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by mops 01 Mar 2012 ( edited Mar 02'12 08:53 )
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Towels

An acquaintance asked me to embroider 3 towels for a grandnephew of hers. He was born in the year of the dragon under Aquarius and named after a Dutch river, the Maas. So there had to be a dragon, something river-like and his name. This is what I came up with. She did not like the dragons you Cuties mentioned, wanted a fierce one. I'm waiting for her to collect them and am curious what she'll think of them.

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Comments (19)
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
+5
The dragon is Husqvarna design 771-400702.
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by ansalu 01 Mar 2012
+5
The towel looks nice. Maybe I'm oldfashioned but I never would name my child after a city (even when I love Heidelberg so much), rivers, fruits or seasons. This has no history here in Germany and if you yell out "Wind come home we have lunch now" on the playground people would think you are crazy :o)
Greetings, Bettina
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
I found it a bit strange as a first name. Cities and rivers have been used as family names with Van (von) in front, like Rembrandt van Rijn (our way of spelling the river Rhein) to take a famous one.
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by louisecockeran 01 Mar 2012
+5
It is beautiful and the story around his birth and name is nice. Hugs Louise
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by marthie 01 Mar 2012
+5
Clever the way you done it. A farm close to us is called "Maastrich"
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Thanks!
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by marthie 01 Mar 2012
+5
I like your avatar. Good to put the face to the name
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by spendlove 01 Mar 2012
+5
He is a very handsome dragon - most suitable for St David's Day!
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Thanks, I like him, but had to remove a couple of awkwardly placed stitches once I'd tested him. I think I'm getting more and more finicky, just want designs to stitch out perfectly :(
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by oaro 01 Mar 2012
+5
love your design great job
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Thanks.
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by teun 01 Mar 2012
+3
Het design is heel mooi ook de naam ,maar niet zo voor een kind, maar ja, zo is het in nederland
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Dank je.
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by shirlener88 01 Mar 2012
+4
martine, it sure LQQKs nice, as all your projects do.
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by mops 01 Mar 2012
Thanks Shirlene!
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by devon 01 Mar 2012
+3
great job
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thanks.
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by justonlyme 01 Mar 2012
+3
My husband would LOVE that design, sans the name of course. I think you did a fantastic job of the lines under the dragon; it gives a very nice movement. Love your work!!!
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you. The request was rather unusual, the hardest thing was to 'marry' the unrelated elements into one design. I'm glad you like it!
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by ssampsel 02 Mar 2012
+3
brillant!
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by tippi 02 Mar 2012
+3
Very nice. I really like the fierce looking dragons.
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by lindalee757 02 Mar 2012
+3
Great job Martine! ~linda~
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by capoodle 02 Mar 2012
+2
It's wonderfully thought out.
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by diamondfowler 02 Mar 2012
+2
great work! He will love this gift
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by noah 02 Mar 2012
+2
EXCELLENT HE SHOWS UP WELL:):)
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by deegee 02 Mar 2012
+2
Excellent choice of designs. Looks great. Well done.
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you.
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by lidiad 02 Mar 2012
+1
It looks great! He will be thrilled! Hugs, Lidia
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by mops 02 Mar 2012
Thank you; he's a bit too young to appreciate it, but hopefully his parents will.