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Keep on Trekkin'
Last time I left you with the first two sites in Arches, Windows and Double Arch. We then proceeded to the visit of Broken Arch via Sand Dune Arch. It was getting hot and my daughter was still under the effects of jetlag, so we left the kids in the car...
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My floorcloth
I just finished knitting myself the fabulous " Juliet " from Zephyr Style that has been knitted this way or like this by VeroM (scroll down her pages to see the photos) or again on the Sexy Knitters Club blog where we can see many different interpretations...
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There are days
There are days when I feel old, useless, good for nothing, well you get the picture...... And then, by pure chance I see this : l or this : or even this : And I find the child that I still am deep in my soul!!!!!! I have a feeling we're going to hear...
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Trilogy - Episode 3 : Another Floorcloth??
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,...
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I'm blushing....
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...
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Willy Ronis
We all know these mythical photos.......... The photographer has gone today. I heard an interview on the radio last winter. Never could we have thought that he was 99 years old by the way he spoke... He talked with animation and full of life..............
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SWAP
I took part in the Grannymaniacs potholders swap, I made one which I sent on October 15th : And I got a great one from Margote : along with some little treasures : The photos were taken by Margote, the weather right now not being compatible with picture...
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Something for Carole
Or, rather, her mom. Carole had asked on the "La Maison d'Anael" cross-stich forum to make a little something with for theme the sea to put on a big curtain. She was thinking mostly about cross-stich, and actually many people answered to the call, even...
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Satisfaction...
No, I'm not going to sing this : (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...
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Challenge
CHALLENGE FOR LE BURKINA FASO When I got back from my vacation in the States, I saw this post on the FRANCE PATCHWORK forum. I arrived too late to be chosen for the "first line", so I'm in the "second line". That is to say that a person from the "first...
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Still here........
No, no, I haven't gone on vacation yet !!!! Lots of odds and ends, flicking from one thing to the next, and so not much to show and not much to say....... Thanks to all who put in a comment to ask what I was doing.... so, in pictures, not very good ones...
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Phew!!!! Not Tagged !!!!!!!
While going on MIC 's blog, yes, her again, I saw that she had been "tagged", and to my great relief, I hadn't!!!!! I don't really like these questions where you have to show yourself, but this last tag she received looked like so much fun, so, since...
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Thanksgiving
The other day in the States it was Thanksgiving, a purely American celebration linked to their history. In my case, being only with my daughter this year, DH is on a trip and my son is studying in Paris, I decided to make a miniature Thanksgiving meal....
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Trilogy - Episode 2 : Not so easy !!!
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...
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April Eyes
SHE asked us to photograph our eyes.... This is what I look like ...... Yes, I know, my makeup is runny, but it's the end of the day, I didn't sleep much, I worked, I had lunch, I helped organize our summer holidays, and I made bread... Oh yes, and I...
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The eternal blank page... TIFC continued...
Or should I say fabric????? Here I am thinking and thinking about the TIF challenge, and so far I have not much to show for it. I have decided that to work on something about someone I admire, one month is not enough, so I am keeping this concept in mind...
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South of France anyone???
A few days ago, while on a workshop, I went to a restaurant with a Mediteranean theme. In the bread basket were nice rolls, but also cubes of Olive Bread.... I ADORE OLIVE BREAD!!!!!!!! Not to copy on MIC, but it is true she has inspired me.... and so...
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I've Been Tagged !!!!!
I've been tagged by Barjolaine , naughty girl!!!! I have to show 7 B L U E things Having a back out of whack that doesn't want to get better, I looked in my existing photos and around the house.... I didn't know I had so much blue around the house, more...
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My own bag... / TIFC ...(sort of) cont'd...
OK, so the other day it was too dark to take pictures of the bag sewn up, so, without further ado, here is where it I'm up to so far as I write this article. Yesterday in Paris, I bought some more felt to make the handles with..... so things will evolve...
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It's My Party !!!!
While visiting MTSA 's blog, I learned that it was "La Foire aux Potirons" (i.e. Pumpkin Celebration) (Note : Potiron, my pseudonym in French means pumpkin). It is happening HERE . But since it's a bit far from where I live, I still wanted to go see pumpkins....
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Need your advice please!!!
All I do these days is undo everything I do several times until I'm fed up with it......... The latest object being this : recto I had trouble conceiving it, I didn't know how to sew on the petals anymore, I cut, and recut and recut again, sewed, unsewed,...
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Did it !!!!!!!!
A WIP or UFO, Finished!!! YESSSS!!! And I'm really happy and proud of myself because I finally understood 2 new knitting techniques !!!!! I've just finished "Diane" by Coco and I stole the idea from Cécile for the closure...... And here's my version :...
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Snowed in...
9:30 AM - 15cm of snow, and still snowing!!!!! Pix taken from the house, because I can't get out, I hurt my knee before all this snow.... the car is stuck in the garage.... By the time it has taken me to take these pictures and upload them, the snow is...
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AEF 2008
Yesterday I went to l'AEF (Aiguille en Fête) in Paris!!!! a show dedicated to needle arts (embroidery, sewing, patchwork, boutis, trapunto, lace, knitting, felting, etc....) What to say???? Today I'm sort of hungover..... but without drinking strong beverages....!...
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Let's talk about knitting ...
Yes, I know, I don't write often ... I have lots of late postings, but that's the way it is !!!!! Do you remember my "Floorcloth" ??? And that I had found it too big and so I had asked you what you thought I should do here ? Well, I've done it !!!!! What...