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Congratulations on your finish Amazing work I love it

Congratulations on finishing him, he is gorgeous

What a wonderful finish! Beautiful!

Wonderful finish, he is absolutely stunning!!

beautiful work!

Yay!!! I got really excited when I saw the header say you've finished him!!!! He looks fantastic!!!!
Faith

I knew he'd be done when I got home. He is beautiful. Can't wait to see him framed.

Great finish on your tiger, he looks grrrreat!

oh wow what an amazing finish! Great work

Your Tiger looks Wonderful.

Tiger is gorgeous. Lovely stitching. Can't wait to see the frame that you've chosen.

Thank you for your kind comments . I'm impatiently waiting for the framer to do her thing: I was (for once) pretty clear about the 'look' I wanted & I want to see if I got it right!!

Anyway, stitching abhors a vacuum as we all know, so now Tiger's gone, I need a new project to fill the void, so have started on my first Chatelaine project. In at the deep end with a year-long mystery, the Christmas Mystery 2011. The wonderful European Cross Stitch kitted it up for me (at vast expense!! If ever there was a reason to NOT let this become a UFO ...). It's chock-full of hand dyed silks, perles, metallics, beads & bling, on 32ct Belfast in antique white (I think):


Part 1 is just the outer border. Here's my modest progress to date:


& a corner close up,


It feels weird not to have a photo of the finished project to refer back to, & I feel quite brave spending (what will be) a lot of time in faith that I will like the finished picture, but it's intricate & challenging, & a joy to be working with such fabulous materials.

While I am at it, here's a Gingerbread Cottage update. I've done quite a bit. I love this one! It's such fun. What the photo doesn't show is the bling woven into pretty much all the threads except the 'logs' of the cottage. The 'tree' is particularly good.

Wow, love the tiger. Great finish, that's one I was just looking at today (spooky).

Ginger bread house good enough to eat, yummmy

Very pretty start on the Chatelaine! I love all the little details in the gingerbread piece!

Fabulous start on the Chatelaine! Those threads are wonderful!!!
I'm curious as to what it's going to look like, but I'm sure it'll be beautiful!

oooo a mystery.. That does indeed sound fun! With all the things you get to stitch with, I'm sure you'll be fond of it no matter what it looks like. The cottage is looking so cute!
Faith

beautiful!!!

I'm in awe!! Love that SAL Chatelaine--what lovely bling for it and it's going to be great to watch this one develop.
I really love the gingerbread cottage--is it a kit or chart and where did you get those lovely threads with the bling in them?

Great start on the Chatelaine! I have always wondered about the mystery stitches, does she at least give you a teaser or a description of what it will look like? All her designs are gorgeous though, so I am sure it will be stunning!!