Here she is in all her glory atop the wooden box I bought for her but not where she will be permanently displayed as it is too small.
Over 70 hours of stitching including 7 hours of unpicking.
The golden needle in place, not the one I used for the box, as that one was no longer gold!
I altered the pattern slightly to suit me, I am not into putting alphabets on stitcheries so I did the vines very close in pattern to the one on Jeannette's original box.
The fruit is also better in satin stitch rather than the cross stitch I had stitched in.
All done and dusted. She does look pretty good and that is without being stretched. I have decided on a wooden watch display box to use that will be plenty big enough. They seem to be available in all kinds of sizes on Amazon and I think it looks like a good alternative to the original box that isn't available in the UK. I don't think the photographs do the colours justice, it definitely looks better in real life!
Thank you Jeannette for a great pattern. I still have the accessories to do, but they can wait as I want to change onto some patchwork and quilting, of which, I am way behind.
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