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

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

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

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?

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 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.    

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.