BFF SAL 22 - a mostly friendly cow

Haha I forgot about the invisible coo!!  He got feet, he got grass to sit on.. but then its like he was lost in the fog

So time to give him some friendly belly.

Even if it looks yellow instead of light brown. 

I'm enjoying this stitch so far, it reminds me of last years holidays in the beautiful Scottish Highlands, where we met the real thing.

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BFF SAL 22 - recollection of my holidays

Oo this one is appealing to a nostalgic part of my brain as we met one of these up close on holiday.

It's another cover kit, but will keep you guessing a while yet. Can you see what it might be?

I had a teeny bit of unpick required at the end when I realised I started the left side 4 rows lower than needed.  And no workarounds for this one.  

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BFF SAL 21 - Celebration of Wreaths

Yippee,  finally back to the SAL. After an early start to do some catching up, I made an executive decision around backstitch as far as the background was concerned. 

And I'm very happy with the finish. 

Still needs stitching into the supplied Christmas ornament,  bit hey I've got a few months before next Christmas, right?

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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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