloth (I'd bought a bundle of 12 a while back and have only used a couple so had plenty of unused ones in a drawer), cut one in half and rolled it with the bottom to help take up the slack. I'm not sure I'd want to order longer dowels as I typically stitch on the couch while watching TV, anyone have any better suggestions?

I'm doing 1 over 1 on 25ct.

Thanks for letting me share my journey with you!

Margaret

maggst@hotmail.com

Saturday, September 27, 2014

The Key by Melissa Dawn

Hi everyone

I`ve started my new ( third ) project ....

THE KEY

by Melissa Dawn

stitched on 18ct Aida

full crosses 2 over 1

this is my update after 2 weeks

I will hope you like it .

XXX ... your Helvi : )

Sunday, September 14, 2014

Frogs Kissing - Sept 15 update

Hello everyone!!

It's been a while since my last update, but the last couple of months have been pretty hectic - vacations and work have kept me busy :)

Anyways, here is my latest update on Frog's Kissing. I finished page 4 last night and have started on page 5. I'm starting to see more colour variations than just white and 3756 (which having gone through more than a skein of each makes me happy)!!

This has been stitched 2 over 1 on 22 ct.

There's still a long way to go (36 pages in total), and I have less than a year to finish it (it's for my cousin's wedding which is going to be Aug 22, 2015)

Tomorrow is a public holiday here which means that it's only a half day at work. I'm hoping to spend my spare time getting a good chunk of page 5 done. It's going to be hard to find time for stitching in the next little while as I was recently transferred, so as soon as my work visa comes through I'll be moving countries again (got to try and fit my life into 4 suitcases again!) :D

Have a great day,
Lisa

Friday, September 12, 2014

Tea Party Treats .... finished !

Hi everyone ,..... I`m so happy . I`ve finished my second HAED .It takes me 25 weeks ( 875 hours ) . Here are the details

Tea Party Treats

Jasmine Becket-Griffith

Design Size 391 W by 484 H

87 Colours

Thanks for looking ...... your Helvi : )

Periwinkle by Rachel Anderson

Newest update. Just completed page 3 & a bit of page 4. Being stitched on 28ct 1 over 1, full stitch. I just love this one. On page 3 was the first time I had any confetti & that was so small didn't even take any time. Love, love, love the fabric. Little gold specks dyed with light greens & a yellow. Pictures can't even show how beautiful this fabric is. It's just perfect for this beautiful design.

Sunday, September 7, 2014

Phoenix Golledge

Hello everybody,

Hope you are all enjoying your processes.

Here is my update of the week.

Regards.

Tina

--
Best regards,

Tina Lapina

skype ID: to-all-cat-lovers

tina.lapina@yahoo.com

tina1603@hotmail.com

Friday, September 5, 2014

Tea Party Treats

Hi ,

this is my update for WEEK 24 ,...... I think next week it will be finished .

Tea Party Treats

J. Becket-Griffith

2 over 1 on 18 ct. Aida

full crosses

xxx your Helvi

Monday, September 1, 2014

The Witching Hour

I have been stitching on the Witching Hour so here is an update.

You can see on the right that is where the moon will be. Happy Stitching!

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.