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UFO finished!

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I hope this photo upload works... I managed to get a 12 year UFO of the Isle of Lewis Callanish stone circle finished this summer, it needs an iron and I'm not an expert stitcher so it's not expertly done! I meant to post this a while ago, life has managed to get in the way but I've just returned from a trip to England with a load of threads, fabric and projects to while away the winter months.

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Darn... didn't work, I'll keep trying!

Update on the umpteenth edit - hurrah! I think I've cracked it!
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Bet it looks great, I look forward to seeing it! :D
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Can anyone see that now? I'm using the Mac, I'm more familiar with my desktop which is gravely ill...
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Can't see it, but congratulations on finishing such a long-standing UFO :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: !
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I can see it & it looks great. Well done. Look forward to seeing your new acquisitions on here when started :applesauce: :D
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I can see it now! We visited the stones the summer before last, very impressive.
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Looks gorgeous.

Would like to see them, but on the two occasions I've been north of the border I was made to feel so welcome as a 'Bluidy Englishman', it'll never happen. Had I been made to feel that welcome for myself as a person as opposed to a member of a nation, I'd have been happy to return, only to somewhere else. (As an aside, my welcome made me very pro Scottish Independence and I was furious I didn't have a vote)

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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: fantastic finish!!
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I can see it and I love it! What a neat project. Way to go on finished it.
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:applesauce: Grats on the finish! :applesauce: It is lovely. :)
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I can see and it and it's a great finish!!! Congrats!!!
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Thank you everyone, that is really encouraging as it's the most complicated pattern I've ever followed! I found a very nice frame for it for £2 at a charity shop, I was very pleased with that find.

Richard, that is so awful to hear of your experiences in Scotland, that is totally unacceptable but I would like to say that in my experience it is not representative of the Scots overall. I've not had any negative experiences on my many visits to Scotland, so I hope that some day you will decide to go to see Callanish. It is amazing, as are many of the other ancient sites on the island, and I found the people to be lovely.
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That's a nice finish. I hope to visit Scotland one day, and this picture makes me want to visit even more. Thanks for sharing a picture of your finish.
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It's lovely and congratulations on the finish! Please post a pic once it's framed. :applesauce:
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:applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: Well Done on getting it finished. It is beautifully stitched and is going to look lovely in the frame you have bought I am sure. A lovely memory of for you. :D
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Lovely finish. :applesauce:

@Richard: I'm sorry your experience was so negative. There are stupid people no matter where you go, I guess. Should you ever venture north to the Hebrides, remember that, to them, everyone on the mainland is in the same boat -- we're all Sassenachs! :lol: :doh:
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Serinde, you're spot on about the Hebrideans - lovely people, but they didn't seem to share any sense of nation with my husband who is from Scotland's North East! :D
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Lovely picture, and well done on completing such a long-standing UFO!

I have to say I've always found the Scots very pleasant, sounds like you were unlucky Richard.
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Congratulations on a lovely finish!!! We didn't get to Scotland on my trip to the UK, but it is most definitely on the agenda for my :x: next voyage across the big pond! I would love to see this stone circle. Loved Stonehenge and Amsbury. Fascinating, mystical and more awesome in person than I imagined.

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That is such a unique design and it looks lovely! Can't wait to see it framed!

Great job!
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