BFF RAL is taking over

Have had a rough time of cough/cold/general yuckiness lately,  so no catching up on SAL again this week.

Quite happy with how the purple flower went. Struggled a bit on the rest, to the point ofpulling something out, i think the pattern needs re-marking in places. 

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BFF RAL again

Honest, I'm really not putting the SAL off... just had another week beset by minor ailments which preclude stitches, and have scuppered almost every plan for this week.  I know I was feeling overwhelmed,  but this isn't how I'd have chosen to achieve downtime. 

So more progress on the bag instead.  Looks very odd where the hoop has been moved, but that will all be covered once i get done so I'm not going to stress about it. 

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BFF more RAL

Hubbyman has been poorly this week,  and as a consequence I still didn't play catch-up with the SAL,  and nor could I face the bitty nature on camera. 

But as our get-togethers online are much more about just being there for one another than they are about the craft, I was happy to plod a but more on the embroidered bag.

This week a new skill to me...sequins!!

After a particularly laboured bit of French knotwork, I definitely decided that the big bunch of either grapes or berries would not be getting the same treatment.  So time to bring out the sequins, these were a huge bag that my BFF gifted me many Christmas or birthdays ago.

And i think they're making a good addition to the bag.

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BFF RAL - keeping the lights on

This week has been more than a little chaotic for my BFF,  and a little for me too. So a slower pace than the bitty SAL was required in my head at least.  A little embroidery which looks neater from a distance,  thankfully. 

Sometimes we still need the regular rhythm of our session to inject a little 'normal' into the chaos, just keeping the lights of our sanity on.

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BFF SAL 21 - filling in the leaves

Yes I sung that to Bringing In The Sheaves... music triggers memory even for hymns I didn't actually sing at church hahaha. 

A bit of work to add more leaves. As my BFF is miles ahead, I shall have dispensation to play catch up off camera.

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BFF SAL 21- merry Bit-mouse?

The itty-bitty nature of the wreath I have been finding difficult this week,  having just recovered from The Lurgy.

But there was at least some progress, as well as time to natter on a variety of things including my change of job.

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A special gift

Finally both finished and gifted (although technically for my nephew this Christmasthe familywere visiting this weekend and I wanted to hand it over in person and not worry about mailing i. I've enjoyed this one despite losing my way at times.  It took a couple of goes to design the right solution for the name section,  but I'm quite pleased with the result in the end, its reminiscent of the blocks above without needing to be a direct match.