650 Hours later

It is done.
Ella took it home and completed the extra outlines, added a few French knots and tied in some ends.

From January 8 where Valerie took the first stitch.

To June 27 2013 when Ella proclaimed it complete.

Caithness Textile Artists and some visitors have achieved an amazing piece of work.

The group were very privileged to take part in the Great Tapestry of Scotland.
It was an immense challenge learning about the History of Caithness in 1851, the Embroidery and also more about each other in the group. Ella, Celia and Dorothy had not done much embroidery before the project but are now very capable and will be incorporating it into their future crafting. Louise, Valerie, Shirley, Catherine and Joan had all done embroidery before but all learnt new stitches and stepped up their creativity.

The unseen part of the tapestry was the hours spent researching the history of the panel. Our panel had spaces around that had been left to us to fill. It was very important to the group to fill them with pertinent historically accurate scenes of Caithness and its people in that time.  As a group we are most certainly inspired by this County of Caithness up on the Far North of Scotland.

The Great Tapestry of Scotland will be displayed 3-22 September 2013 in the Scottish Parliament. I hope you all manage to go along to visit it and you too can point out our 'Hairy Brotag' and you know all the names of the characters we have gotten to love stitching.

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