Our Friends' HAED SAL: My Queen of Hearts

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

My Queen of Hearts

Hi everyone! I just wanted to show you all my progress as of today. I'm more or less finished with her hair and she is looking so pretty. I've been stitching non stop today and feel like I've stitched so many little crosses, I just had to show you all :)

Rachel x

12 comments:

Anita H said...: Wow, she's looking wonderful. Love all that red.
Anita; March 24, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Gabi said...: She is looking gorgeous. Great progress; March 24, 2009 at 2:26 PM
Annie Bee said...: The richness of those reds is fabulour. She is looking so beautiful.; March 24, 2009 at 5:16 PM
Suzie said...: Wow! I am amazed at how much you accomplished today! How wonderful, and how beautiful she is looking! You are truly inspiring!; March 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Cindy F. said...: Rachel! You have made such amazing progress! She looks like a beautiful painting:) Good job girl!; March 24, 2009 at 5:34 PM
Angie said...: This is just amazing; March 24, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Solitary Raven said...: great progress... I love this design and definitely love watching each piece grow into reality :)
Keep up the great work :)
Laura; March 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM
Sabine S. said...: She is simply stunning!I can't even imagine how wonderful she must look "in person"!
Sabine; March 24, 2009 at 8:37 PM
Yoyo said...: Oh this is a sultry looking piece. Love the rich colors. Keep up the good work.; March 24, 2009 at 8:49 PM
Wendy said...: She looks so gorgeous! Great progress on her!; March 25, 2009 at 5:55 AM
Carolyn NC said...: She's looking great!; March 25, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Claire said...: She is absolutely stunning. I was RAKd this chart - my very first chart and sadly only managed about 1000 stitches before giving up.

Hugs
Claire; March 26, 2009 at 2:39 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.