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LOL, @red-white-blue! I'm hoping that, once this one is done, it will be spectacular.

I'm sure it will. be. Every time I read about your shades I'm so inspired, but frustrated at the same time because of lack of time to start playing with fabric and beads myself.
Please chase me away from my screen, whahaha.

Well, here's the thing...I don't knit, crochet or make any other garments. When I was a kid, I loved doing embroidery. I can't even count the hours I spent doing that stuff. Now, I still have a fondness for it, but when I see the antique handmade textiles, I'm astonished by the beauty and lost art that would take me the rest of my life to learn. So now I simply honor that past at by re-purposing it into a beautiful but functional piece of art. Believe me, there a days when I wish I could sew my own wardrobe, so you are in a good place there!