JR's The Guardian Dimensions Gold Collection

[Jamielea]

Wow! That looks fab

[Rose]

Gorgeous picture!!!!!

[pamelam]

You've made great progesss on The Guardian! The two HAED's will be very pretty; I love the deep sapphire color of the cat design!

[meerkat]

A beautiful design and great stitching.

[Like_Fine_VVine]

Its looking great! I'm looking forward to future updates

[Mystonique]

Oh my you are making such fast progress! I lament that I stitch so slowly lol. It looks fabulous.

[Corey.G]

Wow. Seeing the progress you've made so far is staggering. It's really amazing what you've got done so far in what looks to be a complicated stitch. I see that you are gridding as well. Is that just done with a pencil?

[jr235]

With no job, no internet, and no cable, and no school for a week and a half I've had few distractions. I've had a few days where I just sat around and stitched all day.

No complicated stitching, at least not yet. Quite a lot of the tree background is in half stitch, but most of the wolf is in full. Then there are a few symbols that have 3 pr 4 strands instead of two.

I gridded with a sewing pen. I think mark be gone? It was a bit pricey, I think $5, but I tested a few washable markers and they didn't come off nearly as well. Its kind of dying with this one, the QS, and the big HAED I gridded, but I was also fairly hard on it with this one until I realized don't need to be super duper dark. The gridding is an initial time investment, but I'd never do without it now. Gridding the 400 x 500 was a several hour project though.

I think everyone thinks they stitch slowly. I've looked at other people's progress on here and thought I did, and now you're saying I stitch quickly so who knows?

[Rose]

Wow. Seeing the progress you've made so far is staggering. It's really amazing what you've got done so far in what looks to be a complicated stitch. I see that you are gridding as well. Is that just done with a pencil?

Oh no Corey do not use a regular pencil to grid you will never get the lines out. Trust me this is the voice of experience talking.

[Corey.G]

That's very interesting Rose. I would never have thought pencil would be something you couldn't get rid of.

[Rose]

Yeah I never thought that either. I still have the piece and everytime I look at it I get mad all over again.

[karen4bells]

Fantastic progress and very nice stitching!!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Welcome back -- the wolf is looking fantastic!

[jr235]

I would definitely say the $5 is worth it for the sewing marker. I also have a purple disappearing ink one, but the trouble with that is that it disappears.

For any marker you have I'd suggest making a small mark on some scrap fabric. Get a q-tip and some water and see how easily it comes out. The blue mark be gone comes right out, and I couldn't say that for any other supposedly washable markers. Its also helpful if you make a mistake charting.

Looking at the big picture I think I'm done with the first tree to the left of the wolf. =)

[Fljotsdale]

Yeah I never thought that either. I still have the piece and everytime I look at it I get mad all over again.

Have you thought of getting a piece of professional Art Eraser? It's the best thing I know for getting rid of pencil marks completely and without damage to PAPER, but I have never used it on fabric and I don't have any at the moment to test it out; but it might be worth trying, do you think? More expensive than ordinary eraser, but even so not really pricey. The two best kinds are: the 'putty' art eraser which is soft and pliable, and you pull bits off it to use and chuck away when dirtied, and the very crumbly, softish art erasor.

[Fljotsdale]

The wolf is wonderful! Well done. I this pic.

[Rose]

Yeah I never thought that either. I still have the piece and everytime I look at it I get mad all over again.

Have you thought of getting a piece of professional Art Eraser? It's the best thing I know for getting rid of pencil marks completely and without damage to PAPER, but I have never used it on fabric and I don't have any at the moment to test it out; but it might be worth trying, do you think? More expensive than ordinary eraser, but even so not really pricey. The two best kinds are: the 'putty' art eraser which is soft and pliable, and you pull bits off it to use and chuck away when dirtied, and the very crumbly, softish art erasor.

That might have worked when it first happened about 4 years ago. By now though I am just live with it. It is a small Christmas decoration so I actually only see it when I decorate my tree and I usually put it in an area where It is least noticable. Plus the kids tell me it is not even that noticable when you look at it.

[stitchiemom]

Your work is coming along nicely. Congrats on the baby. When I was pregnant with my last one, I managed to stitch her birth announcement and a simple Home Sweet Home piece then the trouble started for me and I couldn't even stitch Now she is one and again will not let me stitch because she wants my attention. I tried to do some with her in my lap but she just plays with my floss and fabric so I have to wait until she is asleep or playing with one of the other kids. The HAEDs you have choosen are beautiful and I cannot wait to see a thread for them.

[3madspaniels]

The colours in this design are beautiful. I love wolf designs, but have never got around to stitching one! The HAED of the cat is gorgeous too, love those blues!

[vanessanjf]

Brilliant progress