Jan handed over her applique picture of Glencoe for me to turn into two
Little Gems. After binding the first, I realised we needed a "before" picture, so here's a reconstruction -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMdDZP4mlJpQodU8v09VUbzq73FLas51zHBKkLrF0nqQbLewDXu93xd_njcggS640rviQ199DrFaTHkmjePsIU_gBUXxcb3WlNQwsD6nx0VvrRDZRQD7tcfgTYjkdWTOonKui5PA/s280/glencoeStart.jpg)
The first one was straightforward: cut and bind -
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkon73hB8f2tqysXE5YhMkM43oC5W19GfyBxXMUXugdPoe2QMDDVtstGmcL7P-Mn6Janpa2OhpgVtlKklXP7VBJVUAG5hKfpRSPT1XAd5ksNk6P-fpHKNy3TGLof0uH2VorDFHw/s280/glencoe.jpg)
But the part on the left needed "something more" - how about some fantastic flowers?
Vivian suggested using the salvaged beads, and adding some red binding to pick up the colour.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrGv_6EwZxqSRdgLpCjN7zdbfvAmbsebB_6iNF7g66sIPL8zMBloeIedyuVMGFAGL0i0kTBrJxU7zIhLGhQxz_DVTT2mfTlghGBjDQ6W6oq6u612qEMc9kA_0jUCl8LsU5MuX_vA/s280/glencoeFantasy.jpg)
And please overlook the carefully placed loose thread - I was in too much of a hurry to photograph this!
looks great! the red makes the eye bounce around.
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