Round robins, weather and more!

We have spring in the Yukon!!! Temperatures are still low, lakes are still frozen but the sky is blue and days are very long. At 10 PM sun is still shining! Look what I found while walking yesterday:

Definitely spring is here!!!

Last week I've done quite some stitching! I finished second square for Carolyn's RR Alphabet Zoo. It was such a pleasure to work on it.

And I'm done with kind of Round Robin. I stitched a pincushion with a lovely floss from Rita (Wild Fire from Carrie's Creations. While stitching it I decided to stitch another one with beads and silk floss. I had some Madeira silk to try and it was a perfect pattern to do it. I made from it a little purse:

that's the front

and the back

and here are all my creations from this chart:

Now the chart with a skein of floss goes to my winner Patty. Check her blog for updates and make sure to leave her a comment if you like to participate!

While on the subject of purses, I received the loveliest coin purse from Peru. Yep! All the way from Peru! Thank you so much Jane, I love it! The leather feels so soft.



I also was stitching Cattitude. Here is the progress:

So long friends,

Round Robin winner!

A while ago I've posted abut a different kind of Round Robin and guess what did I find in my mailbox yesterday? A chart from Rita with a lovely floss - Wildfire from Carrie's Creation. Now it is my turn to do the draw...

and the lucky winner is ...

CRAFTY PATTY!!!

Congratulations Patty!!! I will send the chart with the floss to you as soon as I'm done stitching it.  Please email to me your mailing address.

And, just as a reminder, here are the rules:

1. You must have a blog
2. You must drop whatever you are stitching at the moment in order to stitch this design in a timely manner.
3. You will put an offer on your blog for someone to accept the pattern and a skein of floss.

So long friends,

Round Robin (kind of)

Barbara started a different kind of Round Robin.

She stitched The Sweetheart Tree Potted Flower, made a beautiful pincushion and offered the chart with a skein of floss to the next person.

Rita was the lucky one. She stitched it and offered same to the next stitcher. I was the first one to comment on her blog and since #1 rarely wins - I didn't had much hope... I was wrong! I WON!!! Rita already sent the chart to me! (We'll see how long it takes to come not just to Canada, but to the north of 60!)

So, now I will do the same. I will stitch it and the pattern with a skein of floss will go to a lucky random winner of today's post. It is only few rules to follow:

1. You must have a blog 
2. You must drop whatever you are stitching at the moment in order to stitch this design in a timely manner. 
3. You will put an offer on your blog for someone to accept the pattern and a skein of floss.

 Would you like to play? Live a comment and good luck!

 I will draw the name after I finish stitching. 

So long friends