Pam
How interesting.
Hardanger and filet lacis use some filling stitches in common. The Swedish embroidery called naversom starts out by withdrawing threads and then doing pulled stitches ( faggot and reverse faggot) and darning stitch. The darning stitch is also used in Hardanger and filet. Everything mates with everything else and we end up with all these fascinating hybrids proliferating all over the place. One could never get bored.

Pam
The hummingbird box is beautiful. I think I see some Hardanger motifs in the Catherine Agnes sampler?

Hi Pam. Thank you for your kind comments. Appreciation of a piece of embroidery by another stitcher is particularly meaningful to me as a fellow stitcher knows the work involved in producing the piece. --Nancy

Exhibition? Is it open to the public? Why don't you add it to the What's on Where group so every one knows about it (you will have to join that group and then add it to September).

Pam --

I just love the Bargello card. Would you be able to chart it so it could be our next Bargello challenge?

If you don't feel comfortable doing that, email me (napapneedlepoint@gmail.com) and I can do it.

I just love it and would love to see what people did with different colors and threads on it.

Keep stitching,
Janet

Hi Pam
I have just finished Bouquet from the Heart of Japan, and I'll try to post some photos to Flickr within the next few days (that is assuming I can work out how to do it!)
Elizabeth

Hey, Pam, the Susan Stevens book is available from maryelvis@sbcglobal.net. I have to find Audrey's email for you but can't locate it right now. Will work on it later this pm. Anne

Hi Pam.
I have just recently joined the JE group here and am trying to catch up with everyone.
I have been doing japanese embroidery in Australia for about a year and a half now and am currently working on Phase IV Embroidery Sculpture.
I see that you are working on Bouquet - it is a beautiful piece.
Bouquet was my first piece and although I felt very daunted when I first started, I felt a real sense of accomplishment when it was finished - I was surprised I could actually do it.
I found it quite difficult as I had very little previous embroidery experience - there were parts I really struggled with, but just loved the challenge and the end result was worth it.
I will be taking some photos of my finished pieces soon, so hope these could help encourage you.
Cheers, Iris

Hi Pam, I am also studying JE, I am now on Phase IV but still have Phase III to finish. I have not done Boquet, I did Hanayama for Phase I. I some times feel, I would like to do a practice piece before the phase piece so that the phase piece will be better, but that is daft, I know :-)