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Eureka!! finally got this picture posting sorted!
This is a Helen Stevens embroidery pattern I made earlier (before I discovered cross stitch)
More stuff to come if you want a boring evening.....

Stunning!!

That is NOT boring!!It's beautiful.I never could master satin stitch and long and short stitch.

Really awesome and beautiful needle painting on those butterflies. ?boring ? never ever bored with beautiful embroidery.

Thank you for sharing and great to read you have worked out how to post pics. Ummm more please!

Squirrel wrote: Really awesome and beautiful needle painting on those butterflies. ?boring ? never ever bored with beautiful embroidery.

Thank you for sharing and great to read you have worked out how to post pics. Ummm more please!

Couldn't have said it any better. More please!

Carole

That is gorgeous!!!!!!!!

That is beautiful! I've done some embroidery/crewel...you work is gorgeous! As for boring us with pics...hello? Have you met us?

Beautiful work! I love needle painting. Just wished I had the patience to try it!

socialsue

Look, it's a big sacrifice on my part, being forced to look at simply beautiful stitching that amazesand delights me, but I'm generous ... I will put up with as many pictures as you can bore me with.

that is awesome
more, more!!!

I always tended to think of cross stitch as the 'easy' end of needle painting, because all you do is follow a pattern, effectively painting by numbers with a very simple stitch.

Also, I always thought that embroidery was at the other end of the ability scale - only the best need apply.

Reckon you have confirmed my thoughts, and would love to see more.

Regards,

Richard

Beautiful!

The butterfly was done whilst walking in Northern Spain last year- something to do in the evenings and during waits at the airport, and on the plane. Some interest aroused amongst fellow passengers....
On the next trip I thought a small cross stitch key fob would be easier to do whilst on the move, and so that started me off .......
Thank you for your kind comments.

Just beautiful! I expect that purple butterfly to just fly out of my monitor, it looks so real. You are quite talented!

I agree with Debby that butterfly is awesome and I love the rose too.

Umm being nosey what are they rest on please? It looks fascinating.

Squirrel wrote:
Umm being nosey what are they rest on please? It looks fascinating.

I assume you mean the black cutting mat?

Incidentally, the latest trip to Spain with some cross stitching was rather funny. Returning home via Santiago airport, my rucsac was pulled going through the scanner - reason?
The small 4 piece wooden frame ( 4 x 25cm screw together bits) showed up and they thought it was some kind of weapon, much to everyone's amusement when I unpacked it all.....
I guess that's good, as it shows they are on the ball (no such check at Stansted)

I love that crewel work. It's beyond me but I have a friend in Spain who does the most wonderful stuff....she's done several of Helen Steven's work, plus she designs her own!

wendywombat wrote:I love that crewel work. It's beyond me but I have a friend in Spain who does the most wonderful stuff....she's done several of Helen Steven's work, plus she designs her own!

C'mon, Wendy, your stuff is amazing, I'm sure you could do satin/long & short stitch standing on your head!! I'm scared to even attempt Hardanger......

Hardanger is simple compared to any form of needlepainting!