Tuesday, November 27, 2007
I can't tent stitch after all
A bummer since I thought I'd be able to progress twice as fast on my HAEDs. I restarted Revelation, tent stitched on Monaco, and found that my stitching was becoming distorted. Definitely not as "crisp" when compared to what I had previously done on the 25 count Lugana. Oh, well. It probably would work just fine -- who's going to be scrutinizing my stitching anyway? But I just couldn't find it in me to accept it. So I am once again back to 25 count Lugana as my favorite for over one. Fortunately I was able to cancel the 1.75 yards of Monaco I had ordered and get some of the Lugana instead!
My birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of gifting myself with QS Day Dreaming Mermaid. And starting her as well. It actually works out perfectly since I'm rotating my projects in reverse alphabetical order and the next up after Revelation is Quaker Garden. So "Quick Stitch" would come right before that, right?
I'm so pathetic -- I picked out 21 projects to rotate in the hopes of seeing some progress and now I am fighting with myself to NOT add any more (all new starts which makes it even worse!). Yesterday I added Pale Rose, Calling the Crows, Beauty and the Beast (Gibson), and Isabella. An hour later I came to my senses and removed them. I'm fighting a losing battle though. I fear it's only a matter of time until I'm back up to 60 active WIPs!
And I wonder why everyone I know thinks I'm crazy?
My birthday is coming up and I'm thinking of gifting myself with QS Day Dreaming Mermaid. And starting her as well. It actually works out perfectly since I'm rotating my projects in reverse alphabetical order and the next up after Revelation is Quaker Garden. So "Quick Stitch" would come right before that, right?
I'm so pathetic -- I picked out 21 projects to rotate in the hopes of seeing some progress and now I am fighting with myself to NOT add any more (all new starts which makes it even worse!). Yesterday I added Pale Rose, Calling the Crows, Beauty and the Beast (Gibson), and Isabella. An hour later I came to my senses and removed them. I'm fighting a losing battle though. I fear it's only a matter of time until I'm back up to 60 active WIPs!
And I wonder why everyone I know thinks I'm crazy?
Posted by Dede at 12:10 AM
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Friday, November 23, 2007
I've been neglectful
First off, I have a picture of the completed Memorial Sampler. This will probably be my only finish for 2008! 
Memorial Sampler
Midsummer Night Designs
Stitched on 40 count flax Newcastle linen with recommended GAST, WDW, and DMC thread.
Started 9/28/07 ----- Finished 10/19/07
Next, here is an updated on Sea of Roses:
Sea of Roses
Heaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Selena Fenech
Full cross, one over one on 25 count Strawberry Sparkle lugana (hand-dyed by Silkweaver)
30% complete
And finally, here is my start on Rose. Nothing but background at this point.
Rose
Heaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Rachel Anderson
Tent stitch, two over one on 28 count antique white Monaco
2% complete
Next up is Revelation, which I will be restarting on Monaco.
Memorial SamplerMidsummer Night Designs
Stitched on 40 count flax Newcastle linen with recommended GAST, WDW, and DMC thread.
Started 9/28/07 ----- Finished 10/19/07
Next, here is an updated on Sea of Roses:
Sea of RosesHeaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Selena Fenech
Full cross, one over one on 25 count Strawberry Sparkle lugana (hand-dyed by Silkweaver)
30% complete
And finally, here is my start on Rose. Nothing but background at this point.
RoseHeaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Rachel Anderson
Tent stitch, two over one on 28 count antique white Monaco
2% complete
Next up is Revelation, which I will be restarting on Monaco.
Labels: Memorial Sampler, Rose, Sea of Roses
Posted by Dede at 11:55 AM
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Saturday, November 17, 2007
Merry Wives of Windsor
I got my first opportunity to really play with my new camera during the high school's performance of The Merry Wives of Windsor. My son played Master Ford (and was outstanding, I might add).
The camera is quite fast, so I was able to take a lot of pictures (over 500 the first night!). Good thing too, because a lot of them came out like this:
I experimented with the settings and find that I can get rid of the blurring by using a higher ISO. However the quality of the photo is not as good -- lots and lots of noise! So there's a trade-off there between getting more clear images or taking a chance that the subject will stay still long enough! Still I'm quite happy with the camera's performance.
All of those photos were taken from my seat in the front row. The zoom is incredible -- harder to get a clear image but when you do it's worth it!
And now for my favorite thing. Movies! I don't know how they will look if I can figure out how to get them on a DVD, but I think they look pretty good from a hand-held digital camera.
The camera is quite fast, so I was able to take a lot of pictures (over 500 the first night!). Good thing too, because a lot of them came out like this:
I experimented with the settings and find that I can get rid of the blurring by using a higher ISO. However the quality of the photo is not as good -- lots and lots of noise! So there's a trade-off there between getting more clear images or taking a chance that the subject will stay still long enough! Still I'm quite happy with the camera's performance.
All of those photos were taken from my seat in the front row. The zoom is incredible -- harder to get a clear image but when you do it's worth it!
And now for my favorite thing. Movies! I don't know how they will look if I can figure out how to get them on a DVD, but I think they look pretty good from a hand-held digital camera.
Posted by Dede at 12:14 PM
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Saturday, November 10, 2007
Song of the Dead
Song of the DeadHeaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Stephanie Pui-Mun Law
Full cross, one over one on 25 count antique white Lugana
15% complete
I got an incredible amount done on this in 4 days, averaging 788 stitches a day! Every single one of them a work day. Only having to work with about ten colors with about 75% black probably helped!
Now I'm off to work on Sea of Roses.
Posted by Dede at 2:41 PM
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Taj Mahal
A bit delayed, but here is my progress on Taj Mahal. I misread one of the symbols in the trees on the left hand side and had moved on before I realized what I had done. I used a gray NPI instead of the called for Dinky Dyes yellow-green. Oops! I decided not to frog it, since it looked just fine to me, and simply made the same "mistake" on the other tree. I did use the correct color on the trees in the right hand side.
I am loving the colors in this one and am thinking of monochrome designs I can stitch with some of the overdyes I've grown particularly fond of!
Posted by Dede at 1:41 PM
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Saturday, November 03, 2007
Woo hoo! New Camera!
I got the new camera today! I'm quite pleased with the picture of my stitching. The colors are pretty true to life and at full size you can see the individual stitches (click on thumbnail below to see). Hurray! No more trying to stitch larger images together!
Tower of Stony Wood
Heaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Kinko Craft
Full cross, one over one on 25 count DMC evenweave
22% complete
Isn't his skull just lovely?
Next up is Taj Mahal.
Tower of Stony WoodHeaven and Earth Designs
Original artwork by Kinko Craft
Full cross, one over one on 25 count DMC evenweave
22% complete
Isn't his skull just lovely?
Next up is Taj Mahal.
Posted by Dede at 2:29 PM
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