Our Friends' HAED SAL: Daydreaming Fairy March SAL

Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Daydreaming Fairy March SAL

This past weekend, I worked on QS Daydreaming Fairy for the BB Freebie SAL. Here's my progress:

I'm really enjoying stitching her. She's 1x1 on 28 count evenweave.

And I've also made some progress on Faulkner's TT BoPeep:

She's 1x1 on 32 count lugana.

I'll be joining in the SAL tomorrow with Storykeeper. Everyone's stitching is gorgeous- I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's progress this week!

Gabi, you asked what my other 9 WIPs besides Storykeeper are.
Full size: Anderson's Moth Queen (have less than a page done on her)
Daniels' Luna (working on her only during the BB retired artist SAL)
Sessler's Calming the Tempest
QS: Butcher's Leo ACEO (one page to go)
Mastrangelo's Easter Bunny (he's a companion to Buttercup Bunny which i finished last year)
Daydreaming Fairy
SK: Vacher's Automne
TT: Faulkner's Bo Peep
PTP: Mastrangelo's Bleeding Hearts and Tulips

beth

9 comments:

Gabi said...: 32 over 1 - I'm impressed. I stitched on 32 over 1 before, but only small pieces and consider a huge project on something like that very impressive.
Your Wips look gorgeous. And I look forward to see more of it; March 18, 2009 at 6:03 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Your stitching is gorgeous!; March 18, 2009 at 8:46 PM
Cindy F. said...: Love these 2 Beth!! Beautiful progress! and your other's are awesome choices!!
Great progress:); March 18, 2009 at 11:12 PM
Cindy F. said...: oh...forgot...1 over 32ct. is gorgeous! I love it!; March 18, 2009 at 11:13 PM
Yvonne said...: Bo Peep's colours are really sweet. Great WIPs!

Yvonne; March 19, 2009 at 3:15 AM
Diane (di) said...: They are both gorgeous. I really like Bo Peep. What a cutie and stitching it 1x1 over 32? Beautiful Beth!; March 19, 2009 at 4:44 AM
Wendy said...: Wow! Great progress on both project!; March 19, 2009 at 8:13 AM
Sabine S. said...: Wow, so many WIPS! I hope you'll post a pic of Storykeeper...I'm working on the QS of her and it'd be nice to see what she will hopefully look like one day!
Sabine; March 19, 2009 at 8:21 AM
Annie Bee said...: Beth your Bo Peep is really beautiful. I am enjoying stitching Dayreaming Fairy too. You have done more than me.; March 20, 2009 at 12:14 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.