Gift for Trev's Mum's 88th birthday a tea towels of King Henry and a g...

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014 ( edited Oct 01'14 02:14 )

Gift for Trev's Mum's 88th birthday a tea towels of King Henry and a gift for Ros my sister in law who is putting us up. Love Chris

King Henry is from Brother - he has over 48,000 stitches and took over an hour and a half to sew out (5x7 hoop) and the Sweet Peas were over 38,000 (also 5x7 hoop) took 80 minutes. They come from Aljay designs.

I had both machines going at the same time to save on time! Love Chris

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by lidiad 30 Sep 2014

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Wow, such beautiful designs! King Henry is impressive, with fantastic colours, and love the cup with the scented pea flowers.
Hugs, Lidia

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks Lidia, yes, he is marvellous. I chose him because Mum has actually done a design like this in hand work with cross-stitch and petit point. Love Chris

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by marfa 30 Sep 2014

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Very nice and well done

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks very much, love Chris

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by jeanfoz 30 Sep 2014

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Wow......love those pansies, xx

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

The flowers are actually Sweet Peas - I put the wrong words in and have just edited the post, love Chris

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by mops 30 Sep 2014

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Henry VIII looks regal and the pansies are adorable. It may have taken a long time but both turned out very beautiful. Nice work, Chris!

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

I actually originally said they were Pansies, but they are actually Sweet Peas! Sorry, but thanks for the comments, love Chris

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by sewilso 30 Sep 2014

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Beautiful stitchouts!

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks so much, double thickness stabiliser too. Love Chris

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by basketkase 30 Sep 2014

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Inredible stitchouts, Chris.........

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks Vicki, high praise from you indeed, thank you once again. Love Chris

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by decojo 30 Sep 2014

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Beautiful gifts - great job!

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thank you very much Jo, love Chris

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by graceandham 30 Sep 2014

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King Henry VIII is magnificent. Congratulations. Now make one for you; don't wait till 88.

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thank you for the compliment, but I don't understand the 88 reference, sorry. Love Chris

by marianb 01 Oct 2014

I think she means don't wait until your 88

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by elemausi 30 Sep 2014

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Beautiful, like both, but they are to nice to use.

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

I don't think Mum or Ros will use them, but put them up on display. Love Chris

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by dragonflyer 30 Sep 2014

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Gorgeous, Chris! Have a wonderful time at the birthday celebration...

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks Kim, 88 is a pretty good age and she has all her faculties. Just a few eye issues. Love Chris

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by marianb 30 Sep 2014

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King Henry is glorious can see why it takes so long to sew, nice sweet peas. Have fun at the party.. Marian

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks so much Marian. I hope Mum enjoys all of us being there. It will take about 5 hours to drive down to Canberra/ Lovely drive if the weather is good. Love Chris

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by brittsgran 30 Sep 2014

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Great detail on King Henry.. beautiful job on both stitch outs!

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Thanks so much and if I haven't welcomed you to this great site - a big Aussie welcome from me. Love Chris

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by michemb 30 Sep 2014

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just lovely Chris, the stitch out is cvery nice
hugs
Michelle

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by pennifold 30 Sep 2014

Hi Michelle, I was thrilled with it. Only had one needle break on King Henry (going through a thick area) and one on the Sweet Peas as the thread got caught around the base of the spool. Love Chris

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by designgirl 30 Sep 2014

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Beautiful designs. Happy Birthday to Trev's Mom.

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by pennifold 01 Oct 2014

Hi Lynne, we gave her the towel this afternoon (we are in Canberra as I write this) and she loved it. Showed me her beautiful hand done one too of course. Love Chris

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