A Ravenscroft start

I have another start LR Queen of Hearts..... the minute I saw this HAED I knew it had to be mine and I needed to start it immediately. As a matter of fact my heart skipped a few beats when the owner of my LNS handed her to me. I mean I really started hyperventilating.... It was kitted and started that night. And since I'm tenting 2 over 1 on 25ct the first page took me 13 days..... I really need to get back to it.......
Juls

She called

So I had to answer her call. I picked up Catch Me by Selina Fenech © HAED last Saturday and finished page 4 today and started page 5. So exciting. By page 7 I should hit the building. Here she is....... As you may not know a quirk of mine is name my projects. She was Charlotte but she screamed Olivia at me this last Saturday so meet Olivia

Long time - Captive©Marta Dahlig

Well this is bizarre but here I am posting. It seems Captive was tired of being ignored so she used all of her might screamed rather loudly and I had to take notice. So I'm posting her picture as she has requested and she will be out for a month or so .... Now if Catch Me doesn't notice I'll be good

Patient Pretty

My HAEDs have sat neglected as I desperately try to whittle down my WIPs. Pretty from Nene Thomas has seen a little progress...

You can see the start of skin! This page is confetti city, I may need to jump to another just to get back into it! The Maiden.

A Fragile Beauty

I have a HAED bucket list of sorts and one of the artists that always stitches up better than the image is Linda Ravenscroft. I started A fragile Beauty in 2011 during my tent stitching frenzy, and this is the only piece I liked the look of (and will continue tenting). Below is the original...


And here is my progress, a little over a page. Stitched on 28ct lugana, 2 threads over one tent.

The Maiden.

too long....simply pictures...

New Bear of a Start

I purchased this chart ("Love" by Dahlig) within an hour after it's release, and I may have lost my mind but by the end of the day I had all the DMCs and fabric ordered!  Fabric was an issue for this one, I decided on full crosses but was not happy with the way DMC 310 (black) covered on 25ct.  I considered 22ct lugana with 2 strands of DMC, but that was too large. There was 28ct with one strand, but I feared that was small (insert my Goldilocks moment).  I finally decided on 25ct lugana antique white with black silk.  Of course my stitching store was out, and I had to wait for an entire week before starting!

I have now had the project for 1 week and am 2,000 stitches in (all black and I love the coverage).  I will post an update once an image starts to emerge. 

DMC has a grain! Seriously?

I discovered on the HAED Bulletin Board (BB) that our beloved DMC floss has a grain.  That's right, stitching against the grain can cause your crosses to appear less shiny, to fuzz, or even to lay differently.  "To find the grain direction, cut a length of floss, loop the thread over so both the cut ends lie next to each other.  Holding the cut lengths close together, about 1/2" from the tips, use one finger of your free hand to gently tap the cut ends.  Watch carefully - the end that balloons most is the end that should be threaded through your needle."  Colette (taken from the HAED BB)


Funny, I always ignored ends that ballooned and threaded the oposite side! The Maiden

Here I am

First let me say thank you to The Maiden for creating and inviting me to this blog!!! What fun we will have !!!!!
My name is Juls and I have always been fascinated by HAED's!!!! Now its an all out obsession......so let me introduce my two works.......

First is Catch Me....

and my progress....

the first page is almost done!!!!! There is large blocks of color on this one...... and I am so loving her!!!!! She has lovingly been named Charlotte.....it just seemed to fit!!!!

Next is Tower of Stoneywood

...... and its progress  .... lots of confetti stitching but loving it tooo!!!!

All told I have 12-13 in my stash with another on the way  which will be started very soon.....thread gathering will soon begin in earnest!!!!!

Again thanks to The Maiden !!!!!!

Glimmer

Here is the second HAED I started, Glimmer by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law. This piece is a modest 15 pages (combined it is more like 10 pages) and 78,400 stitches. Stitched with one strand DMC over one on 25ct Lugana (a pale yellowish pink color).  So many HAEDs so little time!

Note: I started at the upper right hand corner.