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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:27 AM
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    Default not quilting but stuning embroidery....
    The lady who did these is 80 and she was the lady who started me on the path to needlework....
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:29 AM
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    goregopus!!!!
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:44 AM
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    wow..her love of needlework sure shines in these pieces! Thanks for sharing, they are great inspiration for sure!
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:48 AM
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    They are beautiful. They are hand worked correct? I always wanted to do a bedspread with this kind of needlwork and beading. Again very pretty
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:52 AM
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    Oh my goodness! Those are delightful.
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:53 AM
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    beautiful work
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    Old 03-30-2012, 10:53 AM
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    Wow, she is talented.
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    Old 03-30-2012, 11:11 AM
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    Georgeous! That is a lot of beautiful and talented work.
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    Old 03-30-2012, 11:19 AM
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    Beautiful work! Thank you so much for thinking of us and putting up pictures of it. Just breathtaking.
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    Stunning! And perhaps her ancestors were ones who worked on the clothing of His/Her Majesty and palace hangings.

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