Wonderful idea and a beautiful three. Love this variegated look.
Well done.
It looks pretty in these colours, never thought of using variegated thread. There was also a part 2 with decorations - see picture.
I digitised those in Nov 2010, in green, to have a better picture on the machine screen, and stitched them only in white
Thanks for sharing this design so long ago. It has been on my to do list for some time. The white tree you made was beautiful. It was what prompted me to download the design years ago. I will be making one in white for my MIL.