Some stitches done - and some crying also! I finished the tree on the left. And noticed, that there is not enough green floss for the rest of the work.. There is still some leaves to do both up and down frame.. That's what happens, when you are just practicing something - like I'm doing :) My first work with hand dyed floss.

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Joitakin pistoja taas valmiina - samoin kuin kyyneleitä vuodatettuna. Sain valmiiksi jo kerran purkamani puun vasemmalla puolella. Ja huomasin, ettei minulla ole tarpeeksi tuota tarvittavaa vihreää lankaa lopputyöhön. Sekä ylä- että alareunassa olisi vielä lehtiä tehtävänä - ja Kudzu on armottomasti lopussa. Näin siinä käy, kun harjoittelee - niin kuin minä tässä parhaillaan. Tämä siis ensimmäinen käsinvärjätyillä langoilla tekemäni työ.

Original picture from the package

Monday morning and Bless our home

Wow, busy weekend is over, and Monday is here again.. Time is really flying!! On thursday I sent my exchange-piece overseas and hope it will land fast and safely this week.

Last week we were on short trip, half work, half fun ;) I was able to finish my LizzieKate Bless our home. I changed almost all the colors, and used DMC floss. I need to change the color of word "our", since that one is too much alike the fabric. I enjoyed stitching this one, and I must say, that I love those curly letters!!!

Have a nice week!!

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Kiireinen viikonloppu on taas takana, ja arki alkanut. Aika kuluu niin nopeaan!
Torstaina laitoin Lennun ristipistovaihdon postiin toivoen, että se löytää perille turvallisesti ja nopeasti tällä viikolla.

Viime viikon lopulla olimme lyhyellä matkalla, puoliksi työtä, puoliksi huvia :) Sain pisteltyä LizzieKaten Bless our Home - mallin. Muutin lähes kaikki värit käyttäen DMC-lankoja. Vielä täytyy vaihtaa tuo sana "Our", se kun hukkuu tuonne kankaaseen ihan kokonaan. Tuota oli oikein mukava pistellä, ja pidän erityisesti noista ihanan kiemuraisista kirjaimista!!

Oikein hyvää alkanutta viikkoa!!

Hot season and some stitches

It's very hot in here! This year hot season came almost a month earlier than normally and it has been awfully hot for a few weeks already. That makes our family tired and grumby... Luckily we have air-conditions upstairs (bedrooms and office), but downstairs (kitchen and living room) it's only fans. So cooking and homework downstairs Feels Like Real Work!!!

But anyway, I'm still doing some stitching in the evening. Here is my progress so far with LHN's Psalm 145:
Mailing day for Finnish Alphabet exchange is near, so maybe next week I can show some pics of my "secret stitching" as soon as my parcel is with her new owner! :) Since I'm a newbie with these exchanges, I'm really excited and anxious to see, how she likes my stitching and finishing...

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Ja tästä päivästä lähtien muutama sana myös kotimaaksi :)

Kuuma aika tuli näille kulmille noin kuukauden etuajassa jo muutamia viikkoja sitten. Jatkuva kuumuus saa koko perheen väsyneeksi ja kiukkuiseksi.. Onneksemme yläkerran huoneissa (makuuhuoneet ja toimisto) on ilmastointilaitteet, mutta alakerrassa ( keittiö ja olohuone), on ainoastaan kattotuulettimet. Joten ruuanlaitto ja muut kotiaskareet tuntuvat tosiaan "ihan oikealta työltä"! Jotain pistelyitä olen silti saanut tehtyä, todisteena yllä LHN:n Psalmi 145:n tämän hetkinen tilanne.

Lennun ristipistovaihtojen Aakkosvaihdon postituspäivä lähenee.. Koska olen uusi näissä vaihdoissa, odotan tietenkin jännityksellä, mitä parini on mieltä pistelystäni ja viimeistelystäni... Toivottavasti ensi viikolla pääsen laittamaan kuvia tekeleestäni, kunhan paketti on perillä uudella omistajallaan.

Stash

Some pictures of my recent stash. I ordered these from Patchwork Rabbit together with Lizzie*Kate's Bless Our Home. And I really can recommend that place - the delivery was very fast and service friendly!

LHN's Curly Q Ewe is from Kirjokas other two LHN's from Patchwork Rabbit.

Frogging..

After last posting I have stitched Psalm 145. And when the other tree on the left was also finished, I noticed that it looks different than the other.. And why is that, I was wondering.. And then realized: Wrong colour!!!! I stitched the leaves with light green ( ) instead of using the darker (=).. My DH tried to calm me down (I think he saw the smoke coming out from my ears...) and said, that "Honey, all the trees outside looks different, it doesn't matter..." :) I tried to see it like God's special creature (not just a copy from the chart), and stitched the verse.. but couldn't help myself... It was too much for me :) So after all I had to change the right colour! (but not picture yet..)

Lost and found - memory card reader

This morning I finally found my cameras memory card reader, which has been missing few days or a week already... so now I can show some pictures :)

Here is my Psalm 145:

With flash

And same without flash..

Since my 5 years old son is very much into his Nintendo Ds and Super Kirby, on Monday I decided to do a little bag for him and his game. So this is what happened:

First I took a piece of white aida and draw Kirby...

Then some stitching with his name

And finally - the bag..My sewing skills are not very good, I still need a LOT of practice...
The stitched Kirby-part is also a pocket, and inside a bag is also an another small pocket. After one day of using this bag it already looks like it has been used years with all stains in it :) LOL. But I'm glad my son really loves it and carries it with him all the time...

Serenade in Pink

Time really flies! Was it really on January, when I last wrote something here??
But still i don't have much to show. On January we were away from town for a week, and after two weeks at home, we travelled again - for 2 weeks this time.


So we just came back Saturday evening. W e though, that we would go also a little vacation after a "business trip", but we all were sick. We still went to that lovely island for 5 days, but were ok only 2,5 of those days. We enjoyed the ocean and clear water, snorkeling etc.. And cause trip was very "watery and sandy" I didn't get any stitching to do..


I have only something small to show.. Before our trip I started a birthday present for my Mom, who loves birds.. Serenade in Pink