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Friday, August 5, 2011

Mrs Macaws update

HI,

It's finished!:) My beautiful Sunflower Bee. Took me four months and three weeks to finish. I have used Zweigart Lugana Evenweave 25 ct. DMC thread 1 over 1. I think it's nice!:)

Ewa/Mrs Macaw

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17 comments:

Anonymous said...: Wow it is so beautiful ~ love it and congrats on finishing it; August 5, 2011 at 11:27 AM
Unknown said...: Beautiful, saw this on Facebook this morning.... love it!!!; August 5, 2011 at 11:58 AM
Magia dos bordados said...: Olá! Parabéns! Seus trabalhos estão lindos. Tambem amo o bordado. Publiquei uma matéria sobre toalha de banho.
Um grande abraço, Algecira. Se tiver um tempo e quiser fazer uma visita será um prazer.
http://alcastrosantos.blogspot.com; August 5, 2011 at 12:09 PM
Ali O'Donnell said...: So beautiful! Congratulations =); August 5, 2011 at 12:13 PM
Shelleen said...: Wow, it is beautiful!!; August 5, 2011 at 3:43 PM
sharine said...: It's gorgeous and so lifelike Well Done!; August 5, 2011 at 4:05 PM
msstitch01 said...: Your finished piece looks gorgeous - congratulations. I can't belive that you finished it so quickly. Would love to see it again when it is framed.; August 5, 2011 at 4:49 PM
Kelly S. said...: So very pretty!! Congrats on the finish!; August 5, 2011 at 9:10 PM
Mrs Macaw said...: Thanks to you all!:) I will try to remember to put a pic here when it's framed. I have two more to frame...it'll feel like heaven to wait for it.:); August 6, 2011 at 4:00 AM
megan_bright said...: Wow, that looks so great! Congrats :D; August 6, 2011 at 7:27 PM
mdgtjulie said...: It's beautiful Ewa!! Grats on the finish!; August 7, 2011 at 12:40 AM
Joke said...: Congratulations! It is beautiful!; August 7, 2011 at 4:00 PM
Nina said...: Wow, it's fabulous!; August 8, 2011 at 6:52 AM
Amanda J. said...: How long did it take you to stitch? Mine will take 4or 5 years if my math is right. Wow! That looks amazing but were the yellow and black monotonous to stitch? I have to enjoy the summer because I probably won't have much time to stitch in the fall. You know, with school and all.; August 8, 2011 at 7:27 AM
http://ingridsknitting.blogspot.be/ said...: Gosh ... so beautiful !! Congrats on the finish! Looks gorgeous .; August 8, 2011 at 8:34 AM
grannie said...: Oh wow - that is amazing! Congratulations on a fabulous finish!; August 15, 2011 at 10:55 AM
Mrs Macaw said...: Amanda, sorry I haven't been here for a while.:-/

This one took 4 months and 3 weeks to complete. And YES the yellow and black was enormously monotonous to stitch. I really must commit that.;)

Good luck to you!

Thanks to all of you!:); August 19, 2011 at 11:18 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.