I am almost finished making this for my daughter who graduated in December with a degree in early childhood education. The primary colors and the hand and heart are just right to express my love for her.

I did make one change. She has always been called "exuberant" in our family. So I changed the enthusiastic in the thumb to exuberant to give it a personal touch.

The only thing I would note is that the pattern calls for Aida cloth. On the "Teaching is a Work of Heart" there are many many quarter stitches. I chose to use a 28 count even weave fabric and had no problems. I always find quarter stitches very difficult on Aida, trying to poke the needle through the fabric.