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She is absolutely gorgeous Karen and no the additional metalics are not missed at all.
Great job with all the beading too.

Great work and so fast too.

Sally

PS What are you going to take a fly at next?

Karen, you did a wonderful job on her, she is gorgeous! Congrats on your finish!!

What a beautiful finish Shes just gorgeous

Way to go! She's delightful, I can't even see where you have left out some metallics and I stitched her!

They are so much fun to stitch aren't they, and so very gratifying when you finish!

It's nice to see her on a different background, it's to Joan's credit that her designs look so good on such a range of fabric.

Are you hooked? Fire goddess remains my favourite, the colours are brilliant.

Niki xxx

She's beautiful.I love the close ups and I love the colour of the green metallic thread.Please could you tell me which brand of metallic you used and is it fairly easy to work with. I have had metallics issues in the past

Job well done!
The result is stunning...

Goodness, how did I miss this?

Excellent stitching. Congratulations on the finish.

Simply gorgeous!!! Wonderfully stitched!

She's gorgeous! Congratulations!

Wow! She's beautiful! I love your beading and metallic work, fantastic!

she is lovely!

Thanks for all of the wonderful feedback!! She definitely was a joy to stitch and I am very pleased with the end result--now to make sure I get her framed very soon

meerkat wrote:She's beautiful.I love the close ups and I love the colour of the green metallic thread.Please could you tell me which brand of metallic you used and is it fairly easy to work with. I have had metallics issues in the past

Meerkat, I used kreinik #4 braid, for the metallic thread--it's what the design actually called for and for a change I actually used what they asked for. I found it pretty easy to use--I did use Thread Heaven with it though and that really does help--especially as there were loads of french knots that were made with that braid!! I can actually say that I thoroughly enjoyed stitching her up and would do it again in a heartbeat. Well, maybe not right away but still she was a fun stitch.

Fizzbw, I didn't leave out a lot of the metallic, just the symbols--3 of them that were in the circle and a few of the outlining ones in the rust color of her skirt--I just felt it didn't really add that much to the overall effect and chose to only do the ones on the hem's border in those sections--if that makes sense!!

I definitely will be doing more of Joan Elliott very soon--I've recently ordered a chart pak from her site of 4 petite Christmas Angels, and aim to do at least a couple of those--the colors that she uses are divine!!!

She looks great!

Thanks for that , Karen

She looks wonderful I love Joan Elliot designs

Wow! She's gorgeous

Wow, she looks gorgeous! It's great to have a close up to look at too. The beading is so intricate.

Fabulous finish, well done

Lovely stitching!

Lovely work! You must be so pleased and proud!

Congrats fantastic finish