BFF SAL 24 and

 cross stitches all done.

Well the glint in the eye of the mouse is still to add but other than that it is just the backstitching to go.

The backstitching is supposed to be in four colours. According to the chart that is a brown for the fur, coco for the eye charcoal grey for all parts of the flowers and pea and brick red for the tail and paws.

My immediate thought was it was a mistake, or it was from the Robin pattern that shares the key, and my BFF and I discussed it and thought nope going to just use the grey for the lot.

However, in typing this I had the amazing though to check the colours "pulled" into the little box for the project and see what was being described as brick red and well, I thin I may just stitch with the shades as set.  My BFF using a different material to me may well find that for her doing all the grey is the thing.

I in this instance am rebelling against my usual modifying self by sticking to the pattern...it is really still me honest!

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So BFF 25 looms, a sort of milestone that, we never did get around to discussing that as I have a personal milestone of sorts coming up tomorrow  and we will be having lunch together on 1st August to mark the occasion. We might squeeze in the question of BFF 25 and if there is any need to do something special for it. Mind finding something we both want to stitch is special anyway I think.

Five Skeins

to get to this point and I am now completely relaxed about having enough of this thread to complete the project . I have just this last square to fill and whilst this Wyvern is a lot more solid than the previous one its not going to take up all the thread, I have started skein number six and fully expect to have four left over.

Happily the variegated thread has held my interest through all the repeated motifs  and in the picture squares in a way that using one colour would have driven me round the bend.

I am looking forward to getting it into its intended place. I am reasonably sure it will be a little smaller than the available space and so fit. But I better not get too ahead of myself still a ways to go.

Sunday Stitchings 26.07.2026

 More filling in on the patchwork quilt. 

As occasionally happens when I near the end of a Sunday Stitchings project I am tempted to remove it from the Sunday spot and just get it finished.

My other current focus project however is taking up the time it might have slotted into.

Therefore it is going to have to wait again. the quilt to the left is almost done now, one stitch of palest pink and some light purple to go. 

Two castles

 completed, there were a couple of unique points  but still happy with how things are going.

There are points that I have needed to stop and start with thread lengths to get the colour transitions to work at splits of the branches or where one line flows into two. That is part of the fun.

And so onto the last space and the second Wyvern.

Trying to get the stitch placement to emphasise the curves.

BFF SAL 24 plus

 Had a late start because I fell asleep. My sleep patterns are a bit off at the moment.

Once awake, well sort of  I started with the pink. Managed two shades and some filling before my eyes objected to recognising the symbols on the pattern.

I was going to stop then recalled I had finally got the black thread out so

The mouse has an eye. There is still a touch of white to go into the eye to give it a bit of sparkle. But it looks less like a zombie mouse now.

Then I stopped with the stitching and went to look at the WOX Etsy store. As I get to pick a PDF pattern from there as a thankyou for my  published letter. There is a limit to that, can't choose any of the Wrendale patterns.  Which given we are stitching one at the moment is somewhat ironic.

My BFF and I looked together, which is fun at times as we do have different tastes BFF SALs or not.

There were some we both liked the look of but did not think we would like to stitch them. Some we liked but did not think the framing would be easy and was a bit essential. Others one liked the other did not and back and forth we went. This is the second time I have been given this opportunity and I've not stitched the last one.

We did eventual reach a decision, and I will let WOC know.

When it gets sewn is another thing entirely.  

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Sunday Stitchings 19.07.2026

 Pink and purple this week.

Things always feel slowed down the closer to finished they get.

And as for a Forestella link, well this rather different version of a familiar song was a must!

A different take

 on the description of random numbered threads.

You may have seen my posts with the castle and dragon sampler using variegated thread or my Christmas gift box which contains non DMC thread that has DMC compatible numbers.

Some was gifted to me and some I bought from TEMU. 

Usually I have bought either the variegated sets or toned sets of teal or skin tones.

I did however also get two packs of " random assortment"

Here they are.

At fist glance looking like an OK selection of very usable colours, I did not notice the issue until I was putting thread onto bobbins.

Can you see it?

enlarge it perhaps and take a moment.

See it, it took me a moment as well. Then it made me laugh. At some point in the future when I have a desire to do "something" yet not perhaps to sew I will get my  DMC threads out and do a colour match so I know what numbers to put on the bobbins so I can add them to the not DMC  storage box.

BFF 24 Pink and

 holiday chatting and other discussions and not watching the football.

there was less pink than there might have been as I made an ohps. Which I could not figure out and by the magic of the internet my friend did.

Still it was a pleasant evening of friendship.

Now off to watch you tube videos on attaching piping with a twist, in friendly solidarity.

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Oh! Published

 what fun, actually how funny as I received the mag, flipped through the letters page looking for a different letter and pictures submitted and which I have not bogged about yet and totally missed this.

Only spotted it when I was reading the letter top left and thought oh there is a dragons....oh it is mine.

Always nice to be in the WOX. 

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Sunday Stitchings 12.7.2026

 and two shades of purple today.

I think it will be back to pink next week.