BFF SAL 14 - a new beginning

Can you believe we're up to 14 now??

It's always exciting getting to start something new, what do I want to stitch it on, do I have enough fabric and threads?

Hard to see in a picture but this is on a pale dusky rose aida, which I believe is 16 or 18 count,  I have yet to establish which.

The outlines here look like a half eaten apple to me, which is definitely not the case!

Check out my BFFs update here to see what she started with - as usual we are taking a quite different path despite starting in precisely the same spot!

BFF SAL A Baker's Dozen - the cakes are ready!

All neatly finished in time (for the end of our session), and in time to honour the start of the Great British Bakeoff (I believe it goes by a different name when exported to the USA).

I've enjoyed watching this grow, but I will be glad not to be changing threads so often!

We had an in person get together on Monday, so we were able to take some time to find a project for BFF SAL 14 next week. 

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF SAL A Baker's Dozen - I ate cake

No... I mean... I have 8 cakes LOL.   Have been doing a couple then backstitch as I go, somehow that is less irritating. 

Of course now that means we have to start working out what's going to be the project for SAL 14.  Good grief, who knew that Lockdown SAL would grow into a set like this!

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF SAL - Variations on a Theme 1 - Christmas

And now for something a bit different.  The first of our 'Variations ' evenings. A chance to cheekily start something new without first finishing something old.

We will take a theme and stitch something on that theme for the first Wednesday of each month.   This being the autumn,  it's of course time for a Christmas stitch. 

I'm working on an Advent Calendar by Durene Jones.  This appeals due to the single thread colour in each panel.  I'm not quite following the pattern for colour choices,  with finishes in (DMC) 777 and 550 thus far, rather than the recommended 817 and B5200

I'm really enjoying the stitch this far, and managed to complete a single panel within our session.  

Edited to add my previous finishes too

Check out my BFFs progress here

BFF SAL A Baker's Dozen... let them eat cake

It was great to be back to our session this week,  I missed it a lot while on my holidays.  Had a lovely time in the sun but very grateful to be home in cooler weather now.

Dotted about completing the cupcakes I could reach with the colours I had out of the box. So added their backstitch at the end because the remaining cakes required decisions as to how they're laid out,  or what colours to use, given that we're adapting an existing piece to fit.  And I didn't have that amount of thought energy... so fun left for next week. 

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF SAL A Baker's Dozen continued

The vertigo is abating slightly,  so this week I managed to get some Stitching in.

Filling in each colour as I go, and following the pattern for these, later there will be design choices required,  but for today I celebrated merely Stitching. 

Back in 3 weeks time after a well earned summer break.

Check out my BFFs update here

BFF SAL... not quite

Apologies for the absence last week,  it's been a weird fortnight,  which saw me fighting with vertigo.   And as I need to swap to more magnifying glasses for cross stitch, I didn't manage anything this week either, as it was triggering an attack of dizziness. 

But my BFF and I enjoyed a long fun night, looking at Etsy shops for patterns for me, we're going to change things up on the first Wednesday of each month with a themed stitch.  This gives us any excuse for a new start without letting the main BFF SAL projects stall for too long.

I think I've decided what to do, but you'll have to find out more next month.  Hopefully I'll be back to a stitch next week!

And I did manage 2 rows of this knitting.. so there was craft worked anyway.  I'm enjoying this as something that still allows me to craft whilst I wait for the vertigo drugs to chase that away.