HAED Happy Dance!

Happy day, happy dance! My very first Heaven and Earth Designs (HAED) finish: QS Mystic Garden, artwork by Ciro Marchetti.

This was my choice of chart for the 2013 HAED BB SAL, and it turns out that I won't get to keep it. My mom fell in love with it, so under the Christmas tree it goes....

Stitched 2 over 1 tent, with an added border of black stitches for a more "finished" look.

QS Mystic Garden Page Finish

Hi everybody,

Thank you for your lovely comments, I really appreciate the support.
I have a couple updates for you today.
Firstly, I finished page 2 of QS Mystic Garden

And one of the ponds on SBC:

Thanks for looking!

Maud

QS Mystic Garden Page Finish

On Saturday, I finished the first page on the HAED BB SAL chart.

QS Mystic Garden, by Ciro Marchetti:

HAED Update & New Start

Hi everyone,

I'm happy to have reached the first milestone in the HAED BB SAL, the first half page (4,000 stitches) on my QS Mystic Garden is finished :)

I am amazed at how fast I stitched it, compared to other HAEDs I have on the go, even though it was filled with confetti!

I also have a new start, which is part of another SAL, this time with the Emerald Isle Cross Stitchers (Yahoo group). It is a chart by Patty Carbaugh called ''Let's Stitch'', which can be purchased here on Etsy.
The design is quite traditional and not really my usual style, but I am actually having lots of fun making it my own; the idea is to stitch it entirely in brightly colored DMC Color Variations, to give it a bit of a modern edge. I might even throw in a few beads at the end if I feel it calls for it.
I don't really have a set plan on what colors to use where, I will decide along the way; the beauty of cross-stitch is that I can easily undo something if I don't like it :)

Here is the stitched model from the designer:

And here is where I am at so far:

Stitched 2 over 2 on 30 count light brown linen.
Outside border: DMC 4030
Inside border: DMC 4020

First finish and first start of 2013

Here is my first finish of the year:

Darth Vader Cookies, by Dork Stitch

I'm a bit of a nerd/geek, so this will be my new mouse pad at work :)
I have also finally been able to start on QS Mystic Garden, by Ciro Marchetti, as part as the HAED BB SAL. I am tent-stitching 2 over 1 on 28 count beige lugana, and here is what it looks like after a couple of evenings:

Lots and lots of confetti stitches, but it's all worth it in the end, those greens are gorgeous.

Not much to see yet, but if you click on the Long-Term WIP tab, you'll see an image of the final product.

Thanks for looking!