Only one motif left!

This is Miss Hannah as of today - there is one motif missing at the bottom right hand corner and once this is in place she is finished! I will miss her!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you all. 

CarolR

just plain forgot!

Hi!

Ditsy me wanted to stitch the Hannah Beeby sampler, was graciously invited to post my progress on this blog, and then clean forgot to post here!  My apologies.

Here's a shot of progress, the previous posts you will find on my blog.  

I'm having a lot of fun with this one, and it's just zipping along and can't wait to share the progress that has been made since taking this photo.  

Off to continue preparing for the holidays, and wishing you all very happy holidays and good health, lots of laughter and stitching for the New Year.

hugs from Holland,

heidi

Melissa's Hannah Update

Well, I think I've finally gotten caught up on life enough after getting home from vacation on Sunday to actually post my progress photo for the SAL this month. I had a great time on vacation and actually did get in some good stitching time since I was vacationing with Terri and Tracy both of whom are also in this SAL.

We all took along our Hannah samplers to work on them since it was the SAL week. I actually didn't make as much progress as I had thought, but I kept getting distracted by the beauty of Hawaii. :-)

I freely admit that I've not worked on this piece each month since we started the SAL several months back, but I have worked on it during each of the past two months. My goal is to start working on it each month going forward.

Anyway, here is my latest progress photo. You can click the image for a larger view.



The little pin cushion in the photo is one that I picked up in a local Hawaiian quilt shop in Honolulu. They had some GORGEOUS quilts in there and it was really tempting to bring one home with me, but I managed to settle for just getting the pin cushion instead. :-)

Another update

An update!

Coming along nicely!

Another motif started!

It seems as though I am the only one stitching this - a SAL for one! 

And I stitched on the right week too!

I put a few more stitches into Hannah this past week. I am so pleased with how she is turning out. I would love to see other people's progress!

Just a bit more

I stitched some more over the weekend - not much - a bit more of the alphabets and a start on another motif.

Where is everyone else? Has everyone given up on the SAL?  Please post your photo or just post to let me know I am not alone here!

Update

A few more stitches into Hannah. I finished the top two alphabets to the Z. I like the overall effect of one strand over two on 40ct - it looks so delicate.  Sorry for the awful picture but it's raining here (yet again) so the lighting is really bad.

I missed SAL again!

Last week was really hectic here with being back at work so I did not manage to put one stitch in Ms Hannah. I wanted to finish a needleroll for the April Monthly Finishing Challenge which I managed to do even it was at the last minute. So - my HB week is now this week - yet again late - sorry. I will try to stitch on the right week in May.

Did anyone manage to stitch? 

Carol

New Stitcher!

Welcome to the stitch-along, Lisa!

Checking in!

Hi fellow HB Stitchers! Sorry I haven't been around. Between DH's race, my race, my new job, and no time, I haven't been stitching on anything, nor have I been able to check any of my blogs. I shudder to think what my bloglines looks like right now.

It's great to see you have all been carrying on and your progress is wonderful! I promise to be able to contribute myself this month :)

Week 1 Progress

This is how far I got with my weeks stitching. I was amazed at how quickly this is coming along and I am so enjoying it, even if I did get a visit from a little frog! There are closeups on my blog if anyone is interested. 

A new start

After much procrastination for fabric and floss I eventually decided to use a 40ct antique white linen from my stash and NPI Very Dark Forest Green (407). I am a week late in starting so will have this week as my SAL week but like Tracy I am really enjoying stitching this and I might find it hard to stop and I am looking forward to starting a motif.

Happy stitching

CarolR

Tracy's Progress

Hi everyone.

Here's my progress as of last night. I know I'm not technically following the rules of the stitch-a-long, but right now, this is the only thing I've been motivated to do on the creative front - so I'm sticking with it for now. It's going really well, and I'm pleased with my progress.

End of Round 1

I finally got around to taking a photo of my version of Hannah as of the end of Round 1. Unfortunately, I didn't get any stitching done on her over the weekend, so this was 4 days of stitching time.

Fabric and Fiber

I have a piece of PTP "Heritage" in 28-count that's really a bit larger than I'd been thinking about, since I'd been thinking about over one on 25 or over 2 on 32, but it'll work. With DMC 3778.

First Row Finished

I finished up the first row last night while watching TV. I hope to get in some work on the next row tonight. Here's how it's looking thus far:

They'reeeeeeee Off!

Woo Hoo! It's finally here! I've been chomping at the bit to start this project, so I'm glad today has finally arrived. I even got up a little bit early this morning so I could put in my first stitches on Hannah before leaving for work. Here's my very first progress photo (you can click on it for an even larger view):



I still don't think I'm capturing the color of the fabric that well in my photos. According to the Lakeside Linen site, the approximate DMC equivalent for it is 3024.

I'm heading over to my friend Nancy's house tonight for stitching/gab time. I brought Hannah along to work on her some more there as well.

Argh....

I already have my fabric and floss chosen, but without a chart, it's hard to get started!!!

Note to self: Skip the LNS when you know where to get the blasted chart.

She's Here!

Melissa and I got together for breakfast--and a much-needed (at least for me) gabfest--this morning, and she brought along my Hannah chart. Now I just need to decide on fabric and fibers.

Start date is nearly here

The start date gets closer and I've changed my mind as to floss! Not only has the floss not arrived but I did a really stupid thing last night - I got out of the car and slammed the door on my right thumb - ouch - it's now twice it's normal size and it battered, bruised and bleeding.  I have no chance of holding a needle in the next few days and you wouldn't believe how long it took me to type this post!  I won't post a picture though - far too gross!  I did exactly the same thing last year - will I never learn?

Tracy's Test

Here is my test. The fabric is 36ct Edinburgh Flax and the fiber is Moon Called Sea by Vicki.

I'm pretty happy with the way it looks!

Can't wait to start. My pattern got here today from Gitta's (after having problems with another vendor!!!). So I'm ready to go!

Hannah Test

I finally got around to stitching up my test sample using my fabric & fiber choices. I was still going back and forth over whether I wanted to use these colors or go with more traditional sampler colors. After seeing how it all looks together, I'm really happy with my choices.



I can't wait to get started!

Edit: Oops! Carol, I guess that would've helped if I had mentioned that in my post, huh?! LOL Yes, I did end up deciding to stick with the Tundra linen and Snoqualmie Falls NN.

I made my fabric/floss decision!

Here's what I'm using. DMC 839, 3863, and 224 on Lambswool Linen. I have both 32ct and 28ct in my stash and I'm considering using the 28. I just need to see if I have a piece big enough. The photo is on 32ct, but they look exactly the same.



I stood in the aisle of Joann's for what felt like forever looking at "pinks." I had a color picked out but when I started playing around with it next to the browns and on the fabric, it was just too pink. I wanted something that would blend better. Funny how a large skein looks much different than the little bit shown in the DMC fiber book! LOL

I probably won't mess with measuring and cutting fabric until mid-March. I'm sort of behind in where I wanted to be stitching-wise for February and need to concentrate on that for awhile, but I'm really looking forward to starting now that I have decided on what I wanted.

Fabric and floss update

I stitched a few 'test' pieces last night. The top one, which I gave up on as it 'disappeared' into the fabric, is Vicki Clayton's OMG Red (one strand) on the flax 36ct. The other fabric is 32ct lambswool and the 'snowflake' on the left is the OMG Red, one strand. The one on the right is two strands part in OMG Red and part in Imperialosity which gave much better coverage on 32ct.  I am going to do another test piece on some 36ct antique white from my stash with the Imperialosity and also order some 35ct lambswool.  

Now I have fabric and floss!

My spools of silk threads arrived from Vicki Clayton this morning. Aren't they just gorgeous colours? From top to bottom OMG red, Mermaid Blue and Imperialosity and the two linen fabrics are 32ct natural brown and 36ct flax. I think I will be using the flax but I am still undecided as to which of the silks to use and think I might just throw all three into a bag and pick one out!  

Fabric/Fiber Choice

I still need to stitch up a sample to be certain, but I'm pretty sure this is what I'm going to use to Hannah. It's fabric and fibers I already had in my stash, so that's a bonus! I took it down to Terri's on Saturday to let her see it and she thought it looked really good together, too.



The fabric is 36-count Tundra by Lakeside Linens. The fiber is Snoqualmie Falls from the now defunct Needle Necessities. They look really nice in the floss toss, almost as if they were meant to be together. Hopefully they'll look equally good when I stitch up a test piece.

Fabric arrived!

My Edinburgh flax, in both 36 and 40ct, arrived this morning.  I won't decide which to use until my silks arrive from Vicki Clayton but the 40ct looks really fine.  I haven't worked on 40ct in a long time - are they making it smaller or ... maybe I need new prescription lenses!! lol   I think I will do a small test piece before I jump straight in - I could always do a Quaker scissor fob so my scissors will match my project.    

Thread Choice Made and Ordered!

Well, I decided on my threads.

I order 10 skiens (overkill I'm sure - but on the safe side) of Vikki's Examplar Moon-Called Sea (Melissa linked it below).

Now to figure out the fabric. I'll be going at least 36-count and frankly, I have never stitched smaller than 32, so I don't even think I have any fabric to choose from. I'll dig tomorrow to figure that out!

Some history and my fiber choices.

Every time I look at someone's progress I wonder who Sarah and Jane were so today I pulled my pattern out and read it. Amazing the amount of information one can come by by reading! Sarah was Hannah's sister and it is through her that we have the sampler. There is no mention of a Jane.

I've decided to go with DMC instead of a silk. I even gave GAST a thought, but don't have enough in my stash and I really want to pull as much from my stash and I can to do this. I have several natural hand-dyed fabrics to choose from and plan on doing a floss toss this weekend, perhaps while Melissa is visiting. I really want to go a brown and pink route, maybe a burgandy brown? We'll see.

Recommended Fibers

For a bit more inspiration, here is a photo of a completed Hannah Beeby stitched by Margaret with the recommended fibers. It is stitched on 40-count Maple Sugar linen from Lakeside Linens.



Can you all tell I'm bored at work today with all the posting?

Fiber Requirements & Inspiration

I was exchanging emails with Terri and we were discussing how much fiber would be needed for this sampler. I saw the following information posted on the forums at Vikki Clayton's website, so I thought it would share it here, too.

""Regarding floss amount for Hannah Beeby, CatherineABC said she used about 24 yards of Inky Depths, stitching 1 strand over 2 on 36ct fabric.""

For some inspiration, here's a picture of the aforementioned sampler by CatherineABC. Just click on the thumbnail for a larger view.



Here is another completed Hannah Beeby. This was was stitched by Rosie on 40-count R&R Light Cappuccino fabric using Creme de Menthe Belle Soie silk. The gorgeous framing was done by Jill Rensel.



I did place the chart order for me and Darla yesterday. Hopefully they'll get here soon.

I'm In!

Melissa's ordering the charts for both of us. Then it's a matter of deciding on fabric count, fabric color, and floss color/s. And, of course, silk or cotton!

Hi...I'm in too!

Hello all, Julie from Minnesota here. I have not yet received my chart, but it is ordered. I am thinking of a subtle coffee dyed antique white Belfast and maybe Elizabethan Green by Gloriana silks. But I still have to check out what's new in Vikki's world. :-)

Can't wait to start.

Blessings,
Julie

I'm in!

When I was at the LNS on Sunday (Super Bowl Sale) I ordered Hannah Beeby. I was waiting to check out and I spotted an order card on the work table. Someone else had requested it so I told her to get two LOL.

Right now I'm thinking DMC 500 on white belfast - simple and elegant.

Fibers

Welcome aboard, Carol!

Tracy and I were looking at options on Vikki's site last night when we were on the phone together. I found a few that I really love, so I'm torn over whether I want to use them or to go with my new favorite silks, Belle Soie by Sharon Crescent. I suppose a lot of it will depend upon which fabric I use.

Here are the colors that really appealed to me from Vikki's site. This is in order of preference without any thought of fabric color thus far. All of the colors except one included a motif sample stitched with the fiber. I've included those as well.

Examplar Moon-Called Sea - LOVE LOVE LOVE this one!!

Motif Sample

Examplar Wattle 'n Daub

Motif Sample

Examplar Kindling



Examplar Fire Thorn

Motif sample

Fire Dragon Redux

Motif Sample

While I really LOVE the colors of the last two, especially Examplar Fire Thorn, the colors really don't go with my decor. I really find myself most drawn to Moon-Called Sea and Fire Thorn though.

I need to go through my fabrics and look at my options. I've been in a Lakeside Linen FOTM for the past year, so I have several gorgeous fat quarter options in 36- and 40-count. Any of them should work for this project. I ordered a skein of each of the colors above so I can do a floss toss on my fabrics to see if any of them will work with the fabrics I have. I really want to use a fabric from my stash for this project.

Hello

Just to say hello to Melissa and Tracy!  I am already in touch with Terri.  

My chart is here - really fast shipping from Canada to the UK.  Fabric and floss on order but as I have not made up my mind I have ordered both 36 and 40 count in flax and not one but three colours of Vicki Clayton's silk threads - Mermaid Blue, OMG Red and Imperialosity (green) and will decide once they arrive. 

I am really looking forward to this SAL and seeing pictures of your pieces too.

  

I'm in!

Hi! I'm in - now I need to order my stuff! Hehehe! Which means I need to decide fabric and color!

ETA - Just ordered the chart! So that's a start!

Greetings!

I'm here! I haven't even remotely thought about fabric or fiber choices yet! I still need to order the chart. I guess that goes on my To Do list for this week.

And so we begin

7 weeks from today, March 24, we will begin to stitch along on Hannah Beeby. Please feel free to share what fabric and fibers you're agonizing over. As of this writing I haven't even begun to decide!

Anyone can join in. As long as there are two people who want to stitch on this beautiful design, this blog will stay around.

If you're interested, please leave a comment with email info so an invite can be sent to you.