Dang you're good! Your threadwork in 'Garden of Threads' is great and I love that it looks like vines attached to a trellis in the garden. Your binding choice was right on and the piece has nice lower left to upper right motion, too...not easy in a seemingly random arrangement. What size is it?
I'd love to know some of the techniques you used for 'Esmeralda' if you'd care to share. Bubble wrap to print the red dots maybe? Her face is wonderful...so innocent...and her hat is to die for! Well done, both of them. Very impressive.