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Thank you :oops: my hubby has declared him his favourite :lol:
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And we can see why. It really is a stunning piece Jilly.
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Wonderfully done - he seems so tiny compared to the rest of the piece! :applesauce: :applesauce:
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It's really beautiful, Jilly! :applesauce:
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Great Work :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: Saved the best for last - he just completes it
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Absolutly fabulous!!!!!!!!!

I love the background on its own but the Kingfisher is wonderful.
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Jilly, I must say I was getting impatient ( :lol: :lol: ) but it was well worth the waiting! It's wonderful! I just love this piece! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
And celebration: :dance: :dance: :dance:

How will you frame it?
And what next? :lol:
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Jilly, this is absolutely gorgeous, well done :applesauce:
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Beautiful and well done the kingfisher is fab and so much detail Congratulations on finishing him and well done again .................
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Awesome job!! I love the colors! :applesauce: :applesauce:

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It's beautiful, well done :applesauce:
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Amazing! And you hadn't mis-counted either!! he fits Perfectly! :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:

:wub: love it!
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I had to frog on his beak, it was all squashed, straddled, and fractional stitches, a total nightmare, forget 'one over two down' type counting, it was like doing an Irish jig with the needle :roll: I ended up 1/2 stitch too short :lol:
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Well, it doesn't show, it looks perfect. Sorry, though, that you had to worry about it. I hope you feel good about it now!!!!! :lol: :lol: :lol: Because it is absolutely wonderful. (Oh, my, why am I so green? :shock: )
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WOW, WOW, WOW. Well done Jilly, this is a wonderful peice. :applesauce: :applesauce: :applesauce:
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Jilly you can't tell that anything went wrong with it, it looks wonderful!
You obviously made a fabulous job of sorting it!
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I just zapped the frog with my lazer like needle and put it right, I started with his beak as I knew I might go wrong, it all frogged out fine, no harm done :D
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Fabulous Jilly, just love it.
I found a biscornu freebie on line, four frogs. I'm going to stitch it and stick pins in them. :lol: :lol:
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mauveme wrote:Fabulous Jilly, just love it.
I found a biscornu freebie on line, four frogs. I'm going to stitch it and stick pins in them. :lol: :lol:
Oh where?? I have a Need to do a frog for a friend!! she just loves them!!
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mauveme wrote:Fabulous Jilly, just love it.
I found a biscornu freebie on line, four frogs. I'm going to stitch it and stick pins in them. :lol: :lol:
:lol: :lol: :applesauce: :lol: :lol:
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