Our Friends' HAED SAL: A Finish! SK "Butterflies Galore"

Thursday, April 21, 2011

A Finish! SK "Butterflies Galore"

I finally have a Finish to show you all!

Now I'm known to be a little crazy in my stitching, as in I do crazy things with Time frames! So It was one of the ladies at works birthdays on the 20th, I was deciding what to do as a gift, She really likes Butterflies, and We had picked out a QS "Butterfly Keeper" However I had not made a start. So when she brought It up I said I hadn't started and she sounded a little disappointed! We cant have that now! So I brought SK "Butterflies Galore" on the 4th of April! Which left me 16 Days to Complete!

Finished Product! SK "Butterflies Galore"

Day 6

Day 11

Day 13

Day 14! Finished washed Ironed!

When I finished there was the Overwhelming sense of Achievement! I was also very tired! I had to do at least 1000 stitches a night to get it done on time, so it was 2 weeks of late nights but so so worth it!

Some stats!

12,500 Stitches
90 colours
2 weeks to stitch
18 count 2 of 1

Happy Stitching all! Sorry its a long post!

9 comments:

sharine said...: So so pretty!; April 21, 2011 at 5:11 PM
Magally said...: The finished piece looks so nice !! You did an amazing job on such short notice ! I'm impressed !! Congrats !; April 21, 2011 at 11:49 PM
Tatyana'S said...: She's so beauty :); April 22, 2011 at 5:25 AM
grannie said...: Good grief that is some fast stitching!! Loads of congrats on your super speedy finish! :-); April 22, 2011 at 8:26 AM
Lonneke said...: I am impressed! Great job!; April 22, 2011 at 8:33 AM
Jo who can't think of a clever nickname said...: WOW! Did you even stop to eat or just drink fluids through a straw?!!

She looks amazing!; April 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM
Vani said...: WOW!!! Just amazing. Congrats on your finish and your speedy needles! Can I borrow them?; April 26, 2011 at 5:27 AM
Lita said...: Wow! I do wonder how could you stitch 1000 stitches in one night??? How much did you spend to stitch per night then? I'm so impressed! I really should learn from you..! (I lack of spare time here); April 26, 2011 at 5:41 AM
Victoria said...: She is gorgeous well done; April 29, 2011 at 10:24 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.