My man is coming home!

Freddy went to Ontario just for a couple of weeks. Now, six and a half weeks later, he announced that he is coming back - next week... we'll see...

In the mean time I figured that since I'm home alone it is a great time to sort and organize my stash. I'm so sorry I started this project (you do not want to see a picture of my house right now!) I think it will take me 'til Christmas to have it all sorted and organized. I didn't realize how much I have... On the other hand, I have a blast! I "discovered" so many charts and kits that I've forgot I had!!!

And I was stitching a little, here is my progress on the Love and Bless this house:

Love

Bless this house

Bless this house is so close to being finished, I think it will be done before my man comes back! Unfortunately I agreed to work this weekend and that will eat up my stitching time, on the other hand - I definitely can use extra cash before Christmas!

Don't forget to visit Shelley, she has an awesome giveaway!!!

So long friends,

I've been stitching!!!

After being sick for a few days during the week I had a very relaxing Saturday. No fever, no migraine - it felt really good!!! I was stitching a little my cardinal

and a lot Bless this house

Tomorrow is my UFO (Great Spirit) day and maybe I will find a little time to put a few stitches on so neglected Provence... It will be hard because my Santas arrived yesterday and I really need my will power to stay focus on current projects. I love Santas!!!

So long friends,

another week went by

and I have an update! This week I was stitching Bless this house and this is what I've done:

I did not work on Provence at all, instead I started a new ornament

when it is done it will look like this:

Freddy is a third week in Ontario and I'm starting to miss him a lot. It is crossing his mind to move there, but believe me or not, this time I'm not quite ready. We lived in Ontario before coming to the west coast and eventually the north. There is something stopping me... maybe I'm just getting old...

Did you enter in my giveaway? Click here, you still have a chance!

Have a great week everyone!

It's Monday!

And a short update - I've been stitching all week long! I even decided to put my WIPs in rotation... Here is my progress on Bless This house:

The other WIP was Provence. The progress doesn't seem to be a huge one but these little roosters are stitched on 28 ct evenweave over 1. It almost blinded me! Thank goodness I have only 2 more to go...

Did you enter in my giveaway? Click here, you still have a chance!

Have a great week everyone!

New start update and ... a giveaway!!!

As promised earlier, here is progress on my new start (I started this project just today!!!)

I knew I will enjoy stitching this project but I had no idea I will love it so much! I think this one will be done in no time ( who knows how many projects I will finish before Freddy comes back!)

Even though I didn't celebrate today with a turkey dinner (I think I would eat that turkey until Christmas!) I will have a celebration with a giveaway! I want to thank all my followers and here is what a lucky, sweet  friend will get (click on the picture for a bigger view):

• 32 ct Mercedes lugana (13 x 18)
• Shiver Me Timbers chart from Sue Hillis Design
• Stork scissors, and
• stitched by me thank you card

Now, the rules:

1. Leave a comment on this post clearly indicating that you would like to be entered in a draw. Please make sure to include an email address if your blog doesn't link to one (I have to be able to contact you if you are a winner)
2. You must be a follower of my blog 
3. If you post about this giveaway on your blog with a link to mine you will get an extra entry! 

I will draw the lucky name on Sunday, October 31 at noon PST. (PST does not stands for provincial sales tax but Pacific Standard Time!!!)

Good luck and so long my friends,

Happy Thanksgiving Canada!!!

Did you know that the history of Thanksgiving in Canada goes back to an explorer, Martin Frobisher, who had been trying to find a northern passage to the Pacific Ocean? Frobisher's Thanksgiving was not for harvest but homecoming. He had safely returned from a search for the Northwest Passage, avoiding the later fate of Henry Hudson and Sir John Franklin. In the year 1578, he held a formal ceremony in Newfoundland to give thanks for surviving the long journey. The feast was one of the first Thanksgiving celebrations by Europeans in North America. Frobisher was later knighted and had an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean in northern Canada named after him — Frobisher Bay.

Today, I'm spending my Thanksgiving all alone. Freddy is in Ontario and he will stay there to the end of the month. So... can you guess what I will do today? Of course! I will stitch!!! It looks like it will be a nice, crispy, sunny day in the Yukon - I will take Topaz for a long walk. And since I'm on the topic of stitching... I have a finish! I decided to finish my chickens as a wall hanging. I'm not a 100% satisfied with my finishing quality but it is my first ever attempt to make a hanging.

I came across a very cute design that I had to have it! I just finish stitching it and I think it will make a very nice bell pull, what do you think?

That's not all! I also finished a little blue square for my swap:

This square is a fragment of Nancy Rossi design - Bless this house.

It is a lovely design and since I enjoyed stitching part of it I decided to do a whole thing. Later on (today!) I will share with you my progress on this new WIP.

Happy Thanksgiving to all Canadians!!!

So long my friends,