Needle Guardian

I've almost finished the stitching on Terese Wentzler's  Needle Guardian.  I am not going to nun stitch around the edges as the pattern directs.  Instead, I'm backstitching around the design and will line the needlebook with the same linen.

 This pattern takes longer to stitch than it looks like it would.  Almost all of the DMC stitching uses a blended needle, and there is a lot of backstitching.

Linking up: http://www.supermomnocape.com/2016/08/01/vintage-embroidery-monday-stitchery-link-party-69/

http://myplvl.blogspot.com/2017/01/tuesday-archives-144-needle-books_10.html