It's taken a while, but the reworked shading on the stems - and so all of the embroidery - has been finished.
Here's half of the stems redone:
And the rest:
It's made a big difference, and I'm glad I decided to over-stitch the too-pale bits.
So that's all the embroidery done. The next stage in the process is not something I've done before, and it's making me very nervous. Wish me luck!
I like the re-do. The apples are now the focus, rather than the stem, which has retreated into the background with the more discrete colouring.
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