The adoration of the kings FiNISHED 26th June!!

[fccs]

Thanks for sharing your beautiful work. I’ve been thinking about you and wondering where you were and if all was well. You were missed.

[poppy]

Glad to see your post again, Vanessa

The sky, the shadows, the faces, everything looks amazing. Beautiful stitching! You have such patience...

[Garnet]

Oh my goodness Vanessa, this is simply stunning. There is so much to look at within the piece I could gaze at it for hours.

Your stitching as always is remarkable.

129 pages already done, how many left are there? so many pages boggles my mind.

( These smilies don't seem enough for this masterpiece)

[RosemaryD]

Wow, so great to see your incredible progress on this. What an absolutely epic piece it is!

[vanessanjf]

Hi everyone, I hope you haven’t forgotten me. I’m so sorry for not being around lately. My dad was taken poorly in February and was rushed in for a triple heart bypass so I have been really busy looking after him. He is on the mend now and feeling much better. I have still been stitching when I can. Here is my latest update

[rcperryls]

Welcome back!!! You have been missed! I'm glad to hear your father is recovering. I know how difficult it is when something like that happens in your family. Years ago my father also had emergency triple bypass surgery, but not in the middle of a pandemic which must have made your experience that much more difficult. The amazing thing is what a difference it made for my father who lived another 20 years after the surgery. He was 71, I think at the time. Hope that you father does as well or better than mind did.

Now to the unbelievably fantastical perfectly perfect stitching you have done! There aren't enough words to really describe this masterpiece!!

Carole

[fccs]

I’m glad to “see” you again, and happy that dad is doing well. That had to have been scary for everyone, even more so in a pandemic.

As usual, your stitching is breathtakingly beautiful.

[Squirrel]

Welcome back Vanessa and it is good to know that your father is making progress after all the downs and ups of earlier in the year.

This masterpiece is growing magnificently under your busy needle. Definietly a wonderful update.

[Podolyanka]

Great to hear from you again, Vanessa. I am so glad your Dad is recovering. The update is great. But then when is it not? The closer to the finish, the more beautiful your WIP looks. Happy stitching!

[Mabel Figworthy]

Glad to hear your Dad is doing better now - and your work is as stunning as ever!

[Serinde]

Best wishes to your father.

And holy moly! This is fabulous.

[richardandtracy]

It's not just fabulous, it's one of those things you only expect to see once or twice a lifetime. Absolutely stupendous.

Simply amazing as always, Vanessa.

Regards,

Richard

[karen4bells]

Glad to hear your Dad is doing better now - and your work is as stunning as ever!

I absolutely agree!!! Great update and it is so wonderful to see you posting again!!

[poppy]

We certainly missed you, Vanessa!

I am so glad that your Dad is now on the mend.

Your stitching is beautiful and the picture very atmospheric. Amazing work!

I am glad that you are now back with us.

[Ajay]

Gorgeous as always. Glad your dad is doing better!!

[vanessanjf]

I’m sorry that my updates are rather infrequent now but it’s getting so big I’m finding it hard to find somewhere to lay it out to photograph. Here is the latest update. I have 88 more pages to go.

[rcperryls]

This is the most astounding piece of stitching ever!!! I am awestruck by its beauty, detail and size.

Carole

[Mabel Figworthy]

Absolutely breath-taking

[Squirrel]

Oh so beautifully painted with your needle. It is fabulous.

[Podolyanka]

Your are nearly there, Vanessa, if compared with the amount of work already done. Fantastic work!