Finish!

This morning I put in the last few stitches on the Celtic Bonding Spiral!

I scanned it instead of taking a pic with the digi cam, so I think the colors are a little truer. It seems a bit dark on my computer, though.... I liked stitching this one - relatively "mindless" stitching, with a neat result. I think I'm going to use some strips of bright colored fabric to edge it, then some dark denim for the backing (it will be a pillow). I've also thought about using it to make a pouch for my ren faire garb, but I'm not sure how that would work.

Thanks for all the input on the wedding sampler. I'm waiting for the groom's mother to add her suggestions, but right now I've pretty much eliminated the Drawn Thread piece. I love it, but as someone pointed out, it is VERY large, and perhaps more than I can take on (I don't know yet if they've set a date). The Joan Elliott "Wedding Prayer" keeps calling to me - but, rebel that I am, I'm not ready to stitch anything "as charted". So I've been playing with a similar magazine design by Joan (from Cross Stitch Gold, issue 27), and attempting to chart a bit of the sonnet from the Drawn Thread sampler to fit it. I've had to improvise on a couple of letters, but it seems promising so far.....