Our Friends' HAED SAL: Progress on both sides Vibrant Vista

Monday, March 16, 2009

Progress on both sides Vibrant Vista

It seems I like living dangerously, I mean, stitching dangerously LOL. As I told you, I started on both times, and decided to work on both sides at the time, hoping they meet somewhere in between. To make it a little less dangerous I only do the upper pages that way, so the damage will not be too much, when it turns out I miscounted ....
In fact I am planning to start a second piece too, on the same piece of fabric. If you want to know the reason, please read my blog. It just seems to me it will be convenient.

The result will be this in a couple of years :)

7 comments:

Yvonne said...: Wow! Love the browns! Really lovely. Looking forward to see the next update.

Hugs
Yvonne; March 16, 2009 at 12:43 PM
Sabine S. said...: You are indeed brave! But I trust you counted no less than 5 times and the two sides will certainly meet!
Sabine; March 16, 2009 at 1:42 PM
Cindy F. said...: This is such a beautiful design and you're really moving on it Joke! Can't wait to see your next progress pic! Good job!; March 16, 2009 at 6:56 PM
Gabi said...: It looks great and you're making quite some progress too. And after reading your blog it makes now also sense to me why you're stitching on both sides.; March 16, 2009 at 7:57 PM
Wendy said...: It looks great already! You did a lot of stitching on both sides.; March 17, 2009 at 8:35 AM
Carolyn NC said...: I love this piece! It calls me to me every time I see it (and all the other Jane Wooster Scott designs). Nice stitching!; March 18, 2009 at 6:37 AM
Laura said...: I just love this Wooster Scott design, but I can't believe you were brave enough to work on both sides! It is going to be gorgeous!; March 18, 2009 at 7:05 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.