Eastern Seaboard Sampler is finally finished

Just short of a year after it all began, it is finally done! I went back in my blog to see when I started it and my first post was on June 28, 2010.

A close up of the last few rows that I just completed.

I'm really glad this is finished.  It seemed to drag on forever.  I made mistakes on just about every row.  Some I just left, others I had to frog.  For me, this was a tricky design and close attention to the instructions was a must.   But I have to say the end result is an absolutely stunning piece of work that is worth all of the time that was spent on the stitching.  It will definitely be framed as soon as  I save up enough to send it to the framers. 

Now that it's done, I can move on to something else with a clean conscience.  I'm one of those one-at-a-time stitchers and working on something else while this was sitting there half finished is enough to drive me bonkers! 
For anyone interested in what each row symbolizes, I added captions on my finishing site and you can see them by clicking here.