I always call it Henry because, well, he's kind of the center of it. Even though I'm stitching this more because I love the ladies' dresses and actually stitching him was a giant pain. While I was working on him I kept telling everybody that it was annoying he was so fat because it was taking so long to finish!
Henry is a DMC kit that mostly seems to only be available from UK shops like sewandso. I got mine from eBay for something like $30? I don't remember. I fell in love with it and I bought it and I got the pattern and it is MASSIVE (it's just one big sheet of paper). My biggest complaint about the kit is that the fabric is probably a teensy bit too small. I counted it out and math tells me it will fit, but there won't be much of a border and framing might be complicated. But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it!
As you can see, I have completed Henry, Jane Seymour (in the blue) and Anne Boleyn. All three of them have blank spots (Henry's chain thingy, the square on Jane's dress, the border of Anne's headdress) because there are going to be beads there. The border of Anne's headdress is actually meant to be French knots, but I know I can't do that many consistent French knots, so I'm going to use white seed beads instead.
Also Henry's legs need to be backstitched. That's a long story. I don't want to talk about it.
Stay tuned for Katherine of Aragon! Her dress is gorgeous. I'm very excited.
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