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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Beatrice.... an update

It's amazing what you can do when you work on a project for a few days..I love the way this is looking.
Only about 40 pages to go...Yippee!! LOL.

Have a good day and stitch with happy fingers.

Sunday, January 31, 2010

My update

I can see the Tower....Now that I've started on page 3 .

I haven't worked on this nearly enough There always seems to be something Else I need to do, but last week I manged a 3 day stint and that seemed to move it along.
My blogger is still going crasy and I can only comment when it decides..But I've been watching the progress and I must say all of the stitching being done is awesome.
I'm so proud to be in amongst all of you wonderful stitchers.
Stitch with happy fingers and see you again soon.
Beatrice

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Blogger yikes

Just a quick note to tell everyone what beautiful work you are doing...Blogger won't let me comment so this will cover everyone!!
Stitch with happy fingers!!!
Beatrice

Saturday, January 9, 2010

1st update of the new year

Here is page 1 and 2 finished and I've started on page 3..

I've been stitching up a storm and looking at all of the posts. Wow there are some stunning works out there.
As of yesterday I have updated my blogger...now I can post photo's again BUT...BUT I still can't comment.
I've done every thing I can think of, removed cookies, updated, changed settings..
I'll keep plugging away I won't give up yet.
I had problems before and my DH added memory..that helped.So please know I'm reading blogs and checking things out.
So my Comment to everyone is WOW!!!!!!
Stitch with happy fingers!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

HAPPY HOLIDAYS

To all of my HAED friends..May the Holidays be the best ever for you and yours!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Stitch with Happy fFingers.
Beatrice

Sunday, December 20, 2009

Finally back!

My blogger has not been working for almost 2 months so We finally upgraded and put in more memory and Blogger seems to be working fine now. Not sure which part of the fixing worked but I'm back YEAH.
I've been able to look in and read through Google reader.
And I'm fascinated to see so many wonderful pieces.
As you can see I have been stitching on this and I have page 2 nearly done!
I've missed you all and am looking forward to keeping in touch once again.
Good Luck Louann with Moderating this blog....Thank you for keeping it going!!!!!!!!!

Monday, July 13, 2009

My gift arrived

I won this wonderful kit from the June giveaway Draw. Isn't it beautiful.

THANK YOU Wendy for this nice gift and Thank you for drawing my name!

Just wanted to let you know that it arrived safe and sound!

Stitch with happy fingers everyone and I love following all of the progress. Thanks for all of the lovely comments!

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.