Stitchy Sunday

Well, it's more than just stitchy Sunday. As always during the third week of the month I was hermitting and stitching and stitching... I finished first Santa of the Santa's 12 Days of Christmas and I made a lovely progress on Alicia, the strawberry pirate. Here are the pics:

 Santa's 12 Days of Christmas - day 1

Strawberry Pirate Alicia (see my right side bar for the pic) - it doesn't look like much is done but when you look on the pic below it shows you my progress: in blue - done in January, in Yellow - February and the pink is done in March.

 So long my friends,
Evalina

Not one but two finishes!

It was an excellent stitchy weekend. I was hermitting with over 75 other stitchers and look what I have accomplished

Beautiful ABC Heart is finished



and a lovely bookmark is also done! For this bookmark I used pattern from Just Nan 'Christmas Secret' and floss from Carrie's Creation 'Jewels of the Nile'.

Both pieces were started this month and are part of the Crazy January 2014 Challenge. I also made a little progress on 'Spooky Welcome' and Halloween House'; unfortunately batteries in my camera died and I couldn't take pics. Do not worry, they will come in the next post.

So long my friends,

Evalina

Stitchy weekend

It has become a habit - every third weekend of the month is a stitching marathon. It all started with Joysze of Random Ramblings.   Many moons ago she has invented International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (IHSW) and has been a wonderful hostess since.

I had so many stitching plans for this weekend but after all I worked on only one project, Halloween House by Ursula Micheal.

I'm very pleased with progress I've made (scroll down for the 'before' picture).  I think that actually I can finish this piece way before Halloween if I can keep up this speed.

So long my friends,
Evalina

International Hermit and Stitch Weekend

After my hard work now I can just hermit and stitch. Outside it is pitch black, sun doesn't rise until 10:07 this morning and will set at 3:47 PM. We are so close to the winter solstice and the longest night of the year. I think I will keep stitching until morning darkness is gone and some, then I will switch to Christmas preparations. I'm planning to finish today Heart's Secret, there very little left to do:

And then I can work on Pirate Santa that also doesn't require much time to finish.

So long my friends,
Evalina

IHSW - Sunday

The temperatures dropped to -35 C, perfect day to stay indoors with a hot cup of coffee and stitch the day away. And again I hoped to accomplish much more that I actually did... I did not make the ornament, I stitch very little on my Pirate Santa but I brought to daylight Computer Catastrophes again. I stitched part with a lot of confetti stitches so I didn't go very far...

There is no pictures in today's post yet but I promise, cross my heart, that they will be here shortly. I stitched last night until my eyes could not see any more and I was to tired to do updates. I will do them this evening!

So long friends,
Evalina

IHSW - Friday

It was a first day of International Hermit and Stitch Day hosted by Joyce and since it was a cold day in the Yukon I hermit inside my cabin and didn't go outside even for a minute. I changed my working hours, I work 10 hrs a day for 4 days and I'm taking Fridays off. It saves me couple hours of commuting to work and gives me an extra day off!

In the late morning I was distracted by visitors:

awesome looking Pine Grosbeaks. They do not visit often but yesterday they were all over!

And, of course, I was stitching. I decided to pick something from my last crazy January challenge, something that I could finish during this weekend. Pirate Santa looked like a nice project, so Pirate Santa it was!

Today is as cold as was yesterday so thanks to Joyce for IHSW! I will work on my assignment (yeah, I'm taking another course - managerial accounting is on today's burner) and I will stitch and stitch and stitch some more! I have no idea which project will grab my attention, please comeback later to check it out.

So long friends,
Evalina

weather

It's cold in the Yukon.Click here to see for yourself! I should now better, it's my seventh winter here. No matter what, I am not ready for temperatures "below normal" and that's exactly what is happening now. So much for the global warming. It suppose to affect north the most and I was hoping for some decent weather but guys, believe me, nothing like that is happening here, just wishful thinking. The truth is that we are going into the ice age!

I decided to join International Hermit and Stitch Weekend hosted by Joyce (it's not too late, if you want to join us just pop in to her blog and sign up). So I will stay home by my cozy wood stove and stitch, and stitch and stitch some more. I think I will work on my Pirate Santa, the oldest UFO, some Christmas ornies and Computer Catastrophes.