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Thanks, everyone!
I just knew you'd love the flutterbys, Charmagne!

I'll post another pic tomorrow. I've completed the apricot part of the dress, but not the border yet. And I've done the butterfly beside the skirt of the dress, and the pale yellow background partway down... should have more to show by tomorrow.

I have missed so many of your posts – it is beautiful and will be absolutely stunning!! Well done on such beautiful work – from what sounds like the “Chart from Hell”!!

Now I'm going to sit back and wait for the next photo update!!

Looks great. Love the colours

Thanks for your comments, eveyone! Here it is. Not very pleased with the marks made across the stitching by the snap frames, but I'm hoping they will go away when I wash it. I've never had that happen with my old wood scroll frames. I've had to do a bit of frogging again, but it was my own fault this time - it's not a good idea to stitch while talking on the phone, even when it's a hands-free!
The missing stitches that you can just about see in the pale yellow are for beads.

Great progress!! Looking better and better! Can't wait to see your next update!

Very pretty and very fast progress!

Looks great! Sorry it continues to be frustrating .

Lovely work

Thanks for all the lovely comments! You kept me going when I needed it and now I'm really enjoying stitching this.



Centre panel stitching done. Sorry the pic is a bit washed-out-looking; not sure if it was the flash or the daylight lamp shining on it as well!

Looking good, ain't she? Can't wait to finish it and do the backstitching.

coming along so nicely!! Not much left to do--just love this!

She looks lovely and very delicate!

Very very nice!

Jan

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have done quite a lot since I last saw this. It look so bright and cheerful

Seeing how beautiful this is Im thinking I need to do this! Looks fantastic BTW!

She is looking goooooooood

Thanks for nice comments, everyone - I really appreciate your interest.

Well, as you can see, she is nearly complete. I wan't going to post another pic until she was done, but there will be a slight delay: firstly, I ran out of the black thread for backstitching, and, having gone through my DMC stash I was amazed to find I had no other black thread - GRRRRRRRR! Then I remembered my old Anchor stash (used to be my my mom's), and went through that. I was lucky and found a tiny twist, which I washed - not being sure such old thread was colour-fast. When it dried, I went back to my stitching, finished her hair, and a bit at the waist of the dress, threaded up to do the butterfly, and BANG! my daylight bulb blew. GRRRRRR again!
So, now I can't sew until I get another bulb for my magnifier lamp. I'm going to order another 2, plus a couple of skeins of black thread, from Sew and Sew, as soon as I get off here. Urgh!

She looks beautiful!!! Sorry you're having a frustrating time with getting it 100% complete.

I hate when one thing after another happens like that! The design is looking gorgeous! I hope you light and threads have a speedy delivery to you
Faith