Our Friends' HAED SAL: Post for Valerie J.

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Post for Valerie J.

Hello,
My name is Valérie, I live in France. I am 34 years old, married , and I have 3 children, ages 6,8, and 10.

I have been embroidering since 1991. I've been embroidering this Santa since June, 2008, with a Belgian friend who is on this blog, with pauses in my stitching. Each time I embroider 300 crosses, I take a photo of my work and I show it to my French and Belgian embroidery friends, met on the Internet. I am going to try to show you my advancement every week.

I love HAED and as soon as it is finished, I plan to begin another HAED! I am very happy to be part of your blog and I look every day at your photographs, your works are really splendid.
Happy stitching everyone.

Valérie

11 comments:

Valérie j said...: Many thanks Sabine for this post.It's wonderfule what you do for me; October 4, 2009 at 10:00 AM
CathE said...: That's a lovely design you've chose to stitch. I look forward to seeing your progress.; October 4, 2009 at 10:30 AM
Jan said...: Welcome Valerie! This is a wonderful piece to be stitching. I look forward to seeing more.; October 4, 2009 at 10:56 AM
Valerie L. said...: Bienvenue Valérie,
Beautiful name you have ;)
I said Bonjour from Québec, and I'm really glad to read you through Sabine's post.; October 4, 2009 at 3:08 PM
Sabine S. said...: You're most welcome! Your stitching is beautiful! I can smell the hot chocolate and cookies and the kitty looks so real I may need to sneeze!
Sabine; October 4, 2009 at 10:50 PM
Yvonne said...: Beautiful!! The Santa looks so real! Looking forward to see the next update.; October 5, 2009 at 1:30 AM
val said...: hello my friend
i'm so happy that you join us

kisses from Belgium

Val; October 5, 2009 at 2:44 AM
Carolyn NC said...: Welcome - looking forward to seeing your pics!; October 5, 2009 at 12:13 PM
kerbear said...: Welcome to the blog! I look forward to seeing this one stitched up!; October 5, 2009 at 2:54 PM
Wendy said...: Welcome Valerie! That is a wonderful design, love this one too ;); October 6, 2009 at 1:58 AM
Cindy F. said...: Welcome Valerie!! We are so excited Sabine can post for you til a spot comes open!! This is a design I would love to stitch too!!; October 6, 2009 at 10:16 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.