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What a lovely finish! I love the blues and lavenders.

They are all amazing and so beautifully done too. Isn't it amazing how each design looks just a bit different just because the colour has changed. So pleased you are back stitching again.

Exquisite works again Mabel. They are all delightful

A wonderful finish on your 90th Birthday gift Mabel the frame is perfect

I love your designs you must surely have the patience of a saint to do it with beads aswell but the results are stunning

Boy, do the beads make the design stand out! (Your usual elegant design, I should also add.)

Not done an awful lot of stitching while we were away, and not much since then! Plenty to stitch, and I do want to, but then when I have time to stitch in the evening I just don't pick it up
I did manage a quick birthday card for my niece though:

The stitching is up to your usual standard, but I must admit your calligraphy impresses me rather more!
Just need a few more inks and... you'll be well away.

Regards,

Richard.

Richard, for cards like these I use a calligraphy fountain pen; I do have all the paraphernalia for "proper" calligraphy as well, including gold leaf and ground paints, but I must shamefacedly admit that I haven't touched them for many a year now

Beautiful card, very special indeed! Your niece is a lucky girl.

Elegant and beautiful as always and what a lovely idea to set the stitching near the top of the card too. Must remember that.

A beautiful card & the calligraphy is great. There is no end to your talents Mabel. Well done on making another beautiful card, your niece will love it.

The card is beautiful!!!

Not my stitching but they are my designs so I think it's all right to post them here

I taught another workshop for our church's building fund last Saturday and found I'd forgotten my camera but two of the ladies very kindly sent me pictures of their finished projects. This was the first time I taught this particular workshop, and I was very pleased to find that timing-wise it worked out rather well, with some finishes and almost everyone at least three-quarters finished. It's one of the ones I'll be teaching in London in October as well.

They are both very pretty Mabel. Glad you enjoyed teaching the ladies. They must have been very pleased to have you there to ansqer any questions they had & to show them how to do these. Good luck with the workshop in October

They look amazing Mabel and I am sure that you and the ladies all had a great time too.

What a pretty design! Your students are now on the road to creating beautiful things...
It must be very rewarding to teach

These are very pretty

Very very pretty!!! Those ladies are great stitchers and so lucky to have you there to help them too!!

You have inspired these ladies, that's to be sure!!

They have reproduced your designs well!

Beautiful card for your niece Mabel and your students have done a brilliant job of sewing your designs