Door #2

Yesterday, I got started on the second of my doors for the Doors of Ireland quilt.  This is the door I'm trying to duplicate.  This was the first door I photographed on my first day in Ireland.  Days later, I decided to make the quilt.

Here's what I came up with.

Of course, none of the top-stitching is done.  I think it's going to be a bit of a trick to stitch the letters on "Granny's Kitchen," but I'm thinking if I use a small needle and take a short stitch, it should work out okay.  I want to stitch in the window panes on the window and the door, and I'm going to do some lettering on the menu posted to the right of the door.  I want to add lines for perspective on the window boxes and the bench, and also stitch bricks onto the legs of the bench.  My plan is to use some metallic thread to stitch the chain for the hanging pot.  I haven't decided yet what to use as a hanger.  I may just embroider something there by hand.  

The door knob is a hot fix nailhead, not affixed yet, but I wanted you to see it.  When I ordered the nailheads for the last door, I received a package of hundreds of nailheads, all shapes, sizes and colors.  I'm going to use some of those for the flowers stuck to the panes of glass in the window.  So . . . lots of work still to do on this one.  I'm still thinking about how to get it all accomplished.  I note also that there are some Celtic knots at the corners of the sign above the door.  I might use some crystals there instead, just to bling it up a little bit.

And, because I get excited about things like this, I've already chosen my next door.  This is the next one I'm going to do:

I've been printing the pictures out and looking at them for a couple of weeks before lurching forward.  This is all new to me, and so everything I do is strictly an experiment in terror.

Also, I finished the next embroidery block for the Love Me, Love My Cat quilt.  I love these blocks.  They are so much fun to work on.

It's a busy weekend headed my way, and so I doubt I'll get any sewing done.  I'm picking up Matthew in Portland this morning, and then we're taking our boat out on the Willamette River this afternoon.  Tomorrow, we're driving Matthew back to Klamath Falls.  We're going to see the house he moved into for his last year of college, and we're going to hear his band perform.  We'll be back on Sunday.  Gracie and Smitty will be here overnight by themselves. Hopefully, nothing will get broken and no one will get eaten.

What's going on in your life this weekend?