Our Friends' HAED SAL: QS Day Dreaming Fairy

Saturday, April 18, 2009

QS Day Dreaming Fairy

I have finally had some time to stitch after planning, organizing and having our wedding. :) I finished a couple of smaller projects and then continued my HAEDs. I started to catch up with my SAL 2009 piece QS Day Dreaming Fairy. I put some stitches in on Thurday SAL too. :) I am planning on stitching the backround first before starting her hair and face. It is a bit boring but luckily it's quite quick to stitch. This picture is taken a few days ago and I've stitched more since. I had to frog on Wednesday so it took me back about 200 stitches. Luckily I noticed the error before stitching more than that. I will stitch some sparklies next and after those I'm ready to start her hair. Goodbye light shades! :)

And some non-stitching news: we booked flights to Paris and a hotel room at the Disneyland for our honeymoon trip on May! We are so excited about that and can hardly wait. :) We'll spend most of our holiday at the Disneyland but also plan on going to Paris for a day, have a nice dinner, walk along the Seine and maybe visit the Eiffel tower and the Louvre (if I can talk my husband in to it :D).

8 comments:

Wendy said...: This is a wonderful start!
Congrats on your wedding! I have seen your wonderful pics on your blog.; April 18, 2009 at 4:04 AM
Jan said...: Great start.

And wow. Paris. That if so cool. Have a good time.; April 18, 2009 at 5:38 AM
Gabi said...: Beautiful start. Looks lovely already. And Paris is GREAT. We were in Paris in 2003 and loved every second of it. Wishing you a GREAT honeymoon; April 18, 2009 at 9:11 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Congrats on your wedding and a very nice time in Paris, enjoy it. you made a great progress ! Good job; April 18, 2009 at 10:36 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Nice start - good progress!; April 18, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Annie Bee said...: Sari once you get passed all those light colours you will love stitching her hair. How exciting planning your trip to Paris.; April 18, 2009 at 9:59 PM
Yoyo said...: Great progress! If your hubby doesn't want to visit the Louvre just leave him with a glass of wine at the Eiffel tower it is not to be missed because a spouse is not interested!!; April 19, 2009 at 10:30 PM
Cindy F. said...: Sari, I'm so happy for you:) and your honeymoon sounds heavenly!! Can't wait to see pics!

Beautiful progress on Daydreaming Fairy:); April 20, 2009 at 6:21 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.