sbawcum, I understand what you are saying.......I love Lavender & Lace designs. I have made several and am now working on The First Angel of Light. I have never really given this a lot of thought because I fell in love with the use of Linen many years ago. I am wondering if any of our other stitchers have completed a design on Aida cloth (which a LOT of Stitchers use!) and applied the alternate method to complete the face of one of these angels. To me...it doesn't sound like it would look like it does on Linen. Interesting.....