Portrait of Ben-FMQ'd DONE!
 

I think I've got around 30 or 40 hours in this little 18" x 24" wall hanging..."Ben" is done totally in thread on a kind of mottled brown background using my DSM and both Isacord and Superior Magnifico poly threads.

Hope you like him!
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And here are some closeups of the background motifs I used. (There is a quarter in each pic to show scale.) All of the background motifs are based on a diagonal ½" diagonal grid. Some are pretty standard designs, some are my own originals (although I may very well not be the only person who ever thought of them).

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Wow! What kind of hard work. You have made a beauty. I can't imagine how you do this.

Amazing work! Only 30-40 hrs? It would take me that long to mark it!

All I can think of is WOWZER'S. That is really great work.

Unbelievable.............. you are amazing!! Love this thread painting. Stunning

I am speechless! WOW! Beautiful.

Wow wow wow what talent

Oh my goodness that is fantastic. amazing

Thanks :o. Actually I try to do as little marking as possible. Just marked a few guidelines for the mule head and then had to mark the 1/2 grid but not the designs inside the grid.

He is awesome. So is your quilting.

Your fan club president,
Deb