Our Friends' HAED SAL: New Buddies Amanda & Robyn

Tuesday, July 19, 2011

New Buddies Amanda & Robyn

I got a lovely email from a fantastic young lady this week. I'd like to share this with you all.

"Hello Louanne,

I would like to send a buddy request. I'm eleven and I started my HAED design in June. I'm a SAL and love cross stitching. I want to show my progress with other SALs because none of school friends are really interested.

Luv 2 stitch,

Amanda Julene

(P S ) My mom is a SAL too. She has three projects she's working on right now.

I hope I can figure out how to do this like the rest of you"

Next email.

"Yay! I'll try to get some photos soon. I'm working on Pearl Princess by Hannah Disney. My mom likes Dennis Lewan and she's doing a Hannah Disney one too. It's called Felicia and she's jealous because on my first page I'm stitching a fish. I LOVE Josephine Wall, Sandra Kuck and Dona Gelsinger. HAED is the best web site ever!

Happy Crafting,

Amanda"

So without further ado I'd like to present Amanda's Pearl Princess

Robyn's Tuscan Serenade

Robyn's Sanctuary of Knowledge

And finally Robyn's Felicia

Please join me in welcoming Amanda & Robyn to our humble blog. I am so thrilled to have you both here with us!

10 comments:

sharine said...: Great starts.; July 19, 2011 at 8:15 PM
Nicola said...: Wow! And this young lady is 11?? Fantastic work xx; July 19, 2011 at 11:34 PM
Magally said...: Welcome to this beautiful blog ! You both do such a great job on your wips ! Can't wait to see more of them !! I also love Hannah Lynn's work !; July 20, 2011 at 12:24 AM
Shauna said...: How sweet! I was eleven when my mom taught me how to cross-stitch. Gorgeous work!; July 20, 2011 at 3:26 AM
mdgtjulie said...: OMG, eleven!!!!!!!! I learned to stitch at six, but never would have been able to tackle an HAED at eleven. Wow, amazing!! Robyn's work is beautiful too. Lovely ladies, welcome to the blog!!; July 20, 2011 at 4:15 AM
Ewa said...: Lovely! I started stitching when I was only just a little older than that, and I fully support a healthy wholesome hobby such as this. Great work, it only gets better from here on out!; July 20, 2011 at 9:13 AM
grannie said...: Beautiful wips! Welcome Amanda and Robyn :-)

That fish is sooo cute!; July 20, 2011 at 12:11 PM
Ali O'Donnell said...: So young and talented! Your stitching is beautiful =) Welcome both of you x; July 20, 2011 at 12:50 PM
Amanda J. said...: Thank you! I will enjoy stitching with you! I love you all. This is so cool! It's cool to have buddies worldwide. This will be fun. Love you all!; July 21, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Unknown said...: Welcome guys! Beautiful work!!; July 23, 2011 at 2:29 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.