Ok, I've been a bit AWOL for a while, and here is why. For those of you who know me, you might recognize this piece as something I've been working on for a while now. I finally finished tonight! YaaaaaY!

It will eventually be framed, but I"m letting the recipient choose the frame and all. So it will be several weeks before the framed version is displayed. For now certain places may look a bit odd. *^_^*

Almost forgot to add that this is, in fact, a kit piece. It is a counted cross-stitch kit, but I've spent so many hours on it that I just had to share...

Update: It's been framed now. According to the framers, the top and bottom were a mere 1/8 of an inch off of alignment. This is very easily explained by the fact that there are many more stitches near the bottom of the piece at the top. Seeing as how much doing this piece has improved my skills, I can hardly believe that that's all that it's off. *^_^* An artist friend of the recipient said I should enter it into a state fare or something. Now, I don't know about that; I can spot several flaws in it now that it's framed, but I am pleased with how it turned out.