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The third class from the ANG 2024 Seminar in Kansas City, MO was Treasures of the Great Lakes by Dawn Donnelly.

I want to finish this piece before heading to the National Academy of Needlearts in mid-March, where I am taking 2 classes.

The eyelets, for bubbles in the waters edge (top), were tricky because the thread carry couldn’t pass behind an open hole. I did finally get the swing of it. I can’t see much of a difference between the #8 (towards the bottom) and #12 threads (towards the top), but I am happy, especially  with my random placement.

The Pulled Stepped Backstitch for the bubbles on the sand (bottom) was more difficult, probably because the areas were so small, and it has to follow a pattern going 2 different directions. Again, the thread can’t pass behind the holes.