Our Friends' HAED SAL: Aurora's Garden

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Aurora's Garden

I admit, I've been a bad HAED stitcher! Since my last update, I spent a week reading and not stitching at all. Then I spent a week finishing up Salem Sisters, a Plum Street Sampler. The following week, I finished Big Girl Panties by Dolly Mamma. Both were such old WIPs they were still on Aida!!! I also stitched a little on my Monopoly board.

Then the weather was suddenly beautiful and out came Aurora's Garden! Apparently, I haven't stitched on her since last November. She is in the big Q Snap right now because I was playing around with propping it on the edge of the table and stitching two handed. Good thing I wear glasses, I nearly poked my eye out a couple of times pulling thread up with my left hand!!!!

Before and after:

Of all the HAED patterns I have, this little freebie is my favorite. But I am still looking for "that one" pattern. The one that makes the clouds part and the sun shine in and the angels sing. The one you can't put down because it's the only one you want to stitch on. I do like the ones I have, but I really want to find "the one". Know what I mean? I'm tired of jumping around, stitching a little on this and a little on that.

Happy stitching to all of you!! Keep the progress pics coming!!!!

Sabine

5 comments:

Carolyn NC said...: Colors are so lovely - nice progress!; March 23, 2010 at 8:02 PM
Marie said...: Hello Sabine !
I'm glad to read you again... I missed you !
Aurora's Garden is beautiful, with luminous colors and, thanks to you, I really like to see her growing !

But... You can not imagine how much I understand you when you talk about "The one" !
I already have a very special relation with my Winter Angel, but there is still a place in my heart with another one which will be "The one" too...
That's why, every day, I'm watching the new charts on HAED website, hoping that "The (new) one" will come to me. I know that it will probably be a Kinuko Craft !

Nevertheless, last week, one chart made my heart beat. So, I started to stitch it, and I must say, that the more I stitch on it, the more I want to see it grow... You will see it in a post when I have stitched enough to show something !

I hope that very soon, you will have the love at first sight with "Your One" that you are waiting for...

Happy stitching my friend !; March 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: I know what you mean, snow white is still my favorite! Do not worry we stitching one week more than the other week! It is so anywhere!
Aurora's Garden is really really beautiful and i love the colors !; March 24, 2010 at 4:52 AM
Astrid said...: He sabine. I know what you mean with "the One" I have that feeling all the time. I love the colors of Aurora. very sunny feeling I get. So I must finish my dark sifter because waiting till the dark days again is not a option.; March 24, 2010 at 6:51 AM
Joke said...: Sabine, this looks so sweet :) And one day you will meet 'the one', just be patient ;); March 24, 2010 at 12:17 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.