My floss arrived last Monday, thankfully.

I'm almost finished, but I wanted to show an update. It looks so much better without so many holes!
First, the whole thing:
Second, a detail of the lower part, where it called for some Krienek #4. I was wary of using it, but it turned out a lot nicer than I thought it would and works SO MUCH BETTER than similar stuff that DMC makes. Krienek loads sturdier, and while the end does fray a bit as you stitch, you still don't lose as much and it doesn't knot up and catch as badly.
I'll post once I have a finish. I'm tossing around the idea of framing this instead of making it into a bookmark; I know my niece reads and she's tidy (in other words, she's not going to drop it in her soup), but she might appreciate it more as something she could hang on her wall. She's 9 or 10. Hmm....thoughts?