More Framing, Pt 1

I thought I'd share some more framing (not all, I think I forgot to take pictures of Ferret Knot and Celtic Christmas, though I'll get there, too), because I have a lot of pictures, I'll break it up into a couple of posts...

First up is Tapestry by Ink Circles.   Nick actually framed it using two frames - the inner is like a mat, which is pretty cool!

Next up is Immaculate Heart by Ink Circles, which is probably one of my very favorite pieces of all time.   Because it feels so medieval to me, I wanted a really heavy frame, which is what I got!  It has that hand-scraped, irregular feel to it, which is absolutely perfect.

This first pic is a little washed out - it was hard taking pictures because it was pretty late/dark.

Next is a Commemorative Needleroll by Chatelaine Designs.
Martina came to visit Houston in 2005, and it was really interesting meeting her at Jo's (formerly of Dinky Dyes) house.   I finished this in 2005, but I redid the initials in 2014.   Right now it's my only finished Chatelaine, but I love it.

Fish Days Happy Dance!

So I did it, I finally finished Fish Days.
I hate this design, I really really do. It's perfect! It's cute!!! XY&Z will loooooooove it. Bite me. Real hard. I hated this design so bad that I did two of them. Yeah, I do have a masochistic personality, why do you ask?

I saw it in my LNS's "new releases" file and bought it. Because it is kinda cute, especially if you love fishing (or know anglers). It came out just after I caught my 12 lb bass and I thought it would be a perfect gift for the people who made that possible. And it is, and it's worth the utter pain that I went through to stitch it. But then I thought I should have one too.

But I'm not so much HAPPY dancing as I am RELIEF dancing. It's done. NEVER again.
And when you see it, you'll say WTF, Suz? That's an easy primitivish design. And I will scream, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE PAIN. For whatever reason that border nearly killed me. Stop laughing. I can do a TW border all day long with no troubles, but this simple border NEARLY KILLED ME.

Fish Days by Bush Mountain Design.

So here's my Relief-Dance !! (mine, because I'm selfish and pain should always be rewarded)