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Merewyn1066 — Cross Stitched faerie
Published: 2013-04-16 20:48:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 1188; Favourites: 26; Downloads: 5
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I realized the other day that I have no pictures of this piece I did. So here's one. Sorry for the reflection in the glass, I'm not really interested in spending the time with GIMP to get it out. Its a poor picture but it'll do the job.I finished this a few years ago, it is by far my favorite finished piece at this time. The pattern was by Mirabilia, it was done on 36 count fabric over 2 threads. I just adore how the beads and metallic threads all came together. It took me months of work (less than a year, I remember that much) and for once in my life I didn't give my work away. That terrible habit I'm slowly breaking myself of.
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Oh wow! That is beautiful. So many tiny beads everywhere!
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So many hundreds of teeny tiny beads... I think it just about drove me crazy putting them all on one by one. Thanks!
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Beautiful work! With the metallic threads and beads I thought it was made by joan elliott, but you've helped me discover a new site with loads of awesome cross stitch designs on - never heard of Mirabilia before.
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Thank you! Their designs are FABULOUS. The charts are so easy to read. They do tend to come in one, huge sheet of paper but I just run them down to the local copy shop and get it printed onto a couple of standard pages to make for an easy working copy.
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Yeah I saw the website after I replied to you and the stuff there really does look beautiful. So how big is big anyway? Like A3 or what?
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They vary. I pulled a couple out of my file box to check for you. 14 1/2in by 16 1/2in on both sides, 14 1/2in by 15 1/4in both sides, 16in by 18in both sides. All pretty non-standard and no 2 patterns the same it seems.
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She's beautiful. I love all the bead work. And I have the same bad habit of giving my finished projects away.
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Thanks, I'm glad you like her! I'm also glad I'm not the only nutjob out there that gives away hundreds of hours of handwork....
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Oh, wow, thanks! And thanks for letting me know so I could go take a peek!
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Thanks! I have a few more finished and framed pieces around my house, I'll get around to getting some pictures eventually.
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I don't know if I would have the attention span for that
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Ooooo, it looks great! Cross Stitch would be an interesting hobby for me to pick up (one day when I don't have a thousand more things I need to do.)
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I LOVE cross stitch. Well, all embroidery really. Its my stress relief. Sit, toss a movie or tv series on and I'll stitch for hours on end.
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That's what I do with knitting. 
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