Frame at last!

I finished this birth sampler a while ago however, I had made my usual mistake of being captivated by a design without first checking I had a frame to put it in.

I have a STASH of frames (to which kind people occasionally add) and occasionally I plan and pick the frame and design together, not as often as I should.  Then I have to find a frame, normally not too difficult  for smaller pieces like the sampler.

Except this year the fashion in frames appears to exclude any with a six inch square aperture unless they are made with very deep sides like a box.

It has taken an age to find a frame the right size and in the end I had to get a framed picture and take the picture out.

I meant to frame it yesterday, take it into work and ask if one of my co-workers would be passing the parents home and could drop it off.  Regrettably I was not feeling up to it and thought another day won't make a difference.

So at work at lunch and there are mother and baby having popped in to say hello.  How frustrating I could have given it to her personally, ah well it is done now and I will take it into work.

Birth sampler

Oh the date of birth, time and weight are in white so only visible if you look very very hard.

(PS I have no idea how the finished item was received, it was hand delivered by the colleague mentioned but the mother did not open it in her presence.  So not initial reaction.  The mother did not return to our office having been promoted just before her maternity leave she was posted to a different department for her return.)