Bordering

Last night I closed my eyes, leaned over the arm of the wing chair, and mindlessly grabbed.  I came up with the instructions for "Morning Has Broken" by Catherine Theron.

I took this class from Catherine at Jeannine's Gathering of Embroiderers in Williamsburg several years ago. At the time, I was still pilot stitching. So, instead of working on it after I arrived home, I put it aside to stitch something else with a deadline.

This is as far as I got in class:

And this is where I am after a couple of hours last night and an hour or two tonight:

  

I think I may spend some more time with this tomorrow to see how far I get with the leafy border outlines.

Actually, being the methodical stitcher I am, what I'd like to do is get the whole border done before filling in the fun parts. We'll see how far I get before I get bored with bordering.