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Cathy’s Show & Tell

November 19th, 2007 by Jill Hall

We had a pile of riches at this show & tell. First up is some of Cathy’s work. She made the coif in three weeks for a competition. She freely admitted she wasn’t working at the time, which really frees up a chunk of time for fiber play. And yes, she did win the competition.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some gloves with blackwork embroidered gauntlets. I thought they were beautiful, and finely executed. Then I turned them over and around to look more closely –

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and realized the patterns lined up perfectly. Nice detail.

 

 

It’s going to take me weeks to post and write about all the beautiful items everyone brought to share. I love show & tell day.

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