I was lucky enough to snag Lily (
Lilyvanilli on
Craftster) as a partner for this swap. She sent me an awesome package- which will feature in my next post (I have yet to take photos) but if you can't wait to see the amazing goods you can see them
here . Fellow
Craftsters take note- next
IYP be brave and ask someone you admire to swap with you- it is well worth it!
This is what she got from me in return:

ready for your close up?

Somewhat predictably it is based on an Angelique
Houtkamp image (well her artwork is amazing). So much fill stitching- I like how the shading on her dress turned out. Her hair is done in lines of satin stitch to add texture- you can't see that on the photo as it's black so you'll have to take my word for it.
I also made an embroidered handbag mirror - which I'll post pics of at a later date and these little extras;

Lily has been a great partner (as you'll see when I post photo's of the beautiful embroidery she sent me) and this has been a fun swap, and guess what the best thing about the swap is? It's not over because I was greedy and signed up with two partners! I'm also swapping with Amy from
SwellStitches (
Amyracinrose) so there are more of my crafts to post once she
receives (don't want to ruin the
surprise).
Thankyou Lily- it's been fun we should do it again some sometime!
Night all!
x