Work in Progress Wednesday

I have made some progress on this mandala. I decided to add the heart stitches that I learned this year. It is on my sampler and I love the way it looks. It is much harder to get the stitches even when not using Aida cloth. They still look like hearts though so all is good. I wonder what this stitch would look like beaded. I bet it would be good. I must find a project to try that on!