Midnight Moogies - Closing in on a Finish

These past three days, I have been focusing on Midnight Moogies with this result.  As you can see, I am very close to another finish.  So close, in fact, that I am going to continue to stitch on this piece until I am done.  I'll pick up the rotation again afterward but for now, I'll be tending to my cats.  All I have left to stitch is a bit of the lightest green in two of the leaves and about 14 inches of checkerboard border on the left.  I will have to do a bit of frogging to make the checkerboard on the left line up properly ... or at least, as properly as may be, given the seam in the middle of it.  Don't worry about those few spots on the bottom of the piece ... I took the picture outdoors in a very light drizzle ... those spots are just raindrops and will dry without stain.

All in all, I am pleased with the piece and will finish it as the back cushion for an old Japanese lacquered bench I use in my bedroom.  I just need to take some measurements so I can buy upholstery quality foam and some upholstery fabric in either deep wine or charcoal grey.  I'll have to see what's available that works with both the colors in the design and in the finish of the wood.