Rose by Rachel Anderson

Here's my update of the week. A day early this time as I've just finished the second row of pages. :D

 

And here's a close up of her face and wings. 

 

Really love how her face turned out. I had my doubts cause the first few colours of her face seemed so dark. But when the really dark colours of the hair, eyes and lips appeared everything suddenly looked perfect.

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Time for my weekly update on "Rose". :)

Great to see her face appearing slowly.

Hope to have her head finished by next week. Can't wait to see how it will look like.

I try to take part in the HAEDless SAL on the HAED-Board each month but "Rose" is hardly giving me any time for that. I can hardly put her down atm.

I put in about 60 stitches on my Non-HAED project yesterday before "Rose" screamed at me to get back to her. Very demanding little lady *lol*

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Weekly update on my "Rose" :D

Have to admit I'm quite satisfied with the progress over the last three weeks. When I started her I thought finishing one page per month would be the average but over the last three weeks I stitched the equivalent of about 3 pages. She's stitching up so quickly at the moment. Hope it will continue like this.

Love how the wings and her face are coming along.

At the moment it looks like one of the upper wings will be a little bit pale compared to the others, but I guess that will change as soon as the last stitches around it are in.

That's another thing I love about HAEDs... while stitching there are times where I really doubt if the colours are right but in the end, when everything's done and you watch the piece from afar, everything fits perfectly and it will look beautiful.

Can't wait till she's finished.

Rose by Rachel Anderson

Another new update on "Rose" :)

 

Haven't stitched as much as last week because of the easter holidays. But I'm still quite happy about the progress

The part of the background I'm now working on contains looots of confetti. Especially the area around the wings. But I'm sure it will be worth it in the end. :D

Rose by Rachel Anderson

One week later and here's a new update on "Rose". :)

Yay, the first signs of her head are there and you can see where her wings will be. :D

Took my big q-snap out again, so I can stitch over all of the remaining pages of that row at the same time. Hope this saves me a bit of time when it comes to the confetti.

Happy easter holidays, everyone.

I've won a prize *yeah*

I still can't believe it... I've won a prize on the trivia quiz held at the HAED burning board yesterday.

I can't remember winning anything in my live before. But yesterday I've won a HAED chart of my choice. :D

And a few minutes ago, this cutie arrived in my inbox:

Thanks soooo much Nance, Michele & Bob from the HAED team for their generosity.

Rose by Rachel Anderson

I just finished pages 7 and 8 of "Rose". *yippie*

It's a great feeling to finally stitch something else than just background.

This is how the whole piece looks now:

The stitching of the petals went quite fast. :D It was less confetti than I expected. But I guess that will change as soon as I reach the face of the fairy. *lol*

And here's a close up of pages 7 & 8. I really love how the petals turn out and the colours are so beautiful <3.

 

And now on to the fairy :D

Rose by Rachel Anderson

First update on my cross stitch projects on this blog. :D

This is "Rose" by Rachel Anderson - chart design by Michele Sayetta (Heaven and earth designs)

20 days for 1,5 pages of confetti heavy background... not too bad for me *lol* And after more then 7 pages of background I can finally start stitching the rose. Can't wait to see how it turns out.

I really really love the blending of the colours <3

Memories

Added a few pictures to the photo section from our trip to Dublin 2011.

Not many photos but looots of beautiful memories. Aw, I love this country. <3

Welcome

Welcome to my little blog about cross stitching (mostly HAEDs), concerts I've visited (usually Westlife) and other things that I'm interested in. :)

Up until now I had a homepage about Westlife. But as I'm a bit lazy when it comes to updates, I've decided I would try a blog. Maybe I will update on a more regular basis when I can talk about all my hobbies at one place.

My homepage was also called "Soledad", after one of my favorite Westlife songs, and I chose to keep the name.

But here you can not only find pictures of my favorite band but also updates of my current cross stitch projects, reviews of my journeys to my favorite country, the emerald isle, and maybe some other stuff. ;)

I hope you enjoy looking through this blog.

xx