Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Autumn SAL 1st Post

I have mentioned before that I was doing a SAL of Jacek Yerka's Autumn (found here). I am stitching this one along with Spices up your Life!. I am starting on page 1 of this design and it the largest pattern I have ever attempted. The total stitch count on this is 349,375 so it may take me a while. This SAL is going to updated once a month on the 15th and I will be making a tab at the top to detail our progress. We would love for anyone who is interested to join in with us. Just drop either of us a mail. There are no goals for this just stitch whatever we can each month and share our progress.

So here is my preparation photo:

For any colours where more than one skein was required I purchased them all together for all other colours I just used what was in my stash. This is page 1 gridded. I am stitching this on 28ct Jobelan evenweave 2 over 1 tent stitch.

I have managed to make a start on this, not a huge start but something:

HAED - Autumn
This is the first 2,500 stitches on page 1, only 346,875 stitches to go :D Unfortunately it doesn't look like much yet just a grey brown blob but if you look closely you can see the start of trees.

9 comments:

  1. Oh my....what a lot of stitches! Good luck with this project it will be stunning when completed.

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  2. Great start on your new SAL. Those charts scare me. Have fun.

    Linda

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  3. I love his work, introduced to it by Heaven and Earth Designs, this will be a beautiful piece. Enjoy the journey

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  4. I'm so glad you ladies have decided to stitch a Yerka chart. I will hang out for the 15th of every month to see your wips! I love that you are both starting at different ends it makes it more exciting I think, Kim (scully236) and I are doing the same thing with HAED Rose Cerise.

    You're off to a brilliant start, just looking at the threads all kitted up shows how rich in colour this masterpiece will be. Happy stitching!
    xox Alicia

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  5. Looking forward to watching this one grow. I have several HAEDs in my stash but have not had the nerve to start one. I

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  6. Beautiful work and lots of confetti there. Great chart! Bap's are well worth the effort(have few myself....)

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  7. You have made a great start, well done!

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