6+ years I left this unfinished because it was an irregular shaped and had barely any border space around it to frame it, and I was starting to think the stitching looked a bit rubbish. 4 hours work later and it's done. I would have preferred a dark green mount but I was working with what I already had at home and that was this lilac card.
I wove in the loose ends (the back was a mess, what was I doing as a beginner haha), cut the aperture in the card, then washed and ironed the piece. Even just the ironing made a massive difference in the appearance. There was just enough aida to lace the sides, couldn't do the top and bottom, and then lined it up in a different frame I already had, I preferred the look of the light wood.
This was my first cross stitch I designed and completed. Definitely need to take more pride in my work, feel like I would have finished it sooner if I did. The quote was something one of my uni lecturers said because he was annoyed with how much a group of alleged adults was causing him problems 😂