Update on HAED Spring by Ruth Anderson dated 28th Feb 2017

[Doreen]

At Last I have been able to post a picture started this January HAED Spring by Ruth Sanderson



Just completed half the first page a lot of grey, but very much enjoying it. Sorry the picture a bit out of focus.

First attemto at posting a picture.

Doreen

[Doreen]

Thank you Mabel sent another set of photos at last got photobox sorted out.

Th

[isaacson72]

You're off to a good start! What a gorgeous design, can't wait to see the next update!

I just received my first HAED patterns (yes, plural... I couldn't pick just one). I might need to learn how to do that parking thing you're doing, that I've seen others do on this forum. Looks useful.

Michelle

[Lulu22]

You've chosen a lovely design and made a great start too

[richardandtracy]

It looks good so far. You have beautiful, even stitching. Wish I could do as well.

I really hope the charting will be as good as your stitching. The mock-up on the HAED web site gives me a little cause for concern in the shadows of the folds of her dark cloak to the left of her hip/thigh, below arm and hand, almost at the focal point of the picture. There seems to be a disconcerting patch of even coloured dark thread there, loosing details. It is a feature of HAED's software (Pattern Maker) that it's not great selecting threads in the darker areas, and I really hope for your sake this is not one where the problem is real rather than something you can only pick up on the mock-up. I have done my own conversions on other images and felt the mock-up image is a bit grainy, and found in reality the areas I was concerned about looked reasonable, so this could be happening here. Not sure that it is the case, but I hope it is.
I will say, that this is actually a very hard image to convert to thread colours when keeping to a relatively small number of threads, and HAED have done a fairly creditable job for a 50 colour conversion. I do feel that it would have been better had they used 80+, but that's me being picky.

Anyway, your skill at producing beautiful stitching is second to none.

Regards,

Richard.

[kingfisher68]

Oh my, what a wonderful design & you have made a good start on it. Will enjoy watching this one unfold as you stitch & look forward to next update. Well done on what you have stitched so far

[starshine123102]

I must agree - a wonderful start on a beautiful design!

I have always wanted to do an HAED, however, I have always been concerned about the software's ability to get the colors right, especially in dark areas. I tried a program a few years ago to do a pinup girl and I gave up about a quarter of the way in because I did not like the graininess of the image. Perhaps one of these days I will have the bravery to dive into one - I have had my eye on one in particular for a while now!

[rcperryls]

Lovely start on a lovely design! Looking forward to your updates!

Carole

[AlwaysGoofy]

You've made a lovely start on this HAED. Keep at it. I look forward to more updates.

[vanessanjf]

Fantastic start on a beautiful design

[charmagne_capalad]

Great start! and a lovely design, too! Looking forward to seeing this grow. Happy stitching!

[Doreen]

Just finished first page. My first attempt at a HAED and parking. Enjoying it very much. Still very grey but the shading looks realistic.
Time will tell when I reach the confetti.

[AlwaysGoofy]

Congratulations on your first page finish. It's amazing to watch these large pieces like HAEDs come together. They are always heirloom quality when completed. I'm looking forward to more updates.

[rcperryls]

Congratulations on finishing the first page! It looks great! Looking forward to your next update!!!

Carole