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| Project Notes |
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| SHIMMERING MERMAID |
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| This design by Nora Corbett's was released in July 2003 and features this shimmering, dreaming beauty with gleaming lock and key attached by a golden chain. She floats on the linen and carries her compass by a beaded cord. - $12.00 Click on the picture for a detailed view and use your browser <back> button to return to this page. |
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| Finished & Framed!! |
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| Status - 10/16/04 |
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| Here she is finished and framed. I had to rush at the end because I wanted her to be displayed at our local EGA's Needle Artistry Show that began on October 16th. I made two decisions, not to do the stitched frame around her and to make a small modification to the compass. Only the North point is emphasised with the gold arrow. This worked well as the compass is lighter and less dominant. As you can see she won the 'People's Choice' Award at the show. Now I just have to decide what to do as my next 'large' project!!!! |
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| Click on the picture to see a larger version. Click on the image below for a close up view. |
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| I hope that you had not been waiting with bated breath for an update. My apologies that it has taken so long but now you can see that I have made some progress. In fact I now have a goal, which is to finish her by September. She is looking fabulous (Click on the image to see a bigger version). I have also realized that every diamond in her skirt is actually a different combination of colors and threads. I am having second thought s about having changed the colors in her tail but I will persevere. It may make her seem even more ethereal. Hopefully next time I update her I will have begun to add the beads. |
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| Time taken to date: Approx. 200-250 hours (includes undoing 1.5 hours work) |
| I am stitching her on the 32-count Blue Dynasty hand-dyed linen from Silkweaver fabrics designed for the Lavender & Lace "Angel of Healing". As well as beautifully representing the sky for the Angel, I felt that this could equally be the foaming blue ocean. I may have to change some of the colors in her tail as these are very close to the color of the fabric. |