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Serinde wrote:Clever of you to track the herringbone inside almost perfectly with the variegated colour thread of the outside of the handle.
Not clever, I'm afraid - pure luck :-). And yes, it is herringbone. Ideally I would do the herringbone first, then stem stitch the outlines, which is what I'll write in the instructions.

I did put in another little addition - this was very much part of the original design but I then left it off because for a card it wasn't practical. But as this one is too big for a card anyway, and will just be kept in my stitched model folder, I thought I'd add it to see if the idea worked. Here it is with steam coming off the hot liquid of choice inside, courtesy of some organza ribbon:

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Brilliant idea for steam :applesauce: attractive design :applesauce:
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I am also impressed by the steam. A really beautiful mug, Mabel. Very well done. :applesauce:
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Tee tee! Like the "steam". :P
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Serinde wrote:Tee tee! Like the "steam". :P
me too!! And I love the mug!!

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Great mug! You are so crafty and creative!
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The real problem is that the inside of the mug isn't all black and crusty with tea residue.
Otherwise, perfect.

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richardandtracy wrote:The real problem is that the inside of the mug isn't all black and crusty with tea residue.
True, I idealised :-)
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This is so cute, I love pink
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I love it, the steam just finishes it off beautifully!
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Fabulous extra touch Mabel just makes it more real. :)
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Because of some basic miscalculations on my part it now turns out that the large mug does in fact fit my largest aperture cards, and that the smaller mug is still too big for the smaller aperture card. Oh well. Here is the smaller one, minus steam as I couldn't fit that in the card (I will, one of these days, do one with the steam curling out of the aperture on to the card - watch this space), in three pics: just finished, side by side with the larger one, and in a card:

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how lovely they look :applesauce: :applesauce:
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I like that green mug! I'm going to take that one into the Stash&Grab for coffee! :whoop:
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wendywombat wrote:I like that green mug! I'm going to take that one into the Stash&Grab for coffee! :whoop:
I'll join you. Those mugs are wonderful!

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These were completed a few weeks ago but I've not been around much :-(

It's the same old Wildflower Garden :-) but I used it to try out two different fabrics, medium cotton canvas and cotton duck. There will be a FoF about the comparison some time in the future.

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I love those, especially the one on blue. Your work is absolutely gorgeous.
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Always lovely to see the flower garden Mabel.
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Gorgeous Mabel the flowers are beautiful and the bees set them off nicely :applesauce:
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really gorgeous, esp the one on blue fabric. Very nicely worked, you have a really wonderful gift being able to do this variety stitches so neatly - must take a lot of practice but so worth it, all your hard work certainly pays off :applesauce: :applesauce:
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