I saw the finished project, and saw this post and decided to see the work in progress. I saw you were using a hoop over your cross-stitch; what did you do to make the thread pop up again before you framed it? Does washing it make it pop up again? I have never covered up stitching with a hoop for fear it would be flat.
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