SummerSolstice

T H I S year we got much warmer SummerSolsticeCelebration time than last year. My apple trees blossomed just for the celebration. The hop has not grown as well yet as last summer but this time our May was colder and even my tulips were late. During May and June the weather has been everything possible; including hailstorms and finally now by the MidSummerTime hot hot hot. +24 Celcius degrees is hot. The weather was beautiful. With thousands of mosquitos.

Today we are back to normal; +13,5 Celsius degrees and pouring rain. I must tell you; after all my rabbits prefer this weather. Despite they are not allowed into their outdoor fence. All the mosquitos have vanished; thanks to the rain. And all the heat is gone; they L O V E it.

He was working over the MidSummerCelebrationWeekend. Yes, when Finns celebrate SummerSolstice it takes several days. It should start on Friday but usually people start it on Thursday already and keep going on until early hours of Sunday...

You know I already upholstered an old office chair and told you a story of our holiday. But because he was at work I used a box he has given to me. No, it doesn't enclose a knife...

...it encloses StitchingStuff!!!

You know I also did a small tutorial 

about it how to use Madeira Lana thread.

I had a reason to try it out...

...because I have also spend some time with designing new small cross stitch project. It is up to Unicorns. More pictures of it all at here. So, I have spent my SummerSolstice also with Unicorns! How G R E A T is that! (My own design.)

Summer flowers

My tulips wish you all HappyMidSummer celebration!

What else is blossoming around here by the MidSummer?

BirdCherries of course!

My Saskatoons!

Currants!

And BlackCurrants!

Have you ever thought the blossoms of BlackCurrants look like tiny bells?

And this little one is very diligent by our veranda window.

Summer solstice time

Our MidSummer time was the coldest in 30 years! So, I am still wearing my woollen socks. My weather has been something most people call winter. But still I am enjoying about the summer. The sun shines all day and night. The warmth just disappeared... MidSummer celebration at summer solstice time is as big fest as Christmas (Yule) around the winter solstice here in Finland. (By the way, we call them juhannus and joulu... )

I have spent my days sewing...

Did you know that some fabric shops can print you (for free) the fabric information so you don't need to remember it all?

I started to create my evening dress for the special celebration in July.

I had to pick up very old pattern...

...to make the piece to see how it fits or does not at all. The result was -after ten years- it still fits. Yeppee, it makes it all easier! So I had to make only the design changes to the pattern. :) WOW, I am so happy!

So I re-draw the pattern with the desired changes.

I cut it all.

And I prepaired it all for sewing. I will make the dress, shawl and evening bag.