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Friday, May 24, 2013

Whoa, Nelly!

Remember that lonely Chinese housewife who spent six hours a day stitching a reproduction of a Song Dynasty painting? Well, it's been three years. She's done.

Yup.

It's 22 meters long--about 72 feet. And you thought you were working on a big-ass project! Silly American.*

*Or, pretty much silly-everyone-else-who-thinks-they-work-on-BAPs, no matter what your national origin.
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16 comments:

  1. Giovanna8:48 AM

    Thanks for sharing this... wow, I'm speechless..

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  2. lynda8:52 AM

    That is amazing!!!! Thanks for shaing this.

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  3. Margaret9:15 AM

    OH WOW!!!!! Wow! That is amazing! Is it cross stitch? Embroidery? Have to go look it up. Thanks for sharing!

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  4. Glenna9:22 AM

    Amazing. I'd have started it, all 72 feet of it, gotten a third of the way done and decided it wasn't working for me.

    There's got to be a big hole in her life now though. Anticlimactic...

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  5. Beth11:47 AM

    God Lord - my question is, why?

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  6. Anonymous12:14 PM

    Yeah, I'm a stitching cry-baby. I can't even finish my so-called BAP.

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  7. Southpaw Stitcher12:28 PM

    Hmmm. I wonder what she plans to do with it? Maybe donate it to a museum? Looks too big to hang in a regular-sized house.

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  8. books4me12:53 PM

    Wow! That is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this incredible accomplishment.

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  9. Jo who can't think of a clever nickname4:27 PM

    Wow that is one person's work? Incredible!

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  10. Needle Nicely5:51 PM

    Gives a whole new meaning to OCD. Reading about this makes me feel almost normal!

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  11. Barbi9:07 PM

    Wow! That's crazy!!!

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  12. natalysneedle11:03 PM

    OMG! That is one amazing piece. Imagine 6 hours of stitching a day! I am giddy at the thought!

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  13. Jennifer9:21 AM

    So I showed this to Jeff and his comment was "Wow. Can you imagine how much that cost for materials?"

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  14. Coral3:29 AM

    I do admire her. That's tenacity!

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  15. Sharon10:06 AM

    That is absolutely amazing! I wonder does she feel lost with it being finished?

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  16. Heather1:40 PM

    Goodness! That is a big accomplishment.

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