Our Friends' HAED SAL: Ballerina Sisters

Sunday, April 22, 2012

Ballerina Sisters

Hello,

A new page is finished. It was fun to stitch, because we finally see the first ballerina, who is beautiful in my opinion.

Now, I will break my head stitching confetti in the next page : it's the window with the garden in the background.

Stay tuned for more,

Flo Gribouille

7 comments:

demeter83 said...: She looks beautiful, congrats on a lovely page finish!; April 22, 2012 at 12:05 PM
Gina Gao said...: I really liked this! Congratulations on finishing it.

www.modernworld4.blogspot.com; April 22, 2012 at 6:54 PM
Shannon Thomas said...: Cannot wait to see more! I'm doing a lot of confetti stitching right now...it is such a pain!; April 23, 2012 at 6:35 PM
Maxine said...: Aww looks so cute.; April 24, 2012 at 10:37 AM
wichitastitcher said...: oh this one is so beautiful! I love the detail on it.; April 29, 2012 at 2:11 PM
flo gribouille said...: thank you for your nice comments.; April 30, 2012 at 10:37 PM
Alejandra said...: Hi! how are you? my name is alejandra, from Argentina and sincerely .. I love this picture! have gone further? I would like to accompany you and also embroider could? you let me you embroider? have patterns?? kisses .. ah! my mail is alejandrabernardini@gmail.com. - thank you very much and many kisses!; May 7, 2012 at 6:35 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.