Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine

Last week I pulled Eleanor out of her hiding place and began working on her again. I'm amazed at how lovely she is. She is a Heaven and Earth design that I started a couple years ago. (Some of you may remember seeing my progress of her back in...2009?) The area behind her head that was the light of the sun was too gold for my taste and I had to remove a LARGE section of it. I had done that and lost interest (picking out one over one--25 count--was NOT fun). Well, I picked new colors and started working on her again. I'm super happy with the changes. And I got addicted to getting the horses face done. :) I plan to condence the original design to what is shown on this card I am posting. I don't feel the need to stitch all that background and "extra stuff". So here is what I have for now.