Our Friends' HAED SAL: Maxine's Puggles Update

Monday, August 10, 2009

Maxine's Puggles Update

I was really good last week I made sure I had Puggles all ready and set up on my Q- Snaps for Thursday morning and stitched on him quite a lot :) Here's the pic from the week before...

and here's the after pic.....

I don't know what is happening with the colour of the fabric and threads....each week it looks like I am stitching on a different colour fabric lol!

Did anyone buy any new charts in the HAED sale? Please own up I don't want to be the only one that's got more charts than they no what to do with and yet still buys more lol...I bought...James Christensen's - Rhyme And Reason, Selena Fenech's - Fairy Wishing Well, Hold On To Hope QS and In Love QS and Zindy Neilson's - Sadness Of An Angel. And then to make it even worse for myself I am going to be kitting up R+R and SOAA, but in my defence the two QS's are actually for my DD Jennifer so really she's as bad as me (or is that me that's corrupted her lol) Thanks for reading and commenting. Happy stitching everyone :)

Oh before I forget I have asked Cindy if it's ok and she said yes so just to let you all know I have some HAED charts for sale/trade...these include some Linda Ravenscroft and Josephine Wall amongst others. I have a few already listed in my webshots and will be adding more hopefully tomorrow. If you go to my blog there's a link on the left hand side to my webshots. I would prefer GC to either SB&B, ABC or HDF but please don't be afraid to ask for a trade if you've got fabric,threads,silks,or even charts on my wishlists. I will charge actual postage costs (unless it's a trade) and post out of the UK. Just to let you know that these are genuine hard copies I have bought from HAED and had posted to me, they are all regular charts. If interested leave me a comment or email me - it's in my profile- and I'll get back to you :) Thanks

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

9 comments:

Joke said...: Actually Maxine, I didn't buy this sale, I was strong! (In fact I was in France, so I didn't know about the sale LOL)
But to give you some comfort: I have more HAEDS in my stash I'll ever be able to stitch. And yet I keep buying :( Stupid? Woman? Or just a stupid woman?; August 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM
Astrid said...: The colorchanges in the picture is always a item. I have it to, sun an clouds are the trubblemakers LOL.
I bought from Gustafson: parlement of owls and today one I dont tell but keep it a suprise when I work on it you all may guess. A mistery so the speak.....
Youre progress is lovely!!!; August 10, 2009 at 10:29 AM
kerbear said...: I love the colors of this one and it must be fun to stitch with such bright colors.

I managed to avoid the sale this time but only because I am still holding out for them to chart Marta Dahlig..maybe by the next sale!; August 11, 2009 at 6:21 AM
Cindy F. said...: Awesome progress Maxine! and OH MY GOODNESS did you ever just buy some gorgeous new stash?!!! How exciting...for you and dd!!

Want me to post your trade/sell link on the side bar with the other ladies??; August 11, 2009 at 4:31 PM
Maxine said...: yes please Cindy :); August 12, 2009 at 6:49 AM
Louanne said...: Puggles is really coming along! You got some great stash in the sale! "Did anyone buy" during the sale? Are you kidding!? OF COURSE! I don't know how anyone can resist. Rest assured, I have SABLE - Stash Acquired (way) Beyond Life Expectancy!!! and I added Linda's QS Morgana Le Fey, QS Gwenevre, Marchetti's Coral City, and Williams' Sifter. So NO, you are not alone!!!!; August 12, 2009 at 6:50 AM
Anonymous said...: Great progress, Maxine! I love the bright colors.; August 12, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Carolyn NC said...: Great progress - colors are very pretty!; August 13, 2009 at 7:11 AM
Yoyo said...: You are aking such great progress...and lie who could 'not' buy something with a great sale like that. I got three but I can only remember the name of one, Fairie Tales...now no more enabling from any of you gals, I'm a slow stitcher!; August 15, 2009 at 8:28 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.