Je vous avait parle du defi Ete 2011 de Jura Point de Croix il y a plusieurs semaines mais je ne pouvait rien montrer jusqu'a maintenant. Vous pouvez desormais aller visiter leur site.... Toutes les photos des participantes sont en ligne il y a des merveilles! Tres genereusement, Jura Point de Croix offre a partir de maintenant les grilles du defi. sur leur site.

Ci dessous, ce que j'ai realise pour le defi, une boite et son pique aiguilles! il y a un defi Noel egalement...et je pense serieusement a en faire partie...j'ai adore ma premiere experience du defi!

Few weeks back I mentioned a challenge organized by Jura Point de Croix. The participants needed to stitch and finish one or several charts given to them by Jura Point de Croix. The stitchers picked the colors and fabric of their choice, the finishing ... The challenge is now closed and you can visit their site to look at all the pretty things stitchers made. Some of them are amazing! Go have a look. Very generously, Jura Point de Croix offers now all the Challenge's charts so you can also stitch these charts. The pic below is what I made for the challenge, a box and its matching pin cushion.
Jura Point de Croix organize also a Christmas challenge....I think I'll sign up for it...this one so too much fun!

En attendant de vous monter plus d'ouvrages...je vous patientez avec mon jardin Je vous avais montrer mes artichauts qui etaient pret a fleurir et mes citrouilles qui allaient se parer de leur couleur orange....ca y est! Les artichauts sont pares de leurs belles fleurs violettes et les citrouilles sont pretes pour halloween! J'ai aussi mon bougainvillier qui est de fleurs vetu. Je le rentrerais quand le temps sera venu et je vais essayer de le faire survivre l'hiver pour qu' il refleurisse au printemps! Vous avez devinez j'adore jardiner!

I can't show many of the things I am working on or finished so I decided to talk about my garden. Remember I showed you pictures of my artichokes few weeks back. I love eating artichokes but since I discovered their flowers I grow them for their flowers. They have finally flowered and they never have been no beautiful, thanks to Colorado's sun! My bougainvillaea is doing just fine too, never had so many flowers! I will try to make it survive winter inside so I can have more flowers next spring. Finally, I am ready for Halloween so are my pumpkins! 2 more have just starting turning orange...wow what a year! You guessed it right...I LOVE gardening!

Le monde arrete de touner sans Internet! 10 jours sans connection et c'est la fin du monde! J'en ai profite pour brode un peu, finir des projets et progresser au crochet. J'ai appris a crocheter il y a une mois. Je ne peux pas monter grand chose car je prepare un envoi surprise pour un echange calendrier de l'avent.
Me revoila, donc pour vous annoncer que j'ai gagne le Challenge de Gift of Stitching avec mon metre ruban. Merci pour les visites, commentaires et votes. Il fallait broder un metre ruban suivant les grilles donnees, une ou plusieurs. J'ai rajoute des perles, une rose en point de bullion, des charms.
Je peux desormais vous le montrer.

No Internet for 10 days and it's the end of the world! While I couldn't use my pc, I stitched a little, finished some projects and worked on my crochet skills. I learned how to crochet 1 month ago! I can't show my work yet as I prepare a Advent calendar exchange.
Today I am here to announce my measure tape for The Gift of Stitching has won. Thank you all for your visits, votes and nice comments. I can now show it.
The challenge was to use the charts that was given to us, using one or several. I added some beads, a rose in bullion stitch, ribbons and charms.

Je participe au concours Metre Ruban de The Gift of Stitching.... Votez pour moi si vous aimez ce que j'ai realise....sous le nom ThreadBasket... enregistrez vous, puis, un commentaire = un vote.
Merci

I entered The Gift Of Stitching's measuring tape contest...Vote for me if you like my tape measure...It's the blue one under ThreadBasket.... Register, then, one comment = one vote.
Thank you

Apres un mois et demi de voyage, le paquet que Isa avait poste pour mon anniversaire, est enfin arrive!!! Nous n'y croyons plus toutes les deux, mais tout arrive!

Un gros bisou a Isa, qui fete son anniversaire le meme jour que moi....en juin! Merci ma belle pour toutes ces merveilles, elle brode et coud merveilleusement bien! Regardez!

I have been waiting for a package since the end of June. It finally arrived a couple of days ago after a month and half of travel! I was still hoping to receive it and when I saw it at my door I was so relieved. Isa sent this package for my birthday...in June! It has arrived and I want to share the pictures with you. Isa is a talented sewer and cross stitcher... I am so happy!
Thank you Isa.

Je suis triste....Gazette ferme son blog!
Je tenais publiquement a dire que j'appreciais son blog, sa creativite, sa gentillesse et sa generosite. J'ai brode plusieurs de ses grilles et j'en avais encore plus sur ma liste de projets. A chaque fois que je broderais une tes grilles Gazette, je penserais a toi.
Merci Gazette et bonne continuation!

I'm sad....Gazette closes her blog!

If you didn't know Gazette's blog, visit. Gazette is a very creative lady and very generous. All her free charts are on her blog still. I stitch few of Gazette's charts and have many I want to stitch. Each time I'll stitch one of your creation, I'll think about you Gazette!
Thank you Gazette and good luck!

the last gazette chart I stitched last fall

La colle est seche, super seche....je peux vous montrer ma boite The Sweatheart Tree!
J'ai utilise un tissu tres glissant qui m'a fait @$*%(%*&#, mais la couleur etait parfaite, c'etait celui la qu'il fallait!
L'ete se termine, l'ecole reprend dans 2 jours, je profite de ces quelques dernieres heures ou je n'ai pas a courrir de partout pour travailler sur d'autres choses mais ce sont des chuts...alors il faut patienter! L'ete fut superbe, la tete est pleine de souvenirs et de belles choses que nous avons decouvert.

You had to wait until the glue was dry. It is very dry now and I can share my The Sweetheart Tree box. the stitching was done and I was waiting for inspiration. The stitching became the top of a box. The dark purple fabric was very slippery and I had a hard time to manage it. the color was the one I had to deal with it.
The summer is ending, back to school is in 2 days. Before crazy life is back I work on few little things I can't show you as they are surprises.
The summer was beautiful , we have plenty of wonderful memories and discovered magnificent places.

Il y a des moments ou je brode, il y a des moments ou je fais les finitions....je suis dans cette derniere periode. Voila le resultat pour le Carre Coeur de Tralala. Le cadre n'a rien d'extraordinaire mais il est carre et rien que pour cela je suis toute contente de ma trouvaille! Un cadre, une broderie et un ruban...le tour est jouer. J'ai autre chose a vous montrer mais la colle seche, patience!

Sometime I stitch, sometime I take care of the finishing. Right now I'm in a frenzy finishing time. It's just like I have all these ideas in my head and I have to do something about it. While glue is drying on an other projet, this is my Tralala's Carre Coeur I framed. I was excited to find a square frame, yes it is difficult to find. I framed my square stitching and added a small ribbon all around finishing it on a bow in one of the corners. Will come back for next project when it will be dry!
Tralala's chart are for sale at www.thethreadbasket.com

Il fait beau et chaud, le jardin pousse. La preuve en image....ceuillette de ce matin. Je surveille mes artichauds egalement, je ne les mangerais pas, j'attend simplement la belle fleur violette que je vous montrerais. Et puis je serais prete pour Halloween....mes citrouilles encore vertes poussent a vue d'oeil!

My garden loves the beautiful and hot weather we have. I just wanted to show you what I picked up this morning...zucchini, cucumbers, tomatoes... I keep an eye on my artichokes as I don't want to miss the beautiful purple flower. I love eating artichokes but I will not eat those, I just grew them for the flowers! I'll make sure to share it with you. Halloween will be upon us soon enough...my still green pumpkins are growing very fast.

Cote broderie, je vois la vie en bleue en ce moment....
as for stitching, life is blue right now...

Cheyenne, Wyoming est a une heure 30 de chez moi. Petit voyage chez les cowboys, les vrais a l'occasion du tres repute rodeo de Cheyenne. Plusieurs competitions, chevaux avec selles, chevaux sans selles, taureaux....et une course de chevaux sauvages. Il faut les monter et faire de 1 ou 2 tours de piste. Sur 10 equipes, seulement 2 ont reussies!
Une super journee ou l'on decouvre le vrai travail des ranchers et cowboys. Un veritable style de vie.

Howdy! Cheyenne, Wyoming is about 1 hour and half from where I live. Cheyenne is well known for its Frontier Day Rodeo. Several races, horse, bull, wild horses.... 10 teams for the wild horses race, only 2 were able to get a horse, mount it and race 1 or 2 loops!
A great day and way to discover what ranchers and cowboys do.

Avec les copines de le fil en fete nous avons organise un echange sachet senteur. Un echange pour le plaisir, pour feter l'ete, pour la bonne odeur de la lavande.
J'envoyais un sachet a Marielle, (il sentait la menthe a defaut d'avoir trouve de la lavande) Ladieboop m'en envoyait un. Regardez simplement, c'est beau et ca sent divinement bon. Merci Ladieboop.

With my friends from Le fil en fete we exchanged lavender filled small pillows. Something we decided, to celebrate the summer, friendship, lavender!
I received my surprised from Ladieboop , I sent mine to Marielle (couldn't find lavender so I used mint). Just look, it's just adorable and it's smell divine! Thank you Ladieboop.

from / de Ladieboop

For /Pour Marielle