A frog for my birthday

I am not that fond of reptiles, especially when running freely in and around my house,, I prefer the fury snugly pets,, (maybe too many times scratch my sofa and leave claw marks) but I am sure.

But what do you not do for your children,, so I decided for Joanna’s 20th Birthday,, I will stitch her a frog,,,, very nice frog,, I actually like,, its colourful, good size, quiet, does not need feeding or mucking out, don’t have to worry when going away for the weekend,,

Just takes some time to stitch.
As you can see I have just received the threads and aida for the chart. I ordered it from
http://www.sewandso.co.uk/

 not Expensive for the size it is at all. I will be stitching it on a Zweigart 11 count white aida 39x43 which is much to big.. but a little extra is ok.

I needet 50 colour threads all in dmc.

HOW I STARTED

1. I counted how many stitches  I wanted as a frame. I decided on 30 all  around, that will give me plenty of room for a good stretch over the board for the framing.

2. I took a needle with black thread(2) and marked the outlines of the picture. On the 30th block of the aida of the frame.

3. The finished size is 184 wide by 245 high

4.92 wide is the middle and 122.5 for the hight

5. I then tool all the threads and wrapped them around the floss bobbins. marked them with the numbers.

    got a pack of gold plated needles, and started my project.

 Picture update will follow soon.