Monday, March 13, 2017

Waterlily - update #3 - finished!

Well, that was faster than I expected. Once I got close to a finish, I had to keep going... and since beading is my favorite part of any project, I couldn't stop. :)




She's stitched on Belfast linen from Crafty Kitten, in the color Buttercup. Pretty much everything is as charted, except I used a different but very similar color of kreinik braid since I didn't have the exact one and I don't care about exact matches. :p

I actually had all the required MH beads except the bicones because the MH repacked crystals are a total ripoff. Instead, I have a nice stash of various colors of bicones purchased from Fire Mountain Gems, and these are the exact color of the MH repack, minus the AB coating which I hate anyway. AB coatings always look really cheesy to me - you can't even see the color of the crystal! Why put that extra coating on there anyway???

Haha, rant aside, I'll be going back to the Beautiful Sea Quaker SAL until I'm caught up again, and then I might start another easy project. Still don't have the mental oomph to handle a Chatelaine right now, especially one that's stitched on black...

13 comments:

  1. Wow, that was quick!
    Congratulations, she looks wonderful :)

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  2. Wonderful colours! Good luck with Quaker

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  3. She is beautiful! I love how those beads look like water droplets.
    I am loving my current Nora Fairy too.

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  4. She's beautiful! Glad you decided to keep going!

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  5. She is beautiful! Congratulations on a lovely finish.

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  6. Cute piece and great job on it.

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  7. She looks absolutely fantastic! What a superb finish.

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  8. Oh wow, she's gorgeous! Do you know how you're going to frame her?

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  9. She is really pretty. Thank you for sharing about the beads, it is really nice to know there are choices available. Love her colors.

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  10. She's very beautiful and such pretty colours. Well done on your finish. :)

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