My Kingdom for a horse!

Well, after a long absence (yes, we have been on holiday again!) the first horse is in place. He was named "Kingdom" by Tracy's Thursday RSN group. I rather like him. There are several layers of padding below the silk. I have replaced the shield with something a bit less blingy since this photograph was taken this afternoon. I think that I will still have to calm the shield down with some stitching though.

Oh yes, the cobbles are pretty well finished. I applied loads of small semi-circular pieces of felt and then stem stitched along the top edges.

The end is coming in to sight. There is another horse and rider to put on and the spears and lances and then some finishing off.