Meerkat's Stitching 2011...Memorial Rose update 26 June

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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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The rose will be a beautiful tribute.

I love the Hardanger too. I'm really impressed that you designed it as you went along. :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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The hardanger is lovely :applesauce: and such a special pretty rose :wub:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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Your hardanger piece is lovely. I am so impressed by the people on here doing it. The rose is also a really lovely idea and poignant to do for your son :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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oh wow thats lovely :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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~threadbear~ wrote:Love that hardanger as well, how clever of you to stitch it as you go. I'm very impressed.
Thank you. I found it very liberating not to have to refer to a chart and to just keep sewing, that was a change from my tiger which I have to look at every few stitches and change colour every few stitches too.
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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The rose is beautiful and such a lovely tribute!

Your Hardanger design is gorgeous, and isn't the texture of those satin stitches strokeable :-)
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011..My First Hardanger Piece 27th

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Mabel Figworthy wrote: and isn't the texture of those satin stitches strokeable :-)
It is Mabel. I had no idea the thread would be so smooth and tactile :wub:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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Updating my Tiger's progress.

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I hemmed my hardanger piece a couple of weeks ago. I went wrong on one side, the bottom as you look at it.I do know what I did, so, hopefully it won't be a mistake repeated. I will hem my next piece with this method . It is very neat and a pretty finish.
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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:wub: :applesauce: Love seeing the update on the tiger and I really love your finished hardanger :wub:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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Love the tiger :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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Wonderful on all of your projects. The hardanger is very pretty. :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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Tiger is getting on very well, and good job on the hemming!
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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I think the tiger is simply stunning! :lol: I know you said it's tiresome to look at the chart every few stitches, but surely worth the effort. He's magnificent.

And as for the rose! What a truly lovely idea for your friend. I will really enjoy watching that come together.

And love the Hardanger too, esp impressed you charted it yourself. And I agree, satin stitches are SO strokable!!
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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the tiger is amazing! :applesauce: :applesauce:
they are very pretty! :wub:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 11th March 2011

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That tiger! Wow. He's amazing :)
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 22nd March 2011

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This is my last update, the next picture will be the finished project :dance: it is difficult to see all the little bits left to do,there is still a bit of confetti to finish and a few french knots with five strands, I may find those a bit easier to do than the usual two strand fn, I hope so :x:

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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 22nd March 2011

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It is incredible how that water just sloshes out of the picture! Great work, and very nearly there now :applesauce:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 22nd March 2011

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Wow, the tiger is almost done, he looks amazing!!!! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

I love the hardanger piece you did as well, it is beautiful! :wub:
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 22nd March 2011

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Some beautiful stitching going one, love the tiger and the rose, looking forward to seeing them finished. And I adore the hardanger, lovely floss colour and a beautiful design. Well done for designing it :)
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Re: Meerkat's Stitching 2011.. update 22nd March 2011

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:wub: :applesauce: Awesome!! Nearly finished!! Hope that the french knots go nicely for you :D
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