Mad Miters Landscape

This may be my most "mad" Mad Miters to date!  It is a landscape.  Sort of.  
I painted the canvas.  But not very well.  I just wanted the different sections to not have a lot of dandruff due to all the different colors I'll be using.  
I am starting each "center" the same and will compensate in between.  I think.
I already need more colors, a trip to my LNS is required!
This may end up on the scrap heap, but it is an idea I have to explore!

Nature - Sky

Nature-Sky has been in the works for a month or so.  I have been working on it, just haven't posted about it yet!  And, yes, it will be round like the other Nature designs.  Sky is the last one and will eventually have a feather on it.  

I had a lot of trouble with this one.  Too bad when you can't read your own directions!  Actually, the directions are fine, it's the operator who can't count!  I hope to have this finished by next week.

BLOGGER NOTE:  I am able to post & publish if I use Google Chrome as a browser.  I prefer Explorer, but I still can't post my Blog from there.

Young Man's Fancy, Progress

I have done a bunch of research, deleted temp files & cookies, downloaded Google Chrome tor browser.  It seems to be working again, but we'll see...

I have nearly completed Young Man's Fancy.  I just have to fill in the last set of stitches in the center and do the border.  I have to get thread for the center, it will be the same metallic I used in the brown triangles, but I need a lighter weight.  I used #12 Kreinik in the triangles, but want #8 for the center.  I will be making a trip to my LNS this week!

I won't be doing the border until I see how it fits in the Betsy Box I have.  It may not need a border at all, or just a small one.

Blogger problem

I tried to post this blog today, but it won't work from my laptop. I am writing this from my iPad.  Trouble is, all my photos are on laptop.  Tomorrow I'll look into it further and maybe I'll have to sync my photos to this iPad.  Try to post that way.
I had the same message come up a few weeks ago but fixed it with comparability mode. That no longer does it. Now when I try to sign on or post directly from blog I get an error message and then a blank screen. I don't know what's going on!
Sorry!

FMTM Block #6

FMTM is my main project right now.  I have been working on it a lot and have finally completed the last block.  This one got pretty tedious, but I finally finished it.  It is all Rice Stitch variations, even the ones that look a bit like flowers.  I actually like those flowery ones quite a bit!
Next up is sashing and borders.  A lot of stitching left to do but I am determined to finish this soon.  It has been almost two years in the works.
Here's what it looks like now:

Young Man's Fancy

Don't you just love quilt block names?

Anyway, the Cyberpointers meeting has started for January and Jan Fitzpatrick is doing the program for us.  You probably know Jan more for her wonderful rugs, but she also does delightful designs from quilt blocks.

This is my version.  It is supposed to have 2 color families and I originally had chosen all Watercolours, blues and brown/golds. 

I liked the scotch stitches, but as soon as I started the triangles, I knew I didn't like the blue, so I took it out.  I am now going with all browns & golds.  The triangles are now pearl cotton and Kreinik.  I like it now! 

Motorcycle Flask

This was my "secret for Christmas" piece this year.  My husband rides motorcycles, yes plural, he has 5!  The BMW R1200GS is his current favorite.  He likes to do trail riding and camping.  He enjoys a nightcap when he is camping.  When I saw the flask with needlepoint insert on Chilly Hollow, I had to do it for DH for Christmas.  With Jane's help, I was able to locate a vendor and purchase one with blank canvas.  Then I found an image of the bike on Google & charted it.  It turned out great!  I painted the canvas yellow, the color of his bike, and just stitched the bike and his initials in tent stitch with pearl cotton.  He was really surprised and pleased.