Lovely Post and a Finsh

I received this in the post yesterday from Bridget in Austrailia (http://stitchety-grub.blogspot.com/). She has several ATC's on offer to swap and I chose two of my favourites.

I love these ATC's and spent ages admiring the tatting on them yesterday. They are so delicate and small, my admiration for anyone that does tatting has risen considerably. DS2 was so taken with them, he has asked if he can do his own ATC to send to her. I have to sort him out with some fabric and threads later and see what he comes up with.

I had a lovely afternoon stitching and I just had to stay up late and finish it. I couldn't leave half a fish and a star fish until today.

The shells were stitched using encroaching satin stitch and some of the threads have been blended to create shading. The satin stitch fish used the same technique across their backs.

This was an absolute joy to stitch. The shell in the centre was my favourite. The transfer for this was so clear, I am going to see if I can get a second image from it, and use part of the design for something else.