Friday 30 December 2022

Ruby cross stitch portrait finished

After more than 2 years, DB has finally finished this:


The stitching itself is A4 size but obviously in a larger frame. He thinks this will be the last such work undertaken as he is finding it hard on his eyes, despite glasses and magnifying glasses on top of those.

There are still two more granddogs to do but they will miss out unless he can combine them onto an A5 size. He fancies doing a family history version next as that will be a bit more simple.

Obviously Springers don't have ginger colouring but she was just a few months old, and still had lighter brown spots than now. It was a very sunny area (indeed we got very hot just trying to take a decent shot) and her fur glowed this colour - hey ho!

10 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness, that looks so complicated and detailed - well done to your Husband

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    1. He is so patient, I certainly couldn’t do it.

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  2. That is absolutely gorgeous, and what a lovely record your beautiful girl when she was a bit younger. Well done DB.

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    1. They are all lovely and will be wonderful to look back on.

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  3. Love it! A true labour of love :-)

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    1. Indeed it is. Both he, his dad and his auntie all did/do this.

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  4. Brilliant! That looks more like a photograph than a cross-stitch, it's so detailed. To my eyes. the colour looks accurate, depicting the shiny, silky fur of a Springer in full sunshine. What a wonderful heirloom.

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    1. Ruby is nearly 5 so has changed a lot but she was very shiny in that picture.

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  5. It is absolutely wonderful and I am full of admiration for such fine work. xx

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  6. That is beautiful. I can't imagine what it looks like in person.

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