Sunday, September 21, 2025

Let's talk about stitching

 I love HAED! Two years ago I was browsing all charts and I have found Fruity Bunch. Each time I looked at it it made me smile

I even found a place to hang it when I'm done stitching. This was my progress until I picked it again just this month.
I started working on the left side and right now I'm here


I'm stitching this piece with tent stitch on 28 easy count with single floss. Since September 10th I have done 7,600 stitches!

Saturday, September 20, 2025

Goodbye summer. hello autumn

 This year, the Autumn Equinox  occurs on Monday, Sept. 22 at 11:19 AM PDT (18:19 UTC) and it brings roughly equal day and equal night to the entire planet. North of the equator, it's been summer, with more daylight than darkness, so September's equinox marks the first day of fall; south of the equator, it's been winter, with more darkness than daylight, so the equinox brings spring.

Do you love fall? What are your best things about fall?

Mine are:

1. Colours. I adore autumn colours, love when leaves are turning red, brown, yellow...

2. Rain. I know, I'm a little weird but I love rain.

3. Hiking. It's awesome to walk trails in the fall with all the colours around.

4. Food!

5. Cozy fireplace and a glass of red in the evenings.

6. Thanksgiving and more food...

7. Autumn decorations around the house (in and out)

8. Making jams and pickles.

9. Visiting farm markets.

10. Halloween!!!

 

 

Is anyone still here?

 

 OMG, years went by since I was blogging... do I still remember how to do it? This is a test :) 
Couple days ago I was sorting my craft room and I found a lovely Irish Blessing Sampler (I will call it IBS for short) that I started sometime in 2012 and haven't look at it for 13 years 6 months and 15 days... I was planning to finish it for St Paddy's Day in 2013 but didn't make it... I hope I will finish it in time for 2026.
I looked on my old WIPs and I have noticed that I managed to finish some but some are still work in progress and some are just plain UFOs (unfinished objects).
Here is my post from time when I stopped stitching IBS.

Below are latest pics of start and finish