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Oh my.. this is beautiful. Well done. It didn't take you long at all to work on it. Now I am excited to start mine. This chart is available at my stitch shop. When I brought in Hardanger House to kit up, they showed me this church pattern and another one that I cannot remember. So.. if you can't find it there, let me know and I'll send it to you.3madspaniels wrote:this one is lovely, just look at the little bells in the tower!
I hadn't seen a layered piece before either.
Absolutely beautiful!!! 
Thank you Maggie for your very kind offer! I'm not intending to do any more of these at the moment, too much of a framing nightmare! Also, the stash pile is in danger of collapse if I add any more to it!MaggieM1750 wrote:Oh my.. this is beautiful. Well done. It didn't take you long at all to work on it. Now I am excited to start mine. This chart is available at my stitch shop. When I brought in Hardanger House to kit up, they showed me this church pattern and another one that I cannot remember. So.. if you can't find it there, let me know and I'll send it to you.3madspaniels wrote:this one is lovely, just look at the little bells in the tower!
~Maggie
Lots of big projects in that pile too! Beautiful start. I think you will find the gridding the best thing ever. It also took me 20 years to grid. I had never even thought about it until I saw it here. Since this forum introduced me to HAED also, its a very good thing that gridding "came with it" or I'm not sure I could do my HAED's and stay sane. I am so going to enjoy your updates on this one as it is one of the prettiest designs yet. for your framed piece also. I think you did a lovely job. 
good start on your HAED
! How are the two pieces put together, did you do backstitch or running stitch or something like that through both layers?) great work these look fab love the hardanger
Mabel Figworthy wrote:Congrats on the wonderful hardanger house finish
(Fljots, go on, try it, you know you want to
If you do another one like this, would this be an idea:3madspaniels wrote:The linen that the Hardanger is stitched on is quite "stretchy", and drooped when they were sewn together. So they are just layered in the frame, which will hopefully stop any movement. I so wanted to make this into a wall hanging, but it was not meant to be!
). I don't think it would be very noticeable if you use a single strand of cotton, and it would keep everything in place. Thanks for the tips Mabel. I'll bear those in mind if I do anything like this again. I did consider stitching next to the Kloster blocks, but was worried that I would mess it up completely!Mabel Figworthy wrote:If you do another one like this, would this be an idea:3madspaniels wrote:The linen that the Hardanger is stitched on is quite "stretchy", and drooped when they were sewn together. So they are just layered in the frame, which will hopefully stop any movement. I so wanted to make this into a wall hanging, but it was not meant to be!
After you've finished both parts, put them together so that they line up correctly. Tack them together with a few lines of running stitch (use a non-fluffing thread, like oneof those nylon sewing threads or fishing line). Now place a few cross stitches in the colour of the fabrci so they don't show up too much, scattered around the design, and going through both layers. That might keep them in place.
Another option is to stitch a line of running stitch (again in the colour of the fabric) along all the Kloster blocks (on the side where they aren't cut, obviously
(Oh, don't forget to remove the tacking afterwards, before turning it into a wall hanging)
Wonderful progress. I agree that once hooked its really hard to not start accumulating HAEDs. Yours is looking great. I don't think I can stitch without gridding now, though I do mine in sections as I'm stitching. I am very impressed with your ability to park so many threads. I did a little bit of it on my LOTR when I was working on the chain but not nearly as many threads as you have. I don't think I could keep track of so many. Are you going to rotate any of your others or stick with this one till finished? It would be really difficult to move to another project as this one is so lovely. 
