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!!

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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.

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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.

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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'.

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BFF SAL 20 - variety is the spice

I was craving more than just the blue colours this week, so i managed to bring in a little green and pink to balance out the blue work.

Oddly,  last week I felt like this wouldn't take the recommended timings, but this week I didn't feel like I was progressing so much. But then I look at photos and doubt that.  The main shape is starting to come through!

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BFF SAL 20 - no fanfare here

Can't quite believe we're up to number 20 (and technically we did something twice so it might even count as 21 hahaha).

But no fancy fanfare or special projects here... just a nice simple cover kit cos it's where our respective brains are. 

It did give me chance to use the lovely thread sorter my BFF burned for me.  Splendiferous,  isn't she??

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