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Trilogy - Episode 1 : Potiron is a witch....
Yes, last week, I decided to play at being a witch and to make mysterious mixes with colored powders...... 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...
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Sushi !!!!
I'm not very good at making fimo canes, but when I saw this posting , I decided to try to make this : And here is the result : I love sushi !!! Ok, I'm off to make some more, I gotta hurry, it takes time !!!!! Note : I put in salmon, not papaya !!!! And...
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Mesa Verde - the photos !!!
In the same batch of sorted photos, there are those of Mesa Verde ... ready??? Visit of the first site with a really super ranger, who instead of giving us a crash course, made us think, and answered all questions we could muster!!! He was a charming...
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New Discovery
The other day I went to the new "mediathèque" (library that lends cds, dvd, as well as books and magazines and newspapers) in Chartres, and while going through their CDs, I fell upon a CD which cover seemed really nice, in colors I particularly like....
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For MLG
Yesterday, I went to Paris and had lunch with her . And right next to the place where we ate delicious Thai food, we saw these and got a kick out ot them!!! And these : and these : There were also some golden pigs, but alas, I didn't take any pictures...
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Auto-satisfaction...
Today, Sunday, I got busy in the kitchen!!! Cookin' Sunday!!!! What did I make???? I started by making this : poule au pot Then this : coq au vin Then this : bread And finally these: and these: they are cooking at the moment... And here's the first batch...
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TIFC continued.....
I've continued working on my bag which is the ongoing piece I'm doing for the January TIFC. However, I've decided to officially name the following square to my bag as the official contribution to the January TIFC. What do you think????? I used naturally...
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The Universe ...
Today, Nasa is beaming the Beatles song "Across the Universe" into space to mark the 50th anniversary of the first launching of Explorer 1, the 45th anniversary of the Deep Space Network, and it also happens to be the 40th birthday of the first recording...
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Some Mixed Media textile art
I figured, that while waiting for more pictures of our trip, I'd show you some of the things I made last year. My objective in september 2006 for the year was to get seriously into mixed media textile art. In order to do so, I first did 2 of the exercises...
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move over Frankie
Ode to my city... First there was Frank, Now, there's JZ I'm not a rap fan, and the first time I saw this video, I turned off the sound to enjoy the pictures I saw them the other day on French TV and my heart beat fast, chills were running down my spine,...
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Some news...
It's been a while since I've written here.... not much to say I guess... I've been keeping busy, don't worry, mainly knitting in the evenings... and with my new translation activity + my part-time job - it's still work, and everyday stuff, my little blog...
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Tribulations
My adventures continue .... After having redone 2 fronts of Jeanne with a larger size needle, I realised in measuring them that one was smaller than the other!!! (see my article in French here : Penelope or Not Penelope???) Not remembering what I had...
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AEF 2008 - Meeting people....
Meeting People One of the things I apreciated the most was all the different people I met, even with the crazy crowd.... There were long-time friends from forums like Françoise 28 or Carole D . But we only had time for a quick kiss.... Funny/Coupaillon...
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These shoes are made for walkin'
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...
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I did it !!!!
I've created a website/blog dedicated exclusively to my business : Potiron's World A website where I offer translations from French into English and from English into French to professionals as well as to individuals Fo the time being this blog will remain...
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Quilt Giveaway !!!
Today I've just discovered a new blog called Old Red Barn and guess what that lady is giving away a really nice quilt and people need to post in order to enter the draw. We get extra entries if we mention it on our blogs and even more if we put this logo...
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Well, my BB isn't about to be finished !!!!!!!!!!
I wanted to hurry up to finish it, in order to get on to something else.... I made rounds and rounds... And now, I'm stuck!!! Yes and for 2 reasons : 1.Intensive crochet has given me tendinitis, no way to crochet, knit, or even weave in the yarn ends...
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My own bag... / TIFC ...(sort of)
That's it : I prepared the interior with its pockets, and I finished the squares : Do you want some details ? OK, now I'm off to assemble all these squares !!!! See you tonight maybe with the whole thing sewn up !!! Bye !!!! PS a little game : guess which...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Fini!!!!
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...