Last night I stitched on the endless miles of background remaining behind the wizard. Before I forget, I should warn you that when you stitch an open stitch like this with only one ply of silk, the thread will try to wiggle out from where you tied it off. If you can manage it, anchor the thread in the main stitching of the piece (the wizard, the bird, the perch, etc.). That will minimize your having to re-secure the background threads later.
I did put glasses on the wizard's nose. Joan Thomasson padded the nose of her model but my wizard's nose is just tent stitches and it was starting to look very plain and prominent to me. So he's suddenly grown reading glasses in #4 Kreinik braid (gold 02).
Pretty soon I'll add the moon and stars charms around the globe the wizard carries, but first I need to stitch another 40 miles of background!
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