Start Pictures!

Well I have officially started my first non-freebie HAED (Heaven and Earth Design).  I have completed the first 100 stitches and thought I would mark the occasion with some pictures of the first 100 stitches. The colors are all very similar so I hope the camera picked them up well enough!  The first square (10x10 square) was mostly one color with a few other colors added in.  Here they are!!

Gridding

I got home from getting the materials for the Sapphire project and started gridding right away.  I am not sure if I should grid the whole fabric of just as I go along.  I know in my head that I should do the whole thing but I am impatient!  Took a picture of the clean, crisp fabric, and of my gridding.  Here they are!

Supplies

Well, I did it!  I went out and bought all of the threads, fabric and a few other things so I can get started with Sapphire.  Spent a bit more than I planned on but that's okay!  I ended up going with 18 count Aida fabric as that was the only piece they had that was big enough for this project.  It's huge!  I can't wait to get started!!

Fabric and Thread!

I have not had a chance to start this project yet because I still need to go purchase the fabric and threads.  I get paid tomorrow (technically today) and my first stop post the bank will be the craft store to pick up the supplies for this project.  Then I plan on starting it as soon as I get home from the craft store.  I am sooo excited and cannot wait to post a picture of my first few stitches!  I will probably here with start pictures tomorrow afternoon.  For now I need to figure out what count fabric I will be doing and if I will be doing over 1 or over 2.  I am pretty sure I will be doing 25 count fabric.  I also need to decide if I am doing aida cloth or even weave.  So many decisions to make on this.  I will be letting you know probably tonight or maybe when I have my start pictures!