Queen of Hearts HAED - she's finished!!! - PHOTOS ADDED!

[Lizzy]

Shes stunning and such wonderful progress

[Lessa54]

Have some more comments and encouragement! ( for more piccies as she this piece)

Can't believe how close you are now and she's looking fantastic. Look forward to seeing what you choose for framing.

[Busy_B]

[kerbear879]

OMG you have made it to the bottom!!!!!!! Holy cow you are gonne be done in no time!! Definitely gonna get your free chart from HAED! I am gonna be sad to see this one all done..but happy too!

[Sarah Gixxer]

Wow, down to the last row! Well done!! I can't wait to see her finished, she's beautiful. I think you'll be the first HAEDcase on here to finish one! Have some to help you along and some to keep you awake on your late night stitching sessions!

[~threadbear~]

So close to finishing!

[maggs]

She is so close to finisheing and looks great

[Cockneystitcher]

Looking forward to seeing her complete,which wont be long now.

[alinna]

Can't wait to see her finished! She's so pretty!

[burgundyice]

Well thankyou as always for all the comments, remember to keep me!

I've around 200 black stitches to fill in to complete the bottom left hand page In the meantime, I've downloaded and after a bit of a struggle finally printed this cross stitch alphabet - it's from the same free patterns website as those peacocks mentioned in general posts. Had a devil of a job to get all the letters to print though without making PC and/or printer unhappy! So I'm keeping them as my master set!

My plan is to stitch the name of the piece at the bottom, and my initials & dates it was stitched from & to in the corner. I've been tinkering about with lettering all morning and although these are bigger than usual backstitch alphabets, I think these are the way to go considering the size of this piece! I want it to be readable when it's up on the wall.

Only thing I need to decide is whether to stitch the letters in burgundy or black, what does everyone think?


Louise

[Mabel Figworthy]

I've got that alphabet too, and you're right, the size that the whole thing is you need letters that are a bit bigger than 3 stitches high!

Black may be a bit harsh, but you don't want them too light or bright -- they have to inform but not distract, right? I'd probably go for a very very dark burgundy -- as legible as black but a bit softer.

[burgundyice]

You're right, Mabel... I will probably go for 154 And with them being letters rather than a fully stitched design, I'm thinking I'll have to do full crosses I don't like full crosses anymore! Haven't done any since last year!!!!!

On the plus side, when I send it in to HAED to get my free chart it'll definitely be a unique piece, so no chance of them suspecting forgery!!

Louise

[Mabel Figworthy]

*imagines someone nicking a friend's finished HAED and stitching their own name on it *

But Louise, on such a small count tent stitch may work all right for the letters, after all they're fairly chunky so they should stand out even in tent stitch

[Billly'sGirl]

Did I read right, you only have 200 stitches to go?!!!

What are you planning on doing next?

[burgundyice]

Did I read right, you only have 200 stitches to go?!!!

Oops no, I meant I had 200 sts left on my current page, I've now 7 pages left to do - they're a little bigger than all the other pages as they include a partial page at the bottom of each one.

As for what I'm doing next..... I'm planning to start a HAED rotation, and work on a page at a time like Sarah is doing with Floatilla & Bubble, although not sure how many I'll work on at once! I have two kitted up and am wondering about a beachy/summery one as by the time Queenie is finished and I'm well on with the new ones I might want something a bit summery! Watch this space!

Mabel, I'll give it some more thought as to whether to go with tent stitch.... I might do... but that might be down to laziness

Louise

[Cockneystitcher]

Whatever you decide I'm sure will look nice.

[bubblington]

this looks fab!! can't wait to see it progress

[Lessa54]

You asked for a Have some to go with it too

Stitching your name at the bottom sounds great. I'd agree with Mabel about colour. A thought though (and a slightly cheeky one, having read your post on Medea) - how about experimenting with a blend - a black or dark brown and a burgundy. Just to help it be distinct from the design but not so distinct that it's overly noticeable.

[~threadbear~]

I love that alphabet, it'll look great on this piece.

[Rose]

Oh wow she is great!!!!! Love the way she has developed you must be so proud of her.