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Vendredi 2 octobre 2009
SHE suggested the idea... I made them!!!
after having written this article,
I decided to make my own pair... Not with C******* ...
I don't have any...
but a pair bought at a local hypermarket for 10€....
after having written this article,
I decided to make my own pair... Not with C******* ...
I don't have any...
but a pair bought at a local hypermarket for 10€....
Before
After
Samedi 12 septembre 2009
I dreamt them, She made herself some!!!
See for Yourself!!!!!
There are people like that, who make things that I've had in my head for years sometimes without having spoken about them to anyone. I have an image in my head, and one day, sometimes a few years later, someone has made it!!!
Crazy, isn't it????
Dingue, non???
So then, of course, I'm angry with myself, why didn't I do what I had in mind???? The idea was a good one.
This is what I'm going to work on this year!!!! Thank you Cécile for kicking me where it hurts (figuratively)!!!! I'm going to try to make all these ideas I've had in my head for so long, my ideas I don't dare put into being....
Ah when doubt overtakes us!!!!
Of course, what is done by the other is never Exactly what I would have done, to each his or her own personality and way of doing things, but there it is, it's done!!! Cécile is one of these persons, and it isn't the first time. She has so much talent and on top of that she has the capacity of working fast and well!!! One wonders how she does it all!!!
Follow your road, Cécile, and to accompany you, a bit of music :
See for Yourself!!!!!
There are people like that, who make things that I've had in my head for years sometimes without having spoken about them to anyone. I have an image in my head, and one day, sometimes a few years later, someone has made it!!!
Crazy, isn't it????
Dingue, non???
So then, of course, I'm angry with myself, why didn't I do what I had in mind???? The idea was a good one.
This is what I'm going to work on this year!!!! Thank you Cécile for kicking me where it hurts (figuratively)!!!! I'm going to try to make all these ideas I've had in my head for so long, my ideas I don't dare put into being....
Ah when doubt overtakes us!!!!
Of course, what is done by the other is never Exactly what I would have done, to each his or her own personality and way of doing things, but there it is, it's done!!! Cécile is one of these persons, and it isn't the first time. She has so much talent and on top of that she has the capacity of working fast and well!!! One wonders how she does it all!!!
Follow your road, Cécile, and to accompany you, a bit of music :
and like the title to your post:
Lundi 27 juillet 2009
I've done it!!!!
After having hesitated a long time, after having thought about it over and over, I've finally done it!!!!
Done what, you ask????
I've created my very own small company, in France they call it an "auto-entreprise"
After having hesitated a long time, after having thought about it over and over, I've finally done it!!!!
Done what, you ask????
I've created my very own small company, in France they call it an "auto-entreprise"
my business card
I got my first contract, and so I created it!!!!!
And since last week, I have the official registration number, and so it exists!!!!!
Its activity will revolve around translations specialized in the textile field, knitting and crochet patterns, patchwork, but also embroidery, textile art, mixed media, anything that touches the wonderful textile world where I love to travel.....
Of course if you know of editors who would be in search of my services, let me know!!!!
If you have a pattern that you don't understand, ask me!!!!
I'll be also selling textile objects made by myself, but that's later on....
Now I have to create a new website dedicated to these activities.....
I've got work on the table!!!
As soon as there's something new, I'll let you know!!!!
EDIT :
My translations are from French to English, and English to French. Usually a translation is done solely towards the translator's mother tongue, but in my case I truly have both, thus both ways....
Samedi 2 août 2008
No, I'm not going to sing this :
AND
Most importantly I finished JEANNE!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but the pictures will be in another post!!!!!!!
Stay Tuned !!!!!!!!
(Happy Belated Birthday Mick!!)
Instead, I'm going to show you why I'm "satisfied":
These last few days I made 2 belts and a strap for a bag that seriously needed a new one.....
I used scraps from some Wax African fabrics that a friend of mine brought back from Senegal a few years ago, some batik and some fabric I dyed.... I was inspired by Creative Little Daisy's tutorial, although I changed a few things..... Do you like it????
These last few days I made 2 belts and a strap for a bag that seriously needed a new one.....
I used scraps from some Wax African fabrics that a friend of mine brought back from Senegal a few years ago, some batik and some fabric I dyed.... I was inspired by Creative Little Daisy's tutorial, although I changed a few things..... Do you like it????
AND
Most importantly I finished JEANNE!!!!!!!!!
Yes, but the pictures will be in another post!!!!!!!
Stay Tuned !!!!!!!!
Samedi 2 août 2008
Because Funny
just awarded me with the Arte y Pico award. Ah that Funny, I should call her Crazy because I don't think I deserve the award - not having been
very productive creation-wise - , but boy does it make me happy, et especially it encourages me to go forward!!!
So, Funny, thank you, you'll always surprise me!!!!
So, what is this award, you ask???? It's an award, created by an Uruguayan artist, Eseya . The rules are simple :
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you copnsider deserve this award, creativity, design, interesting material, and also contrubuites to the blogger community, no matter of language.
I have followed all these rules, but one, the most difficult one in my opinion because I have to name 5 blogs and just like that off the top of my hat, I can name at least the double!!!!!
So, I award the Arte y Pico award to :
Francis for his now famous Pierre La Pierre, his humour, his kindness and especially his talent, always a breath of fresh air when I visit his blog!
VéroM, - cross-stitch, patchwork, crochet and knitting - a person with golden hands, her impeccable taste, who has made me want to make so many things, real eye candy
Moonstitches - another golden handed person. She lives in Japan and takes wonderful pictures..... I adore her, also a source for inspiration....
Auntie Jo Funny Little Kitchen - here we're in another sphere as here because Auntie Joe's talent lies in her cooking. Kitchen of 3 continents, every time I visit her, I travel, I savour, I'm enchanted..... Just go see.......
Le Clown Navet - The clown's antics have inspired me often in terms of textile art-mixed media. Always curious, ready to try out new techniques. She always is ahead of me in terms of creation, but she seems to be following the same track as me, only I'm a slow poke, and she's an acrobat, or rather the new mother of an acrobat..... maybe now I'll be able to catch up with her since her mind and hands are otherwise occupied....
Above are the 5 winners, but I can't leave you without mentioning these other blogs I enjoy visiting on a regular basis:
The group I'll call the crazy creators, who on top of that are friends (at least I think so) I name : Cécile , MLG, 400 coups, Froufrou et Capucine , and finally Coco . Just go and see for yourself, it will be better than any words I can put down here.
I've just discovered Gooseflesh 's blog. She makes surprising things with crochet and finally a very new blog: Crochet & the City.
So, Funny, thank you, you'll always surprise me!!!!
So, what is this award, you ask???? It's an award, created by an Uruguayan artist, Eseya . The rules are simple :
1) You have to pick 5 blogs that you copnsider deserve this award, creativity, design, interesting material, and also contrubuites to the blogger community, no matter of language.
2) Each award has to have the name of the author and also a link to his or her blog to be visited by everyone.
3) Each award-winning, has to show the award and put the name and link to the blog thathas given her or him the ward itself.
4) Award-winning and the one who has given the prize have to show the link of "Arte y pico"blog , so everyone will know the origin of this award.
5) To show these rules.I have followed all these rules, but one, the most difficult one in my opinion because I have to name 5 blogs and just like that off the top of my hat, I can name at least the double!!!!!
So, I award the Arte y Pico award to :
Francis for his now famous Pierre La Pierre, his humour, his kindness and especially his talent, always a breath of fresh air when I visit his blog!
VéroM, - cross-stitch, patchwork, crochet and knitting - a person with golden hands, her impeccable taste, who has made me want to make so many things, real eye candy
Moonstitches - another golden handed person. She lives in Japan and takes wonderful pictures..... I adore her, also a source for inspiration....
Auntie Jo Funny Little Kitchen - here we're in another sphere as here because Auntie Joe's talent lies in her cooking. Kitchen of 3 continents, every time I visit her, I travel, I savour, I'm enchanted..... Just go see.......
Le Clown Navet - The clown's antics have inspired me often in terms of textile art-mixed media. Always curious, ready to try out new techniques. She always is ahead of me in terms of creation, but she seems to be following the same track as me, only I'm a slow poke, and she's an acrobat, or rather the new mother of an acrobat..... maybe now I'll be able to catch up with her since her mind and hands are otherwise occupied....
Above are the 5 winners, but I can't leave you without mentioning these other blogs I enjoy visiting on a regular basis:
The group I'll call the crazy creators, who on top of that are friends (at least I think so) I name : Cécile , MLG, 400 coups, Froufrou et Capucine , and finally Coco . Just go and see for yourself, it will be better than any words I can put down here.
I've just discovered Gooseflesh 's blog. She makes surprising things with crochet and finally a very new blog: Crochet & the City.
Enjoy visiting all these blogs!!!!
Lundi 16 juin 2008
Yes, last week, I decided to play at being a witch and to make mysterious mixes with colored powders......
At first I simply wanted to use Dylon dyes in my machine, but I didn't have any Dylon on hand, and the store where they sell it was exceptionally closed..... At times I can be pretty impatient and this was one of those times, so I decided to throw myself into my stock of Procion MX dyes....
Yes, I had done a workshop with Susan Seagram ........... 5 years ago !!!!
So, here I am deep in my notes, my dyed fabrics, reviewing............
At first I wanted to make a sort of faded orangy color.... in order to make something precise..... you'll see what in Episode 2!!!!
So, I take my primary fushia, then my primary yellow (red + yellow = orange, no????) and I add a dash of brown, lacking black, to shut off a bit of the brightness of the colors......
Well, with Procion MX dyes, all tints are not equal!!!!! meaning that at equal doses of color, we do not obtain an "equal" mix, and in this case, my orange became a beautiful --- fushia!!! Really the color was magnificent in itself, very deep thanks to the different mixes, but not what I had intended. In speaking of results, I mean after rinsing, washing at 30°C then washing at 60°C.....
Well I wasn't about to let that deter me, so the next day, I started again.... Soaking in the soda ash, wringing, then another mix with more yellow and a dash of brown and yellow-orange - for good measure. You have to know that Procion dyes are "transparent", meaning that the colors underneath "reappear" through the new "layer"....
OK so, the second result is very nice as well, a reddish orangy, but very very bright.... sooooooo, I start yet again a third time, and I tell myself it will be the last, whatever the result!!!!!!!!!!
And I obtain a bright pumpkin orange, like jack o'lantern orange.............
Sublime color, very deep, pretty bright. Not the one wished for, but it will do, because really it's beautiful!!!!
And this is it :
and here are the 3 steps of dyeing, (on the threads that tangle themselves through the different loads of wash). On top the first dyeing, at the bottom, the last.....
Yes, I started to play with dyes !!!!!!!!!
At first I simply wanted to use Dylon dyes in my machine, but I didn't have any Dylon on hand, and the store where they sell it was exceptionally closed..... At times I can be pretty impatient and this was one of those times, so I decided to throw myself into my stock of Procion MX dyes....
Yes, I had done a workshop with Susan Seagram ........... 5 years ago !!!!
So, here I am deep in my notes, my dyed fabrics, reviewing............
At first I wanted to make a sort of faded orangy color.... in order to make something precise..... you'll see what in Episode 2!!!!
So, I take my primary fushia, then my primary yellow (red + yellow = orange, no????) and I add a dash of brown, lacking black, to shut off a bit of the brightness of the colors......
Well, with Procion MX dyes, all tints are not equal!!!!! meaning that at equal doses of color, we do not obtain an "equal" mix, and in this case, my orange became a beautiful --- fushia!!! Really the color was magnificent in itself, very deep thanks to the different mixes, but not what I had intended. In speaking of results, I mean after rinsing, washing at 30°C then washing at 60°C.....
Well I wasn't about to let that deter me, so the next day, I started again.... Soaking in the soda ash, wringing, then another mix with more yellow and a dash of brown and yellow-orange - for good measure. You have to know that Procion dyes are "transparent", meaning that the colors underneath "reappear" through the new "layer"....
OK so, the second result is very nice as well, a reddish orangy, but very very bright.... sooooooo, I start yet again a third time, and I tell myself it will be the last, whatever the result!!!!!!!!!!
And I obtain a bright pumpkin orange, like jack o'lantern orange.............
Sublime color, very deep, pretty bright. Not the one wished for, but it will do, because really it's beautiful!!!!
And this is it :
and here are the 3 steps of dyeing, (on the threads that tangle themselves through the different loads of wash). On top the first dyeing, at the bottom, the last.....
Stay tuned for Episode 2 !!!!!!!!
Lundi 16 juin 2008
Let me reassure you right away, I'm not into auto-flagellation - nor in fishing for
compliments, but I'm realistic!!!!! And these postings are to have your opinion in order to make things better, so that I can learn from my mistakes, and to not stay on a failure, because
these days..........
Here I am with my beautiful orange fabric. It is important to note that this fabric is a thick cotton or cotton mix, I'm not sure, the kind used to make those old sheets......
So I dyed this fabric to make this :
First mistake : Cécile's "tunique tablier" is made out of hemp, my cloth out of cotton.... I didn't have any hemp on hand, nor any linen which would have had the same drape.... I think this is the basis of my troubles........
Cécile told us it would be made in 2 hours.... well, not for me, but rather several 1/2 days !!!! I stopped counting after a while.... plus it isn't even finished yet!!!!!!!!!
Yet, the instructions are easy, just like the name says (facile = easy), no comprehension problem, the conception is easy peasy, no mistakes on Cécile's part, just me, I'm a dunce !!!!!!!!!!!!
I also had to research how to make those folds, I couldn't remember how.... Then I had an ongoing fight with those damned straps, I pinned here, then there, then there again, and in the end here, and they still are not right!!!!!!!!!
As I said, the drape of the cloth is probably responsible in part, and I'm also terrible at drawing, and so my circular cuts aren't what they should be.... even though I took the precaution of drawing on kraft paper first until I had a satisfactory result before applying it to my cloth.... I play it safe - I know my limits- it's a beginning !!!!!!!!!
I still haven't put the pocket(s) -nor any kittens!!!! and I opted to have your advise to make things better... There must be someone out there good at sewing.....
OK weird result, see for yourself :
OK, so, we were saying.......
Here I am with my beautiful orange fabric. It is important to note that this fabric is a thick cotton or cotton mix, I'm not sure, the kind used to make those old sheets......
So I dyed this fabric to make this :
First mistake : Cécile's "tunique tablier" is made out of hemp, my cloth out of cotton.... I didn't have any hemp on hand, nor any linen which would have had the same drape.... I think this is the basis of my troubles........
Cécile told us it would be made in 2 hours.... well, not for me, but rather several 1/2 days !!!! I stopped counting after a while.... plus it isn't even finished yet!!!!!!!!!
Yet, the instructions are easy, just like the name says (facile = easy), no comprehension problem, the conception is easy peasy, no mistakes on Cécile's part, just me, I'm a dunce !!!!!!!!!!!!
I also had to research how to make those folds, I couldn't remember how.... Then I had an ongoing fight with those damned straps, I pinned here, then there, then there again, and in the end here, and they still are not right!!!!!!!!!
As I said, the drape of the cloth is probably responsible in part, and I'm also terrible at drawing, and so my circular cuts aren't what they should be.... even though I took the precaution of drawing on kraft paper first until I had a satisfactory result before applying it to my cloth.... I play it safe - I know my limits- it's a beginning !!!!!!!!!
I still haven't put the pocket(s) -nor any kittens!!!! and I opted to have your advise to make things better... There must be someone out there good at sewing.....
OK weird result, see for yourself :
HELP !!!!!
I still love the color though.....
Lundi 16 juin 2008
Remember this :
Well, this is what it has become :
or this :
Floorcloths? well, not really.........
With knitting other people's designs, I thought I could very well make my own creation, all by myself, simple, easy.... Well I thought out my project, made many calculations... and all, and........
This is how it came out :
OK, stop laughing, is it serious doctor, am I ready for the looney bin????????
Well, this is what it has become :
or this :
Floorcloths? well, not really.........
With knitting other people's designs, I thought I could very well make my own creation, all by myself, simple, easy.... Well I thought out my project, made many calculations... and all, and........
This is how it came out :
OK, stop laughing, is it serious doctor, am I ready for the looney bin????????
Mardi 13 mai 2008
I finally finished a creation begun at the end of last summer to go with a nice spaghetti strap T-shirt
that I had bought myself..... I wanted to put into practice several textile art/mixed media techniques like inchies, layering of materials, and transformation of materials.....
And the weather started getting rotten, it was back to school time, and other preoccupations steered me away, and I put the project aside.....
The other day I searched and searched for hours the pictures I had taken of the disposition of the different elements..... in vain, not on my hard drive, not in my many backups, Nada!!!!!!!
Too bad I told myself, just redo it the way you want to, and that is what I did!!!!!! And I finished yesterday!!!!!! This morning, for work, I put on my new "parure".... and while opening my laptop (searched through it too), and opening a document from my USB key, what do I see????? THE photos!!!!! Too late!!!!! Finally I prefer what I did this week than what I had intended, too much stuff on it. Even now.....
But I like it!!!! That's what counts, doesn't it??????
But what is she talking about you're wondering.... well, this :
PS:all the materials used were made by me, except for the bugle beads.......
And the weather started getting rotten, it was back to school time, and other preoccupations steered me away, and I put the project aside.....
The other day I searched and searched for hours the pictures I had taken of the disposition of the different elements..... in vain, not on my hard drive, not in my many backups, Nada!!!!!!!
Too bad I told myself, just redo it the way you want to, and that is what I did!!!!!! And I finished yesterday!!!!!! This morning, for work, I put on my new "parure".... and while opening my laptop (searched through it too), and opening a document from my USB key, what do I see????? THE photos!!!!! Too late!!!!! Finally I prefer what I did this week than what I had intended, too much stuff on it. Even now.....
But I like it!!!! That's what counts, doesn't it??????
But what is she talking about you're wondering.... well, this :
and to go with it, this:
On the beast :
an auto-portrait :
So, what do you think????
PS:all the materials used were made by me, except for the bugle beads.......
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