It worked!

I loaded the backing

 I laid the batting and the top on.....vertical, not horizontal

I loaded the thread......King Tut White Linen #971......Superior Threads/Cottonmill Threadworks

I inserted the pantograph "Popcorn" by Jodi Beamish for Willow Leaf Studios

and then started to stitch it out.........

A short while later I was all finished

I trimmed it up, stitched around the edges, took it out on the deck and snapped some good photos

 This panel has been around for awhile.  I remember selling panels like this in the store.   In those days they were all poly/cotton so they would stand up to countless washes.  This one is a Precious Moments design.  They were always some of my favourites.