first cross-stitch

this is the first ever cross stitch that i can remember actually doing as a gift for someone.  and that someone was my mother :-)

all i can remeber on what got me started was seeing a magazine with this design on and wanting to try and do it, went into a local craft shop and asked for everything i needed. if memory serves me right then i was given some needles for free to start me off.   

it took me ages to finish and kept stopping and coming back to it but eventually it was done and i had caught the cross stitch bug. 

good luck to everyone who is still working away at completing projects for your love ones this Christmas!