Progress on the Harley quilt, sampler done.

I forgot the paper I wrote the measurements I took to calculate the percentage I have quilted on the Harley quilt, but as you can see I made some good progress. The areas outlined in green are done.

I also finished the sampler.

and here is the back. I try to make the back nice and neat. Neatness was stressed to me when I learned how to embroider as a kid and throughout my years in 4-H.

I did make some changes to this sampler. I added two flowers at the top of the design. The area was just too empty looking.

I did not stitch the free hand lines along the border.

I woke up to this scene Saturday

Some melted with the sunshine on Saturday, but then it snowed again Saturday night. Sunday morning and evening looked like this.

A friend called Sunday afternoon. She lives 55 miles south of me and she had 5" of snow. It is forecasted to be 56 today so the little bit of snow left will be long gone.

TGIF!

This week has gone by fast for me. I got to quilting as soon as I got home from work and quilted the black shirt right below the white one I did on Tuesday. I am now 46% done with the quilting.

My plans for the weekend are to continue to work on the Harley quilt and to get started on the placemats for a woman I work with. Have a great weekend!

Progress on the sampler

I had to make a trip to the eye doctor late yesterday to get my prescripton dialed in better. The new lenses will arrive sometime in the next two weeks. Since I didn't get home until 7 last night no quilting on the Harley quilt happened. What I will show you is the progress I have made on the sampler I bought in a kit for 1978. Here is where I was March 4

Here is where I am this morning

I was going to stop at Michael's on my way home to get a couple colors of floss I need, but I ran into a huge traffic jam a couple blocks away from the high school. Geeze! I had to sit thru the light at least 4 turns before I could make a right hand turn and get the heck out of there! I went home and dug thru my floss again to find the darkest brown I could so I am just using that. I also found a pretty close match to the light blue after looking again. The kit is way short on the amount of light blue floss that is needed.  

Almost halfway

The white shirt got quilted last night so I am now at 43% done with the quilting.

I got an appointment to see the eye doctor about my glasses and contacts. It is a struggle to read with these glasses, but that is my fault because I forgot to tell the doctor to dial back the power so I could see my immediate surrounding easily. I don't need to be able to read a sign a half mile away! LOL! I will get closer to that sign eventually to read it! I tried the contacts this morning and they were worse to read with than my glasses; I couldn't read the computer at all. I know the professionals at the vision center will get things sorted out. I walked around the yard after work and noticed that the Lenten Roses are budding. The flowers always come very early and usually last several months.

The other day that group of deer were back and one of the young ones was crazy. It was just running back and forth across the yard, then down the hill and back up. It was fun to watch him run. With all the rain were had,  the ground was soft and the herd left tracks everywhere.

A little more done

I finished up the orange shirt last night and started on another shirt. I always do the outlining first and then meander the background. The outlining can take a lot of time. So here is the shirt I am working on now.

A good weekend

I made some good progress on the Harley quilt. I still have a little bit more to outline stitch on that orange shirt, but the majority of it is done. So now I am at 46%.

I am struggling with my new glasses. They are just too strong to function in nearby surroundings. They are ok when I drive, but I did notice that I an having a harder time judging distances like when approaching stop signs. Reading the computer is hard so I have a call into the optical center. I have burnt my left hand twice because I have misjudged distances.

I found some baseball fabric on sale so I picked up 4 pieces for the baseball quilts I need to make for a friend of my sister. I need to have these done by May. They are digital prints which I am not crazy about, but it was all I could find that were the right color.

I also bought these new Moda prints to go with the Ebb and Flow layer cake I bought a while ago.  I bought the last of this skull fabric that was on clearance to go with a piece of the same fabric I had bought last year so I would have enough for a back of next year's Harley quilt.

I got the frame cut down and glued for that red sample piece I just finished.  the rest of the weekend was laundry, dishes, cooking, gathering the recycling, and doing some cleanup in the garage.  

Better than a stick in the eye

I didn't get a whole lot quilted yesterday. I was tired when I got home from work and a trip to the eye doctor to get my new lenses. I still go to the doctor where I use to live so it takes a good 1 hour and 15 - 20 minutes to get there. Driving tires me out. I did stop and get gas on the way back - $3.69.9 a gallon!  Yikes!  Every place else it was $3.79.9. Anyways, I did get started on this gray shirt and I say getting this little bit done is better than a stick in the eye! LOL!!

I have made some good progress on the reproduction sampler in just a couple days. It is going fast and the border is fun to stitch. I do have to count carefully because the border is not exactly the same stitch count all the way around.  I have my chart on my easel and just mark the stitches off with a pink highlighter as I go.

Here is where I was on Wednesday and where I am now.

I am looking forward to the weekend! Temperatures for Saturday and Sunday are forecasted to be 66 and 65, but windy on Sunday. I need to do some cleaning up in the garage and work on that frame for that cross stitch piece I just finished so I will probably do that on Saturday and enjoy the warm weather. Maybe I will even do a bit of yardwork. Working on the Harley quilt and maybe the placemats for the woman I work with will also be on the list. Have a great weekend!