Hannah Lancaster - Week 7

Wow, if it hadn't been for my Blogluvin showing up in my mail, I might have completely forgotten to post this week.

Can't' believe it's been 7 weeks.  Well, that's not exactly true.  It feels like seven weeks of stitching, with no end in sight. 

Although when I went to copy more of the chart to work from, the bottom border is shown on it.  But there is a lot of stitching still to do.

This sampler has been deceiving, I thought I could whip it out like many of the prior samplers I've stitched. Not so much.  Lots of color changes.  Been trying to stitch everything in one thread color, before I get sick of that and move onto another color.  

I estimate it will be at least 2 weeks before Hannah comes off the scroll rods and another project begins.

Next project is the Skyros Island Schooner sampler.   Wouldn't have been the next one but I agreed to join in on a SAL. I might have to play catch up! 

I ordered another chart.  Dutch Beauty.  I have always been drawn to that chart, but didn't purchase it before because of all the browns and beiges. Recently I saw one in FB where the stitcher changed the colors. It was gorgeous!   

I did some research. It only takes 13 colors. I can pick 13 colors (I think). Found the chart on Stitch Bits and Bobs on sale.  Now just waiting for chart. 

Weather here in No. Va.  Has been something else. It snowed here Sun. And Mon.  Very cold too. But my husband got to use his snowblower. 

He says it's already paid for itself. Warmed up a bit late yesterday, only to freeze everything over.  We'll be sticking close to home.

Well that's bout all for this week, til next week...happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster - Week 6

Whoosh!  Thank Heaven!  On Sunsay, I put the last stitches in the house.  That is all I worked on.  If I never see DMC 3045 or 3046, it'll still be too soon.

I finally got to move my scroll rods.  I was actually quite happy that I could see a few lines of the lady's head on the piece of chart I was working from. Course there is a lot of stitching before I get to her, but I guess it's the small things that make you just as happy!

I got a new chart this week. Ada Hansem. I have also been bad in that I ordered another chart, and put my name on a wait list for the Queenstown sampler coming out in Mar.  Must, must must stay off the internet!  I'm just too tempted.  But then I watch a few episodes of Hoarders and feel much better about myself. My stash is not to that point yet!

I also agreed to be in a stitch along which starts in February.  Skyros Island Schooner.  Gonna do that one for my youngest son.  Thankfully I have no further children that I need to stitch a piece for.  No grandchildren in the horizon either.

My sister bought one of her grandchildren a Cabbage Patch doll for Christmas.  Guess they aren't as popular as they used to be and she couldn't find any additional clothes.  I found a pattern on eBay. Hope to sew a few dresses before the stitch a long starts.

 It'll give me an opportunity to use up some of my scrap material.  

Until next week happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster - Week 5

Little late in my post this week.  Not really sure why, it's not like I have been all that busy.  

I finally managed to move the scroll rods again, and I ONLY have 30 more rows till the house is complete.  Remind me again, not to do a sampler that has a large building in it!!!!!

I have been helping my mom put together some jigsaw puzzles, which is probably why I haven't stitched as much.  My mom works on the puzzle in the early morning, and then after she goes to bed, I move the pieces she put in the wrong spots.  Sort of like when the kids decorate the Christmas tree.

In her defense, the light and her eyes are as great as they used to be, and theses puzzles these days, are a real challenge.  Especially if all the puzzles pieces are exactly the same, or the colors of the puzzle are muted and it's difficult to tell where, they are supposed to go.

One of these puzzles will go to my brother in Georgia, and the other to my sister in Illinois. We all like putting puzzles together, it's something my mother started us all on when we were young.  

I have been bad again, as I just bought another chart.  Ordered myself some Velcro for fabric for my scroll rods.  And....I think I know what I'm going to do with the $75 gift certificate to In Stitches.  Queenstown Sampler has a new sampler coming out after the Nashville Trade Show.  

The snow has practically all melted.  Thanks to higher temperatures and some rain.  I hear that it's going to be an early spring.  But really, can you trust a ground hog?

Oh, I also started a pinterest page.  If you want to check it out here is the link https://www.pinterest.com/addictedxstitch/

Until next week, happy, happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster - Week 4

Hannah Lancaster Sampler

Worcester Art Museum

The Porcupine Collection

35 ct. Unbleached linen

DMC

You'd think I'd had gotten a lot more stitching done since we have been snowed in for the last several days.  But I look at last week's photo and it doesn't seem like I made much progress.

Probably cuz the roof seemed to take forever, and the huge house that the roof is attached to, will probably take just as long.

Then to top it off, I had stitched the pots on the left side, and realized that when I stitched the pots on the right side, the ones on the left were done in the wrong color.  Frog!  Rivet, Rivet!

Plus last week went by in a flurry with snowstorm prep.  Getting to the grocery store, running errands with the hubby because all of a sudden the battery went kaputz, and I had to run into all the stores and get stuff, while he kept the truck going.  Last stop was to pick up a new battery.

Lots of stuff you have to do!  Make sure you have plenty of propane for heaters. Put gas in the car, get cash. Do all the laundry in case you lose power. Plus remind my college kids several times each day to remind them to stock up.

That got it bad in Harrisonberg too.  Somewhere below this snow is my daughter's Smart car.

My husband decided today to order a snowblower. Can't believe he waited this long! He went out 3 different times to shovel, trying to keep from shoveling the 24" we received over the weekend, in one try.  He'd still been shoveling as I write this!

Our truck from our bedroom window. Not trying to over dramatize the snow, after all I was born and raised in Michigan. But this type of snow in this area makes people nuts!  People here can barely drive in the rain. 

Let's just hope next week is calmer?!  That way I'll have a lot more stitching time.  Till then- happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster Sampler - Week 3

Hannah Lancaster Sampler

Worcester Art Museum

The Porcupine Collection

35 ct. Unbleached linen 

Plugging away.  Thankfully I can skip around on this beauty because the huge house in the middle is going to be boring! 

I'm not even halfway through the roof and bored! 

Trouble is, the lines for the roof just keep getting wider with each row. Think I'll stitch on the border for awhile and go back to the roof. 

I bought 2 more charts this week.  Don't even ask me why.  There is absolutely no reasonable, rational explanation to a cross stitch addict like me!

 

One is a take along chart.

Love never fails by Barbara Ana Designs.

The other chart is called Skyros Island Schooner Sampler.  

 

Thought this would be perfect for my youngest son.  Sorta masculine theme but a fun stitch for me.

In the home front.  I'm all caught up on linens and towels from the kids being here for the holidays. I cleaned the guest bedroom, my son's room and the Jack and Jill bathroom.  Tomorrow I will get the intestinal fortitude to open my daughter's bedroom door and see what disaster awaits me!

  

Happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster Sampler - Week 2

Little early on my post this week.  But I'm at the point I need to roll the scroll rods. 

Hannah Lancaster Sampler

Worcester Art Museum

The Porcupine Collection

35 ct. Unbleached linen 

DMC 

I have decided that mirror image samplers are not as fun to stitch! But it's not hampering to stop me from completion, now that I have started it.

I also don't have a fondness for charts that once you open them up, find the chart is graphed on poster size paper. Which this one is.  I've had a heck of time copying it, to have something to work off of, rather than wrestling with a huge sheet of paper.

If this chart is in your stash make sure you have lots of certain colors.  I'll have to make note of the ones you'll need more than one skein of.  It's definitely two greens and a brown!  Buy at least 3 skeins of those, 2 of the golds.

422

500

738

3031

Well the holidays are over, our decorations are all down and put away.  Tomorrow both of the youngins head back to college.  It'll be so quiet here.  Although I won't be sorry to see my daughter's dog head back to college!  He's either part woodchuck or termite. Likes to chew on any corner with a 90 degree turn or the rungs of my chairs. Every few days I'm spraying everything down with bitter Apple.  Ugg!  Problem is, I think he likes it!

No clue what's in the pipeline next, but it's something from the 80's to be sure. I have several charts from that circa.

Guess when I'm closer to the end of this one, I'll take a peek!

Until then, happy stitching!

Hannah Lancaster Sampler

Happy New Year!  I officially started my first project of 2016.

Hannah Lancaster Sampler

Worcester Art Museum

The Porcupine Collection

35 ct. Unbleached linen 

DMC 

This is one of the oldest charts via copyright year in my stash.  Not sure when I actually got the chart, but really doesn't matter since I at least have some sort of organizational chaos to work my way through my stash.

I must say the actual sampler is prettier than is reflected by the chart picture.

The picture shows it as pretty drab and brown. It does have a lot of brown and green but still pretty shades.

Posting my progress thus far, because I will spend the rest of the afternoon running graph lines for the verse, and probably frogging. There is no squiggle room for an error. So I'm gonna have to figure it out before I compound the error any further. 

Meanwhile I did add another chart to my stash.  Like I need another project, but it was so pretty. 

Happy first week of 2016 stitching!