At http://www.mrxstitch.com/2010/10/13/needle-exchange-stay-gold-part-iii/
(an entry/series worth reading!) there's a photograph of a goldwork beetle. (Needlework News featured the site today)

This beetle looks to have a ground that is exactly the same silk I'm working on.

But it's a better photo (I'm terrible at photography!) so I thought I'd show it. Thankyou Scrappie Annie (the artist) and Mr X, (for showing the photo) :-

About half way down is the true colour.

I've also fixed the second vintage rose's black thread web lines from showing.

Instead of re-doing it, I used tweezers and nails to manipulate the ribbon to hide the thread, and put in a single tiny stitch to hold the ribbon in place.

Thankyou for the sweet comments on my last post :-)