Embarquement immédiat...

.... aller presque immédiat....pour le diagramme voyageur....
le tirage au sort a été fait et il va partir faire un petit tour en Inde :)
le veinard !
Moi j’ai choisi des couleurs pastelles , plutôt été, et je ne l'ai pas encore terminé parce que pour le moment je n'ai pas trop d'idées :-/

Mais je trouverai bien !
Petit post vite fait pour annoncer le nom de la gagnante, mais je repasse bientôt pour raconter plus en détail mon super anniversaire et comment j'ai été pourrie gâtée !! =D
A très vite
xxx

Immediate embarquing, or almost immediate, for the travelling pattern :)
4 of you asked me to put their names in the hat...(virtual hat...)
1 - Preetie
2 - Ariadne
3 - Noni
4 - Rita
And the winner is....

Number 1... Preetie

Congrats sweetie. Please email me your address so that I can send you the pattern as quickly as possible :)
Watch out Preetie beautiful blog to have a chance to be the next stitcher =)
Lucky travelling pattern will then go to India.
No doubt next version will be colourful and beautiful :)
Mine is here under. I chose pastel colours , a bit 'summer'...

I still haven't finished it as it seems I don't really have a clear idea of what I want to do with it :-/
Maybe a candle mat !
I will think about this soon :)
Anyway, it was great fun stitching that piece. 

Just a quick post to announce the next stitcher of this travelling pattern...and I'll be back soon to tell you more about my crazy birthday on Saturday and how I got spoilt rotten !!!!
March has been a good month, even a very good month until the very last day and I'm a real happy girl today !
Coming soon
xxx

Travelling Pattern

Une interruption momentanée de l'image ces temps ci....
Les beaux jours sont revenus et mettre le nez dehors le plus souvent possible est allé de paire =)
Quelques croix de posées mais pas eu le temps, ni l'envie en fait...de faire la couture ou les finitions.
Et puis maintenant que Bébé Nia est arrivé il va falloir que je m'active sur mon cadeau de naissance.....
Il y a aussi l'échange de Pâques organisé par Mii mais la pièce doit rester secrète pour le moment ...
Du coup, pas de photos de création cette fois ci,  juste un diagramme voyageur reçu ce weekend que je vais remettre en jeu...
En attendant la prochaine fois une photo de 'vieilles' bobines de dentelles offertes par Super Moitié à la Saint Valentin :)
A bientôt
xxxx

Hello dear friends 
It's a long time now since I've been writing here :-/
Spring was really with us until yesterday and I must admit I've been outside most of the time :)
I stitched ... but pieces that has to stay secret for the moment as I finished my Easter Eggchange organised by Mii but as it has not left yet... it obviously hasn't arrived either...so it's still a secret =)
And of course my birth gift for baby Lourenço who joined us last week !
The big, mega big secret =D
Have you seen just above the old bobbins Super Half offered me on Valentine's day ? 

So no creation to show you today, but something that arrived in the letter box this weekend from sweet Rhona : a travelling pattern =D
And look at all those wonderful goodies Rhona added ! I've been spoiled once again...
A piece of spring fabric, needles and a real rainbow of Madeira threads !!

Thank you so much again Rhona :)
I absolutely love everything you sent me. 
I still don't know which of the 2 I'm going to stitch (indeed, there are 2 different charts ! Both are lovely ) but I'll stitch it and after it will be your turn :D
Leave me 2 weeks, I'll make a draw on March the 31st.
So if you want to be the next stitcher of this sweet design, say it in your comment here before that date.
Same rules as usual for a travelling pattern:
- You must be a follower here
- You must have an active blog
- You are sure to stitch the design within 2 weeks once you have received it
- You will offer it on your blog to other stitchers  and send the pattern so that it can continue its travel

Very easy isn't it ? =)
It's so much fun !
I wish I was a travelling pattern =)

 So who will live, laugh ans love on March the 31st ? =)
Till next time happy stitching 
xxx

Un porte cléfs estival

Tout d'abord , comme je ne suis pas venue ici depuis le début d'année (méchante et bien connue en cette saison G....O...) je souhaite à tout le monde une très bonne année 2014.


La dernière fois j'avais parlé du diagramme voyageur , le tirage au sort a été fait hier soir mais avant de savoir où il va repartir...voici la broderie terminée :

Summer Garden donc, de Little House Needleworks dans des couleurs que nous avons choisies 'estivales' =)
Il y a normalement une bordure brodée, mais la chose dans laquelle cette pièce a fini étant trop petite, je n'ai pas pu la faire...pas bien grave :)
Quelle est donc cette chose ?
Il nous manquait au garage un porte clefs pour les clefs de la boite aux lettres, l'abri de jardin, l'abri à gaz....

Un peu de peinture, le talent de Super Moitié , une petite souris cherchant après son morceau de fromage perdu.... (que de mise en scène pour un simple porte clefs =D )
Et voilà :

Exactement ce qu'on voulait et un diagramme voyageur bien logé =)
Plus question maintenant de chercher après les clefs....

J'ai l'impression de déjà en retard, à montrer des pièces finies l'année dernière et d'autres déjà faites en ce début d'année...mais on a tout le temps !
Une bonne résolution pour cette année ?
Peut être essayer de faire des mises à jour plus fréquentes ici... =D
A très vite
xxx

PS: des cartes de vœux sont arrivées encore..avec un peu de retard mais elles ont fait très plaisir tout de même.
Merci à Simone et Amber (jetez un œil à l’affranchissement de saison au Canada =D)

Amber

Simone

As I didn't come here since 2014 has started (too well known seasonal intestinal virus that tired me soooo much...) I want to wish you all a very Happy New Year.
May 2014 bring you whatever makes you smile and happy, health (not a good start for me !) and lot's of stitches & craft =D
As you can see just above, 2 cards arrived to wish me a Merry Christmas and even if they arrived a bit after Christmas I was really happy to open them. 
Thank you Simone and Amber for your beautiful cards and words (have a look at the seasonal Canadian stamping, excellent)

So as you saw it, I finished the travelling pattern.
We chose summer colours. 
As we needed a key holder in the garage for the 'outside' keys (letter box, garden shed, bottled gas shed...) when we saw this one we immediately bought it ! And the travelling pattern was finally perfect to enter it !
Super Half painted it, added this cute mouse searching her lost piece of cheese....

What a staging for a simple key holder =D






The space for the stitched piece was a little bit smaller than the finished size so I couldn't stitch the border but I think it's a not a real problem =)

I love it, and now, it's impossible to wonder 'where are the keys' ? =)
So you were 4 here wishing to be the next stitcher....
1 - Carolyn
2 - Mmanka
3 - Noni
4 - Dani
And next stitcher is....

Congrats Dani =)
Can you please e-mail me your address so that I can prepare the Travelling Pattern luggages ? 

I have one resolution this year.. 'to try & update more often my blog' =D
So let's hope I'll be back soon
xxx

Look for the odd one out =D

Travelling pattern et nouvelles fournitures

En octobre Lille a accueilli un salon des arts créatifs, et autant l'année dernière nous l'avons raté...autant cette année on s'est fait plaisir =)
De très jolis stands et quelques nouvelles fournitures (et soyons francs il a fallu se croquer les doigts plusieurs fois pour ne pas craquer =D)
Une bonne petite journée pour tous les 2 puisque Super Moitié y a aussi trouvé son compte !
Quelques photos de ce qu'on y a (entre autre) vu..

Mais surtout un post consacré au diagramme voyageur reçu d'Emma  en fait...
Je l'ai commencé ce weekend et je ferai le tirage au sort le weekend prochain pour connaitre sa nouvelle destination =)

Je ne pouvais quand même pas faire un post que pour les amies étrangères =)
D'ici au prochain....très bonne semaine
xxx

In October we went to a craft show in Lille.
First time we attend a craft show in France =D
Last year we missed it but this year we took the chance and had a very great day there, we...because even Super Half found supplies for his crafts =)

How great it was ... and how difficult to not succumb to everything =)
We saw incredible crafter, wonderful supplies and new techniques , maybe the one that amazed us
most was this way to cut paper to make cards or frames !
So tiny and detailed !

 
And here is what I finally bought =)
Linen, ribbons, fabrics, buttons (that Hubby will paint for me, one has already been painted and will appear soon with a stitched piece...and the red one with cross stitch engraved on it, is now a magnet on my magnetic board =D)

Fournisseur offciel YUMA shop pour les toiles =)

I love my new supplies =D

So now the TRAVELLING PATTERN .... :D

I received it from Emma who kindly added lovely goodies (thank you again sweetie , I will have a good use of what you sent me and I really love this fabric and the buttons ) 
I started it this weekend and will finish it very quickly , for sure.

It is 'Count Your Blessings' by Shakespeare's Peddler

It has already crossed half the world and can't stop in France =)
Same rules as usual 
. Be a follower here, an active blogger and good exchanger
. Stitch it quickly as soon as you've received it and help it continuing its journey

I'll pick up a name by the end of this week =)

Until next post... have a good week 
xxxx

Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who is the loveliest lady in the land ? =D