Bridal Bouquet--framed and blue ribbon

Amanda G · Post by **Amanda G** » Tue Apr 12, 2016 8:06 pm

What a beauty that is! Stunning

Allyn · Post by **Allyn** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:25 am

That is so beautiful!

karen4bells · Post by **karen4bells** » Wed Apr 13, 2016 1:26 am

Squirrel wrote:Oh WOW What an awesome picture that is and stitched so lovingly and beautifully it looks life like. A huge WELL DONE.

I totally agree!!! Stunning!!

stitchhappy18 · Post by **stitchhappy18** » Mon May 02, 2016 4:13 am

That is one absolutely gorgeous piece of stitchery. What a treasure!

seedreemer · Post by **seedreemer** » Mon May 02, 2016 4:17 am

What a beautiful piece!

fiddler · Post by **fiddler** » Mon May 02, 2016 8:39 am

Awesome what a lovely idea well done

Serinde · Post by **Serinde** » Tue May 03, 2016 8:15 am

How beautiful!

The opalescent fabric should wash fine in cool water -- you don't need to "wash" per se, just refresh, so cool water with appropriate very mild cleaner, and rinse rinse rinse.

Instead of ironing... roll it up in a cloth to get rid of as much extra moisture as possible. Then, smooth it out on a mirror or a piece of clean glass. It should dry perfectly smooth!

Are you going to back it with something like vilene to stabilise it? You can always experiment with iron temperatures with a scrap piece, of course.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Tue May 03, 2016 10:42 am

WOW!!! just so detailed and well....Wow!!!

stitchnsew · Post by **stitchnsew** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 2:26 am

So, I got this framed, entered in our State Fair, and won 1st place!! My daughter knew nothing about it until I brought her around to its display case at the fair. As soon as she saw it, her first comment was that it looked just like her own wedding bouquet, and then she was just blown away when she realized that it WAS her bouquet and that I had made it. It was a perfect surprise.
My framer and I went through about 20 different mats, (she usually likes 2 or 3 mats) and with all those purples, decided that only one matched and looked good. Plus I didn't want mat or frame to overwhelm the stitching

Squirrel · Post by **Squirrel** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 4:06 am

CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR 1ST PLACE. Definitely well deserved and the framing is spot on and a credit to your choices.

wendywombat · Post by **wendywombat** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 9:33 am

When I looked at that first, I thought it was a photograph!!

Amazing work, perfectly framed .........Well deserved 1st Prize!!!

charmagne_capalad · Post by **charmagne_capalad** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 10:04 am

Wow! That's really wonderful!

Congrats on your 1st price winning and especially for the surprise you've given your daughter that i'm sure she's glad and proud of!

rcperryls · Post by **rcperryls** » Wed Sep 07, 2016 1:25 pm

Absolutely perfect! And CONGRATULATIONS on first prize! Well deserved and I love the reaction of your daughter! Better than the blue ribbon!

Carole

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