Boundary!

 Well, the background is finished, the wide borders are done, the corners just need finishing off and the narrow borders are begun. One day I will get to the main event - the horse.

 Here is a bit more detail for the corner and borders. For the narrow borders I used hemstitch with offset clusters for the side and hemstitch and herringbone at the bottom. These two borders will be repeated on the other two sides. Click on the image to see it larger.
 

The stitches for whitework are pretty straightforward, it's all about consistent tugs in the right direction. The effect is pretty though. 

I have used coton a broder for the corners and the wide border - just because I preferred the look of it. The narrow borders are worked in stranded cotton like the rest of the piece.

I am looking forward to moving on to the horse.