Our Friends' HAED SAL: Rachel

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Friday, April 12, 2013

Slow Progress On Curl Up with A Good Book & Wizard of Oz

I haven't had much progress on any of my HAED's lately. But I thought I would share where I am on a couple of my pieces. I noticed that I haven't posted these updates yet.

My Curl Up With A Good Book from the 2011 BBSAL:

I sent my Wizard of Oz out for an UFO Round Robin, and some really great progress was made!

Page one was finished and pages 2 and 8 got some good progress made on them. :)

Thanks for looking! I am hoping to get some time in on Curl Up soon.

Sunday, September 11, 2011

Rachel's Curl Up With A Good Book :)

It's been awhile since I posted here, but I try to read every chance I get! :) I thought I would stop in and post my most recent progress on the 2011 Freebie SAL piece, Curl Up with a Good Book. :)

Page one is completed and now I am working on page 2 and 3. Page 3 is a little page and other than a ton of DMC 3865, it's almost completed. I will be pulling this out again on the 26th to coincide with the SAL over at the Love 4 Stitch A Longs forum. I really hope to finish both pages during that SAL.

Thanks for looking! :D

Thursday, September 2, 2010

HAED Slump

I started a new HAED, Purple Night Adventure by CCK. I started stitching the very last page, looking forward to actually having ONE page completed out of the now 4 WIPs I have going. I did finish one page, but then looking at the whole thing at once, I promptly put it away, feeling entirely overwhelmed! Here is where I am now, maybe someday, hopefully sooner than later, I will pick something back up and get started again....

Thanks for looking. :)

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Introduction From Rachel

Hi everyone! First, I want to thank you for the invitation to join this blog. This is the only other blog besides my own personal blog that I have participated in.

A little bit about me: I just celebrated my 10 year anniversary with my husband. I have a 9 year old daughter and a 4 year old son. I have been stitching for almost 20 years! I taught myself when I was 10 years old. That was a disaster. Who knew you actually had to separate the 6 strands of DMC?!?! I have since learned a lot, and have quite a few finishes hanging on my walls.

I have been stitching HAED for a few years now, but haven't had a finish yet! I have 3 WIPs though, and I wanted to share my progress so far with all of you.

This first one is the first one I ever started. This is Wizard of Oz (Gustafson), stitched 2 x 1 on 18ct Aida. This is about 1/2 of page one. The only deterrent I have with this one is the amount of thread changes!

This next one is Gossamer Fairy StoryKeep. I just started this one a few months ago, but have not stitched on it in awhile. Stitched 1 x 1 on 28ct Lugana.

And the last one I have started so far is the QS SAL, Fiona. Stitched 1 x 1 on 28ct Lugana. I am really enjoying this one, but have slowed my stitching because of school.

I am looking forward to chatting with everyone, and seeing everyone's progress!

~Rachel~

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.