For those that haven't seen this project before, this is my Save The Stitches blackwork sampler designed by Elizabeth Almond of Blackwork Journey.
All the blackwork is stitched, all the beads are added. Since then it has also been backed and sent off to the Quilt and Stitch Village to take part in the embroidery show! Unfortunately, I didn't get any photos other than this one, taken on my tablet. My camera had died by this point (this was last week) and so I just sent it off with the intention of taking pictures when I get to the show. Cue lots of worrying about whether it'll get lost/damaged/stolen/run over by a fork-lift truck/eaten by a herd of cows...
As you can see, it's very long, about 40" I seem to remember? I will take some more pictures when I get to the show and I'll measure it when I get it home and post about it again. I can't help strutting a bit about this one, it's almost a year's work!
You can go and see what the other participants have been up to here:
Avis at Sewing Beside the Sea
Claire at Claire93's blog
Gun at Rutigt
Kate at Tall Tales from Chiconia
Carole at A Slight Obsession with Books
Alison at Minerva Handmade
Jule at From the Boudoir
Elizabeth at Stitch 4 Therapy
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32 comments:
That is amazing! Congrats on such a beautiful finish :)
What a stunning piece of work. Congratulations on finishing it as it looks like a real labour of love and a piece you will cherish.
Wonderful, congratulations on this great finish. What an accomplishment.
Greetings,
Sylvia
Stunning work Wendy, a real masterpiece. I have been following your updates on this beautiful blackwork design and hope that later you will post more photos for us to appreciate better the enormous amount of intricate stitching that has gone into this amazing beauty. Hope you win some sort of pin, badge, prize, award, cheque, round-the-world cruise or somesuch at the show :-))
gorgeous! what a wonderful sense of acheivement ^^
Congratulations!!!! It´ s so beautiful! You should be proud!
Gun
I love this piece and hope to stitch it myself one day. Congrats on a beautiful finish!
Dear Wendy
Wow! It looks wonderful - no wonder you are proud. Many congratulations.
Best wishes
Ellie
Wendy, your Blackwork Sampler is beautiful!!!
Wow! That is so beautiful! I love blackwork, although I haven't done any for years - you may have just inspired me to put a blackwork project on my to-do list! xx
It's beautiful!
WOW that's not just a finish - that's a FINISH! It looks great - I can't wait to see the "finished project" pictures - I'm sure the cows wouldn't dare nibble, lol! Congratulations on sticking with it - I'm not sure I would have had the patience for that amount of teeny tiny work!
Wow! It's beautiful. I must stitch this design one day :-)
It's gorgeous! I can't believe how big it is. Great job! Fingers crossed that it does well at the show :D
Well done - imagine me frolicking around the house in sympathy. Not only finished, but looking great!
this is an outstanding piece of work.... are you very pleased with it.... I hope so... it's just gorgeous....
Hugz
Congratulations - it's beautiful. I know you must be experiencing a range of emotions - relief and satisfaction that it's done, but also a bit lost now that it's not sitting there, waiting for you. I took a couple of days to adjust to the fact I'd finished my last big piece, but then there's the excitement of starting something new, or the feeling you can do anything and picking up another WIP to power through. Well done.
After investing more than a year, you should strut a little. Your stitching is absolutely beautiful.
Wendy, I can't tell how pleased I am to see this finished. I've enjoyed watching it grow from the start to the finish. It's beautiful. Hope it does well at the show, and I can't wait to see the photos. Fantastic work
Wendy it looks amazing, a real work of art. Well done! Have you got a place in mind for it in your home?
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Congratulations Wendy! It looks amazing! beautiful stitching as always:-)
Congratulations! Stitching well done!
What a beautiful piece of embroidery! Simply stunning! :) x
I think I've probably said this before but I've loved this from the first time you showed us your first blocks. It is as stunning as I imagined it would be. You have truly created an heirloom piece.
Thanks so much for linking up to my new Stitchery Link Party!
What an accomplishment, it is an amazing design beautifully stitched. I'd be doing a happy dance too. Well done and o look forward to more photos
I have fallen WAY behind on reading blogs. I am SO glad you shared this with the Stitchery Link Party at Super Mom - No Cape! I remember when you first started on this one (and a frustration along the way?) It was always one of my favorite projects to check in on. It is gorgeous! And 40 inches?! You should be strutting with this one. How wonderful to know it is going to be in a show. Absolutely stunning work!
What a fantastic finish Wendy! I am sure that any passing cows/ fork lift truck drivers would be too stunned to do anything other than stand back and admire it :)
Beautiful! I've done a lot of patchwork, but never tried monochrome designs. Something else to try!
wow, that is fabulous! I have never seen such thing. well done Wendy!
It's magnificent Wendy. Very well done!
This looks spectacular. Amazing achievement!
WOW! it is awesome. Congrats!
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