The Fox . . . . and The Hare

This is 

"The Fox"

a needlepoint cushion 

I bought the tapestry and thread in England

And it took me "forever" to finish it

I chose the fox

because when we lived in the Cotswolds

We would often have a fox visit in the field across the lane

It's based on William Morris

And the colors, I felt, worked well in Linderhof

It ended up in one of the leather chairs in the sunroom

That was when I decided that I needed the companion piece

Which is no longer being made

But I found it in a shop in England and they kindly mailed it to me

And in April, I began stitching

And finished in September

(a record for me!)

And took it to Miracle Worker Mary

to make it into a pillow

I brought it home today!

And promptly put it in the other leather chair in the sunroom

While the fox resides in the first leather chair

The pillows look good in the leather chairs

It's nice to have companion pillows

(Much more fun to do than duplicates --

duplicates are boring -- you did them once

and you're doing them again!)

The Asian cabinet is in the sunroom until I can decide what to do with it

It was the one in the dining room that got replaced by the

antique curved glass china cabinet.

I'm still up in the air as whether or not I like it there!

But I do like the pillows in the chairs!