HAED Rotation

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Happy Father's Day


Good morning,

The sun is shining & it is 60 degrees F here. Love this weather. We are supposed to be in the high 90's by Wednesday. Yuck. Don't like really hot.
I have made good progress on The Astronomer by Myles Pinkney. This piece is the one that started my obsession with HAED. I started the piece in Feb of 2010 & stitched on it exclusively for several months until I saw Train of Dreams by Randal Spangler & fell in love with the Draglets. Thus began my rotation. There are now 11 pieces(all HAED) in the rotation so work on The Astronomer really slowed down. BUT this week I had a first with any of my HAED's. I FINISHED AN ENTIRE FULL PAGE. YEAH ME. I have finished partial pages but never a full page. I had been procrastinating on this page finish because it was heavy confetti stitching This week I put on my big girl panties & finished Page 1.LOL. I will be continuing on with page 2 this coming week.
Jim has not been stitching this week. Another Star Fighter has been built instead.
Now for the pictures.

Before








After














Of course it wouldn't be complete with out my stitching assistant. This stitching is exhausting you know








 And last but not least The Y-Wing Star Fighter
See you all next week.


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27 comments:

  1. dulcinellaJune 17, 2012 at 6:51 AM

    Congrats on your progress. Beautiful stitching! The colors are beautiful, so confetti stitching was good for something.

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 7:19 AM

      Thank you Dulcinella. Yes it is good to be able to see what all the confetti stitching produced.

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  2. JoJune 17, 2012 at 7:19 AM

    great progress Cindy. How you cope with 11 pieces in rotation amazes me, my rotation is whatever I feel like working on that day!

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 7:21 AM

      It's not hard unless they all start yelling at once. They are pretty resigned to the fact that they only get a week or two at a time & then have to give way to the next one. They only really start yelling when they sense I am getting bored with the current one. Then they all vie for attention.LOL

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  3. Vicky LJune 17, 2012 at 7:21 AM

    Great stitching progress. Those confetti stitches can be a pain but so worth it when they are done. I like the fighter too.

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  4. Faith...June 17, 2012 at 7:30 AM

    You made great progress Cindy! Wish your assistant was better help!

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  5. stitchesnscrapsJune 17, 2012 at 7:42 AM

    Yay! Mini Happy Dance for Page one! Looking wonderful! Hubby's Lego is cool! Your assistant is slacking, tsk tsk! lol! Thanks for sharing!

    Melissa J.

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  6. htimcjJune 17, 2012 at 7:50 AM

    Great job on finishinga page! With those designs that like finishing a whole piece!
    Heidi-ILCS

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 8:04 AM

      Thanks Heidi. Since all I stitch right now are HAED's I'll take a finish wherever I can get it LOL.

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  7. Ann H.June 17, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    Fantastic on completing a full page Cindy!!! Most of my pieces also have a heavy amount of confetti in them so what I do is have a mixture among my projects of a few simpler designs to give my eyes and brain and focus a little break and work on the simpler stuff to feed my need to keep stitching but between the bigger confetti rich projects. This method usually helps me to really be more willing to do all those confetti stitches because they are so opposite of the simpler projects.

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 8:12 AM

      Thanks Ann. I usually switch between confetti sections & large areas of one color on the project as they sometimes have both. If not I switch to a project that is not in the confetti stage at the moment.

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  8. tiffstitchJune 17, 2012 at 8:18 AM

    Congratulations on finishing a full page!! The Astronomer looks fantastic, the detail is gorgeous! Which is why the confetti is such a pain. Great week of stitching!

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  9. OctoberLaceJune 17, 2012 at 9:25 AM

    Congrats on your page finish! When you stitch a HAED, this is like finishing a full design (or more) of most other charts. Jim's Star Wars toys look like fun, too.

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  10. LibrarystitcherJune 17, 2012 at 9:35 AM

    As always, your stitching is amazing. Your love affair with HAED is expressed in your progress. Congrats on finishing a page.

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 9:37 AM

      Thanks Jenny. I just love stitching on them.

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  11. Denise SAJune 17, 2012 at 10:15 AM

    I love to see your progress and I will start kitting up my HAEDS soon, just wish you could buy Lego here.

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 10:17 AM

      Thanks Denise. You will love stitching on the HAED's. Can you get them by mail order there?

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  12. Stacy C.June 17, 2012 at 11:45 AM

    Cindy,

    Congrats on your first page finish on a HAED! So far, I've only finished one HAED (it's small by their standards) but I do have several pages finished on 5 other HAEDs.

    http://crossedstitches.blogspot.com/

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    1. CindyJune 17, 2012 at 12:11 PM

      Thank you Stacy. I am rotating 11 HAED's right now.

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  13. AnneJune 17, 2012 at 12:58 PM

    Nicely done on finishing a page!! I love how your little helper is pooped!

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  14. MeariJune 17, 2012 at 1:52 PM

    Looks good, Cindy.

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  15. *-*June 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM

    Well done Cindy!
    Yes stitching for such assistants does seem to weary them somewhat.
    Great Star fighter!
    K.

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  16. UnknownJune 17, 2012 at 10:33 PM

    oh to the HAED junkies wow you have 11 of them started. you have some beautiful starts. say h to kitty for me

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  17. Diane (di)June 18, 2012 at 2:28 AM

    Cindy, Astronomer is beautiful. Love those colors. Congratulations on finishing a full HAED page... no easy accomplishment. :) I'm dancing with you!!

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  18. BeaJune 19, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    Wonderful progress. I have a similar assistant, except he's white, and he's just about as helpful. LOL

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