The panel with the gilt and Mylar fish is done. The piecing was a bit fiddly, especially when the last few squares were added, but I ran a decorative stitch between the squares and although the whole panel doesn’t lie quite flat it’s not too bad, and it will look a lot better when it’s properly mounted.
The finished panel
The photo doesn't give much idea of the size – the panel is about 30 inches long (76 cm) and 12 inches high (30 cm), so it's really quite large, and with all that gold and silver you can't really ignore it when it's in the room.
The question remains as to whether it was worth all the work it took. It’s not entirely satisfactory, although I can’t say exactly why. It’s certainly very garish with all that metallic glitz, but as someone told me, “Sometimes you need a bit of garishness”. I’ll put it aside and look at it again in a few weeks, and maybe I’ll be able to put my finger on what’s wrong