I haven’t had the pleasure of stitching in weeks, and it was with great benefit to my nerves, and bitterness in my heart, that I spent most of my hermitting Sunday working on this little piece – which is now officially done. Here they are, just a few thoughts. – – – I’ve been deeply shaken by…… Continue reading just a few thoughts
first of all I would like to thank you all for the sweet and understanding words regarding my previous post; despite the usual exceptions, I am sure the majority of my readers do care about me and my point of view. I wish there was an easy fix to this, but for the time being, I…… Continue reading GiGi, TUSAL, IHSW, 3 finishes, happy mail, a year with the Pumpkins [sit down: a lot of updates]
in wishing you a very happy International Hermit & Stitch Weekend I have to confess what some of you might already know happened during the week if they follow me on other social media.. I got my supplies for this one and simply could not resist!! 😀 I only squeezed a little evening time on it…… Continue reading happy IHSW (oops)
IHSW officially started yesterday, Taras and I wish you Happy Hermitting! he’s not too happy about the rainy weekend ahead of us, but I on the other hand can use the time to have a backstitch party on Alice 😉 – – – have a good one! ciao! chiara
so I did get the chance to hermit & stitch a lot during the weekend, but because the threads I’m using keep on knotting (I swear in the past week I had all the knots I usually get in a year!) I had to deal with a lot of sudden cuts, half lengths, otherwise unnecessary…… Continue reading hermitting, knots and a new clue
it was a happy mail day today! I better hurry up with the mini stitch enigma piece now that, among other things, I got linens and threads and could start working on those SODA Stitch charts. 😉 – – – see you on Monday for a full report and a new clue! Happy Hermitting! chiara
previously on The grey tail: I got a bunch of stuff to keep my eyes and belly busy with. yum. – – – while I renewed the aspect of the blog, and updated the terribly old content, I realized the “2013 finishes” space was pretty empty. I tried and tried to remember, to focus, but nothing came…… Continue reading Chapter eighteen – The resoluteness
Geeky Heather has Jumanji June as Theme-a-licious this time.. I’ve saved a pretty cool piece I’ll work on as soon as I finish the Karin’s flowers project.. in the meantime I’m pushing this to the limit (once again!) taking flowers as good as animals for JJ.. 😀 Jumanji June Is it a jungle out there…… Continue reading flowers and super sales for jumanji june
it has been my first IHSW, and a strange one too.. all the bad news about the bombs and the earthquake kept me glued to the news, while stitching, but definitely not enjoying it as I thought I would taking a break from things I find hard to understand anyways, this is what I’ve been…… Continue reading a sad hermit weekend
The Grey Tail 