Marivi spent many a cold winter evening doing cross stitching while watching (or maybe just listening to) TV. The one shown above is a Mother's Day present for Marivi's mom. It'll bring back fond memories of the pleasure she got from her own periquitos.

Cobelo is a place in Marivi's hometown, Ferrol, that does beautiful custom framing that's as close to perfect as you can get. And it doesn't cost an arm and a leg. So far, Marivi has had them frame 21 pieces of her work. If her eyes hold up and she doesn't get tired of doing it, there'll be plenty more in the future. Thanks to Susan DiGiambattista, my cousin in California, Marivi has a lot of patterns to choose from.