Ta Dah!

It's done! I finished it last night but was too tired to scan it for posting. As you can see, I decided to keep the windows as is. Now I have to think about how to finish it. I've never finished any of my projects before and will probably take awhile to screw up the courage to attempt it. But when I do, I'm going to try Nicki's very clear tutorial on making a pinkeep, which I think even I can follow. A question: where do you get those large pins that are used in the pinkeeps? Are they sold in fabric stores or do you have to go to an LNS or use an online store?

So here is the finished product (I am still learning how to use blogger for photos so I hope this comes out okay):

So now what do I do? Well, I ordered this from Mary Kathryn; it is a line from one of my favorite poems by Emily Dickinson - the rest of it goes "and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." As soon as it arrives it will be a new start for me. I hope I am right that each letter is stitched with a separate thread and you don't carry from letter to letter. I'll be very good at threading my needle by the time this is done! Meanwhile, I am picking up an old challenge, LHN's Where There is Life, which is sold by Elegant Stitch to raise money for breast cancer organizations. Although I have enjoyed stitching this piece it has been a difficult process. I had the border almost done when I realized that I had left out a stitch, and had to pull out the entire thing. I've done about half of it again; this time I started it too low so though I think I have the stitch count right, the top border is too close to the lettering. But I am not frogging it out again! I just hope the ends meet up correctly. So far the stitches seem to be in the right places. But I wouldn't be surprised...