An Almost Finish

 I had a lot of fun stitching this strawberry.

It still needs some wool felt leaves on the top.  If you are stitching this in Belle Soie silks, be careful.

The colors vary a lot.  I found the reds were too close together (see the first photo). So I took one color out and substituted Strawberry Shortcake.  I like it much better. Then I had two skeins of Beanstalk that were vastly different.  Which one to use?  Well, I used both, in different places.

These were the reds that were too close together.

Over all, I love how this turned out. Next is the scissors case.

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