Jolly Old Fellow

Hello.  I'm Elfie (Lynne F in Australia).  I haven't posted here since July 2010, when I was working on page 8 of Jolly Old Fellow.  I have now (at last!) finished Jolly Old Fellow, so I wanted to put in a pic, in case any of you remember my project.  I started JOF in January 2009, and worked on him for some months each year for a total of 13 months over the 4 years.  This year I finished pages 14 to 36.  I am so pleased to have finally put in those final stitches, and now I am keen to have him framed.  JOF was my first HAED, and it has certainly been a steep learning curve for me over the past 4 years.  This project has taught me lots of things about myself – many of which I would have preferred to remain ignorant about!  I do love the finished Santa – especially when viewed from a distance, when he seems to be three dimensional.