A completion...almost!

A year ago my bestest bud moved away and I began "The Cross" project. It was supposed to be finished for when she moved. Well, it wasn't. Then I thought I would finish it a take it down when we went a Xmas. Well, I didn't. So, they are coming up here for these holiday's and it is Belinda's birthday while they are here, so I was determined to finish it. And I have...almost. I only had a tiny bit of embellishing to do. I think I thought if I didn't finish it, they might come back.

Anyway, for those of you interested, here is how I finished the edges. It is the same process I use for everything I do - postcards, atc's etc.
Here is the embellished piece face down. I have cut a piece of heavy fusable (pellon) lining the same shape/size as my original template, and fused that to the back.
Next I fold up the corners and press. This gets nice tidy mitres.
Here is all the corners and edges folded in and pressed. The fusable lining is quite thick, and offers a good clean guideline for folding up to.
Here I have cut another piece of lightweight fusable interfacing, slightly smaller than the original template. I iron this in place, which keeps all the edges and corners looking neat. I did consider leaving it like this, in which case I would of used a double-sided fusable, and backed with fabric, but I have another plan.
And here is the finished (almost) Cross. I am going to do some beading around the edge. I was going to do black, but that seems a bit sombre for a Christian symbol of faith, so I will probably use pearls. I am going to mount this on one of those pre-stretched canvas's you can buy. Again I was considering a black background, but I am warming to prehaps green.
Suggestions welcome. It is about a foot wide by foot&1/2 long.
It feels really good to get this finished. I know I finish little things all the time. But this has been lingering as UFO for quite a while. It is interesting to see how I chose to embellish it a year ago. I think it would look quite different if I started the same project again today.