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What a lovely finish! I love the blues and lavenders.
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They are all amazing and so beautifully done too. Isn't it amazing how each design looks just a bit different just because the colour has changed. So pleased you are back stitching again. :whoop: :whoop: :whoop:
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Exquisite works again Mabel. They are all delightful :whoop: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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A wonderful finish on your 90th Birthday gift Mabel the frame is perfect :applesauce:

I love your designs you must surely have the patience of a saint to do it with beads aswell :shock: but the results are stunning :applesauce:
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Boy, do the beads make the design stand out! (Your usual elegant design, I should also add.) :applesauce:
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Not done an awful lot of stitching while we were away, and not much since then! Plenty to stitch, and I do want to, but then when I have time to stitch in the evening I just don't pick it up :-(
I did manage a quick birthday card for my niece though:

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The stitching is up to your usual standard, but I must admit your calligraphy impresses me rather more!
Just need a few more inks and... you'll be well away.

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Richard, for cards like these I use a calligraphy fountain pen; I do have all the paraphernalia for "proper" calligraphy as well, including gold leaf and ground paints, but I must shamefacedly admit that I haven't touched them for many a year now :oops:
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Beautiful card, very special indeed! Your niece is a lucky girl. :)
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Elegant and beautiful as always and what a lovely idea to set the stitching near the top of the card too. Must remember that.
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A beautiful card & the calligraphy is great. There is no end to your talents Mabel. Well done on making another beautiful card, your niece will love it. :applesauce:
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The card is beautiful!!!
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Not my stitching but they are my designs so I think it's all right to post them here :-)

I taught another workshop for our church's building fund last Saturday and found I'd forgotten my camera :doh: but two of the ladies very kindly sent me pictures of their finished projects. This was the first time I taught this particular workshop, and I was very pleased to find that timing-wise it worked out rather well, with some finishes and almost everyone at least three-quarters finished. It's one of the ones I'll be teaching in London in October as well.

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They are both very pretty Mabel. :applesauce: :applesauce: Glad you enjoyed teaching the ladies. They must have been very pleased to have you there to ansqer any questions they had & to show them how to do these. Good luck with the workshop in October :)
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They look amazing Mabel and I am sure that you and the ladies all had a great time too. :)
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What a pretty design! Your students are now on the road to creating beautiful things...
It must be very rewarding to teach :)
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These are very pretty :D
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: Very very pretty!!! Those ladies are great stitchers and so lucky to have you there to help them too!!
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You have inspired these ladies, that's to be sure!! :applesauce:

They have reproduced your designs well! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Beautiful card for your niece Mabel and your students have done a brilliant job of sewing your designs :applesauce:
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