Here are the last two WIP shots from last week. The first one was what I got done during the rest of the Wednesday that you last saw pictures on and the second is, I think, from the next day's work.
After that, I just pressed on to completion and didn't take any more photos until the whole piece was done! This afternoon, I stretched it in an 8" embroidery hoop after spraying with a clean water spray to wet the fabric. It dried beautifully taut and ready for framing.
Last, but not least, I put it into one of those Anchor Flexi Hoop Frames (which I'll be detailing the process of soon, alongside some regular framing as Sir and I are doing a few of my pieces on Sunday afternoons together) and here is the completed item ready to be given as a gift to a lovely Japanese lady who put us up in her Oxford home last winter. I promised to do an embroidery for her and I think she'll like this!
Do you?
So, that's my first Brazilian piece done. How do I feel about it? Well, I'm quite pleased with the finished results, but it was rather tricky to work some of it. I'm not sure if I really enjoyed it in the final analysis and I can't really see myself ever working the larger kit I own - although I am interested in doing some small sections of it. Jury's out on this one, I think!
