Instead of doing the cross stitch first and then the beading, I decided to do the cross stitch and beading together. So far, it's worked out all right.
This is from last year's crazy January. It's time to finish it and get it off my list. So far, a fairly good start. I like the look of this color of Wildflowers on the rough linen fabric.
I'm still feeling pretty good about the progress on this, even though I didn't finish another row this time. The piece is coming together pretty well, I think!