The Thread That Ties Us

On even days of StitchMaynia2017 I was starting various other projects which I had in plans for a long time. One of such projects is a Needle-keep from CrossStitch Gold issue No 82.
The magazine is from beginning of 2011. Somewhere around that time I bought special buttons for this needle-keep and six years later...

8 May -29 June 2017. But in fact just 5 days of stitching. Why I waited for so long?

I wonder how long it will take me to turn it into a finished needle-keep? Six more years....