Teresa Wentzler's Trade WindThis is why I have not been blogging this week. I have been working on this cross stitch since mid 2002, and I was determined not to spend another year avoiding it. It has been a huge challenge. Not only is it a complicated and enormous piece, but Joshua cut a hole in it a little over a year ago. You can still see some of the damage he did, outside the border near the righthand mermaid's tail. So as well as simply finishing it, I had to figure out how to repair a hole in order to finish the stitching. I did better than I thought I would.
I have stitched this for my husband. Yesterday, just after I added the final beads, he admitted he'd never thought I would finish it! Doubting Thomas! Truthfully, though, I wasn't sure I would either.
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Wow! It is gorgeous and would look stunning on the deep blue wall in our bedroom. ;)
I bet you are proud, proud, proud of it. The repair looks great and I bet if it is matted creatively you won't even be able to tell!!
I bet your hubby is proud too!
I love it. So much work! And you can't even tell it's been through the wars (great repair job).
Wooooohoooo!!!!!!! It looks fantastic!
So what will you start for your new piece in 2007?
AWESOME finish! Congratulations!
Woohoo! Congratulations on the finish! It's beautiful! And great job on the repair and good for you for perservering through it.
Looks great! Congrats on the finish :)
Wow, what a lot of work! Such detail!
That's stunning, Emma. Congratulations on such a significant finish.
It looks great Emma!!! Now hopefully I'll get a couple of major finishes this year after I finish my leftover obligation from last year
Oh.my.goodness it is just gorgeous. So beautiful, well done for finishing!
Thanks everyone :)
Wow...unreal Emma! Congrats on finishing it off :)
That is stunning!!!
Congratulations Emma - it looks fabulous!!!!
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