A sneaky stitch

Occasionally I need to just go 'off piste', as they say, with regards to my stitching.  I'm deep in the throes of a time bound project for a family member, but today I caught a glimpse of my long-term WIP on a Facebook page, and I just had to get in a few sneaky stitches.

So here they are... The project is Bucilla's "Mother and Child", and one day next year you will get a fuller picture and story behind the stitch. For today, the little progress is some of the skin tones and red-brown on the hand of the Virgin wrapped around the Child, to the right of the picture.