CABOURG

 Un petit tour au bord de la mer, ça vous dit...

Direction la côte Fleurie et plus précisément Cabourg.

How about a little trip to the seaside?

Let's go to the Côte Fleurie and more precisely to Cabourg.

Marcel vous accueille et vous souhaite la bienvenue !

Marcel is here to welcome you!

Restons vigilants et surtout chics, merci Marcel !

Let's stay vigilant and above all chic, thanks Marcel!

Un petit tour à la plage...

Vous y rencontrerez des surfers,

des cervolistes et leurs drôles

de cerf-volants,

des chevaux à l'entrainement...

Foi de corsaire, la sardine française s'est sacrément relookée !

My word! The French sardine has got a new look!

Monsieur Proust et ses fameuses madeleines.

Monsieur Proust and his famous madeleines.

Notre petite balade normande s'achève, malgré le confinement bien agréable de faire le plein d'iode en bord de mer.

READY TO TRAVEL - PRET A VOYAGER

We are used to lockdowns for more than a year now, travels cancelled, visits deferred. Our diaries are full of crossed-out schedules.

But there is one place you can travel safe across France, it's my blog.

No mask needed, no vaccin,  your luggages won't be lost by the air company and your ticket will remain valid for 17 weeks.

What do you need for this virtual journey :

Maps I'll provide, curiosity, books or internet, leniency for my mistakes writing English and a big shoehorn for far-fetched clues.

This time the theme will be :  painters and colours

Same rules as for previous 2015/2017/2019 games, only two posts a week on Tuesday and Thursday with the clues and on Sunday afternoon I'll give you the answers and show you how DIY bloggers reinterpret masterpieces in stitching, sewing, knitting and so on.

Each step will lead you to a town with a "colour" name

to which I have associated a painter

Ce confinement vous a donné des fourmis dans les jambes,

ces agendas remplis de sorties annulées, de report de voyages

vous ont donné encore plus envie

de faire de nouvelles découvertes

Où voyager en toute sécurité, sur ce blog bien sûr !

Pas besoin de masque, ni vaccin, vos bagages ne seront pas

perdus par la compagnie de voyage et vos billets resteront

valables 17 semaines

Pour cette ballade dans l'Hexagone, vous n'aurez besoin

que de curiosité, de cartes, de livres ou d'internet

et de petites cellules grises prêtes à résoudre

quelques énigmes mises au point par un esprit facétieux

Comme pendant les tours précédents, vous aurez des indices

deux jours par semaine puis la solution le dimanche

pour découvrir des peintres et des villes

portant des noms associés à des couleurs

avec des illustrations en broderie, couture, tricot et

bricolages fait main.

See you in two weeks, on Tuesday 18th May for the big start

On se voit dans deux semaines, le mardi 18 mai pour le grand départ

JOYEUX 1ER MAI

Plein de souhaits et de bisous à partager en ce premier jour de mai...

Many wishes and kisses to share on this first day of May...

Imzi Toyoda

Bien sûr, parmi les fleurs parfois exposées dans les jardins du vent, outre les coquelicots, il y a quelquefois de jolis brins de muguet (jamais vu sur Dieppe malheureusement).

It's a pic from the internet as I never get the chance to see those lovely lily of the valley on the beach of Dieppe kites festival (only poppies).

It's always a gift to find a new artist with personal talents and what better day than a birthday one to share those discoveries with good friends. So tomorrow will add a new candle on the cake and here is a clever lady I want to introduce to you.

C'est toujours un cadeau de ressentir une belle émotion en découvrant les réalisations d'une artiste talentueuse. Y-a-t-il un meilleur jour qu'un jour d'anniversaire pour partager ces découvertes avec de bonnes amies.

It's  Nadine  Levé  and  "le journal textile"

Here are two links 

http://lejournaltextile.org/les-fees-des-fleurs-dans-nos-livres/

Some bookmarks 

She has added tutos to explain her creations.

She also make some lovely embroided fabric items

https://lejournaltextile.org/les-fees-de-bibliotheque/

the library fairies

Et voici dahlia sur les rayons de la bibliothèque

I hope you have enjoyed those nice flowers. You'll see her soon as I'll be presenting her creations again during my next Tour de France.

J'espère vous avez bien aimé ces fleurs délicates. Je présenterai bientôt à nouveau ses créations à l'occasion de mon prochain Tour de France

WIPOCALYPSE 04/21

 Well, it won't be a monthly report obviously, more a little show at the beginning of the quater but you'll find on Measi's blog the bloggers who are participating in the Wipocalypse SAL :

https://measi.net/measiblog/2021/04/25/april-2021-wipocalypse-check-in/

Ma participation au Wipocalypse prend plutôt l'allure d'un rapport trimestriel, donc voici quelques avancées sur les projets phares de cette années.

Dans la série les oiseaux brodeurs de chez Brin d'un jour, ma broderie est terminée. Quelques rattrapages dus à une erreur de placement de ma ligne supérieure un rang trop haut. C'est le deuxième motif que je brode donc peut-être le quatrième de couverture d'un futur porte-aiguilles.

I had to adjust the pattern because of an early error I didn't see and didn't understand checking why I got troubles with the place of the bird or the leaves.

It is the second pattern of this serie that I stitched, so maybe I'll use it for a cover of a needle holder.

My other WIP is "Knitting in quilt" - Cuore e Batticuore

I have finished the three sheeps on the right and started the knitting sheep.

I frogged the stripes thinking I was wrong but I was right so had to re-stitch them.

As I have received my first dose of vaccine, I should have ask for a little additive against miscounting.

I love those sheeps patterns

and wish I'll find a way to use

their adorable looks again

maybe on cards.

Vous surprenez Adèle Blanc-Sec en plein travail, elle peaufine ses articles en buvant beaucoup de thé et en parcourant (sur des supports plus virtuels) nombre de publications sur les peintres sujets de ses recherches.

Voilà pour cette participation au Wipocalypse du mois d'avril. Pour finir et répondre à la question du mois, je me trouve moins concentrée et donc moins productive pendant cette pandémie. Cette période bizarre où les règles changent toutes les semaines et où nos petites réalisations semblent si peu importantes au vu de la bonne santé de nos proches.

To conclude with the question of the month : Have you found yourself to be more or less productive in your stitching during the Covid-19 pandemic?

I feel less focused on my projects so less productive, maybe it's the context of Covid and rules which are changing every week, you can go out - you can't, you can go shopping - you can't, you can go over 10 km - you can't. You spend your days to worry for the health of your loved ones so your little DIY things look so unimportant I need a real big goal like Christmas or gifts for my grandchildren to be motivated.

GIFTED GORGEOUSNESS 04-21

Gifted Gorgeousness is hosted by Jo, anything you made for or with gifts is shown on the 15th of each month here

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2021/04/gifted-gorgeousness-april-link-up-post.html

I missed March post, so here is my two months recap.

DD2 celebrated her 30 years at the beginning of March, so a special birthday card to create with some friends of her youth.

A new serie of bamboo cotton and flowered fabric make-up remover wipes for a friend.

This one counts double cause I use a flowered fabric

that was wrapping a Christmas gift

from DD1 who offered us some "Furoshiki" a Japanese tradition,

such a good idea.

On the goose game, I stitched the world map inspired by the pattern Sheryl sent to me.

About the wool dolls dresses - gifts for kids

I fully finished the grey/green one

and I'm happy with the funny look of the mixed pink wool

with this light yellow 

The month shoehorn, as it's a gift for our kites...

a special bag to carry them

More watercolors for the 4th edition of the Tour de France.

Can't wait to start this journey, only a few clues to imagine and I'll be happy to welcome you in some French towns. In 2015 we visited towns well known for embroidery, then in 2017 towns linked to books, in 2019 it was towns I associated with toys and games. 

This year the theme will be "colour", so we will look for towns that are named after a colour...  or almost. 

Some examples around the world for my English readers : Whitchurch - Shropshire or the famous Greenwich, in USA : Blue river - Oregon  or  Blackwater - Missouri.

I also chose to make you guess the name of a famous painter (woman or man, French or having lived here).

As usual you'll have a map and the department to avoid getting lost. Little clues, landmarks, informations will help you (I hope) to suggest names. 

Two posts a week and on Sunday afternoon I'll give you the answers and show you how DIY bloggers reinterpret famous masterpieces.

See you soon!

THE TENTH BLOGAVERSARY

Some days ago, Jo posted about her 10th blogaversary...

She did a list of a Ten Things Tag and ask us to join eventually.

It is my 10th year too, so I'm in!

Here is a link to her blog and to other stitchers sharing this anniversary party.

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2021/04/ten-things-for-tenth-blogaversary.html

1.    The tenth project you completed

Well, I have no idea as I sew, stitch and so on since I'm a kid. But I remember that I was really interested in cross stitching looking my Mum making some small patterns for cards when I was thirty. I was organizing my wedding and the christening of DD1 and reading one of her book found a lovely initials pattern I could used for stitched table marks as gifts for our guests. So the 10th project I have completed is among the 29 letters I stitched.

2.    The tenth blog post you made

My tenth post was about a fabric book I made for my grandson 

(01.2011). Can't realise he'll be 10 next July.

3.    The tenth blog in your blog roll (or your reader or however you follow blogs)

A shoehorn for this one. I looked for the tenth comment Jo wrote to me. It's was in 07-06-2014 for a post participating to June Theme-a-licious SAL from Geeky Heather.

4.    A designer you have stitched more than ten designs

More than ten designs, that's a lot. First I thought I won't be able to answer this question but the answer is : Brin par Brin.

7 from the Christmas market, 1 from the serie a guest in my kitchen and 2 from stitching birds.

5.    A project that took/is taking more than ten years to complete

I'm afraid that it will be Autumn.

6.    A design on the theme of "ten"

It is the tenth day of my Christmas calendar, some fruits display.

7.    The tenth colour on your current project.  Do you use this colour a lot?

My current project is "Knitting" and the tenth colour is pink 3688

It's the colour of the cheeks (only 16 stitches) and the cup of tea.

8.    Your tenth WIP for WIPocalypse, WIPGO or whatever list you make

On last year Wipocalypse list, the tenth WIP was loto game made with fabric and fleece for the kids.

9.    Your tenth finish this year (or last year if you haven't finished ten so far this year)

For a friend visiting on a Wednesday afternoon, I hurry up to make before noon some bamboo cotton and fabric make-up cleaners.

10.    How has your stitching style changed in the last ten years?

No change about frogging, it's even worst those past months. 

Being retired and "lockdowned" is the real recent change, I should be more efficient having more free time but the rhythm of the day is slow and cool (after 42 years of an office work and a 3 kids home). 

Maybe it's because of a math problem you can summarize in this formula :

free time  x  3     and    DIY ideas-projects   x   30

It was quite a challenge to share this ten things list but amusing.

So Happy Blogaversary Jo! 

Thanks to allways share your happy moments with us!