I have been wanting to get this done for my husband for Christmas. It will go into a frame. I used felt and felt for the matting since I couldn't find the right size mat for it. This of course came from Cute Embroidery in the Cross Stitch section. I had trouble finding the various colors of brown from my collection to use. And did not get to a store that had a large variety. If I did it again I would change 2-3 of the colors. Some colors did not look as I expected. Over all I was pleased with the way it turned out. I had not tried this type of project before.