Last Day of the year, last finish

I did it! I've managed to have the thirteenth finish of the year. It is a Halloween ornie. I abandoned this poor thing sometime in August... 

and finally it is done, done. I know there wasn't much to finish this one but I stitched this on 25 ct over one. The stitches were very tiny and the writing was painful...

Have an awesome New Year!
Evalina

Good morning Saturday!

It's a lovely Saturday morning in the Yukon. The sky is blue, sun is shining, swans and Canadian geese are leaving the north honking loud. I love their sound, it makes me longing to fly with them....

Last Tuesday I realized how much we are dependent on technology. Out of the blue all my networks were down - no internet, no telephone, even my cell was down. I felt completely cut off from the whole world.  I was angry and helpless - thank goodness for relaxing hobby. I grabbed my cheerful 'Good Morning' and I think I was stitching somewhat faster that usual...

It looks like I'm half way done this project as there is a lot of back stitching. I also have been working on Ol Harvest Moon and this one is almost done. You can't imagine how happy I was after I finished the moon - it was the most boring part - thousands of tiny stitches all in the same colour. This piece I'm stitching on 25ct with one strand of floss (1 over 1). I'm planning to finish it as an ornament.

It is a long weekend and I hope I can have a lot of stitching done in the next couple of days!

So long my friends,
Evalina

I'm speachless...

Have this ever happened to you? To have nothing to say... well at least I was stitching last week and have some pics to prove it. Here are my four projects:

Can you guess which one I will finish first?

So long my friends, I hope next time I will have something to talk about.
Evalina

Monday, August 5

Couple of weeks went by and I feel a little better, it's true that the best healer is time. Finally my eyes has dried and brain is working again. Thank goodness, because the bills have to be paid and I'm self employed right now. I chose not to have a 9 to 5 job and if you do not have to show up every morning, it's so easy to get sidetrack... So I'm back to work 'full steam'. If all goes well maybe (and that's a big maybe) I can go for that trip across Canada this autumn. It would be so cool to see our Maritimes finally. Frosty Girl isn't taking car rides very well, she is getting car sick. Does anybody has any advice? It will be a long, long trip and many hours in the car.

Terri of This is who I am has a new challenge FAB4FOCUS. I looked on my neglected SALs and decided to go with these 4:

1. The Russian Roster - I dislike this sampler but love the roosters and originally I wanted  to stitch just the little motifs. Well, yesterday I had another look on the whole thing and all of a sudden I realized that the sayings are the perfect conservative values that I admire so much... I made I few changes to the design and fell in love with it. Thank goodness I've started this piece on a fabric large enough to stitch the whole thing.
   
2. Miss Mary Mack
   
3. Ol Harvest Moon - this one I'm stitching over one with one thread on the 25 ct even weave. For some reason I wanted to make an ornament from this design...
   
4. Bluenose Dime - I didn't finish it by the end of July as planned, now I'm hoping to be done with it by the end of summer.

So long my friends,
Evalina

2012 Wipocalypse

Another full moon and another WIPocalypse update. So, Thine is the Trick and the Treat is done and I decided to turn it into wall hanging. I'm horrible not so good at sewing using the sewing machine. Last Friday I've got brave and made an appointment with the quilter (actually she owns the local quilting shop) for this Tuesday for a private sewing lesson during which I we'll work on the finishing part. I figured that it would be perfect in case I need a fabric or batik or whatever. I'm very excited about this project.

This month I finished So Long Kitty

While stitching this piece I was making an executive decision. I decided to quit my CGA (Certified General Accountant) courses. The whole program had 18 courses and I had 5 more left... that's 2 more years... The completion would give me an accounting designation but do I really need it? I am an accountant, if I decide to work on my own I can do anything except audits and reviews... in 7 years I want to retire... So there it was - so long kitty and so long CGA! And to make things even more complicated I started to think how much I would love to be my own boss. Things are going well, as of today I'm able to cut my job hours because I'm getting more and more clients on my own.   I think that by the spring I will have enough work so I can quit my job. Isn't that funny? In today's jobless world I'm thinking of giving up a job...

Another piece that got my attention was French Country - Pig

and love ornament got some of that attention too

Yesterday I tried my luck in the kitchen

and now I feel like the Halloween is near.

While sorting charts I've spotted this:

and of course I fell in love with the owl for the second time. I will stitch it on 25ct over one so the final piece will be just 4" by 4". Some time ago I promised myself that I will not touch 25ct again and all my HAED I'm stitching on 22 ct but now I have an urge to try again... after all it is a small and extremely easy piece.

Oh, and I finished a little square for my charity group:

The winter is already here. There is no snow but the temperatures are pretty low (-6°F / -21°C) and days are getting shorter. The sun doesn't rise until after 9 AM and is setting around 6 PM. Soon all the lakes and rivers will be frozen. Last batches of swans are going south and resting right by my cabin:

Here is a close up:

Yeah, I live in a very cold but beautiful place...

So long my friends,
Evalina