SUMMER BLOG HOP

Jo from Serendipitous Stitching loves to connect stitchers with her Summer Blog Hop. 

Please visit her to see the list of the bloggers who are participating this year 

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2022/08/stitching-friends-summer-blog-hop-2022.html

and guess who is my secret stitching friend

She lives in a state...   where the highest point is Hoye Crest.

She recently posted about the annual Clarksville Picnic.

She hosted the Scavenger photo hunt (I'm a big fan).

Some more clues

What she might like in my house :

What she might like in my sewing basket :

What she might like on my book self :

What she might like in my holidays places :

Alsace - marché de Noël

Dieppe - Festival de cerf-volants

All those dragons have helped you I'm sure!

Of course I'm speaking about...      Astrid

Dragon Stitches and Stuff

http://astridxstitching.blogspot.com/

She might like the love spoon and table mat I brought from Wales.

She might like a felt dragon bringing Christmas gift I made for another dragon lover!

She might like to read good stories about dragons and this dragon made from bike tires and see big kites in the sky.

Stitching friends are friends who count!

Happy Monday, stitching, blogging and visiting friends.

THE PEOPLE CHOOSE 08/22

First Saturday of August means that I have to post about a topic chosen by our stitching friends. This SAL is run by Jo from Serendipitous Stitching, it's about what you want to see on the blog. 

The result of the votes for this month was : 

https://serendipitousstitching.blogspot.com/2022/08/the-people-chose-outer-space.html

Nous voici projetés dans l'espace grâce au thème choisi ce mois-ci.

A spacionaute and the sun parts of a cube project for a baby Timothé you is 11 now!

A famous team that appeared the year of my eighteenth birthday!

We are big fans of astronomy so I stitched on my goose game Ursa major constellation.

Dans mon jeu de l'oie une case pour l'astronomie bien sûr.

I had to look for some moons on my stitchings.

Quelques croissants de lune.

Moon on fabric

Some stars will be ok for the post!

On September birthdays cards, Virgo constellation stitched with the special Gold DMC thread

LA MAIN DANS LE SAC

This year I'm happy making some birthday cards. Glad to have time to do more paper craft and use those lovely cardboards, papers, I have bought for many years.

There are on the net an endless amount of beautiful and inspiring designs.

One of the latest I have seen was in the shape of a handbag and I have chosen to do it for DD3 in her favorite color : purple.

Cette année, je suis heureuse de confectionner quelques cartes d'anniversaires en m'inspirant de ce que je vois sur le net et ravie de pouvoir utiliser les cartons, papiers achetés pendant tant d'années.

Un des derniers modèles vu est coupé dans la forme d'un sac à main, il sera parfait pour EA et réalisé dans sa couleur préférée : violet.

You have to fold in two a A4 page and cut it the shape of a bag, add handles, pockets and accessories.

The card can stand upright which is nice.

Une feuille cartonnée pliée en deux, qui ainsi peut tenir debout, à laquelle j'ajoute des poignées, des poches remplies d'accessoires.

 

I have made a list of what could be in my handbag

(agenda, passport, money, make-up...)

and decide to make a small mirror, a perfum bottle

lipstick, eye shadow, glasses

Parmi les nombreux accessoires envisageables, j'ai choisi :

une paire de lunettes, un flacon de parfum, un tube de rouge à lèvres,

un miroir de poche, de l'ombre à paupières.

I have add two pencils cut on an old pictures magazine

Les deux crayons ont été découpés dans un ancien magazine

Les idées de Marianne - trompe l'oeil

The wishes will be writen on a white sheet of paper inside.

Il ne vous reste plus qu'à ajouter une feuille de papier

à l'intérieur du sac pour y déposer vos voeux.

WIPOCALYPSE 07/22

 

Time to share with Melissa and the Wipocalypse family the projects we want to complete before the end of the world.

On FB or

https://measi.net/

A lot of time spent on paper crafting and knitting so not a lot of progress on cross stitch.

Point de croix / cross stitch  perforated paper

Brooke's book - Mrs Christmas

The belt buckle is done with golden beads as well as the top of the shoes.

I have added the green thread on the top and make some progress on the face and the hands.

For my new project "One year of stitches"  July isn't totally finished, some blackberries will be added but you can see my update on BOO cover :  226.

You may see a painbrush, it's for some watercolour, I'm putting some colour on drawings for the next 5th edition of my Tour de France and I spend a lot of time with sailors because of the sea theme.

July topic from Mélissa : What five patterns do you really want to purchase (or start) right now?

- Spirit of Holiday baking from Brooke's book (I already got the chart)

- Quaker Breizh de Jardin Privé

- Crochet in Quilt from Cuore e Batticuore

- Un jour à Paris des brodeuses parisiennes  (sur les ponts)

- Steampunk dragonfly by Panna

UNE ANNEE DE BRODERIE / ONE YEAR OF STITCHING

 Avez-vous déjà remarqué sur la toile ces magnifiques photos de broderies ? Elles sont réalisées dans des cercles à broder et représentent les actualités familiales d'une année en douze mois de mini dessins.

Très tentant, mais comme je n'ai pas pu commencer en janvier, je fais démarrer mon année en mai à l'occasion de mon anniversaire.

Les motifs sont essentiellement réalisés au point de tige et passé plat.

 Have you ever noticed on the web these beautiful embroidery pictures? They are made in embroidery hoops and represent the family news of a year in twelve months of mini designs.

Very tempting, but since I couldn't start in January, I'm starting my year in May on my birthday.

You can find some ideas here :

https://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/ideas/how-to-create-a-year-of-stitches.html

Me voici donc à la fin de mon troisième mois, je choisis mes motifs en fonction des événements, par exemple : des visites, des fêtes, quelques clins d'oeil à mes activités : jardin, cuisine, en cours en travaux manuels

Soon the end of my third month, I choose my patterns among events, visits, what's new in the garden, cooking and of course my WIP.

May : lily of the valley and champagne for a birthday month, a bike for the Vélotour, our visits to Guédelon and St Fargeau, my knitting WIP Boo, movie and book and a lot of harvests, strawberries, rhubarb, peas.

In June, I went to theater, travelled to Brittany, had fun with my owl kite. Month of Parliementary elections, the Day of Music, very hot weather  and Marathon Day. We celebrated ER + the six years of Capucine, I made a lot of cutting for cards, read, knitted more squares.

July will be about : Family birthdays on Bastille day,  papyrus on the terrace, tomatoes in the vegetable garden, stitching honeycomb and bees, painting. I'll add the amazing rainbow we saw on last Wednesday and new unknown events to come!

First impressions :

I didn't succeed to stitch with the fabric on the hoop yet, not used to, the fabric I use is maybe a little thick I think. 

I'm using 2 threads but the designs are so tiny. Not easy to use even crewel stitch so back stitch, couching stitch, some chain, daisy, web, encroaching satin stitches and French nots.

They advised to use a 6 inches (15.24 cm) hoop, but I took the biggest size in my stash : 32 cm (12 inches), patterns are already very small I don't know how they manage to sew so many in a so small space.

Je vous livre mes premières impressions : tout d'abord le tissu récup utilisé est un peu épais, j'essaie de broder en DMC 2 fils mais pas sur le cercle à broder. Pas facile avec le point de tige les motifs étant vraiment très petits, donc point arrière, un peu de chaînette. point d'araignée, roues, noeuds.

Les tutos conseillent un cercle à broder d'une quinzaine de cm mais cela donne des quartiers tellement petits. Je ne vois pas comment elles arrivent à broder autant de motifs minuscules. J'ai donc pris le plus grand modèle de mon stock, soit 32 cm !

I'll fill the empty spaces with some flowers, stars (doodles) maybe at the end of the quarter.

Je remplirai les espaces vides avec des fleurs, des étoiles, de petits griffonages, peut-être à la fin de chaque trimestre.