RE: Firehouse Angel in Flight

Sorry -- me again. I forgot to tell you all about my TOTAL screwup as regards the Angel!!! I NEVER DID THE BACKSTITCHING AROUND THE HANDS! I stitched the hands and then did the beading and then added the Wisper to the wings and kept thinking something was wrong with the hands. I couldn't for the life of me figure out what was wrong with them because they just didn't look quite right. I had re-graphed the hands to do them over one and didn't put the back stitching lines on my hand drawn chart. It never once dawned on me to took at the original chart. I DID look at the photo of the model at TIAG.com and it looked about the way our Angel looked. I just scratched my head, washed the pieced, laced and pinned it to the foam core and took her in to be framed. Once I got the piece back, I remember thinking that MLI *really* should have used backstitching on the hands. I, of course, assumed I had done the hands EXACTLY as shown in the chart, just one over one. Well DUH -- I got out the ratty old marked up, signed chart to put in the sleeve with the text about the Angel that I mounted on the back. I had to re-fold it to fit and what do I see but BACKSTITCHING lines around the hands!! I nearly dropped the piece on the ground. First thing that came to mind was "How can I get the piece out of the frame and add the back stitching?" Obviously, THAT didn't happen so she has been sent off with her lovely but a bit pale looking hands. VBS -- THIS is what I get for being so anal -- I forget all sorts of important (#$(*$&^ stuff. So apologies to everyone. VBS -- I can not believe I did this but, well, I did!!! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

PAX, Tia Mary >^;;^< (RCTQ Queen of Kitties) Angels can't show their wings on earth but nothing was ever said about their whiskers! Visit my Photo albums at

Lucille

I'm so glad she's on her way. And I'm glad that you got that latte -- you deserved far more for all your hard work, but at least you got that, and the satisfaction of a job well done.

I just sat here and roared. What a great way to start the afternoon.

Grabbed the new picture and will post her on the site. I'll leave the site up awhile. No big deal. I could leave it up forever.

Dianne

She is exquisite!! Very big claps for ALL involved. You should all stand up at once and take a bow!!

What are the words on the plaque?

mag

In commemoration of the honor, selflessness and devotion to their fellow man as events unfolded in New York City on September 11, 2001.

With kind hearts and loving hands: the participants of the Usenet group rec.crafts.textiles.needlework (RCTN)

Thank you Dianne, the words are lovely, I am choking back tears.

mag

You can see all of this unfold by going to:

Or to quote my mother and grandmother....''twill never be noticed on a galloping horse."

Yep. That's about what my mother used to say: "a man on a galloping horse couldn't tell the difference."

Elizabeth

Where I grew up in the North of England, it was "A blind man on a galloping horse will never notice that".

Olwyn Mary in New Orelans.

Perhaps my mother and grandmother meant "from" a galloping horse...

In the SOUTH of England it`s "A blind man would be glad to see it!"

Pat P

Tia Mary said

hehehehe -- apparently you and I have some Amish blood in us. I've heard that they purposely do something wrong when they make a quilt so as not to offend the diety with perfection.

Do they do that too? I know that Muslims do.

One other point - if it`s done on purpose - how can it be "wrong"? ;-)

Pat P

I had always heard that American Indians do that too when they are weaving a rug or something, not to offend but as a reminder that no one on earth is perfect.

Carolyn

anne wrote:

It`s a very USEFUL concept, whoever thought of it! The original "Making a virtue out of necessity?"

Pat P