karen4bells 2018 projects--2 new projects page 4

[rcperryls]

I love this!!! That eye is so amazing and the beak is practically 3D!

Carole

[vanessanjf]

That is fantastic!!! It is really making me want to start mine but I’m trying to be good and stick to one at a time.

[poppy]

the beak is practically 3D

Exactly what I thought!

[Squirrel]

Totally amazing and I agree with Carole, that beak looks very 3D and oh so real.

[karen4bells]

Thank you for all of the encouraging replies!! I had to move the q snaps again and here is how it is looking now!!



Pardon the strand of hair on the lower right side

[poppy]

I love her plumage. This is a beautiful owl.

[Mabel Figworthy]

Such an impressive owl!

[vanessanjf]

AMAZING!!!!

[Squirrel]

He is looking amazing and his plumage is so pretty. A fabulous update Karen.

[rcperryls]

So amazingly lifelike. Gorgeous update!

Carole

[laura-rose]

Wonderful ot say the least.

[Nicola Main]

Absolutely gorgeous and so beautifully stitched! That eye really draws you in!

[Garnet]

Oh My Goodness he is fantastic

That eye is really hypnotic and that beak is so realistic

Your stitching is so neat and even

I am sorely tempted by this design

Garnet

[karen4bells]

And at long last, the Lanarte Owl is finished!!! Barely had enough thread, in fact I ended up matching up some of my DMC on a couple of the colors that did run out. Good thing I opted for using 32 count from my stash rather than the 27 count that came with the kit!!! Egads, you'd think that they could make sure to include ample amount of threads on these kits!!! At any rate, I am really happy with the end result, and hope to get this one framed soon!!!
Here it is, unpressed, so it does look a bit wonky

[Nicola Main]

He's stunning Karen! Beautiful stitching too That's ashame about the thread, that's something you'll never get with Bothy Threads kits, in fact someone finished a Gorjuss girl and almost had enough to do a second one!

[Garnet]

Oh my goodness, he is stunning. He's so realistic and that eye is so piercing.

Your stitching is so beautifully neat and even.

I might just have to put this one on my Christmas and Birthday wishlist.

Congratulations on a fantastic finish

[Mabel Figworthy]

He is beautiful, looking forward to seeinghim framed!

I'd contact Lanarte if I were you - they may honeslty just have got the quantities wrong (perhaps they gave their model stitcher a much finer fabric or something) in which case they'd want to know so they canrectify it. And if they are being mean with their threads on purpose, well, let's hope people writing in about it might make them ashamed (or at least realise it's bad business)

[wendywombat]

What a fantastic finish!!

Don't you just hate it when there are not enough threads! Have they never heard of ?????
Lanarte are a reputable company and to hear that they are a wee bit parsimonious does not do them credit! I'd let them know!

[rcperryls]

I think the owl is absolutely perfect!! That eye looks so alive if I were a mouse I'd be very scared. Beautifully stitched.
And once again, I remember one of my major reasons for not liking kits. Seems like the last one I did (long ago) had not enough of one color and too much of several others. Or maybe like

Have they never heard of ?????

I'm so glad that you had the thread you needed so you could have such a beautiful finish!!!

Carole

[poppy]

She is majestic and beautifully stitched, Karen. I think that the colours are perfect too.
You did not need the stress of wondering if you had enough thread. I am glad, all worked out in the end. Brilliant finish!

That eye looks so alive if I were a mouse I'd be very scared.

LOL! That is very true.