tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41289582639729223032024-03-05T13:10:38.351+01:00WUTHERING STITCHESAnojaa's adventures in cross stitches/ Les aventures en point de croix d'Anojaaanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-50201921219268694932015-04-27T05:35:00.000+02:002015-04-27T05:35:10.937+02:00sorry for the delay - desolee du retardHi everyone,<br />
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So sorry for the lack of update last weeks. But here I come with lots of photos.<br />
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First, we should start with the star project 'Past, Present, Future'. I am very happy to announce that two more pages are done and that we are left with only two more pages!! I was very lucky with those pages because there were composed mostly of block of colours. I enjoyed taking photos after finishing one big block of colour. So here you go.<br />
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Some bad/good news, 'Past, present, future' is going to be on halt for the next months as I am going back home spend some time with my mother. I will leave it behind. But, that will give me time to do some holiday stitching depending on whatever I find waiting for my attention at home. And I plan to bring back some of my stash, like fabrics. I feel I will start a new big project before the end of the year... ;) (I must be crazy)<br />
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I had the time to finish a small on the side project. I was inspired by one of my fellow blogger, the wonderful Joanna who stitched this pattern: you can find <a href="http://lady-stitch-a-lot.blogspot.sg/2015/03/two-finishes-and-ornament.html">here</a> her related post where you can see how she wonderfully alters the pattern. Thank you so much Joanna for inspiring me! The pattern itself can be bought from <a href="https://www.etsy.com/de/shop/dorkstitch">Dorkstitch on Etsy</a>. I made few changes as it was made for friends who love donuts: so instead of cookies I put donuts! And I tried to add my signature in a 'Star wars' fashion. So here is the beast:<br />
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Thanks to all of you who will be passing by.<br />
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Je promets de mettre la traduction francaise tres bientot. Un mechant rhume me rend la vie difficile aujourd'hui.<br />
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See you soon,<br />
Anojaa <br />
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<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-42469475597982843462015-03-30T07:38:00.001+02:002015-03-30T07:38:33.138+02:00Rush of the end (or almost end)/ La fievre de la fin (ou presque fin)Hi everyone!<br />
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Hope you are all well. I have been stitching so intensely these days. I almost feel feverish. I don't know if you sometimes felt alike when you know that you are nearing the end, you feel like working even more to get to it. So here I am, totally intense in achieving this 'end'. I think I need to slow down. First, it is a bad habit as I won't be unemployed forever as I am now (let's hope for it anyway). Second, I need to enjoy the journey a bit more. Third, I will just start a new project as soon I have finished this one, so here we go again! ;) Sorry for this.<br />
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So, the pictures:<br />
A picture of a crucial moment: stitching the corner bottom left stitch.<br />
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Needless to say, I can thank enough Aimée Stewart for such an amazing artwork and HAED to make us possible to stitch it. Thank you.<br />
Besides, I have been a bit disloyal to my main credo: one at a time. So I have started a small piece, intended as a gift. I will tell you more about it in my next post.<br />
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Thank you so much for stopping by.<br />
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See you again soon.<br />
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coucou tout le monde,<br />
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J’espère que vous allez bien. Je brode si intensément ces derniers jours. Je me sens presque fiévreuse. Je ne sais pas si vous aussi parfois avez ressenti la même chose: quand vous sentez approcher le bout du tunnel, vous courrez encore plus vite pour l'atteindre. Me voici donc complètement acharnée a atteindre ce 'bout'. Je pense qu'il faut que je me calme. En premier lieu, c'est une mauvaise habitude car je ne serais pas éternellement sans emploi (au moins on l’espère). En second lieu, je devrais apprécier les étapes un peu plus. Enfin, a peine celui-ci fini, j'en commencerai un autre et nous voila repartis! ;) Désolée pour cette complainte.<br />
Alors, les photos. D'abord vous pouvez voir un moment crucial: le point de croix qui représente le coin du bas gauche. Ensuite, mes photos avant et après.<br />
Je ne saurais dire a quel point je suis reconnaissante a Aimée Stewart d'avoir réalisé un tel chef d'oeuvre et a HAED de l'avoir transformer en grille pour broderie. Merci.<br />
Par ailleurs, j'ai été quelque peu déloyale a mon credo: un a la fois. J'ai commence un petit ouvrage, destine a des amis. Je vous en dis plus dans mon prochain post.<br />
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Merci infiniment de m'avoir rendu visite.<br />
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A très bientôt,<br />
Anojaa<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-39646063564767371272015-03-16T06:10:00.000+01:002015-03-16T06:10:22.441+01:00Can I trust my eyes? / Dois je en croire mes yeux?Hi everyone,<br />
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Yes, I did it (or almost, I will tell you later about that part): I finished the middle column! So to explain what I mean by that, I divided the chart which was composed of 6 columns into three parts, therefore simplifying the process of going from bottom to top (my usual way of stitching).<br />
With my vacation gap, I was late on finishing this column. but here it is;<br />
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Now you see why 'almost': those white dots are not meant to be, but for the lack of one colour I was missing. I will complete it when I receive it.<br />
But, that is not all. I was so much keen on compensating for my lack of stitching last month, I went to 'over'-stitch or almost, because you can never 'over' in this case. So, here is the bottom of the last column. Tada:<br />
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Thank you all for stopping by. I am off to be inspired by my fellow blog-stitchers and to stitch of course!<br />
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See you soon<br />
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Coucou tout le monde,<br />
Oui, je l'ai fait (ou plutôt presque, je vous explique ça plus tard): j'ai termine ma colonne du milieu! Alors pour expliquer ce que j'entends par colonne du milieu, j'ai divise ma grille composée de six colonnes en trois pour simplifier mon habitude de broder de bas en haut.<br />
Avec ma pause vacances, je me suis mise en retard dans l’achèvement de cette colonne, mais elle est la comme vous pouvez le voir sur les photos ci-dessus.<br />
Bon, vous voyez maintenant la raison du 'presque'; ces petits points blancs ne sont pas censés être la, ils sont dus a une couleur en rupture de stock. Promis, je finis des que je la reçois.<br />
Mais, ce n'est pas fini. Je voulais tellement compenser mon manque de broderie du mois dernier que je me suis mise a 'trop'-broder, quoique il n'y a jamais de 'trop' en broderie. Alors vous pouvez voir le bas de la dernière colonne dans la troisième photo.<br />
Merci a tous de m'avoir rendu visite. Je file trouver de l'inspiration chez mes compagnons blogueurs-brodeurs et broder bien entendu!<br />
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A bientôt,<br />
Anojaa<br />
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<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-64142381535370378832015-03-02T06:09:00.000+01:002015-03-02T06:09:17.097+01:00Back from holidays - Retour de vacancesHello everyone,<br />
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I hope you are well. Sorry for the lack of updates for February, I was on holidays! And this time, I took the very difficult decision to leave my stitching at home. It was not easily done. However, I truly enjoyed every moment spent in Sri Lanka. I ate (a lot of) good food. My favourite place is the luxuriously green Kandy. Set in the center of Sri Lanka, this hill side town, ancient capital of the island, is a treasure. I was lucky to see sceneries like these:<br />
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So let's go back to work!<br />
Thank you for stopping by and see you soon!<br />
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Bonjour tout le monde,<br />
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Comment allez-vous? Je suis désolée du manque de nouvelles en Février. J’étais en vacances! Et ce coup-ci, j'ai pris la décision, o combien difficile, de laisser ma broderie a la maison. Ce n’était évidemment pas facile. Mais j'ai passe un moment fantastique au Sri Lanka. J'ai mange (beaucoup de) bonnes choses. Mon endroit préféré est la verdoyante Kandy. Place au centre du Sri Lanka, cette ville située en altitude, ancienne capitale de l’île, est un trésor. J'ai eu la chance de contempler des paysages tels ceux des photos ci dessus.<br />
Maintenant, parlons un peu de broderie ou plutôt de son absence. Le progrès est très limite. Je voulais finir ces deux pages, mais en suis encore loin, comme vous pouvez le vois sur les photos avant/après ci-dessus.<br />
Alors, maintenant, au travail!<br />
Merci de vous être arrêtés ici et a bientôt.<br />
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Anojaa<br />
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<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-43394511786284529322015-02-02T08:17:00.001+01:002015-02-02T08:17:44.045+01:00Welcome on board / Bienvenue a bordHi everybody.<br />
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First of all, I want to welcome my new followers and thank all those who have been visiting my blog through 'Grow your blog' event, wonderfully organised by Vicki, or otherwise. I most certainly did enjoy discovering fantastic bloggers whom I will be following from now on. Thank you for your nice comments. It is always a boost to one's confidence reading those.<br />
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Second, I am happy to announce that the January goal was met! Hurray for me! So here you go.<br />
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Actually there was not much to be done, but every stitch being of one colour or almost, it was time consuming.<br />
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I will be away from stitching some part of this month due to other plans, so I am running back stitching.<br />
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See you all soon.<br />
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Coucou tout le monde.<br />
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Tout d'abord, bienvenue a ceux qui m'ont joint sur ce blog et merci a tous ceux qui m'ont rendu visite pendant la fête organisée par Vicki 'Fais pousser ton blog' ou par d'autres voies. Je me suis, en tout cas, bien amusée a découvrir de nouveaux blogs, dont je vais suivre les progrès désormais. Merci pour vos commentaires, qui ont toujours un effet magique sur le moral.<br />
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Ensuite, je suis heureuse de vous apprendre que l'objectif pour Janvier est atteint, comme vous pouvez le voir sur les photos ci-dessus. Il est clair qu'il ne me restait pas tant que cela pour finir ces pages mais beaucoup de changement de couleurs ont ralenti ma progression. Je me suis bien entendue mise a travailler les pages suivantes. J'arrive en haut de colonne: je vois le bout (au moins pour ce tiers de l'ouvrage). J'en suis a ma deuxième couleur sur cette partie. Ces rouges sont magiques!<br />
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Je vais devoir m’éloigner de ma broderie pendant un temps ce mois-ci alors je m'empresse d'y retourner.<br />
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A très bientôt.<br />
Anojaa<br />
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<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-10101393760762801672015-01-24T23:00:00.000+01:002015-01-24T23:00:00.570+01:00Grow your blog! / Fais pousser ton blogHi,<br />
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My name is Anojaa. I follow my husband's work adventures around the world (ok, only three places so far, but that's enormous for a girl not very much used to travel). I was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in France, which has become my 'home'. I started blogging in 2011 because it was then that I married my husband and leaving home was quite terrifying. I brought with me my books and my stitching. But cross stitching was the subject I choose to blog about because it creates wonderful meetings with others cross sitchers, something I always missed as I am almost the only cross stitcher in my circle. Unfortunately, my blogging spree did not last more than year due to life callings (study, moving out, etc). <br />
But in october last year, I thought I could join the fun again. And here I am, trying to post updates every other week.<br />
I have a lot to say about cross stitching. I was taught cross stitching at school when I was 10. It was a revelation. I was so passionate that I finished the sampler we were working on before anyone else in my class, and started stitching other stuff. Throughout the years, the mojo went and came back. I discovered new technics, new ways of stitching. I even at one point designed few models. I started blogging when I was stitching a lot of stuff alternatively. Right now, I have come back to what has always been my motto: one or at most two at a time. It works for me, as I am really impatient to see the work finished. I am working at the moment on a model designed by Aimee Stewart, charted by HAED. I have been working on it for the past months. It is quite a demanding project and one of the most time consuming. Hope you will share the journey with me.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by. And thanks to Vicki for organizing this event. I am off to meet new friends!<br />
See you soon.<br />
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Bonjour,<br />
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Je m'appelle Anojaa. Je suis mon mari dans ses emplois autour du monde (d'accord, juste trois endroits pour le moment, mais c'est beaucoup pour quelqu'un qui voyageait très rarement). Je suis née au Sri Lanka et j'ai grandi en France, qui est devenu mon chez moi. J'ai commence a bloguer en 2011, car c'est a ce moment que suite a mon mariage, le fait de quitter mon pays m'apparaissait terrifiant. J'ai emporte avec moi mes livres et ma broderie. Mais c'est sur le point de croix que j'ai décidé de consacrer un blog car il me permettait de rencontrer d'autres amoureux du point de croix. Malheureusement, mon désir de bloguer a vécu juste un an, au delà duquel la vie a repris ses droits (études, déménagement, etc.). <br />
En octobre, l'an dernier, je me suis dit que je pourrais me remettre a bloguer de nouveau. Et me voici, désormais, tentant d’écrire un article tous les 15 jours.<br />
Je pourrais parler longtemps de point de croix (ce qui tout compte fait est le but de ce blog). J'ai appris a broder a 10 ans. Ce fut une révélation. Je finis rapidement l'abécédaire qui était notre ouvrage a l’époque et me mis a broder d'autres choses. Depuis, l'envie de broder s'en va et puis revient. J'ai découvert de nouvelles techniques. J'ai même crée mes propres grilles. J'ai commence mon blog quand je brodais plusieurs projets a la fois. Maintenant, je suis revenue a ce qui a toujours été ma devise favorite: un projet, voire deux grand max, a la fois. Cela me convient car je suis toujours impatiente de voir l'ouvrage achevé. Je travaille en ce moment sur un modèle d’Aimée Stewart, mis en grille par HAED. Je l'ai commence il y a quelques mois. C'est un projet ambitieux qui demande beaucoup de mon temps. J’espère que vous m'accompagnerez dans cette aventure.<br />
Merci de me lire. Et un grand merci a Vicki qui organise cet événement. Je m'en vais de ce pas rencontrer de nouveaux amis.<br />
A bientôt<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-55340305891048271222015-01-20T03:52:00.000+01:002015-01-20T03:52:06.360+01:00Celebrations are over but still confettis around!/ Les fêtes sont passées mais pas les confettis!Hello everyone!<br />
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Thanks for stopping by. I am just realizing that January is almost over. I intended to finish the pages I was working on (9 and 10) but now, I am not so sure I can do it. And the culprit for that are.... confettis! Of course, really brilliant (and lazy) me had decided to work first on the big chunks of colour to keep the stitching mojo going, but here we go: I am now left with a change of colour every 10 minutes (if not less).<br />
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Ok I did not realize I have done this much. Not so bad and not too far from my personal aim for this month. I can't say enough how 23=-this design ('past, present, future' from Aimee Stewart, charted by HAED) is gorgeous. Sometimes, I will go doing my things in the house and then coming accross my stitching frame, I will just stand by, lost in thoughts, looking at the beauty of the displayed colours. <br />
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You must have seen the logo on the left. It is in preparation for the 'grow up your blog' day, organised by the amazing Vicki. It is a wonderful occasion to meet other bloggers on different interests. I am very much looking forward to it. If you want to join, just click on the link: http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/grow-your-blog-2015-party-this-is.html.<br />
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Thanks for all the blogging stitchers for their wonderful work. It is a great inspiraton for me and also an encouragement when you are feeling stitching mojo wants to take a trip away.<br />
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Bonjour tout le monde!<br />
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Merci de passer par ici, et en espérant que vous repasserez par la! Je viens juste de réaliser que Janvier arrive a terme. Je comptais finir les deux pages sur lesquelles je travaille en ce moment (pages 9 et 10), mais je ne suis pas sure a l'heure ou je vous écris de pouvoir le faire. Et le coupable (car il en faut un, forcement! Ça ne peut en aucun cas être moi), ou plutôt les coupables sont ... ces messieurs les confettis. Je pensais avoir eu une très brillante idée (sans parler de la paresse qui aurait pu l'inspirer) en travaillant d'abord les gros morceaux de couleur, mais voila, je me retrouve a présent devoir changer de couleur de fil toutes les dix minutes (quand ce n'est pas moins) car pour ceux qui ne savent pas c est ça les confettis. pff...<br />
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Alors, d'accord, je ne m’étais pas rendue compte que j'avais accomplis autant. Pas trop mal et pas trop loin de mon objectif pour ce mois. Bravo madame!<br />
Je ne peux dire assez combien ce modèle est fabuleux ('past, present, future' d'Aimee Stewart, mis en grille par Heaven and Earth Designs). Parfois, je m'occupe a mes petites besognes et arrivant a hauteur de mon ouvrage, je m’arrête et me mets a rêver envoûtée par la magie des couleurs brodées. <br />
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Vous devez avoir remarque le logo sur la gauche; c'est en préparation de la journée 'grow your blog' ou 'fais pousser ton blog' organisée par la fantastique Vicki. Ca sera une belle occasion pour rencontrer d'autres blogueurs aux intérêts divers et varies. Si vous voulez vous y joindre, suivez le lien: http://vicki-2bagsfull.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/grow-your-blog-2015-party-this-is.html.<br />
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Merci a tous les brodeurs/brodeuses qui bloguent pour leur merveilleux travail. C'est une inspiration de tous les jours et aussi un encouragement les jours ou l'envie de broder part en escapade.<br />
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A très bientôt.<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-62483605483973732752015-01-06T03:46:00.000+01:002015-01-06T03:46:34.687+01:00Happy new year! - Bonne année!Hello all!<br />
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I hope you had all pleasant celebrations for christmas and new year. I had a wonderful time with a lot of resting and some travelling. So, cross stitching has been on and off.<br />
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As I have told you before the holidays, I was feeling less excited by working on the project but now the mojo is back. I suppose as I do not care much for yellows, it might have reduced my interest. Now, everything is perfect with all those purples and pinks. Besides, I have decided to work colour by colour for the big chunks. It is much more interesting that way, I think.<br />
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Both are bridges as you can see and i would love to see them hang side by side, east and west, spring and fall.<br />
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As the new year begins, resolutions are needed and seems a lot of fun, looking at the fellow bloggers. I did not set anything for myself for last year. But I thought of few things for this coming year.<br />
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Resolutions/goals of 2015:<br />
- finish 'past, present, future' (yes you heard me, I am an ambitious girl)<br />
- start and finish one kit (maybe one of the above)<br />
- translate/rewrite each and every time in french my blog (because I am french at the end of the day and google translate is handy but limited)<br />
I have tried to keep myself reasonable and not to think too much about the next project, for fear of losing interest in the present one.<br />
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I wish you all a wonderful 2015!<br />
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As promised the part in french.<br />
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Bonjour tout le monde<br />
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J’espère que vous avez tous passe de plaisantes fêtes de fin d’année. Pour moi, ma foi, j' ai passe un moment fantastique avec beaucoup de repos et un peu de voyage. Du coup, je n'ai pu faire du point de croix que par a coup.<br />
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Ci-dessus, vous pouvez néanmoins voir mon progrès sur 'Passe, présent, futur'. Photos avant et après.<br />
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Dans mon précédent post, j'avais fait part d'une soudaine baisse d’intérêt concernant ce projet, mais tout va bien a présent. Je suppose que cette baisse était du a mon manque d'affection pour la couleur jaune. Maintenant que je suis lancée dans les rouges et violets, je suis ravie. De plus, j'ai décidé de travailleur couleur par couleur pour les couleurs les plus présentes. C'est, a mon avis, plus intéressant ainsi. <br />
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J'ai pense a prendre des photos de mes cadeaux de Noel. Deux beaux kits dont les photos sont ci-dessus. tous deux représentent des ponts et j'imagine bien les placer cote a cote, l'orient et l'occident, le printemps et l'automne.<br />
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Comme la nouvelle année commence, les résolutions semblent de rigueur, et bien amusantes, quand je lis les blogs de mes camarades brodeuses. Je n'en avais pas l’année dernière, mais j'ai pense a quelques pour cette année.<br />
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Résolutions/buts pour 2015:<br />
- finir 'passe, présent, futur' (eh oui, vous avez bien lu, je suis une demoiselle ambitieuse)<br />
- commencer et finir un kit (peut être l'un des deux en photo)<br />
- traduire/ré-écrire mes articles en français a chaque fois (car je suis française, après tout, et google traduction c'est sympa mais un peu limite tout de même)<br />
Je tente d’être raisonnable et de ne pas trop pense aux prochain projet, de peur de perdre intérêt dans le projet actuel.<br />
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Je vous souhaite a tous une merveilleuse année 2015!<br />
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Cheers/ A bientôt,<br />
Anojaa<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-63075749484393195912014-12-16T03:21:00.000+01:002014-12-16T03:23:37.853+01:00December update before the holidaysHi all!<br />
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Hope you are all busy preparing for the holidays.<br />
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The stitching has gone steadily. But I do feel a bit of exhaustion of my interest on my current project. I suppose it is due to the fact that the parts that I am now stitching are really abstract, splashes of colour which look great but do not reveal anything concrete (well, that is the meaning of abstract, right?!).<br />
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It might also be due to the fact that I have bought as early Christmas gifts to myself two beautiful kits, which just want to get started. I will resist as long as I can. Too bad (or is it really) that I don't have two frames!<br />
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I am trying to keep the progress steady though. So here you go:<br />
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I wish you all very pleasant holidays.<br />
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Take care,<br />
Anojaaanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-15996306616098011432014-12-02T02:44:00.000+01:002014-12-02T02:44:58.811+01:00December first updateHi everyone!<br />
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Thank you so much for stopping by and the kind words your are leaving behind. It is true that this piece of stitching is extremely fun. I think one of the reason I love cross stitch so much is the play with colours. And this chart is exactly a dream come true.<br />
Without further ado, progress pictures, tadam!<br />
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I am very happy as the stitching is progressing steadily. At the end of this row, I will have done half of the pattern (to tell you the truth, this half is composed of lot of partial pages, but we won't be stopped by these tiny details, will we? ;))<br />
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The only regret is that stitching is so compulsive these days, it takes time out of reading. But can't help it!<br />
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Before leaving you, I owe a huge thank to one blogger; the sad thing is I can't remember where I read it and what blog it is. But thanks to the wonderful advice I found there, my stitching has become more efficient. The kind blogger was explaining how you can use your tablet to highlight one symbol after another. And that's what I do now, it saves me the time (huge amount of time) spent on searching for the same symbol. So, thank you, thank you so much dear blogger.<br />
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I wish you all a pleasant week and thank you for sharing your work on the blog world, I always enjoy looking at them. Thanks!<br />
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Take care,<br />
Anojaaanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-36369776178919973912014-11-24T04:59:00.000+01:002014-11-24T04:59:23.342+01:00One column finish!Hi all!<br />
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Everything is said in the title. As I hoped, I manage to finish my first column on Past, Present, Future. In fact, it consists of two columns, because I work on two adjacent pages at a time. so here you go:<br />
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The colors are so beautiful in this pattern. I can also give you a photo of the full column (or almost, as it was not easy to take a photo of the whole).<br />
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Sorry for the poor photo. But in real, it really looks great.<br />
And now, a pic of my progress on the new column.<br />
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This is super easy as it is composed almost only of large patches of colors.<br />
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Thank for stopping by and wishing you all a great week.<br />
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Take care,<br />
Anojaaanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-5119243939696139472014-11-10T06:29:00.001+01:002014-11-10T06:29:56.937+01:00Progress and framingHi all!<br />
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Thank you so much for stopping by to read and look at my cross stitch adventures.<br />
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I had the great pleasure to get back from the framer my latest finish. It was an amazing moment. My framer is an amazing lady (actually her whole family is in the business) who always advice you the right color and right frame. I felt that I met a kindred soul, so keen she is on her work. So here is the photo:<br />
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It is already hanging on the wall. Is is a kit from Maia (I really like their collection) called 'Full Bloom I'. It is my first monochrome. I am not sure I enjoyed it that much. But it was quite easy to stitch, expect for the black fabric (not easy for evening stitching). I missed the multiple colors which make cross stitching such a beautiful experience. 'Past, Present, Future' seems to meet all my needs on that matter.<br />
without further ado, the pictures from last time and the progress after 2 weeks.<br />
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I have reached the right top!<br />
By the way, it is stitched on 22 jobelan, 2 over 1.<br />
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Hopefully, the next time, I will have completed the part on the left.<br />
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See you soon and take care,<br />
Anojaa<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-84371998910583315732014-10-27T08:32:00.003+01:002014-10-27T09:31:32.329+01:00Long time no see...Hi!<br />
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Is there still someone out here? Not much hope as I have stopped blogging for such a long time. Life has taken its toll: changing countries, finding new job, working, starting to study again, etc.<br />
Now that I am a bit settled and that the studies are coming to an end, I thought why not?<br />
The thing is that I have, despite my prolonged silence, continued stitching with passion.<br />
Here after, some of my finishes.<br />
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This one is called 'Flashes of gold', I am really fond of it and gave it to one amazing family friend. It is an Anchor design, published in Cross Stitch Collection (august 2006). It was tricky with all the gold braid. <br />
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This one is a Maia kit, 'Hien', artist : Haruyo Morita. I loved particularly the red flowers in the background, pretty tough on my eyes but what a delight now. I have kept this one and it hangs proudly on one of my wall.<br />
I have few more finishes and I will post the photos whenever I have the time.<br />
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Now, for the present, I have come back to be 'one-timer' again. I realized I am too impatient to see a finish to work on several projects at a time. hence, the Wip column has been reduced to one. This chart ' Past Present Future' is so beautiful (kudos to Aimee Stewart for her amazing work) and so perfectly designed by HAED. I had started it a while ago, finishing two pages at the bottom. I have been working for almost two months on it. So here are the pictures for the past three weeks (sorry for the quality, I stitch in the morning and sometimes, morning light is not good enough for good pictures).<br />
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So, this is where I am.<br />
Hopefully I will be able to give you a weekly update or at least every two weeks.<br />
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I love reading all the blogs around. Not sure I will have have the time to comment but fantastic job everyone.<br />
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Wishing all a great week.<br />
Anojaa<br />
<br />anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-25669979932295720242011-07-04T07:51:00.000+02:002011-07-04T07:51:27.055+02:00Flu and some golden progressHello everyone! I'm sorry I couldn't read your lovely blogging lately (I'm doing some catch up). I had the flu. So I had to stay in my room with the AC on (couldn't stay out because of the hot weather). And our internet connection is not wireless. Funny thing about this flu. It seems a virus flu was spread among a lot of people here in Sri lanka. when I say people, I mean children. So hubby couldn't stop laughing at me because I got it too, and I'm 33!<br />
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Nevertheless, some progress have been made (the good thing about being forced to stay in bed).<br />
First, I'm trying to finish all the gold metallics on Brilliant butterfly (no pic yet, I will post when it's finished).<br />
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Then, I have a confession. I'm completely hooked on Golden kite charts. Actually, I have made a start some month before. But this is going to be huge and the progress is slow. So there is my lifelong project : Indian chess game<br />
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And finally, I've stitched like a crazy girl on SK Rapunzel. My best friend is coming to visit me soon, and as I know that when she will be here there won't much stitching done. So,<br />
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Hello tout le monde! J ai attrape une sorte de gros rhume ici, qui circulait parmi ... les enfants! Mais j ai quand meme bien avance! j ai fini la premiere page de Rapunzel, youpi! Et puis je vous laisse un apercu de mon projet a vie, le jeu d echec indien! Recemment j ai vu un film assez ztupide ma foi mais avec des vues splendides de Paris! Oh Paris! je vous embrasse fort!<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
A bientot mes petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-28085501518652987612011-06-20T09:19:00.000+02:002011-06-20T09:19:12.239+02:00Blog moving - ISHW - New start!Hello everyone! Thanks for all your kind comments. You make my day every time I read you.<br />
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First of all, Bev of my wee stitching blog is moving, and she's having a great giveaway. She was <a href="http://phoenix-stitcher.blogspot.com/">there </a>and now she's <a href="http://weestitchy.com/2011/06/17/waiting-for-the-ship/">here</a>. Go and check on her new stunning blog! have fun!<br />
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This week end was the International Stitching Hermit Week end hosted by Joyszee, <a href="http://joysze.blogspot.com/2011/06/ihsw-june.html">here</a>. This time, hubby was around and it wasn't easy to be an hermit. He has a lot of friends, very kind. Some came visiting us, bringing delicious pastries. Some were visited by us (can I say that???) giving us delicious food. Well, so I spend more time chatting and eating than stitching. Sorry fellow hermits, but I had a good time, you see ; )<br />
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I've started stitching on it. So there is the first update<br />
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And last but not least, Topaz had some time for her too. I think my other projects are jealous of all the time I spend on her, but she's gorgeous and easy to stitch!<br />
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Bonjour tout le monde. je devais ermiter ce week end. Eh ben, c etait pas gagne. Sid est un peu trop populaire, toujours entoure d amis. Pour l usuelle sauvageonne que je suis ce n est pas facile, mais la, c est venu en plein dans mes tentatives de devenir une ermite brodeuse! Pas de bol!<br />
J ai quand meme reussi a point de croiter de ci de la. J ai commence un nouveau projet mais bon j y suis pour rien, j ai ete entraine par le mouvement general sur le forum HEAD. On ne peut rien contre les mouvements de foule, c est connu. J ai fait quelques corrections a Blue bird et surtout j ai ajoute un bras a topaze!<br />
Ici pas de changement, toujours aussi chaud et humide avec l electricite qui vous lache pile au moment le plus chaud de la journee, youpi! sont-ils cruels! heureusement que j ai le balcon et la sublime vue de la mer pour me consoler.<br />
je vous embrasse bien fort.<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
A bientot mes petits loups!anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-80436109275328882282011-06-13T11:10:00.000+02:002011-06-13T11:10:15.489+02:00I've been a good girl Hello everyone! Thanks for your comments on my strange trip to singapore, but I had a good time, so all is well!<br />
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Lately, I have been a real good girl. Since I've started HEAD, blogging etc my old projects haven't got as much attention as they deserved.<br />
Last week I've been mostly working on QS Topaz, who is a real darling to stitch. there she is, photo taken after a good evening of stitching (sorry for the yellowish colours). I am almost at her body, yeah!<br />
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Even if I would have wished to stitch more on her, I put her aside (it was hard). and I took back Brilliant butterfly. It's a beautiful design but alas, it has two things I don't like that much: half of it is half stitches only and there is a good part to be done with metallic threads. So I suppose this was the reason I've put it aside for a while. But for the last three days I'm working on it, and it has paid off. <br />
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Hubby is still complaining about his phoenix, which has been completely deserted lately. But there is this upcoming SAL start with the HEAD BB, and there is Past Present future waiting for its start, etc. Well, I'm only human, ain't I? ; )<br />
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Bonjour tout le monde!<br />
Je suis en train de passer quelques jours chez les parents de Sid, et j ai emmene avec moi toute ma quincaillerie, a tel point que tout le monde me demandait si je comptais m installer definitivement chez eux. C est un endroit magnifique, plein de lacs et au bord de la mer.<br />
Point de vue point de croix, je comptais surtout travailler sur mes papillons, mais bon Topaz est si jolie, etc. Au bout d'une semaine Sid s est moque de moi en disant que j avais encore change d idee! Fichtre! je n allais pas laisser passer un tel affront a mon integrite broudesque! Ni une ni deux, je me suis mise a travailler comme une dechainee et la photo ci dessus vous montre que cela a porte ses fruits. Bon maintenant, je peux le laisser de cote pour retourner a Topaz ou peut-etre commencer quelque chose de nouveau, he he! Il fait froid a Paris, m a-t-on dit. Oh Paris me manque meme avec son froid! Je vous embrasse bien fort!<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
A bientot mes petits loups!anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-50314863010130082722011-06-06T06:29:00.000+02:002011-06-06T06:29:38.511+02:00my head in the clouds Hi everyone, thanks for all your support!<br />
I think I really have got my head in the clouds, even may have lost it there. why? So let's see, I got a list to prove it. First, I was in singapore lately for four days, and it was great. I love this city, huge and still friendly. People there were just amazing, so kind and everything. and the food was so good! I walked and walked because I really love that. But let's come back to my list.<br />
1. I found there a shop who sells DMC, I was so excited. I had come with a list of numbers to buy. But when I was at the shop, I realized that I forgot my list in the hotel room. So I had to go back the next day<br />
2. They have a beautiful botanic gardens in Singapore. I went there and I wanted to take a lot of photos. I was not even thorough the quarter of it, the battery of my camera was out. So no pictures of the orchid garden!<br />
3. when I came back to the hotel, I tried to charge the battery. Well, I realized that I've taken with me the wrong wire! So no more photos until the end of the journey<br />
4. I've bought some boxes to put my floss neatly. And there I found out that I had inverted two numbers of floss, one of which I've used on the Blue bird. So now I have to frog the wrong colour!<br />
At the end of all this, I just ended laughing and laughing. Such a head I had, really!<br />
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bonjour tout le monde! je suis allee passer quelques jours a Singapour. J ai tout simplement adore. Je suis vraiment une fille de la ville. J ai pu marcher et marcher. Les gens sont vraiment adorables aussi! et je ne parle pas de la nourriture, un pur bonheur! Il m est arrive quelques mesaventures: j ai voulu achete du fil, j avais oublie la liste a l hotel; j ai voulu prendre des photos, la batterie m a lachee; j ai voulu recharge la batterie, je me suis rendue compte que le chargeur etait reste au pays; et rentree a la maison, en rangeant mes fils, je me suis apercue que j avais mis une mauvaise couleur sur une bobine et j avais gaiement broder avec, donc a refaire! ou est passee ma tete?<br />
Le fait d avoir vu singapour m a donne le mal du pays. Paris et mes amis me manquent infiniment!<br />
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Happy stitching!<br />
A bientot mes petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-28251487631816361362011-05-29T09:46:00.000+02:002011-05-29T09:46:23.466+02:00Good news, bad newsHello everyone! thanks for all your comments and for following me. I used to say to hubby that I have to stitch because I owe it to my followers, lol!<br />
So for the good news, QS topaz is a real pleasure to stitch. Maybe it's the 18 ct or the bright colours. Anyway, I can hardly put her down to stitch something else! So there she is<br />
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As for the bad news, it's not really that bad. I just have to restart something. Tenting is not for me definitely. Ok it is fast and it looks well. But as i didn't like it, I was always reluctant to stitch on the wizard. Each time I stitch tent, it's like I'm missing my usual tempo. I had also made so many mistakes on it.<br />
All in all, I couldn't decide, because when you put so much work in something, it's hard to throw it away. I asked hubby's opinion. He hadn't the slightest idea (he was thinking that the figure on the bottom right was some kind of flowers. When I told him it was the dead body of the wicked witch of west, I loved the look on his face!). So he flipped a coin and so it was decided, in this very rational way, that I would restart it.<br />
I thought I will do it some weeks later. But it seems I couldn't wait, so i sewed a piece of fabric (i will keep the other one for smaller projects). and I started stitching full crosses this time. And I am happy! No pic yet. But I will show you something as soon as there is something to see!<br />
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Hello tout le monde. Comment ca va dans ce si joli mois de mai a Paris, petits veinards! Je suis desolee pour la secheresse, au demeurant. Comme vous pouvez le voir, j ai bien avance sur Topaze.<br />
J ai decide par contre de recommencer le magicien car je me sens plus a l aise avec les petites croix entieres. je mettrai bientot une photo du redemarrage, si tout va bien.<br />
Il faut croire que le cinema indien a des entrees en france car plusieurs films ont pu y etre tournes. Certains a Paris, d autres sur la cote d azur. J avais vraiment besoin de ca. Un des tout derniers films a toute une chanson tournee a paris, autour du louvre, rue de rivoli. Mes larmes se sont mises a couler toutes seules. Je suis vraiment parisienne jusqu au bout des ongles !<br />
Vous me manquez!<br />
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Happy stitching<br />
A bientot mes petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-43846117154439842202011-05-23T15:34:00.000+02:002011-05-23T15:34:13.514+02:00Adventures of a would-be hermitHello everyone!<br />
This week end, I joined a wonderful group of stitchers (thank you joysze!) for the International Hermit and Stitch Weekend (if you haven't heard about it, you can read more at joysze's place, <a href="http://joysze.blogspot.com/2011/05/ihsw-may.html">here</a>). Wonderful idea, isn't it? Try to do nothing but stitching, yeah!<br />
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I thought it was a wonderful idea as my hubby was going to a meeting Saturday evening. I was overwhelmed with joy, which in fact wasn't really nice for him. Poor thing, he must have thought that I don't care that much for him. But you stitchers know it has nothing to do with your feelings. Stitching for me is something as important as breathing,laughing, eating, etc.<br />
So I was not pushing him out, but waiting for my stitching hour to come. But ta da, as soon as he was on the road, I kept receiving worried phone calls about my welfare, from friends and family, as it was the first time I was alone here in Sri lanka. And this on Sunday too. these people were so nice, I couldn't really tell them : leave me alone, let me stitch. So I told them I was perfectly OK before going back to stitch. Most of them wouldn't have understood my stitching obsession ;)<br />
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Any way, I got some stitching done.<br />
Got back to brilliant butterfly (it was in danger of becoming an UFO), and was glad I did. I stitched two more butterflies, yeah!<br />
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Coucou tout le monde. Ce week end je me suis joint a un groupe de brodeuses-ermites. L objectif etait de rester cloitrer chez soi a broder. Ca n a pas ete facile. Au debut, ca tombait bien car Sid devait se rendre a une conference. Je sautillais tellement de joie qu il a du se dire elle est trop contente de se debarasser de moi. Au final, sa famille et ses amis ont passe leur temps a m appeler pour voir si j allais bien, ce qui est en soi adorable. Ok ca me faisait raler! J ai quand meme reussi a pas mal broder, youpi! je suis particulierement contente de mon nouveau projet, il avance bien. vous me manquez beaucoup!<br />
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Happy stitching<br />
A bientot les petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-14669436065548072462011-05-20T07:28:00.000+02:002011-05-20T07:28:09.930+02:00Vendredi 20 Mai 2011hello everyone. Time to post! I couldn't stitch that much these last days. My brother was here visiting. He's my sweet darling. so we were running all over the place without no rest at all. <br />
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Hum hum, I think I 've started a new piece. Yes, i'm not sure. You see it's a tiny piece : a QS! ok it's Topaz from Dillman's work. i've started her yesterday.<br />
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I've signed up for the SK SAL on the HAED BB. I couldn't resist Rapunzel. and I never tried stitching a storykeep. And all of my friends are avid readers. So i was easily convinced.<br />
The only problem is that here in Sri lanka I don't know where to find floss. So I may have to order it online. but I'm not sure of the postal service here either. So we'll see. If anyone passing here know where I can find DMC threads in Sri lanka or in singapore (I'm going there in a few weeks), let me know. Thank you!<br />
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bonjour tout le monde! D'abord un tres joyeux anniversaire a la cheftaine (oui voila j ai diffuse la nouvelle sur internet). Avec mon frere a la maison, je n ai pas pu broder bien entendu. Bon en meme temps, entre mon frere et le point de croix, il n y a pas photo. Nous avons passe trois quatre jours a un rhythme frenetique. Et il s'est en aller, snif!<br />
Comme ca fait un bout de temps que je n ai rien montre sur le magicien d oz, vous avez deux photos pour le prix d'une. J en peux plus de cet arbre!<br />
J ai commence un nouvel ouvrage, c est une tres jolie indienne. Et je me suis egalement inscrite pour participer a un "point-de-croitons ensemble" sur un marque-page. Il est trop joli! La vie est trop courte alors j ai decide de commencer tout les modeles que j aime trop.<br />
Mon gros probleme c' est que je ne sais toujours pas ou trouver du fil ici!<br />
Je vous embrasse tous tres fort<br />
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happy stitching<br />
a bientot mes petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-81962066438119555112011-05-12T12:45:00.000+02:002011-05-13T15:14:41.169+02:00Stitching communityHi everyone!<br />
For so long, I've been stitching alone, with no one to share my passion with. Actually, I do talk about it to non-stitching people, but even the most kind of them tend to find you a little over enthusiastic. and now, with so many blogs to read I find myself lost in an amazing community. Moreover, I've joined the HAED BB, and well I'm usually too shy to participate in any kind of forum. But there, you just feel good.<br />
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hello la compagnie! Je n arrive toujours pas a croire qu il y ait tant de passionnees de point de croix de par le monde. ok je m en doutais, mais c est toujours bon d en avoir la confirmation. Je passe d'agreables moments a lire les blogs, il sont souvent tres droles. j ai en plus recemment joint un forum de point de croiteuses et c est super!<br />
alors deux photos, l une pour vous montrer le progres fait sur l oiseau bleu, et l autre pour vous prouver que je ne passe pas TOUT MON TEMPS a brouder. enfin presque pas. Je sors tout juste d un bon rhume, pour rentrer dans un mal de gorge. oh fichtre! je vous embrasse bien fort (enfin heureusement que je suis a bonne distance, c est plus prudent pour vous)<br />
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Happy stitching<br />
A bientot les petits loupsanojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-12759653613871442392011-05-08T07:28:00.000+02:002011-05-08T07:28:18.951+02:00hurray! The gap is filled ( a bit )Hello everyone, hope you're all having a nice time.<br />
I've been stitching hard on the rising phoenix, because I just couldn't stand the gap in my stitching anymore . So I've succeeded to create a bridge on the left, yeah! I was so happy!<br />
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There is still a lot to do, so I'm not too sure that I will reach the goal concerning the phoenix. It's ok. Let's enjoy the current success :)<br />
By the way, the coming eight days are supposed to be the hottest ones in sri lanka, so I don't know what it's going to do to my stitching: either it will give me a reason to stay indoors and stitch (yipee!), either i will lay like a lizard all day unable to do anything, or both ;) <br />
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bonjour bonjour<br />
Toujours au Sri lanka, je brode, je broude, puis rebrode. Le temps a ete extrement chaud, de plus j ai trouve le moyen d attraper un rhume! Rhume qui refuse de partir, d'ailleurs! J ai fait quelque progres sur le phoenix, j ai reussi a relier les parties, alors je me suis dit: partageons, partageons mon sentiment de contentement! bon, il reste encore beaucoup a faire, mais c est deja pas mal.<br />
Les prochains huit jours sont supposes etre les plus chaud de l annee! je compte prendre un bateau et rejoindre l antartique! Vous me manquez beaucoup beaucoup.<br />
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Happy stitching everyone<br />
A bientot mes petits loups!anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-36772096611497879112011-05-02T07:44:00.000+02:002011-05-02T07:44:56.583+02:00a late updatehi everyone!<br />
Sorry couldn't update last week. I was traveling, and then it was all about taking rest and managing the jet lag. I am in Sri Lanka now. It was rainy the first days, but now it's so hot. I have to restrain myself not to rush back to dear old France. One glimpse of the beautiful sunset sky I had on the first day:<br />
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I've done some stitching on the rising of phoenix, and some on the wizard of oz.<br />
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As it is the beginning of a month, I've been inspired to fix myself some goals. I hope I'm not being too ambitious. So let's say I should:<br />
- finish page 2 of the blue bird (I'm half way through it)<br />
- finish page 14 of the wizard of oz (quite the same)<br />
- fill the gap in the rising of phoenix<br />
And now the reward I should give myself if I do so: start some stitching on Past, Present, Future!<br />
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As my french friends are far and i miss them so much, so I will write this in french too maybe not a real translation ( a thing that I've always wanted too but being my usual lazy self... :)<br />
Voila je m'y suis decide. quelque chose que je me promettais de faire depuis longtemps: ecrire une partie en francais, meme si ce n est pas une traduction litterale de la partie anglaise. (pardon pour les accents, ayant un clavier qwerty, je ne sais plus ou ils sont!)<br />
Alors je suis arrivee au Sri lanka, sous la pluie. Du coup la chaleur n'etait pas trop insupportable. Depuis deux jours par contre, la chaleur moite me rend aussi active qu une limace! La premiere photo est une photo que j ai prise du balcon de l appartement ou je vis, le soir de mon arrivee. C est un ciel qui m a fait oublier un temps toute la fatigue du voyage. Je remercie au passage toutes les ames bienveillantes qui m ont fourni mon appareil, qui en plus d etre un rose attractif (au moins pour moi), est absolument merveilleux. Il repond au doigt et a l'oeil (c'est le cas de le dire!).<br />
J ai fait quelque progres point-de-croitesque comme vous pouvez le voir dessus. Mais pas assez, selon mon gout. Des que je visite tous les merveilleux blogs de ces brodeurs surdoues, j ai rellement l impression d etre l escargot du groupe. Je me suis egalement fixe quelques buts, pour faire serieux, et surtout pour pouvoir dire aux gens autour de moi: je me dois a mes objectifs, laissez-moi brouder tranquille! La recompense en sera le debut d un nouvel ouvrage, comme si j en avais besoin!<br />
Voila c est fini! vous me manquez terriblement!<br />
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happy stitching everyone<br />
A bientot mes petits loups!anojaahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00517747851053042663noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4128958263972922303.post-1205897833034039612011-04-18T20:36:00.002+02:002011-04-18T20:55:29.272+02:00An update of sorts! Hi everyone!<br />
The weather is so nice here, quite hot actually. So strange but by hot weather, I cannot stitch that much, my fingers got all moist... ok, I'm just finding myself some excuse because I haven't stitch that much! So what have I been doing except from dozing?<br />
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</a></div>1. Been cooking a little. My brother and friends asked me to cook something. So I made a chicken biryani with some boondi raita, a recipe I found on the net (which I change to my taste). So there it is<br />
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2. Been browsing again the HAED website because of their sale: 50% nothing less! so I found this one so beautiful, and I've wanted for some time to stitch something green. And it has became essential because I need something refreshing with this so hot weather!<br />
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3. Been stitching a little on Blue bird<br />
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</a></div>By the way, I have two things to show to you: my pride and my shame. Let's begin with my UFO ( I don't consider, as for now, any of my other projects as UFO, if i can't finish them, It's not my fault but because I'm not a witch or a vampire) It is English garden of Teresa Wentzler. I love her designs. I have almost finished every cross stitch in it, but I cannot put myself to do any beading or any special stitching.<br />
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On the other side, I am extremely proud of this one. I've designed it myself as a gift to a dear friend. It's a comic character called Agent 212.<br />
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So that's all folks! Time to go back stitching!<br />
Happy stitching everyone!<br />
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</a></div>But the wizard of oz has a story to tell and can't wait to do so. I've finished the half page at the bottom right :<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The progress on the Blue bird has been slow, so there she is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WrCJgOZPFxP1IolEnHnigTs44dkk2p_d4k-y9Ipso94oNUXw6heYGkk8eHgSVxQAohPanWhV43vYDGaPspw0SdOMe4kNzF_t2VY1LH_Ah413tl4zc0O98SZrOWsF55L0VL_eVHyHafZW/s1600/bb+8.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7WrCJgOZPFxP1IolEnHnigTs44dkk2p_d4k-y9Ipso94oNUXw6heYGkk8eHgSVxQAohPanWhV43vYDGaPspw0SdOMe4kNzF_t2VY1LH_Ah413tl4zc0O98SZrOWsF55L0VL_eVHyHafZW/s320/bb+8.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>the colours are great, though. She is really a pleasure to stitch. It seems that since I've finished my first page of her, I'm not overcome with frustration because of the progress being so slow.<br />
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</a></div>Finally, great news, I have fallen in love. Completely and desperately. The first time I have set my eyes on it, I know that I want to stitch it. My fingers couldn't wait to get some stitching done on it. Oh HAED what are you doing to me! <br />
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