Passion Flower Angel p. 7 --Finished Oct 17

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Passion Flower Angel p. 7 --Finished Oct 17

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I thought I would start a new topic for this year's projects. First off I would like to show you some beautiful threads that I recently won from Victorian Motto Sampler Shoppe 12 Days of Christmas Giveaway!! They are so pretty and 12 skeins of 20 yards each!!! I'm still overwhelmed!!!
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Next is a SAL from Tempting Tangles that I started just before Christmas--it is still open for new people to join and there are 16 total parts to it--9 have been released already. Cost is minimal, I think it's $7 or less--I'm subbing in a lot of colors to make it different
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And last, for now, is a mystery one--can anyone guess what it is??? It's a kit that my sister gave me for Christmas, but of course I decided to change the fabric lol

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WOW love those thread Karen, such a lovely sheen on them too. Your 2 current projects are lovely and I look forward to seeing more updates of them.

As for # 2 is it a child praying?
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Delicious threads!! :drool: What luck getting those!! :applesauce:

Look forward to seeing your 2017 projects progressing. I like the Tempting Tangles particularly. 8)
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What a great prize.. They are beautiful. Looking forward to seeing updates on your projects.
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Great start for 2017! Will be fun watching the SAL develop and can't wait to see you using those gorgeous threads!
I had the same thought as Sally that the mystery piece is a child praying or maybe stitching. The face is beautiful!

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Isn't it wonderful when you get a prize the threads are lovely :whoop:

Great starts on your 2017 projects, I can see a pretty little girl maybe picking flowers? :applesauce:
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Wow, those threads are lovely :whoop: ... and lovely new projects for this new year! :applesauce:
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Love the threads, think I have thread envy! Beautiful work, looking forward to seeing these grow. :D
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Good guesses on the mystery one, it is in fact a little girl angel with flowers!!! It's Dimensions Passion Flower Angel, meant to be stitched on 14 count cream color aida but I switched that out for a hand dyed 18 count grayish marbled aida. Here is what the kit picture of her looks like Image
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Wow, such a pretty little angel! :wub: I have this in my wishlist! :)
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Congrats on winning & I love the colours of the threads you got. What a beautiful picture that will make of the little girl. A wonderful thing to stitch. :)
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Congratulations on winning those deliciously beautiful threads.

That angel is so sweet. I love the Dimensions projects. This one is especially special with how they've used the thread to create a look of curls in her hair. I can't wait to see more updates.
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Oh what a gorgeous picture that is and its going to look even more beautiful on the fabric you have chose Karen. :whoop:
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Beautiful little girl to stitch, and oh my look at those gorgeous fibers!!!!!
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Thanks for all of the very nice comments!! I'll be back to working on both of these again soon.
I have been working on a couple of designs from Blackbird Designs that is in a booklet called A Stitcher's Journal. This is a wonderful booklet that I was fortunate enough to borrow from The Lending Library on facebook.
First is Leland's Needlebook--stitched on a hand dyed 36 count linen and subbing in nearly all of the original threads--most of which I used are Victorian Motto's threads!
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The second one is called Birds and Berries pinkeep using 32 count linen from Victorian Motto and subbing in various threads from my stash
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Both of these will likely be finished as small pillows in the (hopefully) near future.
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They are both lovely :wub: :wub:
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They are both delightful :applesauce: :applesauce:
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:wub: :wub: I love both, especially the first one.
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:applesauce: :applesauce: Those are both so pretty and delicate. Love them!

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Both of these pieces are so beautiful. They will look lovely made into pillows. I can imagine these pillows sitting on a soft couch in a cottage out in the country...or maybe that's just my wishful thinking because that's where I would love to be.
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