BFF RAL - lovely red nose

Felt the need for simple tonight so continuing with last week's cover kit.

Feels like good progress,  most of the bottom part of face complete, and im enjoying a simple stitch.

I do however have a bigger project i need to pick up again,  so hoping I can progress on that with a couple of days off work next week. 

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF RAL too many things

Too much non craft related things in my head this week.. will tell that tale eventually once it's all done with.

I too managed a few stitches after some thread sorting,  also on a seasonal mini.

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF RAL- I've started..

...so I'll finish!! (At least all bar some felt to back the piece)

I wasn't feeling the first piece i picked up tonight, and with pale white on pale pink it wasn't worth a photo op.

So I changed my mind, and worked on this lovely Xmas ornament my BFF gave me a couple of weeks ago!!

Stitching on wood again was interesting,  this time with an odd plastic ball-tip needle.

And my love for Stitching metallic thread has not increased.   But I did manage to both start and finish in one session. And it does look splendiferous!!

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF RAL and FFO

Time for a Random Along... just time to stitch together whilst contemplating our next move.

My RAL choice tonight allowed for a finish on my Holiday Mini project, a cover kit with my friend Eeyore. I've enjoyed this one a lot even with a bunch of tricky half stitches.

I have a soft spot for Eeyore, he reminds me of holidays with my BFF where we found ourselves alternately Tiggerish and Eeyoreish, and would embrace a little of each side as we went along.

Check out my BFFs update here

And now for something completely new...

My BFF bought us both a tie-dye kit last Christmas/Birthday celebration.   She's already tried out hers, and from the second I watched my first video...oh yes I want to do all the things!!

I started by washing and spinning the t-shirt till it was damp.

Get the stuff together 

A combination of swirl and scrunch then tie with lots of elastic bands. Video advised turning inside out so that seepage of dye hits the fronts.

Add colour front and back... all done..

And... wait 8 hours, rinse and untie

I love it!  Its not as vibrant as I would like but the bottles are very small, the kit is intended for a bandana not a large men's t-shirt. 

Then.. to a quick wash. expected a loss of colour but maybe not quite to this level.   Ah well... good job I loved the pattern!!

Definitely won't be my only foray into the hobby - I've already bought a bigger kit for another go!!  And I also want to try out reverse tie-dye so have been ordering bleach supplies for that job too... oops my BFF created a monster (again LOL)

BFF SAL 20... done

I've enjoyed this mini stitch,  and yippee no backstitch!!

I have enough thread to do it again but not really sure i want to do so. Thread has been placed in the random box. 

I think likely some random stitching for a bit, till we decide what to pull out next.

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF SAL 20 - odd colours

There was a bit of natter around the colour choices in this cover kit... not sure that the luminous almost neon orange goes with the pink.

So much so that I compared the kit with suggested threads, it's definitely more orange than the suggestion!!

I enjoyed the stitch a lot tonight, felt like we achieved a lot. One more week I think may suffice to finish this

That thread doesn't show its true brightness on a photo... just sayin'.

Check out my BFFs progress here