Finish: Mirabilia "At the Met" Egyptian Conversion

Here is my Egyptian conversion for At the Met by Mirabilia. All the details are below, I’ll try to be as clear as I can but I don’t always follow the pattern exactly :) Thanks for watching and enjoy!

Stitched on 32ct ‘Wren’ Blefast linen by Picture This Plus. Stitched 2 over 2, skin is stitched 1 over 1. Stitch count is 178w by 281h; roughly 11” by 17.5”. Started in January 2016, finished July 2016.

(All threads are DMC unless otherwise noted)
Original—Replacement
160—3865/712 blend
310—White; Anchor 403 used in hair
317—712; in the dangling strands I used DMC 4240
356—433
610—Dinky Dyes 106 Billabong (Could easily substitute with DMC 798)
754—436
758—435
782
814—816
900—606
917—915
938
948—437
970—892
975
3371
3712—Dinky Dyes 106 Billabong (Could easily substitute with DMC 798)
3778—434
3799—739
3805
3808—3799
3852
**In the sash at her waist, 814 & 917 are changed to 996; 3805 is changed to 519

Blend 758/3778—435/434

Caron Waterlilies
067—Dinky Dyes 108 Binda (Could easily substitute with DMC 911); on left shoulder I used PTB PH03
150—Waterlilies 177 Sapphire
163—Threadworx 11213 (Could easily use DMC 310 or Anchor 403)
207—Petite Treasure Braid PH01*; in the green blocks in the sash I used DMC 772

**On right arm there is a dangly strand that uses CWL 067 & 207, I used CWL 177 in its place

Kreinik #4 Braid 210—Petite Treasure Braid PH03*

*I used two different metallics because I had them on hand but it’s not necessary and you can just pick one and use it in both places I have.

Mill Hill Beads
0479
2010—2011; in the green blocks of sash, 42031 used there (petites used because I already had them, MH2031 is the same color in sz11)
2022—0557; in the green blocks of sash SB 1446 Sz 11 Silver Lined Green Emerald Round Japanese Seed Bead (from FusionBeads.com)(this is the same as Mill Hill 2055 I think)
2077
2087—2089
2096—3057
3004—SB2455 Sz 11 Opaque Cobalt AB Round Japanese Seed Beads (from FusionBeads.com) (I’m not sure if there is a similar Mill Hill, the pictures online aren’t clear enough to tell)

Mill Hill Treasures (Replacements from FusionBeads.com)
13026—PC 1107 Precoisa Crystal Bicone Blue Zircon 4mm, 6 beads
13063—PC1115 Precoisa Crystal Bicone Hyacinth 4mm, 6 beads
13073—PC1076 Precoisa Crystal Bicone Crystal AB 4mm, 3 beads

Backstitch:
Lips-816
Curls on Dress CWL 177
All other backstitch is as charted

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