Our Friends' HAED SAL: Sabine's Update

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Sabine's Update

Hello everyone!

It's been wonderful seeing all of your progress pics this week! The time will come when we will have one finish after another!

This week I didn't stitch on QS Steam Punk Fairy. The thing with her is she never beckons me to stitch on her, she just sits and waits patiently until I do pick her up and then she draws me in with every X.

If anyone still wonders, for Mother's Day I received James Christensen's Faery Tales. I tried a few more things to tame the 27 inches of fabric flowing down the right side, but I think I have to come to terms with the fact that this will be a work at home piece only. That's tragic because it puts the piece on the 20 year track for completion!

Mourning my loss of color, I went snooping at HAED. Guess what I found? It's a freebie called Aurora's Garden. I love the greens and blues and it will get hung on the wall behind the aquarium, which has green gravel and a mirror blue background.

Wishing everyone smokin' needles this week!

Sabine

5 comments:

Cindy F. said...: 20 years! You sound like me..lol!!

How pretty Aurora's Garden is! Love her colors!; May 27, 2009 at 4:36 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Love the colors in this!; May 27, 2009 at 6:50 PM
Wendy said...: It looks great already and I love the colors too!; May 28, 2009 at 7:32 AM
Beck said...: How beautiful! Thanks for the inspiration!; May 29, 2009 at 9:48 AM
Anonymous said...: Very pretty, I love the colors.; June 5, 2009 at 10:29 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.