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Good morning all - Can someone with experience with HAED "Quick Stitches" advise on how the QS designs compare to a piece of the full chart?

I am considering doing a detail of Minerva's face from "Minerva's Melody" by Josephine Wall - I have the full chart in stash. There is a QS version on offer - my question is whether I should shell out to buy the QS version or just crop the bit I want out of the full chart?

I looked on the HAED BB FAQ and they say this, which doesn't really let you know *how* they are different. More detailed? Or just a cheaper way of getting a piece of a design when you don't want the whole thing?

Are quick stitches (qs) and storykeeps (sk) just cropped down versions of the original pattern?

No. Quick stitches and storykeeps are re-chartings of the original pattern, so they will not stitch up the same as the original pattern. It is possible to decide for yourself that you only want to stitch a certain portion of a full sized chart you have bought, thereby creating your own quick stitch, but if you buy a quick stitch or a storykeep, the charting of it will be different from the original chart.

The QS and full designs can be seen here: http://heavenandearthdesigns.com/index. ... rd=Minerva" target="_blank" target="_blank

Advice much appreciated. Thanks!

It probably comes down to how big of a crop and how many stitches it is vs that same section of the full chart. If it's a fairly close crop but still a decent number of stitches, then yes, it is going to be more detailed than that same section in the full chart.

I think you're having a problem because there aren't many details in that QS listing. All the others I've looked at give the "Finished Design Size" and that would tell you if it was

either going to end up the same size as the original (but just a close up of her face so more detailed stitching)
or
- it will be smaller than the original picture (i.e. the same size as if you just picked those pages from your current purchase)

I would try contacting the HAED people and asking for the full details of the QS minerva - Finished Design Size, Number of colours, etc.

Flo

Thanks, I'll try that.

HAED replied very quickly with the requested info... the QS is 165Wx140H, which makes it a little (but not much) bigger than the crop would be - however they suggested doing a test stitch of the original to see how it looks.

With all this testing I'm going to need to start a stitching lab!

Sorry if I'm being a bit dim but can someone explain what the difference is with a QS version of an HAED. I've not come across these before so I'm not sure I understand. My only reason for asking is I've got a Mini HAED I'd like to start and it would be good to know the difference.

Thank you so much x

a QS is a Quick Stitch and while they aren't just a section of a larger piece "cut" out, they are a section of larger piece that Michele recharts. For example if you look at this design Minerva you will see the full chart, a mini and a QS. The full and the mini are almost (but not quite) identical. The full chart has more detail as it has a lot more stitches. For my part, I can hardly tell the difference. The QS is focused on only one section of the chart.

I hope this helps. I'm sure someone can explain it better.

Carole

rcperryls wrote:a QS is a Quick Stitch and while they aren't just a section of a larger piece "cut" out, they are a section of larger piece that Michele recharts. For example if you look at this design Minerva you will see the full chart, a mini and a QS. The full and the mini are almost (but not quite) identical. The full chart has more detail as it has a lot more stitches. For my part, I can hardly tell the difference. The QS is focused on only one section of the chart.

I hope this helps. I'm sure someone can explain it better.

Carole

Hi Carole, thank you so much for explaining this to me. It makes sense now. Not sure if I was just being dim or I'm tired because it's been a long week (maybe both!), but for some reason I couldn't understand what the difference was. I'm a little wrapped up trying to get my head around the designs anyway so it doesn't take much to confuse me right now, lol! Thank you again.