Vervaco - White Seduction (Finished)

[charmagne_capalad]

Lovely design! You're almost done!

[coffee_freak]

[burgundyice]

Wow, you'll be done in no time at this rate, great work!!

Louise

[Lisa]

you're absolutely flying with this

[Rose]

Need to call you speedy stitcher. She looks great!!!!!

[K1nS]

[Mabel Figworthy]

she's gorgeous and I can't get over it how almost gauze-like the linen looks, so delicate!

[kiwidude]

And here it is finished, one last blitz on it today. Stoked with the result, looks really good in person and it is a decent size as well (around 13,000 stitches and 44cm high on the 28ct).

[meerkat]

Lovely finish,she looks very stylish

[*LisaC*]

Wow - she's beautiful!

[koko]

Gorgeous! And you stitched her up so quickly!!!

[Lisa]

wow what a major quick finish!! shes beautiful!!! are you framing her? where she gonna go?

[kiwidude]

Thanks everyone. As for framing - yeah well, that's where things fall through the cracks for me... lol. I live in a rented flat in London and to keep it easy to move (and hide my hobby) I don't frame any unless they are gifts. Most I leave at my parents place in Aus when I visit. One day when I leave London and have my own place again I am going to have one heck of an expensive framing trip...

This is maybe a quarter of the ones I have done that are hanging in their wardrobe on a coathanger...

[Lisa]

oh wow soo many fantastic projects.

i have a strange landlord, been asking for 4 months for a window key and a water meter location with no success, but he does let us re-decorate, and hang photos and such.

i can never understand the landlords that dont let people hang photos, afterall it is your home, his house your home, and making it homly would include photos etc. if i ever win the lottery and have a chain of houses i rent out, i would let my tenants hang pictures

[kiwidude]

Thanks Lisa. To be fair I haven't specifically asked my current landlord if they object so I can't use that as an excuse. I've got property back in NZ and they are free to do what they like so long as the place is presentable when they leave. I guess in my first few years in London I lived in five different flats so got used to not trying to accumulate bulky or breakable possessions. When I finally leave here and have my own nice big house down under again I am sure there will be much more room and permanence to figure out what to frame and where to put it.

I know they will look even nicer when framed though - for instance one in that photo above got given to my grandparents for a 60th wedding anniversary (I think) and hangs in their lounge:

[Rose]

Oh my gosh such fast stitching!!!!! WOW all that work and you are hiding it in a closet. I would find a way to display it. Something may be a quilt or pillows or something like that.

[bluenoseshelley]

wow oh my gosh there all sooo gorgeous i know the feeling though about not hanging them as they break when moving i move alot too so mine are all in bags which is soo bad cos there getting creases in that might never come out eeek the bin ben picture you did is that a john clayton ?
i love love love the new finished vervaco piccy and the one you gave to your parents reminds me of a thomas kinkade design is it ?

wonder what your going to stitch up next lol

[nikecam]

(and hide my hobby)

are you crazy man?????

i haven't read your bio but i assume you are a man. maybe my perspective is different as a woman but i don't see anything wrong with men who stitch. a friend of mine use to win awards for his pieces (he's since passed away).

your pieces are lovely. i could understand if you were stitching tatty teddy or something too sweet like that but even still....

[rachdun]

Your projects look fantastic - Well Done

[silviaciuchi]

White seduction is just lovely, but I was stunned by all your finished works put together! Amazing!
What's the Big Ben tower design? It's lovely, I'm intrigued by it