Went to the white Willow Stitching website and they list the black as completely stitched on the Aida fabric. If I were doing it I would get black Aida fabric and just stitch the dragon, and not waste all that time stitching a black background on a light colored fabric. That is what I would do.

I 👍agree. In fact I would like to order this from ecs if possible.

DARLING PATTERN. I agree with the others about using dark fabric instead of stitching the entire background. However, I would be more inclined to stich on a contrasting color fabric. There are some fun colors that would provide a great contrast and avoid the eye strain of stitching on black. Also, stitching large areas of the makes life BORING!

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