A rare opportunity

Essie and I attempt to get together as often as possible, but since I live in the UK and she lives in The Netherlands, this doesn't happen nearly as often as we'd like.  We've been friends for almost 14 years and chat at least once a week.  We have visited each other at least once a year for the last 11 years.  Amazing when you think that it all began with our shared passion for cross stitching.

This weekend Essie and her family visited ours and gave us an opportunity to have a proper stitch-fest.

Mine is on the left and Essie's on the right.

Since its our usual stitchy day, we've added a few more stitches. 

 Mine 

 Essie's 

It's countdown now until we next get together in summer 2019.