Pomegranate

 The pomegranate element was a minor disaster. I tried to stitch the miliary wire per the instructions, but it turned out SO bad. Unfortunately the kit only came with one sufficient length of wire and I couldn't restitch, having ruined some of the loops. Besides any more restitching and I would have also ruined (badly) the gilt smooth purl. So I left out the purple couching altogether. I did pile on the beads to cover up the bad edges. I tried to turn the beads so that the holes are not visible, but some of them are not turned the right way. I may try to fix them later (or I may not, it's amazing how a bad job would improve overnight by itself!) All in all not the greatest work...😞