My Progress as of 06/20/2009

HI All,
I'm Shay, in N. Texas I started about the 15th, this is my progress so far. I’m using the listed DMC threads on Zweigart 32 count Flax. This has been a real joy to stitch. I tis my first Quaker Sampler I look forward to many more. I maybe hooked.



Happy Stitching
Shay

My MW part 1 so far

I stitched bits and pieces of the motifs so far to see if the colors I chose would work. I used AVAS 2541 (ecre/cream) instead of white, and I am replacing ecre with a light lavender-ish color (I haven't picked the exact color yet). But 2541 isn't very visible on my fabric (plus the picture's quality is really not helping either!). Not sure what I am going to do....Nonetheless, This is my first quaker sampler, and I am enjoying it very much!


Kaz aka fishnet

Mary Update

Hi everyone! It's so awesome seeing everyone's progress photos on their versions of the Mary sampler. I have a photo, but it's not very good and my sampler doesn't really look like this now. LOL



After I started stitching the second motif with the recommended DMC 725 (as shown in the photo), I decided that the yellow was brighter than I really wanted it to be. So, I ripped it all out and decided to pick another color instead. That lead me down a path of deciding to stitch my sampler in a combination of DMC and over-dyes. For the over-dyes, I'll be using fibers from WDW, GAST, and Crescent.

I finally have the second motif back to about the spot shown in the photo above. I'm stitching it with GAST Ohio Lemon Pie this time though. I'll try and take an updated photo this weekend.

I've also finally come up with my stitching plan for this piece. If I've counted correctly, there are 45 motifs (some large & some small), 27 sets of initials, and then the M. Wigham personalization. I've set a goal of stitching one motif per week. I plan to divide the initials into batches of 6-7 sets at a time and will occasionally throw in an "initial week" in place of doing a motif. By setting my goals this way, I will still have time to stitch on other projects. It would also mean that I could finish this sampler in about a year's time.

I started mine

On Tuesday I started my cloth, and here is my work up to yesterday ( I haven't stitched today). I'm making mine with HDF thread from my stash.
It's definitely a pleasure to stitch this pattern!!!