Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Darkling Update

Monday, July 13, 2009

Maxine's Darkling Update

Sorry for the late post, we had a very busy weekend visiting my mam and dad (it was my mam's birthday) and my eldest DD Leanne her partner Barry and my DS Gary. This is the first opportunity to get on the computer since...I brought out Selena Fenech's Darkling....

I seem to have lost my HAED mojo although I am enjoying stitching on all my other WIP's....fingers crossed it returns for this weeks SAL. You can see on the above pic all the blue highlighted on the chart is what I got done Thursday night.
Here is my DD Jennifer's progress you can see she has made a start on the top of the next page now :)

This is what it looked like before she started stitching the next top page and while it was off the frame...

Thank you for looking :)

Maxine (So Much Stash - Sew Little Time my blog)

7 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow the colors are so pretty!; July 13, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Bellatrix said...: I love your progress. and Jennifer is doing good job too! Great progress form both of you!; July 13, 2009 at 11:38 PM
Cindy F. said...: Maxine, small breaks always help me with the mojo problem:) Hope yours comes back with a vengeance!!

Your dd's piece has the most beautiful colors!

You've both made incredible progress!; July 14, 2009 at 8:57 AM
kerbear said...: I am sure you will get back into the swing of things soon! Sometimes we just need a break from certain projects! You've done fantastic on it so far though :) And your daughter has done a great amount too! Both look awesome!; July 14, 2009 at 9:47 AM
Carolyn NC said...: You're both doing an excellent job!; July 14, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Wendy said...: Wow! You both are doing a wonderful job!! That sure is a lot of progress.; July 14, 2009 at 11:40 PM
Mimosa said...: 私はあなたの進歩がとても好きです、そして、あなたのDDの仕事はとてもすてきです:); July 17, 2009 at 12:03 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.