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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.