My first HAED - A Long Winter's Nap -SAL

[vanessanjf]

WOW Amazing!!!!

[tiffstitch]

This is so gorgeous!! I love how it's developing, the confetti is worth it!!

[Serinde]

A hand! but whose?... This is looking wonderful.

[LisaC]

Hi, everyone! Thanks for following along!

I do love my setup! It took me years to get it just right but now I don't think I could stitch without it. I am still looking for that "perfect" light because my old eyes are just getting older...I have found a daylight lamp that I really like now just trying to justify the cost. Plus I did a search on this forum and read that some had an issue with fading using a daylight lamp. Decisions, decisions.

The hands are Santa's and I am REALLY looking forward to completing him but I am forcing myself to do one page at a time and in order so his face is a couple of months away although the page I am stitching now does have a little of his beard on it. I am such a hand person and looking at his hands remind me a lot of my dad's hands so it has a little special meaning.

I am a workout aholic but I'm taking 6 weeks off of the gym to give my body a little time to heal so I seem to have a lot of extra stitching time these days. I am looking forward to the next few pages because they are mostly Santa's shirt so it is a lot of the same colors instead of all the little confetti stitches. It goes so quickly when you can just load up a few needles and stitch away! Hopefully I will have another update soon!

Happy stitching!

Lisa

[Kuschelschaf]

I can't believe I missed this one! It looks lovely Lisa!!! Great stitching and I am rather impressed by your set up

[Ketta]

That's looking really lovely! All the detail and colour is going a long way in making it look like a beautiful painting... I get warm just looking at that glowing fire!

[Ceitidh]

So much stitching!!! Looks amazing already

[Fljotsdale]

This is looking so good! Well done!

[Juel]

This is stunning!

[LisaC]

I'm still here and still stitching! I got a little lazy about the updates.

To date:
75,763 stitches
690:40 hours
309 days

[karen4bells]

fantastic update!!! You have done a lot and at the 60% mark!! Very nice!!!!

[LastingAllure]

Wow amazing! I wish I had your kind of patients when it comes to something like that.

I just took a look at the tree forming in the background and I was just overwhelmed with the smell of Christmas!!

Think you will get it done before Christmas 2011?

[rcperryls]

Amazing. I love it. You have done an awesome job. I am so glad you posted the update as I hadn't seen this one before.

Carole

[LadyS]

I love this design! This is absolutely gorgeous!

[tiffstitch]

Excellent work! Thanks for posting an update, it's such an amazing picture. You're doing a beautiful job!

[caitief]

Wonderful job!

[Parksfarm]

That looks amazing! I think this was the very first HAED chart I purchased...

[Darlene]

I absolutely cannot imagine this kind of commitment to this large and complicated pattern! I think I would have given up months ago, just from the shear magnitude of the thing!

How great your stitching is and your persistence in getting this thing to this completion. The piece is quite amazing and looks fantastic, I'm so jealous! I feel so unworthy!

Thanks for sharing this, can't wait to see the finished piece, the pattern is beautiful!
Are all HAED's like this? (Sigh) I don't think I have it in me to do one then, there are still books to read and clothes to sew!

darlene
Magg's mom

[Darlene]

Forgot to say great job in keeping track of your stitching time!

[Sewin_mum]

A beautiful piece