awesome!!!!

I like this! It turned out great!

Very nice indeed! I like adding the flowers to the pillow case. It's a nice added touch.

I have cross stitched a couple of local lighthouses. They both have white clouds in them as well as the lighthouses being white. I always fill in any clouds with white embroidery thread. I don't like leaving them blank. Besides, I have a lot of white thread. I might as well use it up!

Diana

Beautiful work, Pixie! I love the blue frame you picked for this piece. It really makes the picture pop! Where are you hanging it? Thanks for sharing with us! :)

It's actually for my girl friends 60th birthday - not sure where she'll hang it. I'm just hoping it's up to her high standards as she is a painter and sculptor.

Love how you personalized it for your friend. Makes it even more special. I'm sure she will appreciate it a lot. Excellent work!

Fabulous! You have really turned on my creative juices, which were slowly disappearing in my drive to complete lots of Christmas Stockings. You were brilliant to change some colors. It really makes it your art, so think of yourself as a needle artist and pray that no one thinks that means that you draw tattoos!

I love to alter things when I think a design is confusing to the eye. I don't want to change the six very individually different Nutcracker stockings, especially the one with the ballet on stage, but I am embellishing them. It won't hold a candle to this!

Oh that is gorgeous! I think the color changing really hit the spot! :D

When you're nose down working on a project for months on end you begin to think it's not that great and see stitches that aren't as perfect as you would like. I want to thank everyone for their feedback, wonderful praises and encouragement.

PS Will post the same message on my other projects!

Turned out beautifully!!! I love the colors you have selected and the blue frame that really compliments the picture. I also like the flowered pillow, what a wonderful idea. I've embellished a few but never have I changed colors on a picture. You have inspired me to apply my artistic side with up and coming patterns. Thanks for the push.