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Wow, your framer has done a fantastic job

I love looking at finished pieces when they are framed so nicely. It's absolutely beautiful!

Wow!!! The angel is stunning, and BIG!! Beautiful!!
Your mermaid is coming on well too, I think like you say the shading on her skin will look ok once she's all done.

Louise

is there a pic of this loaded on the silkweaver site??

http://www.silkweaverfabrics.com/home/w ... f-Hope.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank

is this your work slinky??
Editis now noticing that there is a difference in the cloud placement. and your golds seem to stand out more!!

She is amazing! What a lovely job of the framing too! I do love Lavender and Lace designs.

maemae0410 wrote:is there a pic of this loaded on the silkweaver site??

http://www.silkweaverfabrics.com/home/w ... f-Hope.jpg" target="_blank" target="_blank" target="_blank

is this your work slinky??
Editis now noticing that there is a difference in the cloud placement. and your golds seem to stand out more!!

No, that's not my work on the Silkweaver site! I must confess I did look at their gallery for inspiration before I bought the fabric and there are at least a couple of Angels of Hope done on that fabric. It clearly suits the design well.

Possibly the reason the gold stands out more on my Angel is because I swapped the gold thread for beads in some places?

a wonderful job, you should be very proud of yourself

Oh my goodness, I just caught up with this thread, Slinky the angel looks gorgeous!!!! Wow!

Thank you for your comments about the Angel, but she's gone now and I have been working again on Mediterranean Mermaid. I have finished the xs and backstitch, and started last night on the mammoth bead stitching.

I didn't think and dived straight into it stitching the largest beads first which was really silly as it's going to make scrolling the fabric harder to do.
There's a way to go with this, so bear with me!! Oh, and I'm LOVING my new beading thread (fishing line) so much I've set up a seperate thread under Tips & Hints.

I have also done a little work on James's nameplate:


I need to get this done by the end of the month really, so I have to tear myself away from the Mermaid at some point to crack on with it.

The mermaids looking gorgeous and the nameplate is simply popping with colour. Lovely stitching

Perfect frame for the picture, and I really love the mermaid, it's so poetic. the nameplate is really cool, too

The beads look gorgeous, and the nameplate is such fun!

Mermaid is looking great and I the name plate.

Beads on the mermaid are looking great - can't believe how fast this one has grown. Your alphabet is really fun for the name plate too.

The mermaid is looking gorgeous I like that you added the beads, but I guess I can say that because I'm no the one who has to scroll it up lol

The robot alphabet looks great! It's so colorful. Has your son had a peek at it yet?
Faith

The beads really do look like bubbles! The nameplate is so colorful! Great job on both!

Wow the mermaid is gorgeous and the nameplate is so very colorful and unique--love them both!!

I recently saw the book for these letters and was very tempted to buy it but resisted in the end. They are so cute and the mermaid is wonderful.

Lovely mermaid and good tip about the fishing line.Name plate looks great too.