Everybody Loves Mary

...come on, you knew it was only a matter of time :)

I'm Kate and live on the eastern shore of Maryland. I'm 28 and have been stitching for about 8 years now. And this is my first SAL!

Well, it looks like some of you have made terrific progress already - wowie wow wow. Hopefully I'll run over to my stitchin' shop in Ocean City, MD this weekend and pick up some floss and fabric to get started. There is nothing quite like a needlework store with an ocean view, big ups to Salty Yarns! My only hesitation is that I've never started working a project from a corner before. I always start in the middle. But if I wait until the middle chart comes out you all will be so far ahead of me - then what's the point of a SAL?! So I'm bustin' through the comfort zone on this one. Yipes!

What is everyone else's preference? Are you a center or corner starter?


Oh yeah, and shameless plug - check out my flickr page for progress on my many WIPs.

Off and running with Mary

Hi fellow Mary stitchers! I've commented several times already, but haven't created an actual post yet. As a way of introduction, my name is Melissa and I live in southern California. I'm 45 years old, divorced, no children or pets, and work full-time in the aerospace industry.

I know I said I wasn't going to start this piece until I finished the exchange piece I have due on June 15, but I just couldn't resist. I started my version of Mary last night. LOL I'm stitching her on 32-count Legacy linen from Picture This Plus using the recommended DMC fibers.



Happy stitching, everyone!


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Mary and I are on our way!

Despite what I might have said in earlier comments, all is changed, I am doing it in monochromatic but have moved onto silk, Waterlilies to be exact! I did a few stitches with the Threadworx colour and it disappeared, hence the change.

Don't laugh, but I only just began to stitch at 10:30 pm Central Time, what was I doing all day, you might ask? Well, I cleaned up my sewing room, didn't feel that Mary would approve of the mess! We'll see how long it lasts, I'll probably be searching high and low for either the thread or the chart next week!

Talking of Central Time, where do we all live? I'm just north of Chicago, almost at the Wisconsin border. It would be great if we could find a time when we could stitch "together" despite the time differences. Maybe sometime at the weekend.

Godnight, everyone, I'm beginning to yawn!