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It looks really good

I love the garnet..my birth stone..the different reds and the little bit of very light colour give it so much richness and depth and it looks shiny. Great stitching

Very pretty!

Great stitching and the gem looks so real

Wow, looking very nice!!! Great stitching!!

Love that ruby red peeking through!

What a gorgeous start!!!!

Beautiful design and coming on really well

I agree with the other poster: the gem looks real (in fact, I thought it was an embellishment at first sight). Your two weeks spent working on it were worth it I think. Happy stitching!

Fantastic!! The Garnet stands out so much - it looks beautiful!!

Excellent, fast work.

Love this and some new colours

Like other's have said, the garnet looks really realistic and your progress is great can't wait to see more

I hope you don't mind me posting weekly progress pics! I thought it would also keep me on track because as I'm stitching I don't think I've done much until I look back at the photo's.

Anyway, here is week 3's photo. The lighting was pretty dark hence the tinge to the photo.



Just seen the date on the pic...I had to recharge batteries and forgot to set date again. DERRRR

Picture updates are always great, and your making great progress Can't wait for next week

looks fab cant wait till i do the big stone in mine!

We love to have weekly progress reports. Your going great.


I never set the date on my camera so it always shows January.

The more pics the better! You've made such great progress! Is the garnet an actual bead you attach or is it stitched? It looks so real, like it isnt't thread.