I was getting a little tired of all the Aida fabric I bought in preparation for the TAST challenge(it seemed like a good idea at the time:) To-day, I suddenly realized that the background fabric makes a great difference to the way I work and feel!  The Aida is crisp and rather clinical if not coloured in some way, or that is the way it seems to me, at least.  I know it is wonderful for cross stitch and working out sample borders etc.

I prepared some silk caps a while…