This is my second finished cross stitch project.
I was invited to wedding party of my japanese teacher and her fiance – Japanese too. They are working here, in Russia and decided to have wedding party without returning to Japan (I bet it was much and much cheaper then it costs to run such a party in Japan). So I’ve made this album cover (click to enlarge):

Cover is made from dark blue fabric and linen stitched cloth as an applique. Here is a close-up for cross stitch:

I took this scheme from the italian magazine Susanna. But I had to do some changes. In the first place it was a scheme of a framed picture for the wedding registration table like Name & Name & Date & Today is wedding which is placed near the guest book. I’ve changed the scheme to apply to the photo album. Also I’ve decided not to do backstitch. It is not about time. Actually this linen fabric is equivalent to smallest size even weave cloth, so I had to stitch in 1 thread (I’ve almost broke my eyes). Stitches on this project are very small, so backstitch would come out rough and inaccurate. I’ve kept backstitch on faces only and made the contour for the scroll.
Newlyweds was happy to receive it and promised they’ll put wedding ceremony pictures into it ;)