Getting Close!

I'm getting even closer to finally having my version of Hannah finished.  Here's my latest progress photo as of Sunday, April 8.

I'm really hoping to have her finished before the end of April.

Melissa

Long Overdue Hannah Update

I haven't posted here in forever, but I'm still plugging away on Hannah. I decided to make her one of my focus pieces for Measi's WIPocalypse 2012. I've made some really good progress on her the past couple of weeks, so I thought I would share a couple of photos.

Progress on 15 January 2012:

Progress as of 5 February 2012:

I'm really enjoying working on Hannah again.  My goal is to finally finish her this year.

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. :-)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.