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Cecilia wrote:
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Cecilia wrote:They're beautiful :applesauce: You have some brilliant designs in your gallery too. :D

Cecilia, I notice you have the Millennium Sampler in your list - is that the one by The Craft Collection???? If so, please could you let me have the symbols chart???!!! A friend of mine gave me the kit, it had the pattern, the threads, the fabric - but not the symbols chart telling me which colour to use where!!!!! T'would be great if you could, I was preparing to guess!!!!
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Wonderful designs, and I'm told Danish flower thread is really nice to work with -- is it a very matte thread?
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Mabel Figworthy wrote:Wonderful designs, and I'm told Danish flower thread is really nice to work with -- is it a very matte thread?
Hi, Mabel, yes, it's good to work with!! I only need to use 1 strand as opposed to the usual 2 strands for DMC/Anchor... I seem to have a touch of difficulty threading the needle with it though (?????!!!)

It is quite a matt thread - again when compared with DMC/Anchor, which are quite shiny....

I'll try to take a pic to show the difference... but my camera battery has just died on me!!!! Charging it as I type.......!!!

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There weren't that many in the colour range, so I invested in the lot!!!!! :D :D
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Ok, now the battery has charged, I took this pic...

The Danish Flower Threads are on the left and a similar colour DMC thread on the right

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The DMC threads definitely look more shiny!! :) :)
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Thanks for the comparison photograph, that is really very clear! I may have to try a few of those...
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Finished the Sweet Violet tonight......

And here it is!!!

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Time to start the next one.....!!!!
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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These are very pretty - especially the wreaths :wub: :wub: :wub:
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Lovely! :wub:
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I love flower designs, these are really pretty. :wub:

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Lovely. :applesauce:
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Great work
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Many thanks, chaps!!! :king:

I'll be doing something different for a while now - a wedding present for a couple of friends... Will post details later......!!!!! :ratherbe:
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Sweet Violet is very pretty :applesauce:
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Oh that is a really pretty one!!!! :applesauce:
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