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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Thank you and Quick update

First, I want to say "Thank You" to Wendy for the cute bear kit from the September Giveaway! It arrived last week, but I didn't get a chance to post. My kids were all on vacation from school last week - conferences and professional development days - so not a lot of stitching got done. I haven't stitched much this month, and this week I need to work on a Round Robin I need to get in the mail on Saturday. I've hardly touched it. Hopefully next week will be a better week for stitching. QS Reflections 2 is really begging for some attention and I have a couple new HAEDs that are kitted that have started to call me... What's one more WIP??

Friday, September 25, 2009

QS Reflections 2 Update

I've been terrible about stitching this past month. I seem to be flittering from one project to another. I do have an update on my QS Reflections 2. We now have the start of a wing!

Monday, July 27, 2009

QS Reflections 2

On the left is where I had stopped on QS Reflections 2 back in January. The picture on the right is where I am at now. I pulled it out and started working on it again last week (sorry the color is off). I'm temporarily distracted by a non-HAED piece I'm trying to stitch up before Labor Day and in the midst of completely shuffling everyone's bedrooms around in our house before school starts. I'm going to be trying to get a couple days a week in on one of my HAED pieces, so hopefully this will be further along next week.

Thursday, July 23, 2009

Introducing Myself

Hello! My name is Jodie, and I have just joined all you amazing stitchers. I am very humbled looking at everyone's WIPs! I'm 42, a partially SAHM of three - 6 y/o boy and soon to be 5 y/o twins - boy/girl. I work casually at the hospital in two different departments - one as there are open shifts that work with my household schedule and one where I go in and work when I want to. We also have two dogs. I taught myself cross stitch when I was 12 - bought a little kit at the local craft store, read the directions and the rest is history. Right now I only have two HAEDs going, and I'm ashamed to say I haven't worked on either for a very long time. One is Jasmine Becket-Griffith's Wicked, Tricksy and False. As you can tell, I'm not very far, but this was my "watching the kids outside" project. I don't get much time to stitch on it because I'm usually pushing a swing :) The other is QS Reflections 2 by Dona Geislinger. I'm about half done with the first page. I have a number of HAEDs currently kitted up and waiting to start.

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.