Moving right along, I've decided that for my next finish what you have project, I'm going to do something with this crewel piece I did way back when. This was done from a kit called Country Life, an Erica Wilson design from the 1980's. I finished every bit of the needlework at the time, but never had it blocked and framed properly. Which is such a shame really because I've always loved this and have no excuse for leaving it in a plastic bag all these years. None whatsoever. So often I'd take it out, admire all the work, then put it away. I think it's high time I get 
on it before moths find a hole in the bag. Now, I'm all for originality but you can learn so much by doing kits. This piece alone has about 40 different stitch designs. Things like the fishbone stitch, turkey work, vandyke, couching, spider's web, cretan, and wonderful little bullion stitches. I finally mastered the French Knot on that rabbit. There's so much texture to this piece due to all the different 
stitches, and I thoroughly enjoyed learning new techniques as I went along. I'm thinking of framing this in a shadow box instead of with the glass right on top which would flatten it. I really have no experience with this sort of thing, but want it enclosed somehow. So that's the direction I'm headed with this one....
...and then there's this brand new something, just starting to take shape. This should be interesting to say the least. It's been a while since I tackled anything like this. Stay tuned for project updates. One of the nice things about keeping a craft blog is, now I've committed myself to finishing something.
