Mouline Rouge in Purple

My husband gave me a gift card for Christmas to get Long Dog's Mouline Rouge framed.  This is the biggest item I've ever had framed.  When I started this (in June of 2004!), I was only thinking that I wanted to be able to see the linen.  I wasn't thinking that using 28 count linen would mean a huge piece and huge framing costs.  I kept the cost and the size down a little by not using mats.

Many thanks to Ming, Juli, Gaby, Dane, Ilsa, and Angela who helped me though a stitching slump and worked on this too.