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So, I took some of my new linen, starched the heck out of it and stuck a couple of pieces in an embroidery hoop. Copied off the sketch I did for a needlebook and got my DMC floss out.

After a bit of a rocky start I am now LOVING doing the brick stitch. Look at it! Look! So neat! So tidy! So filling! Yay, for historical stitches doing what they're supposed to and working like a charm.

I had no idea which end to start at, though, so I just went ahead with the background. Not sure at all what the other colours will be, but I have some notes from embroidered book covers that said one of them had the background green. So, green it is. It's not as if there's alot of ground to cover after all - the design is like 5 x 13 cm or something like that. (fold it in the middle for a needlebook of approximately 5 x 6 cm).