After 6 years....
...she's DONE! This is "Family Treasure III" by Marilyn Leavitt-Imblum/Told in a Garden. I started it in 2015, and finished it this past Sunday (3/28). I made a few changes (as always):
- I added white seed beads in the outer border, and I replaced some of the "flowers" with beads as well (pink, purple, blue, and gold).
- There were many hearts in this pattern. I don't love hearts, especially not the very 1980s-styled ones here. So I replaced many of them...
...with lazy daisies...
...and with Rhodes hearts and eyelets.
The more I look at this, the more I see that I scattered beads all over the place. There were just so many places that were perfect for a little bit of sparkle and bling.
Mill Hill petites for "bees," and a little glass flower bead that just fit perfectly below.
I've already dropped the piece off at the frame shop, because at over 2 feet long, I just don't have a good place to store this! And after 6 years on a scroll frame, it deserves to be on display ASAP.
4 comments:
That is beautiful heirloom piece. Looking forward to seeing it framed.
Congratulations on your finish.
Huge congratulations on finishing a long-time WIP. You must be really pleased to have not only completed it but to have already handed it to a framer. Looking forward to seeing what the completely finished piece looks like. :)
Congratulations on the Happy Dance for this amazing project! It's lovely to see the close-up photos too. Well done on getting it to the framer so quickly too. I can't wait for mine to reopen!
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