My good friend Kamis is a cross-stitching fiend. She can whip out a large finished piece in a week. She's the one who got me interested in giving cross stitch a try. Mostly I just did little mini samplers to get the hang of it. I haven't actually made anything useful (i.e. bookmarks or pieces suitable for framing). But watching Kamis finish more and more large pieces inspired me to give it a go. This is what I'm currently working on...I'm hoping to get it done by the end of the year...but we'll see how that goes. So far I have so little done that it's not worth taking a picture of my progress yet. Once I get a little further in I'll post a photo.