Cross Stitching The Palm Tree

The other day I started the process of cross stitching the branches on the palm trees I drew on a piece of aida cloth. First, I cross stitched in the darker portions of the branches with a dark green color of coton thread.

Starting to cross stitch on the dark green portions of the branches.
Starting to cross stitch on the dark green portions of the branches.

 

Cross stitching on the dark portions of the branches.

 

Cross stitching on the light green portion of the palm branches.

This video illustrates how the dark and light portions of the branches looked as I continued cross stitching these on the aida cloth.

The photograph below illustrates what the cross stitched palm tree looked like after I have finished filling in all of the branches with the dark and light green colors.

Here I have finished cross stitching in the branches of the palm tree.
Cross stitching in the darker portions of the palm trunk.