not quite right

You know how it is. You make or buy something, bring it into the room you had in mind for it, and it just doesn't look right. You leave it there for a day or two, and every time you go back into the room, it's wrongness is staring you in the face. You wonder if it's you or the thing. A day or two later and you're past caring. It's not quite right and it has to be moved.

This is what happened with the cross stitch. So I had to rearrange it.

I realised that less is a lot more when it comes to lettering, and I love the designs of these lettersbut don't really care to much for messages and meanings. In fact, they could say anything or nothing and it wouldn't matter, as I just like their shapes.

I've been looking for a Russian alphabet to do in cross stitch, but so far haven't found one (the ones I have come across are C19 and therefore slightly different or are actually Ukrainian rather than Russian). They would look particularly striking in this style, with all the little tails and twiddly bits.

Now the cross stitching here has been simplified, it is looking less wrong, more right to my eyes. That's the kind of girl I am.

[I'm sorry this means your very nice comments were also rearranged; it's a shame I can't import them to this post.]