Our Friends' HAED SAL: Winter Angel, Marie.

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Winter Angel, Marie.

Hello everybody !

Autumn, what a beautiful season !

As the trees are loosing their leaves, two more completed pages have fallen from my Winter Angel’s stitching file.

I really cherish this feeling of intense satisfaction when a page is going to be finished.

When the last cross is stitched, I am in a kind of sweet beatitude.

Everything around me is stopping, even the time...

Then, I breathe.

I step back from my work and I take a global view.

This is precisely one of the most magical moment !

My Angel has now her mandolin and I can hear the angelic and lovely music whispering at my soul.

The journey is so enriching !

As the trees are loosing their leaves, I continue to walk on the path of my dream...

Before :

After :

Stitched 2 over 1 on 25 count Dublin Linen

Happy Stitching !

Marie.

7 comments:

The Crafty Princess said...: So beautiful! It looks so realistic. Congrats on completing another 2 pages.
Alicia xo; October 31, 2013 at 9:27 AM
Joke said...: How happy I am to see this angel appearing again. Such a great progress, congrats!!; October 31, 2013 at 10:31 AM
Anonymous said...: She is absolutely lovely! What a masterpiece you are creating. :); October 31, 2013 at 11:21 AM
Un desván para coser said...: Your angel it's beautiful!!!; October 31, 2013 at 11:04 PM
Astrid said...: its so beautiful, you can hear her realy play; November 6, 2013 at 3:36 AM
Unknown said...: Best Quality is really beautiful this angel, I love the quiet side, congratulations for this advanced; November 12, 2013 at 9:33 AM
Lonneke said...: I love the autumn too. And your stitching. ;)
She is so beautiful.; November 16, 2013 at 7:22 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.