Queenie Took a Bath.

As I predicted on Saturday. Queenie is now finished. What a wonderful feeling. She has taken a while. I started her back in August of 2017. So You'll forgive me if it takes a while to get to the completed image. I had managed to look after her well over the years and I couldn't see any dirty marks on her fabric, but I still opted to give her a bath.

Then I wrapped her up in a fluffy towel.

After a few hours of being wrapped in her towel, it was time to press her.

The best way to do that is to get another nice dry fluffy towel and lay her face down.

I know, poor Queenie.

But laying her face down means that the fluffy towel will protect all those lovely beads I stitched on and the other stitches will remain nice and plump and not get crushed.

Here you are, a closer look at some of those hundreds of beads I had to sew on.

Doesn't she have such a serene look on her face.

Usually I'm unhappy with faces, I never seem to do them justice, but this one is lovely.

And as I showed the bare hems of her skirts last time, here is a peep at it now, with more beads.

And finally the big

TADA!!

Spring Queen, designed by Mirabilia and stitched by Loulee.

Started August 2017 and completed October 2020.

I'm unsure yet how she will be displayed. I do have patterns for her three sisters and at one time thought I might make a quilted wall hanging with them. But if they all take as long as Spring.....

When I know, you'll know.

Meanwhile.

A finish means a start right?

And here he is, my next cross stitch project.

Some of you may feel that you have seen this chap on my blog previously.

And you're correct. I stitched a miniature version of him along with 5 others as Christmas ornaments. You can see them here. I refurbished them in 2017 as I wasn't happy with my original finish. 

This one will be a bit bigger than those ornaments and has a lot more detail!

I didn't make a start yet, instead I got on with the 'other' project I mentioned. It's rather nice to work on after all that fiddling with beads.

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Belle didn't join me on my armchair the other day, preferring to keep an eye on me from the back of the sofa, only moving when I went into the kitchen to make a cuppa.

It was a cooler day, so I had kept the door closed, to keep the sitting room warm.

I heard a noise as I was filling the kettle and turned around to see this.

She really didn't want to be left alone in the sitting room.

But soon settled back onto the sofa once I was reinstalled back into my sewing chair!!

I have to vacuum that spot on the sofa more often than I do the floor! It gets a good coating of white fluff. 

Well that's my happy news.

Now I'm off to catch up with your blogs, and see what you have all been up to.