Wool Appliqué-Embroidery Sampler

This sampler started on February 1st with 30 circles of wool felt.

I whipped them to a fat quarter of quilting cotton because I did not have a large piece of wool.

I used all kinds of thread for the embroidery including pearl cotton from DMC.

After the embroidery was done I used the pearl cotton to quilt the backing and batting to the sample.

I bought variegated Elaganza pearl cotton from a local vendor.

I love using variegated thread!

The quilting was finished yesterday.

I basted the quilt sandwich along the top, bottom, sides and across the middle.

Then I made big stitches vertically from basting threads to basting threads.

I trimmed the backing and batting 1/4 inch beyond the big stitches.

Below is how I trimmed the back by flipping the edges of the top out of the way.

I used this needle for the big stitches.

The large eye was easy to thread.

The sharp point helped me stitch through all the layers  

I put triangles on the corners to use later when hanging the sampler.

Mini clips are holding everything in place.

The front fabric was trimmed to 7/8 inch all around.

The corner triangles are made from 5 inch squares of solid cotton 

that sort of match the wool circles on the front.

For me it is not a finish until it has a label.

Yes, the stitches show on the back.

I don't care since this will be hanging on the wall and won't show.

I folded the front around to the back and whipped it down like quilt binding.

I made sure to stitch through all the layers except the front.

Ta-Da! It is finished!

So much fun.

Now it will live on the wall in my sewing room to remind me of stitches I can do.

Each circle is one day of the stitch along.

Day #1 is on the top right.

The numbers go right to left until the last day on the far left at the bottom.