First pinkeep finish

I promised myself that this year I would be better about doing the finishing of my cross stitch pieces. I recently finished this pinkeep. I'm not too sure that I like the bow, but it seemed unfinished looking without it. I had originally intended a bow with very thin ribbon with multiple ribbons - pink, white, and red. It just looked like a blob up there so I scratched that idea. Of course, I've never been known as a bow maker. If I had it to do over again, I'd leave a bit more room around the design. I'm sorry that these photos are coming out so fuzzy. I think the batteries in my camera must be running low. I'd really like to thank those wonderful ladies out in cyberspace who do tutorials on the finishing. Without them I'd be paralyzed by the fear that I might mess up my piece. With the security of a tutorial, I'm not afraid to try. Now the finishing may not come out great on some of these early pieces, but it should only get better with time. I'm now beginning to enjoy finishing rather than seeing it as a necessary evil.


Well, I'm off to get a bit of work in on a quilt that I started back in 2001. If I get this finished, it will be my first one! Well, I did a rag quilt a while back, but I really don't count that because there really isn't any quilting to it. Hopefully, my neighbor will be available to show me how to do the basting and the binding as I've never seen those done before.