<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066</id><updated>2011-08-06T14:18:44.375+02:00</updated><category term='journals'/><category term='holey moley'/><category term='challenge'/><category term='Marseille - Frioul'/><category term='workshop'/><category term='Deauville'/><category term='golf'/><category term='sketches'/><category term='landscape quilts'/><category term='Bruxelles-Brussel-Brussels'/><category term='tutorial'/><category term='fabric collage'/><category term='logcabin'/><category term='baltimore'/><category term='ufo'/><category term='visages'/><category term='sac'/><category term='flower stitcher'/><category term='appliqué'/><category term='classes'/><category term='exhibition'/><category term='curves-courbes'/><category term='bag'/><category term='bernina'/><category term='faces'/><category term='calligraphy'/><category term='finished'/><category term='Avignon'/><title type='text'>Creative Hours</title><subtitle type='html'>The place where I chose to write my ideas down !</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>266</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1639465975558989771</id><published>2010-08-11T13:04:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-11T13:04:20.370+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='finished'/><title type='text'>Blue dream – Rêve bleu</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I finished my ‘Blue Dream”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I spent a lot of time in cutting the threads between some of the letters.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This improvised piece measures +/- 21 x 33 inch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I combined several techniques:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The improvised collage of ripped fabric,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To keep it all in place, I sewn it all together,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I stamped some forms with textile paint,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I embroidered some poems&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;And to finish I quilted this work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TGKDIHtVIZI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ER5Mub7zciY/s1600/r%C3%AAve+de+vers+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" ox="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TGKDIHtVIZI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ER5Mub7zciY/s320/r%C3%AAve+de+vers+01.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai terminé mon “Rêve Bleu”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai passé énormément de temps à couper les fils entre certaines lettres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mais, personnellement, je suis heureuse du résultat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Cette œuvre improvisé mesure 55 x 85 cm.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai combiné de nombreuses techniques différentes :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le ‘collage improvisé’ de bouts de tissus déchirés, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pour les maintenir en place, je les ai cousus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le tamponnage (j’ai utilisé de la peinture textile),&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La broderie : les poèmes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Et le matelassage pour finir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1639465975558989771?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1639465975558989771/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1639465975558989771&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1639465975558989771'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1639465975558989771'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/08/blue-dream-reve-bleu.html' title='Blue dream – Rêve bleu'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TGKDIHtVIZI/AAAAAAAAC5U/ER5Mub7zciY/s72-c/r%C3%AAve+de+vers+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1932195587610083225</id><published>2010-08-01T09:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-08-01T09:25:45.675+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bag'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sac'/><title type='text'>Bag –Sac</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I needed a practical bag to put spare clothes in after done with sporting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Il me fallait un sac de sport pratique pour mettre des vêtements de rechange.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZi9ycT-I/AAAAAAAAC4k/jPinVGWtCbk/s1600/sac+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZi9ycT-I/AAAAAAAAC4k/jPinVGWtCbk/s320/sac+01.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Since I couldn’t find one to my convenience, I made one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Comme je n’en ai trouvé aucun à ma convenance dans le commerce..&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’en ai cousu un. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZlPYNPnI/AAAAAAAAC4s/iZCo6SjnR3k/s1600/sac+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZlPYNPnI/AAAAAAAAC4s/iZCo6SjnR3k/s320/sac+02.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I found the ideal&amp;nbsp;pattern at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai trouvé le modèle idéal – pour moi – sur ce site :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;http://u-handbag.typepad.com/uhandblog/&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZnlre6XI/AAAAAAAAC40/dNrHeSx5Dyc/s1600/sac+03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZnlre6XI/AAAAAAAAC40/dNrHeSx5Dyc/s320/sac+03.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After the reading the clear instructions and selected the fabric, I started to cut and sew.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Après avoir lu les instructions très clair et choisi le tissu, je me suis mise à l’ouvrage avec beaucoup de plaisir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZqPemZnI/AAAAAAAAC48/KIkQTMNniDQ/s1600/sac+04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZqPemZnI/AAAAAAAAC48/KIkQTMNniDQ/s320/sac+04.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This was really simple to sew. No surprises.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je n’ai eu aucune surprise désagréable durant la réalisation de ce sac.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZshwbWBI/AAAAAAAAC5E/l12S-ZRSq0Y/s1600/sac+05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZshwbWBI/AAAAAAAAC5E/l12S-ZRSq0Y/s320/sac+05.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Instead of using fleece wadding, I used warm &amp;amp; natural.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je n’ai effectué qu’un changement : au lieu d’utiliser le fleece, j’ai préféré utiliser le warm &amp;amp; natural.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZukSWWgI/AAAAAAAAC5M/uoqaAfLnKDU/s1600/sac+06.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" bx="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZukSWWgI/AAAAAAAAC5M/uoqaAfLnKDU/s320/sac+06.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;I can undo the ties on both sides and have an even bigger bag.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je peux défaire les nœuds sur les côtés et obtenir un sac encore plus grand.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1932195587610083225?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1932195587610083225/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1932195587610083225&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1932195587610083225'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1932195587610083225'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/08/bag-sac.html' title='Bag –Sac'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TFUZi9ycT-I/AAAAAAAAC4k/jPinVGWtCbk/s72-c/sac+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5829649085402596547</id><published>2010-07-25T08:50:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-25T08:50:21.909+02:00</updated><title type='text'>sailing</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;write you soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5829649085402596547?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5829649085402596547/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5829649085402596547&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5829649085402596547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5829649085402596547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/07/sailing.html' title='sailing'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TEveQpXS4fI/AAAAAAAAC4U/jU7n9SY5Sqc/s72-c/zeil+09.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7488811648009091446</id><published>2010-07-11T07:42:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-11T07:42:53.381+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Cell phone Pouch part 2- pochette pour portable seconde partie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Now that you have your new created surface we will take our sewing machine and start to do some fancy stitches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Take a topstitch needle and put it in.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Choose a nice metallic thread and thread it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I chose a bobbinfil thread to use in the bobbin.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Use an appliqué foot (I like to see what I’m doing!)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I chose a swirly stitch with a candlewicking accent.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;If needed, adapt the tension. Therefore you need to sew a sample to make the adjustments.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Once you happy with your stitched sample, go for the real thing.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Fill the surface with the stitches till you love the result. I changed colors halfway.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYQ5c2eaI/AAAAAAAAC3M/BQi42ukyJ7M/s1600/points+fantaisies+bis.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYQ5c2eaI/AAAAAAAAC3M/BQi42ukyJ7M/s320/points+fantaisies+bis.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Maintenant que la base a été créée, nous pouvons enfin commencer à coudre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Il vous faudra monter une aiguille à grande ouverture (aiguille topstitch).&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai utilisé un fil métallique dans l’aiguille et un fil très fin (fil lingerie) dans la canette.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Monter un pied de biche style pied à appliqué (j’aime voire ce que je fait !)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Choisissez le point décoratif qui vous emballe le plus, personnellement j’ai choisi un point à courbe avec un accent ‘candlewicking’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Si nécessaire, adaptez la tension. Pour cela, il vous faudra coudre un échantillon.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Une fois satisfaite du résultat, allez-y : foncez, enfin, façon de parler.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Remplissez la surface de points décoratifs comme vous le ressentez. J’ai changé de couleur de fil métallique à la moitié.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Take you heatgun and zap the surface randomly.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYbC3w8pI/AAAAAAAAC3c/5stqy6bGZ_A/s1600/zapp%C3%A9+01+d%C3%A9tail+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYbC3w8pI/AAAAAAAAC3c/5stqy6bGZ_A/s320/zapp%C3%A9+01+d%C3%A9tail+2.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Utilisez votre pistolet à chaleur et faites fondre le feutre de façon aléatoire.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYWZB9kOI/AAAAAAAAC3U/13NKu6Zx_BE/s1600/zapp%C3%A9+01+d%C3%A9tail+1.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYWZB9kOI/AAAAAAAAC3U/13NKu6Zx_BE/s320/zapp%C3%A9+01+d%C3%A9tail+1.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To be continued…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À suivre…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7488811648009091446?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7488811648009091446/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7488811648009091446&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7488811648009091446'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7488811648009091446'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/07/cell-phone-pouch-part-2-pochette-pour.html' title='Cell phone Pouch part 2- pochette pour portable seconde partie'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDlYQ5c2eaI/AAAAAAAAC3M/BQi42ukyJ7M/s72-c/points+fantaisies+bis.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7945890143704408757</id><published>2010-07-04T15:09:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-07-04T15:09:15.418+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Blue Dream – Rêve Bleu</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;My collage work is taking form.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After adding some paint and fancy stitches, &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mon collage commence à prendre forme.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Après avoir ajouté quelques points fantaisies,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF5eO-lVI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/9vH_MWrmGtI/s1600/d%C3%A9tail+point+droit+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" rw="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF5eO-lVI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/9vH_MWrmGtI/s320/d%C3%A9tail+point+droit+01.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I decided to add some embroidered words on the surface.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai décidée de broder des mots sur la surface.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF-AVSRuI/AAAAAAAAC2o/wvi_qV-yLHM/s1600/prevert.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF-AVSRuI/AAAAAAAAC2o/wvi_qV-yLHM/s320/prevert.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I absolute love the poems by Jacques Prévert and Paul Verlaine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I found it logical to choose a poem from each.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCGAF8URzI/AAAAAAAAC2w/PwKVfU_3K_8/s1600/verlaine.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCGAF8URzI/AAAAAAAAC2w/PwKVfU_3K_8/s320/verlaine.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Paul Verlaine et Jacques Prévert font partis de mes poètes préférés.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ce n’est que logique d’arrêter mon choix sur leurs poèmes.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Of course, I had to add some of my words.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF7x_BcjI/AAAAAAAAC2g/gmJxNZ10THM/s1600/nathalie.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" rw="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF7x_BcjI/AAAAAAAAC2g/gmJxNZ10THM/s320/nathalie.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je n’ai pas pu m’empêcher d’ajouter mes mots.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7945890143704408757?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7945890143704408757/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7945890143704408757&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7945890143704408757'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7945890143704408757'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/07/blue-dream-reve-bleu.html' title='Blue Dream – Rêve Bleu'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TDCF5eO-lVI/AAAAAAAAC2Y/9vH_MWrmGtI/s72-c/d%C3%A9tail+point+droit+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-163850177513994540</id><published>2010-06-27T11:59:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-27T15:31:31.149+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='journals'/><title type='text'>Inspiration sources – Sources d’inspiration</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Where do we find our inspiration?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;At first: near us, our living space.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We record an invaluable among of information and store it in our brains.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Most of that information directly goes to our brain bin!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;But sometime, there you have it: your next project idea: representing something from your all-day environment!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img border="0" height="320" ru="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCccXQj-ViI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/xCPPV4iyTrE/s320/P1000106.JPG" width="225" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Où trouvons-nous notre inspiration?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;En premier lieu : à coté de nous, notre habitacle.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous ‘enregistrons’ un nombre incalculable d’information dans le cerveau.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La plupart de ces informations vont ‘direct à la poubelle de nos souvenirs puisque ‘sans intérêt’ !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mais de temps à autre : la voilà : l’idée pour un nouveau projet représentant quelque chose de la vie quotidienne ! &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;We also see a lot from nature and we take pictures to remember that nature. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Again we record what we see. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mostly those pictures are left as they are. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ru="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCccnrHjKuI/AAAAAAAAC14/mOqCDf0N_bk/s320/picknick+lac+d+armance+7.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous voyons également beaucoup dans la nature et prendre des photos est une façon de se souvenir de cette nature. Beaucoup de ces photos sont laisser telles quelles.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="243" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCccT_Kp4hI/AAAAAAAAC1Q/vSImlD9oOIk/s320/roseaux.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;But you can put the pictures in a folder on your computer or print them out and put them in an album where you mostly will take a further look.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I took the habit to store my pictures in well defined folders and print some of them out to glue them in my inspiration/sketchbook.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mais, les photos peuvent être triées dans des bibliothèques créées sur l’ordinateur. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Les photos peuvent être imprimées et collées dans l’album photo traditionnelle. La famille et les amis seront invités à les regarder et après 1 mois : l’album est rangé pour ne plus être regardé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Personnellement j’ai pris l’habitude d’imprimer et de coller les photos les plus intéressantes dans notre carnet d’inspiration et d’esquisses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCccqeZRn0I/AAAAAAAAC2A/81VjMQWgfzM/s320/sketchbooks1.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Next we also are influenced by the existing artwork. Even Picasso painted some of his most well-known work being influenced by other great masters.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous sommes également influencés par les œuvres d’art. Même Picasso a peint quelques de ses œuvres les plus célèbres en étant influencé par les grands maitres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;It is not because you are “influenced by“ that you have to copy it literally. You have the possibility to take it further, so take that opportunity!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;For example: go for a detail!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ce n’est pas parce que nous sommes ‘influencés par’ que nous copions littéralement. Nous avons la possibilité d’aller ‘plus loin’ ; de développer un détail, par exemple.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;You also have the possibility to follow workshops – live or online – to learn a technique and – mostly – to know how a teacher records his/her experimentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;When I follow a workshop I rarely make the work given by the teacher. I make samples of the technique, with a little review, and store those in my technique/inspiration book.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nous avons l’opportunité de suivre des cours de toutes sortes - à l’académie ou en ligne – pour développer un centre d’intérêt, apprendre une nouvelle technique et - le plus important dans mon cas personnel- : apprendre comment l’enseignant transmet son savoir. Quand je suis un cours, je copie rarement l’œuvre à reproduire. Je fabrique des exemples et je fais quelques annotations dans mon carnet d’idées textile.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCcchPDaXzI/AAAAAAAAC1o/NmjQlYhBZbI/s320/P1000149.JPG" width="257" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;In that same fabric book I even have put all the stitched stitches my sewing machine makes:&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img border="0" height="245" ru="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCcckHXwBmI/AAAAAAAAC1w/Y-paDnPodgc/s320/P1000148.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Dans ce même carnet, j’ai ajouté des pages avec les points cousus de ma machine à coudre.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;img border="0" height="222" ru="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCcccjG471I/AAAAAAAAC1g/7uULJPelNj8/s320/P1000147.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I find it useful to have a VISUAL and a TOUCHABLE record. I need to see and touch!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Most of you have seen that I love to take step-by-step pictures. This is also a way to record the “how did I do this again?” &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je trouve très utile d’avoir des carnets références : le fait de VOIR et TOUCHER est important.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Entre temps vous savez également que je prends beaucoup de photos pas-à-pas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ceci est une façon comme une autre de se souvenir.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;How do you keep records of what you do?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Et vous: comment gardez-vous souvenir de ce que vous faites?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-163850177513994540?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/163850177513994540/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=163850177513994540&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/163850177513994540'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/163850177513994540'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/06/inspiration-sources-sources.html' title='Inspiration sources – Sources d’inspiration'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TCccXQj-ViI/AAAAAAAAC1Y/xCPPV4iyTrE/s72-c/P1000106.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2194026720605381462</id><published>2010-06-20T10:06:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-20T10:14:18.475+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='bernina'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Cellphone pouch/part 1 - Pochette pour portable/1ère partie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Past Friday I signed an agreement with Bernina to write on their freshly started Dutch blog. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;So when I wrote a few months ago that I wouldn’t add Dutch to my bi-lingual blog I couldn’t possible dream that I would do it for Bernina. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Never say never…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;You can find the link to the Bernina blog.nl on the right side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The tutorial below was made on a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.berninausa.com/product_detail-n2-i4-sUS.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernina Aurora 440 Quilters Edition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Vendredi-passé j’ai signé un contrat avec Bernina. Bernina m’a demandé d’écrire pour leur nouveau blog néerlandophone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Alors quand j’écrivais, il y a quelques mois, que je n’allais pas, en plus, écrire en néerlandais dans mon blog, je n’aurai jamais oser rêver que je le ferai un jour pour Bernina. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ne jamais dire jamais…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Vous retrouverez le lien du blog Bernina.nl dans la colonne à droite.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La pochette pour portable, avec les instructions ci-dessous, a été faite avec la &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://fr.bernina.com/product_detail-n2-r6-i4-sFR.html"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Bernina Aurora 440 Quilters Edition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;You need:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Felt, synthetic&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Steam-a-seam&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;fusible woven interfacing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Paint&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Organza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Baking paper&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Topstitchneedle 90&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Metallic thread&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Angelina-fibre&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Tack tailor and regular sewing feet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;iron&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Heatgun &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Note : use the baking paper to protect your ironing board and your iron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Note bis : take all the measures to work in a safe manner. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Ce qu’il vous faut :&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Feutre synthétique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Vlies-o-fix&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Entoilage coton&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Peinture&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Organza&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Feuille de cuisson antiadhésive.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Aiguille topstitch 90&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Fils métalliques&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Fibre angelina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pied marqueur et pied de couture normale&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Fer à repasser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pistolet à chaleur&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Note : utiliser le papier de cuisson pour protéger votre table de repassage et votre fer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Note bis : prenez les mesures nécessaires pour réaliser ce projet en toute sécurité.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Part one/première partie:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Paint the steam-a-seam in different colours and let it dry overnight.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Peindre le vlies-o-fix en utilisant différentes couleurs et laisser sécher une nuit.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Iron the painted steam-a-seam on one side of the felt and the interfacing on the other side, using the baking paper to protect your iron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3DselTZpI/AAAAAAAAC1I/6JBzJb8Cr_Q/s1600/P1000101.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3DselTZpI/AAAAAAAAC1I/6JBzJb8Cr_Q/s320/P1000101.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Repassez le vlies-o-fix peint d’un coté du feutre et l’entoilage de l’autre côté en utilisant la feuille de cuisson pour protéger le fer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3Dn67vWRI/AAAAAAAAC1A/tyS-Tg5QoCM/s1600/P1000106.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3Dn67vWRI/AAAAAAAAC1A/tyS-Tg5QoCM/s320/P1000106.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Layer the angelina on the felt and iron, again using baking paper to protect your iron.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3DkmPdU_I/AAAAAAAAC04/nPeaQRFB31w/s1600/P1000108.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3DkmPdU_I/AAAAAAAAC04/nPeaQRFB31w/s320/P1000108.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Déposez l’angelina sur le feutre et repassez en utilisant à nouveau le papier cuisson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Take you organza, layer on the surface and iron, again with the baking paper.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3Delg7mqI/AAAAAAAAC0w/1tYq39ByJOc/s1600/P1000111.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3Delg7mqI/AAAAAAAAC0w/1tYq39ByJOc/s320/P1000111.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Posez l’organza sur la surface et repassez, n’oubliez pas la feuille de cuisson.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To be continued…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À suivre…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2194026720605381462?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2194026720605381462/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2194026720605381462&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2194026720605381462'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2194026720605381462'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/06/cellphone-pouchpart-1-pochette-pour.html' title='Cellphone pouch/part 1 - Pochette pour portable/1ère partie'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TB3DselTZpI/AAAAAAAAC1I/6JBzJb8Cr_Q/s72-c/P1000101.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8613711476904178081</id><published>2010-06-13T08:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-06-13T08:35:10.967+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Mixed Media</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After a small intermezzo, I have started a new project. Again in collage-style but with the intention to add some paint. I never really tried to add some painted accents on my fabric projects but, now is the time. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;First, I have to sew all those pieces down. Therefore I will use some fancy threads and nice stitches.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TBR7onwlmnI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/v17XwrRreR0/s1600/collage+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" qu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TBR7onwlmnI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/v17XwrRreR0/s320/collage+01.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Après une petite pause, j’ai entamé un nouveau projet. À nouveau un collage mais cette fois-ci j’ai l’intention d’ajouter de la peinture. Je n’ai jamais vraiment essayé d’illuminer mes œuvres avec de la peinture. C’est peut-être ‘maintenant ou jamais’.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Avant de trop me casser la tête avec la fin, je ferais mieux de penser à coudre tout ces bouts de tissu sur le tissu de base avec de jolis fils et des points décoratifs.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8613711476904178081?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8613711476904178081/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8613711476904178081&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8613711476904178081'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8613711476904178081'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/06/mixed-media.html' title='Mixed Media'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TBR7onwlmnI/AAAAAAAAC0Q/v17XwrRreR0/s72-c/collage+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3552439548555726661</id><published>2010-05-30T17:26:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-30T17:26:16.706+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ufo'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><title type='text'>Challenges and keys – Défis et clefs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This is what I made with Shelagh’s challenge:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-QhQFcaI/AAAAAAAACy4/3njrDoSZvFI/s1600/broche+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-QhQFcaI/AAAAAAAACy4/3njrDoSZvFI/s320/broche+02.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ceci me semble le moment idéal pour montrer ce que j’ai fait du défit lancé par Shelagh:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-UntstjI/AAAAAAAACzA/02A_lZJAmdI/s1600/zapped+08.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-UntstjI/AAAAAAAACzA/02A_lZJAmdI/s320/zapped+08.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ce top, toujours pas fini, trainait depuis une éternité dans un tiroir. Sachant que je n’en ferai plus rien, j’ai décidé de l’utiliser comme arrière pour un autre top.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-_3seaFI/AAAAAAAAC0I/H-XdO7IedzE/s1600/door%27s+back.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-_3seaFI/AAAAAAAAC0I/H-XdO7IedzE/s320/door%27s+back.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This top was, for some years now, in my drawer living his life as UFO.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I made the decision to use it as backing for another top.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I also worked a bit further – in fact, I’m finished – on Esterita’s door.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;This is the wrong side of the top:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I find it important to have a neat wrong side. I cut all the threads and clean up the whole back.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-wSwGG5I/AAAAAAAACzw/CqvtSGeSPUA/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+wrong+side.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-wSwGG5I/AAAAAAAACzw/CqvtSGeSPUA/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+wrong+side.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai également continué à m’amuser avec la porte d’Esterita – en fait, je l’ai carrément terminée !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La photo ci-dessus est l’arrière du top. Je trouve que l’arrière doit être aussi propre que l’avant. Alors je coupe tout les fils qui dépassent et retire les plus possible du papier stabilisant utilisé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Un détail de la porte matelassée et d’une charnière :&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-iXyNmzI/AAAAAAAACzY/cG-lrOfZUNI/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+07.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-iXyNmzI/AAAAAAAACzY/cG-lrOfZUNI/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+07.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;A detail from the quilted door and the hinge:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-l1NJmmI/AAAAAAAACzg/xu0d94tSWxs/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-l1NJmmI/AAAAAAAACzg/xu0d94tSWxs/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+18.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I decided to finish this door in another way than the usual way thus,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I prepared the quilt to create a perfect satin stitched border.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I&amp;nbsp;first sewed a straight stitch, then a stitched zigzag that just hit the straight stitch.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;After that again a straight stitch, I went two times around. To finish I choose again a stitched zigzag. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;At this stage only I cut the exceeded quilt fabric near the made stitch cluster.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Only after all those steps I did my satin stitch. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;As a result, I have a flat border and a perfect satin stitch border.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-cwuNbMI/AAAAAAAACzQ/jNm85bm3fo0/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+11.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-cwuNbMI/AAAAAAAACzQ/jNm85bm3fo0/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+11.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai voulu terminé cette porte d’une façon non-conventionnelle, donc…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai préparé le quilt pour créer un bord satiné parfait.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Pour commencer, j’ai piqué un simple point droit, après j’ai choisi un point zigzag cousu qui touchait à peine le point droit. J’ai sélectionné le point droit et je suis passée 2 fois au dessus du zigzag. Pour terminé, j’ai repris le zigzag cousu.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;C’est seulement après avoir cousu cet ensemble de points que j’ai coupé l’excédent du top matelassé juste à coté de cet ensemble. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La seule chose qui me restait à faire était coudre un bord au point satiné.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Résultat : un point satiné parfait et un bord parfaitement plat.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-3QbcHKI/AAAAAAAACz4/Ik2QSYEGrv0/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+13.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" height="177" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-3QbcHKI/AAAAAAAACz4/Ik2QSYEGrv0/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+13.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The finished quilt with some old keys added:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le quilt terminé avec ses vieilles clefs.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left" class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-6qQPtiI/AAAAAAAAC0A/xOoZXSMgkXo/s1600/finished.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-6qQPtiI/AAAAAAAAC0A/xOoZXSMgkXo/s320/finished.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;And the back&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Et le dos &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-ZgYm-7I/AAAAAAAACzI/Cmd-sJyqG84/s1600/backdoor+01.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-ZgYm-7I/AAAAAAAACzI/Cmd-sJyqG84/s320/backdoor+01.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3552439548555726661?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3552439548555726661/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3552439548555726661&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3552439548555726661'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3552439548555726661'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/05/challenges-and-keys-defis-et-clefs.html' title='Challenges and keys – Défis et clefs'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/TAJ-QhQFcaI/AAAAAAAACy4/3njrDoSZvFI/s72-c/broche+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2345345189398651765</id><published>2010-05-24T07:30:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-24T07:30:28.781+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>New Project  - Nouveau projet</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;These are busy times for us. I even didn’t take the time to blog a bit. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Sorry therefore.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Combining an active professional life with a family life and an artistic life is like a walk on the edge of a precipice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Cette période de l’année est généralement une des plus chargée. Combiner une vie professionnelle, familiale et artistique est comparable à une ‘promenade’ le long d’un précipice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I managed to make some more pillowcases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I love the result:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;It’s the first time I have almost identical pillowcases.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNWRAzNII/AAAAAAAACyw/_uFPm5bCAFU/s1600/coussins.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNWRAzNII/AAAAAAAACyw/_uFPm5bCAFU/s320/coussins.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai quand même réussi à faire quelques housses de cousin supplémentaires.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;C’est une première : je n’ai jamais fait un ensemble similaire. Toutes les housses de coussin précédentes étaient différentes les unes des autres.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNRl_xxLI/AAAAAAAACyo/Q-AXVK_PEyI/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNRl_xxLI/AAAAAAAACyo/Q-AXVK_PEyI/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+03.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I started a fused project from an Esterita Austin door design:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I had the design drawn on the background for 5 years. Yes, this was an unfinished just-started project.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNPxFsFCI/AAAAAAAACyg/IXLrIB508hk/s1600/esterita+austin%27s+door+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" gu="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNPxFsFCI/AAAAAAAACyg/IXLrIB508hk/s320/esterita+austin%27s+door+02.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai ressorti un ancien travail : Un projet d’Esterita Austin. J’avais déjà dessiné la porte sur le tissu de fond il y a 5 ans. Il était temps que je continue ce travail entièrement collé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2345345189398651765?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2345345189398651765/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2345345189398651765&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2345345189398651765'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2345345189398651765'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/05/new-project-nouveau-projet.html' title='New Project  - Nouveau projet'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S_oNWRAzNII/AAAAAAAACyw/_uFPm5bCAFU/s72-c/coussins.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1469150386946643760</id><published>2010-05-09T12:20:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-09T12:20:40.349+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appliqué'/><title type='text'>Finished - Fini</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I completely finished "Bunkertime".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;When seen for real, it's like one foot is coming out of the quilt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S-aKbLccbmI/AAAAAAAACyY/yUkfijMaoAU/s1600/bunkertime.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S-aKbLccbmI/AAAAAAAACyY/yUkfijMaoAU/s320/bunkertime.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J'ai complètement terminé "Bunkertime".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J'ai -à chaque fois que je le regarde- l'impression qu'un pied ressort du quilt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Happy motherday!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Bonne fête des mères!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1469150386946643760?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1469150386946643760/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1469150386946643760&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1469150386946643760'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1469150386946643760'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/05/finished-fini.html' title='Finished - Fini'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S-aKbLccbmI/AAAAAAAACyY/yUkfijMaoAU/s72-c/bunkertime.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-204467945170060294</id><published>2010-05-03T18:41:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-05-03T18:41:24.445+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><title type='text'>Almost – Presque</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh’s challenge&lt;/a&gt; has come to the end. I’m not finished but almost…&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Now, to combine and create a piece of art work with the three elements&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975ixmV8pI/AAAAAAAACxY/AFkmLLo1RJY/s1600/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975ixmV8pI/AAAAAAAACxY/AFkmLLo1RJY/s320/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+05.jpg" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975d6ky7mI/AAAAAAAACxQ/4qr8m2ttJu4/s1600/ruban+04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975d6ky7mI/AAAAAAAACxQ/4qr8m2ttJu4/s320/ruban+04.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975arnCrXI/AAAAAAAACxI/DqXLII16Cv0/s1600/organza+%2B+embellisher+02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975arnCrXI/AAAAAAAACxI/DqXLII16Cv0/s320/organza+%2B+embellisher+02.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le défit lancé par &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt; est arrivé à sa fin…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Quand à combiner et créer une œuvre avec ces trois pièces.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;The golf theme quilt ist also almost finished. The binding has to be sewn on the last side.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975_AjJXPI/AAAAAAAACyQ/d8piAJ-ZOpg/s1600/23.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975_AjJXPI/AAAAAAAACyQ/d8piAJ-ZOpg/s320/23.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I really enjoyed making this quilt.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9750MPHS1I/AAAAAAAACx4/ox8NIqZ2kSc/s1600/22.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9750MPHS1I/AAAAAAAACx4/ox8NIqZ2kSc/s320/22.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S97521gSa5I/AAAAAAAACyA/etXttlTRnCw/s1600/21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S97521gSa5I/AAAAAAAACyA/etXttlTRnCw/s320/21.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I’m shooting a lot of golf pictures to make a second golf themed quilt. I really want to make a golf series.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9756G7FiQI/AAAAAAAACyI/QgC6dvH7MUE/s1600/24.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9756G7FiQI/AAAAAAAACyI/QgC6dvH7MUE/s320/24.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;For the First time, I used a madeira variegated quilt/embroidery thread in the needle and a monofilament thread in the bobbin to free motion quilt the border. I love that Madeira thread. That thread didn’t break once.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975uAXpFII/AAAAAAAACxo/tRiATmsYtqI/s1600/25.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975uAXpFII/AAAAAAAACxo/tRiATmsYtqI/s320/25.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Ce quilt est presque terminé : encore coudre un côté du biais est il est fini !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;J'ai vraiment envie de faire une série de quilt basé sur le golf.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai utilisé un nouveau fil de ma collection : le madeira à broder et à quilter : fantastique ! Ce fil ne s’est pas cassé une seule fois.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-204467945170060294?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/204467945170060294/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=204467945170060294&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/204467945170060294'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/204467945170060294'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/05/almost-presque.html' title='Almost – Presque'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S975ixmV8pI/AAAAAAAACxY/AFkmLLo1RJY/s72-c/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+05.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5706766249977585698</id><published>2010-04-25T17:52:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-25T17:52:57.426+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><title type='text'>Sewing – Coudre</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I was able to sew a bit further on this:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rf2Jf_ViI/AAAAAAAACwI/-umZRaFg8dA/s1600/golf+dos.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rf2Jf_ViI/AAAAAAAACwI/-umZRaFg8dA/s320/golf+dos.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Enfin, j’ai eu le temps de coudre et de continuer ceci:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The centre is finished, the border added and the top has been pinned to the batting and the background.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Now, the fun part starts: the quilting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rfza7UplI/AAAAAAAACwA/MRQGuGhZqDI/s1600/21.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rfza7UplI/AAAAAAAACwA/MRQGuGhZqDI/s320/21.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Le centre est fini, le bord a été cousu et le top a été épinglé au molleton et au dos.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je peux commencer le matelassage, l’épisode le plus marrant débute !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I also couched this pillow case:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai également fait une taie décorative:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgM3n9atI/AAAAAAAACw4/jiwhrZERcmo/s1600/P1000212.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgM3n9atI/AAAAAAAACw4/jiwhrZERcmo/s320/P1000212.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Using this great couching foot:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;En utilisant ce pied-de-biche:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgBuLXk8I/AAAAAAAACwY/FbH7tARnm9Y/s1600/P1000207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgBuLXk8I/AAAAAAAACwY/FbH7tARnm9Y/s320/P1000207.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;From the start:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Les premiers pas sont les plus difficiles:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rf_fuNZsI/AAAAAAAACwQ/RzamK6IZLoo/s1600/P1000193.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rf_fuNZsI/AAAAAAAACwQ/RzamK6IZLoo/s320/P1000193.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgHcviuWI/AAAAAAAACwo/LZNiRxgG2o4/s1600/P1000197.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgHcviuWI/AAAAAAAACwo/LZNiRxgG2o4/s320/P1000197.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgKWQKEUI/AAAAAAAACww/h5GzU4B4B5o/s1600/P1000209.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgKWQKEUI/AAAAAAAACww/h5GzU4B4B5o/s320/P1000209.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;To the end:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Terminé!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgDzFzR6I/AAAAAAAACwg/SZlh2e9sVmk/s1600/P1000211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9RgDzFzR6I/AAAAAAAACwg/SZlh2e9sVmk/s320/P1000211.JPG" tt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5706766249977585698?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5706766249977585698/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5706766249977585698&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5706766249977585698'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5706766249977585698'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/sewing-coudre.html' title='Sewing – Coudre'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S9Rf2Jf_ViI/AAAAAAAACwI/-umZRaFg8dA/s72-c/golf+dos.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7356737809192094384</id><published>2010-04-19T08:25:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-19T08:25:31.277+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><title type='text'>Working and Sporting Week - Semaine de boulot et sportive</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Past week, I did – after my working hours- a sport camp.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;One whole week doing approaches, chipping and putting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Of course as warm up, we had to hit the balls with our different irons, woods and driver.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Did I tell that the wind was blowing strong the coldest air possible?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Yesterday I did my first competition ever. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I never played as bad. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;It seems to be normal. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;But, next time will be better!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8v3KUSWO6I/AAAAAAAACv4/RUmsvmUDRH8/s1600/putting.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8v3KUSWO6I/AAAAAAAACv4/RUmsvmUDRH8/s320/putting.jpg" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La semaine passée j’ai suivi- après mes heures de boulot- un stage de perfectionnement.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Une semaine entière à tenter de me perfectionner dans les approches et le putting.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Comme échauffement nous tapions des balles avec les fers, les bois et le driver.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Vous ai-je raconté que le vent était glacial ! Nous terminions nos soirées en glaçons.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Après ce stage j’ai joué ma toute première compétition.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je n’ai jamais joué aussi mal.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Il parait que c’est normal après un stage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mais, la prochaine fois ce sera mieux !&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7356737809192094384?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7356737809192094384/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7356737809192094384&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7356737809192094384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7356737809192094384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/working-and-sporting-week-semaine-de.html' title='Working and Sporting Week - Semaine de boulot et sportive'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8v3KUSWO6I/AAAAAAAACv4/RUmsvmUDRH8/s72-c/putting.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1723448345285638893</id><published>2010-04-13T08:39:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-13T08:39:54.783+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appliqué'/><title type='text'>Spring - printemps</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;What a great season, Spring is.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQaRGd2HI/AAAAAAAACvQ/qdFaCx6nMcQ/s1600/golf+de+Dunkerque++04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQaRGd2HI/AAAAAAAACvQ/qdFaCx6nMcQ/s320/golf+de+Dunkerque++04.JPG" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Quelle belle saison qu'est le printemps.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I started the threadpainting :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQVsnNX-I/AAAAAAAACvA/XdrU7-ZMDyk/s1600/14.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQVsnNX-I/AAAAAAAACvA/XdrU7-ZMDyk/s320/14.JPG" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;le point satiné est piqué en 'main libre'.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQXtnLURI/AAAAAAAACvI/CZcSe2UOch4/s1600/18.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQXtnLURI/AAAAAAAACvI/CZcSe2UOch4/s320/18.JPG" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQSza6J5I/AAAAAAAACu4/OFSKFbrIQVI/s1600/16.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQSza6J5I/AAAAAAAACu4/OFSKFbrIQVI/s320/16.JPG" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQOMVkCDI/AAAAAAAACuw/nMe928Sao7c/s1600/19.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQOMVkCDI/AAAAAAAACuw/nMe928Sao7c/s320/19.JPG" wt="true" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1723448345285638893?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1723448345285638893/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1723448345285638893&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1723448345285638893'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1723448345285638893'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/spring-printemps.html' title='Spring - printemps'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S8QQaRGd2HI/AAAAAAAACvQ/qdFaCx6nMcQ/s72-c/golf+de+Dunkerque++04.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-506774666936964701</id><published>2010-04-07T14:13:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-07T14:13:10.774+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='appliqué'/><title type='text'>Strong Lines – Traits épurés</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Most of the time, you don’t need many details to recognize something or someone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;The association of an image with an object is made in a second.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1G_HxaTI/AAAAAAAACto/NPGkmDfScCs/s1600/02.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1G_HxaTI/AAAAAAAACto/NPGkmDfScCs/s320/02.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I try to apply the same rules in my art : simple but strong lines: finding and keeping the spirit in a few lines.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1Ha1WldI/AAAAAAAACtw/RjI8gm4AydY/s1600/03.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1Ha1WldI/AAAAAAAACtw/RjI8gm4AydY/s320/03.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Des fois, il ne faut pas beaucoup de détails pour reconnaître instantanément quelque chose ou quelqu’un.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;L’association d’une image avec un objet se fait en un clin d’œil. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1IMqk9GI/AAAAAAAACt4/fE0PZF3_vT0/s1600/04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1IMqk9GI/AAAAAAAACt4/fE0PZF3_vT0/s320/04.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Dans ce que je crée, je recherche – la plupart du temps – des lignes simplifiées et épurées. Trouver et reproduire l’âme en quelques traits.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1I5kDSfI/AAAAAAAACuA/b4A8u8A5gAI/s1600/05.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1I5kDSfI/AAAAAAAACuA/b4A8u8A5gAI/s320/05.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I just realized that when I was thinking I hadn’t a particular style in my art, I have my very own style. The subjects I choose are eclectic but my style is that I simplify the designs. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I create on my own level and try to explain the different steps I take as simple as possible. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I like to make my art as accessible as possible for everyone.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je me suis réalisée récemment que, pensant que je n’avais pas un style particulier dans mes créations, j’ai mon style. Les sujets choisis sont éclectiques mais mon style consiste à simplifier mes représentations.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je crée à mon niveau et j’essaye d’expliquer les étapes pour y arriver aussi simplement que possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’aime que mon art soit accessible à tous.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-506774666936964701?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/506774666936964701/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=506774666936964701&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/506774666936964701'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/506774666936964701'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/strong-lines-traits-epures.html' title='Strong Lines – Traits épurés'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7x1G_HxaTI/AAAAAAAACto/NPGkmDfScCs/s72-c/02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2973874300903189115</id><published>2010-04-04T14:43:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-04T14:43:57.052+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faces'/><title type='text'>Happy Easter - Joyeuses Pâques</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7iI7IS_YeI/AAAAAAAACtg/0hmA_Cgxfrw/s1600/visage+03b.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7iI7IS_YeI/AAAAAAAACtg/0hmA_Cgxfrw/s320/visage+03b.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2973874300903189115?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2973874300903189115/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2973874300903189115&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2973874300903189115'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2973874300903189115'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/happy-easter-joyeuses-paques.html' title='Happy Easter - Joyeuses Pâques'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7iI7IS_YeI/AAAAAAAACtg/0hmA_Cgxfrw/s72-c/visage+03b.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3295967359636920949</id><published>2010-04-03T21:35:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-04-03T21:35:45.682+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faces'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='golf'/><title type='text'>Fresh Ideas – Inspiration retrouvée</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I have two new workable ideas:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I worked a bit further on something I already made and…&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXIAsfPzI/AAAAAAAACtI/_8TdL13sL1M/s1600/P1000149.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="257" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXIAsfPzI/AAAAAAAACtI/_8TdL13sL1M/s320/P1000149.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;J’ai retravaillé une idée et...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;adapted a picture from last summer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXLb-JasI/AAAAAAAACtQ/2o8s-K0sQng/s1600/P1000152.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXLb-JasI/AAAAAAAACtQ/2o8s-K0sQng/s320/P1000152.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;j’ai adapté une photo prise l’été passé.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I just don’t have a size-idea: large? Small? Both would work.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Je n’ai encore aucune idée du format. Petit ? Grand ? &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Mes murs sont remplis ! Plus de place.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;I also started a new face in my little moleskine.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXOlxH0fI/AAAAAAAACtY/y9TMZs3lxa4/s1600/face+paynes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXOlxH0fI/AAAAAAAACtY/y9TMZs3lxa4/s320/face+paynes.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;La première couche de peinture d’un nouveau visage a été posée. Ce petit carnet de moleskine est tout simplement parfait pour ces essais.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3295967359636920949?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3295967359636920949/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3295967359636920949&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3295967359636920949'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3295967359636920949'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/04/fresh-ideas-inspiration-retrouvee.html' title='Fresh Ideas – Inspiration retrouvée'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7eXIAsfPzI/AAAAAAAACtI/_8TdL13sL1M/s72-c/P1000149.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2891327081823112177</id><published>2010-03-29T08:23:00.000+02:00</published><updated>2010-03-29T08:23:05.681+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><title type='text'>Bloc Play - Jeu de blocs</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;I finished this 'Bloc Play' sunday.&amp;nbsp; I love the final result because it feelts like a happy quilt!.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Here you have a detail:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7Az9zEMmGI/AAAAAAAACtA/h7I6eaDKBCI/s1600/jeu+de+blocs+d%C3%A9tail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7Az9zEMmGI/AAAAAAAACtA/h7I6eaDKBCI/s320/jeu+de+blocs+d%C3%A9tail.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;J'ai réussi à finir ce 'Jeu de Blocs'&amp;nbsp;dimanche. Ce quilt me rend de bonne humeur grace à ses couleurs chaudes.&amp;nbsp; Je vous montre un détail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And&amp;nbsp;the finished quilt :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7Az6HyGGFI/AAAAAAAACs4/Cws1QrTuL3c/s1600/jeu+de+blocs.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7Az6HyGGFI/AAAAAAAACs4/Cws1QrTuL3c/s320/jeu+de+blocs.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&amp;nbsp;et le quilt accroché au mur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also played a bit further with &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh's&lt;/a&gt; challenge :&lt;br /&gt;this month, we had to create ribbon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7AzymvlfeI/AAAAAAAACsw/7uLUy8Ea0z4/s1600/ruban+04.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" nt="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7AzymvlfeI/AAAAAAAACsw/7uLUy8Ea0z4/s320/ruban+04.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;J'ai même reussi à trouver le temps de jouer aver le défit lancé par &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Ce mois-ci, nous devions créer un ruban.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Write you soon,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2891327081823112177?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2891327081823112177/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2891327081823112177&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2891327081823112177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2891327081823112177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/bloc-play-jeu-de-blocs.html' title='Bloc Play - Jeu de blocs'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7Az9zEMmGI/AAAAAAAACtA/h7I6eaDKBCI/s72-c/jeu+de+blocs+d%C3%A9tail.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4316775052435297651</id><published>2010-03-26T13:10:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-26T13:25:15.772+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faces'/><title type='text'>Faces – Visages</title><content type='html'>In Alma's workshop, I'm playing with the Paynes Grey colour.&lt;br /&gt;I tried to paint a face Alma's way.&lt;br /&gt;Not easy!&lt;br /&gt;But very funny!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6ykuOsVDHI/AAAAAAAACso/HGEGVHvvWS0/s1600/visage+01a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452914362963790962" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6ykuOsVDHI/AAAAAAAACso/HGEGVHvvWS0/s320/visage+01a.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J'ai tenté de peindre un visage à la façon d'Alma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktZIvDoI/AAAAAAAACsg/hwPXjzCHJZY/s1600/visage+01b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452914348587421314" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktZIvDoI/AAAAAAAACsg/hwPXjzCHJZY/s320/visage+01b.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pas facile!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mais, très amusant!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktZs7t8I/AAAAAAAACsY/IF1XWrWY_2M/s1600/visage+01c.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452914348739246018" border="0" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktZs7t8I/AAAAAAAACsY/IF1XWrWY_2M/s320/visage+01c.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I added a touch of violet on the lips.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktKhKEcI/AAAAAAAACsQ/Ckyo2BvwF-0/s1600/visage+01d.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452914344663323074" border="0" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yktKhKEcI/AAAAAAAACsQ/Ckyo2BvwF-0/s320/visage+01d.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J'ai ajouté une touche de violet sur les lèvres.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Second face is a magazine-face altered with Paynes Grey.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I know : those lips aren't right at all! She laughed with an open mouth and I changed that smile.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I can't paint teeth!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yks5fKWaI/AAAAAAAACsI/e4_MgoAkYZg/s1600/visage+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 254px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5452914340091550114" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6yks5fKWaI/AAAAAAAACsI/e4_MgoAkYZg/s320/visage+02.JPG" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ce visage a été réalisé à partir d'une phot de revue.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;A nouveau avec cette fabuleuse couleur qu'est le Paynes Grey, un gris bleuté.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je sais : les lèvres sont mal dessinées ! Elle souriait de toutes ses dents. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;J'ai changé ce sourire éclatant tout simplement parce que je n'arrive pas à dessiner des dents.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write you soon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4316775052435297651?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4316775052435297651/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4316775052435297651&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4316775052435297651'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4316775052435297651'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/faces-visages_26.html' title='Faces – Visages'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6ykuOsVDHI/AAAAAAAACso/HGEGVHvvWS0/s72-c/visage+01a.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6711039618515715658</id><published>2010-03-22T08:19:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T08:23:25.930+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>New project – Nouveau projet</title><content type='html'>I made a new work this week and I wanted so much to be able to show some of it that I didn’t take the time to post my blog post yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;Here is a picture of it in black and white.  I often take pictures in B&amp;amp;W to see if the values are good. Here I created a diagonal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caeyVPhdI/AAAAAAAACr0/pXK3mb7dnJs/s1600-h/lumi%C3%A8re+en+noir+et+blanc03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451354990164542930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caeyVPhdI/AAAAAAAACr0/pXK3mb7dnJs/s320/lumi%C3%A8re+en+noir+et+blanc03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai créé une nouvelle œuvre la semaine passée.  J’avais tellement envie de vous la montrer à peu près terminée que je n’ai pas pris/eu le temps d’écrire un petit mot pour mon blog.  Avec un jour de retard, le voici.&lt;br /&gt;Je vous montre d’abord une photo en noir et blanc. Je contrôle –la plupart du temps-la valeur de mes surfaces textiles de cette façon-là.  Vous voyez la diagonale ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La photo suivante est en couleurs cette fois-ci. J’aime travailler avec des couleurs similaires ! Après ce long hiver glacial j’ai voulu travailler avec des couleurs chaudes.&lt;br /&gt;Tout les bouts de tissus on été appliqué avec un fil « métallic » au point bourdon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caesX28MI/AAAAAAAACrs/lzRep6OAHYw/s1600-h/lumi%C3%A8re+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451354988564902082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 311px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caesX28MI/AAAAAAAACrs/lzRep6OAHYw/s320/lumi%C3%A8re+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; With this colour picture you see that I worked with similar colours. After this ice-cold winter I wanted to work with warm colours.&lt;br /&gt;After layering all the patches I satin stitched all the pieces with a metallic thread.&lt;br /&gt;Once finished I chose an appropriate embroidery motif and started to machine embroider.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caeMOAmuI/AAAAAAAACrk/qMAivL6e-LA/s1600-h/lumi%C3%A8re+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451354979933657826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caeMOAmuI/AAAAAAAACrk/qMAivL6e-LA/s320/lumi%C3%A8re+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’application de toutes ces pièces a quand-même pris plusieurs soirées.  Une fois terminé, j’ai choisi un motif brodé adéquat et j’ai pu commencer la broderie machine.&lt;br /&gt;Après quelques problèmes de tension due au fil choisi voici le résultat partiel :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6cad687_KI/AAAAAAAACrc/gflFC8IyYio/s1600-h/lumi%C3%A8re+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451354975298649250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 312px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6cad687_KI/AAAAAAAACrc/gflFC8IyYio/s320/lumi%C3%A8re+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; After some tension problems due to the chosen thread I can show you a partial result.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To be continued…&lt;br /&gt;À suivre…&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6711039618515715658?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6711039618515715658/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6711039618515715658&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6711039618515715658'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6711039618515715658'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/new-project-nouveau-projet.html' title='New project – Nouveau projet'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S6caeyVPhdI/AAAAAAAACr0/pXK3mb7dnJs/s72-c/lumi%C3%A8re+en+noir+et+blanc03.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4268798682245699165</id><published>2010-03-14T16:20:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-14T16:32:31.135+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='visages'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faces'/><title type='text'>Faces - Visages</title><content type='html'>I started to paint faces again !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Xvbv4PI/AAAAAAAACrU/D-kMaS2B8V4/s1600-h/visage+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510432546382066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Xvbv4PI/AAAAAAAACrU/D-kMaS2B8V4/s320/visage+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai recommencé à peindre des visages.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Pc1dsWI/AAAAAAAACrM/cQX2UXp85e0/s1600-h/visage+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510290115015010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Pc1dsWI/AAAAAAAACrM/cQX2UXp85e0/s320/visage+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So, I’m doing two workshops at the same time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://allnorahsart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharon Tomlinson’s &lt;/a&gt;: Faces, All Norah’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_O9tUkAI/AAAAAAAACrE/H8Hhwhj1Q4M/s1600-h/visage+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510281759363074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 268px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_O9tUkAI/AAAAAAAACrE/H8Hhwhj1Q4M/s320/visage+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Puisque le meilleur moyen d’apprendre, est de regarder les autres, je suis 2 cours en ligne.&lt;br /&gt;Le premier étant celui de &lt;a href="http://allnorahsart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Sharon Tomlinson &lt;/a&gt;: Faces, All Norah’s&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_OlAMrtI/AAAAAAAACq8/7YB-ymSJaA0/s1600-h/visage+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510275127652050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_OlAMrtI/AAAAAAAACq8/7YB-ymSJaA0/s320/visage+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As you see : there’s a huge difference between the first layers and the last one.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Et comme vous pouvez vous en apercevoir, il y a une grande différence entre la première couche de peinture et la dernière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;The second workshop is &lt;a href="http://www.almastoller.typepad.com/"&gt;Alma Stoller&lt;/a&gt;’s : Paynes gray portraits.&lt;br /&gt;For Alma’s class, we have to mix our colours and use the exercise as background.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_ONf0AQI/AAAAAAAACq0/VhK0wG8qVMU/s1600-h/ex+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510268817801474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_ONf0AQI/AAAAAAAACq0/VhK0wG8qVMU/s320/ex+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le second cours est &lt;a href="http://www.almastoller.typepad.com/"&gt;d’Alma Stoller&lt;/a&gt; : Paynes gray portraits.&lt;br /&gt;Pour le cours d’Alma, je mélange plusieurs couleurs et j’utiliserai les exercises comme fond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Nw8Cp9I/AAAAAAAACqs/0rE_fbR6xjY/s1600-h/ex+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5448510261151573970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Nw8Cp9I/AAAAAAAACqs/0rE_fbR6xjY/s320/ex+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pour l’instant, je me remets à dessiner.&lt;br /&gt;For the moment, I will start to draw again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4268798682245699165?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4268798682245699165/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4268798682245699165&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4268798682245699165'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4268798682245699165'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/faces-visages.html' title='Faces - Visages'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5z_Xvbv4PI/AAAAAAAACrU/D-kMaS2B8V4/s72-c/visage+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2473704102457660634</id><published>2010-03-08T06:55:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-08T07:01:14.693+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>International Women’s Day – journée internationale de la femme</title><content type='html'>This international day (march,8th) was officially recognized in 1977 by the United Nations but was created in 1910.&lt;br /&gt;Thus only 100 years ago. What a long journey ‘we’ had to take and make…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This almost finished work will be an ode to all the women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5SRibWb_II/AAAAAAAACqk/qGCfFMzCV_Y/s1600-h/femmes+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5446137870041218178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 169px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5SRibWb_II/AAAAAAAACqk/qGCfFMzCV_Y/s320/femmes+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; La journée international de la femme (le 8 mars) fut officialisée en 1977 par les Nations Unies mais fut créée en 1910.&lt;br /&gt;Il y a donc à peine 100 ans. Quelle longue route nous avons du faire…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ce travail presque terminé est dédié à toutes les femmes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2473704102457660634?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2473704102457660634/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2473704102457660634&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2473704102457660634'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2473704102457660634'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/international-womens-day-journee.html' title='International Women’s Day – journée internationale de la femme'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5SRibWb_II/AAAAAAAACqk/qGCfFMzCV_Y/s72-c/femmes+07.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8037276521371889862</id><published>2010-03-07T15:09:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-03-07T15:14:43.254+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Almost Spring  - Presque le printemps !</title><content type='html'>After a long and very cold winter, spring is almost there.&lt;br /&gt;Am I glad: I’m tired of the dark and rainy days.&lt;br /&gt;I took this picture this morning: isn’t the colour of the sky beautiful?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz5CEndzI/AAAAAAAACqc/gFJ1cRrqbWk/s1600-h/golf+de+Dunkerque+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445894166811211570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz5CEndzI/AAAAAAAACqc/gFJ1cRrqbWk/s320/golf+de+Dunkerque+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Après un hiver long et froid, le printemps commence à pointer son nez.&lt;br /&gt;Enfin ! Raz le bol de ce temps gris et maussade.&lt;br /&gt;Vive le printemps (tiens : Michel Fugain). Que ce petit soleil fait du bien – hors du vent.&lt;br /&gt;La photo ci-dessus a été prise ce matin au golf de Dunkerque. &lt;br /&gt;Quel beau ciel, n’est-ce pas!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I finished sewing the women silhouettes with a satin stitch, using a blue metallic thread. I used the yellow lady as model.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz4X-yPuI/AAAAAAAACqU/E5xNOkJqebc/s1600-h/femmes+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445894155512463074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz4X-yPuI/AAAAAAAACqU/E5xNOkJqebc/s320/femmes+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai terminée les contours de femmes. J’ai cousu le tout avec un fil métallique bleu.&lt;br /&gt;Le gabarit jaune m’a servi de guide.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have cut my work in four pieces.&lt;br /&gt;The four parts will be ‘apart together’ once reassembled. You will see later.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz4SjxUhI/AAAAAAAACqM/mcs7LFsA-eI/s1600-h/femmes+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445894154056978962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 135px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz4SjxUhI/AAAAAAAACqM/mcs7LFsA-eI/s320/femmes+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai découpé mon travail en quatre pièces qui vont être réassemblées par après. Vous allez le voir plus tard.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tomorrow, we will be married for 24 years. I can’t believe time has passed that fast.&lt;br /&gt;Demain, nous serons maries depuis 24 ans. Incroyable comme le temps file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8037276521371889862?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8037276521371889862/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8037276521371889862&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8037276521371889862'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8037276521371889862'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/03/almost-spring-presque-le-printemps.html' title='Almost Spring  - Presque le printemps !'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S5Oz5CEndzI/AAAAAAAACqc/gFJ1cRrqbWk/s72-c/golf+de+Dunkerque+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2365240478140212099</id><published>2010-02-28T12:54:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-28T13:20:26.912+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Silhouettes</title><content type='html'>I hadn’t had time to sew this week but I was able to start my silhouettes this morning.It is my intention to sew many of those women.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwwX0LjI/AAAAAAAACqE/7vG6mgobA4Q/s1600-h/femmes+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443261793784049202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwwX0LjI/AAAAAAAACqE/7vG6mgobA4Q/s320/femmes+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je n’ai pas eu le temps de faire grand-chose cette semaine.  J’ai quand même –enfin- été capable de commencer à coudre les silhouettes.  Mon but est de coudre beaucoup des ces femmes sur mon fond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwlaPFtI/AAAAAAAACp8/_NCkX_dvNqo/s1600-h/d%C3%A9+%C3%A0+coudre+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443261790841411282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwlaPFtI/AAAAAAAACp8/_NCkX_dvNqo/s320/d%C3%A9+%C3%A0+coudre+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I wanted to show you my little collection of thimbles.&lt;br /&gt;Those are the souvenirs from the places I once was, except for the green/blue one.My daughter brought it back from her trip to Tunisia.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwc2kyuI/AAAAAAAACp0/TJImaDkGvvc/s1600-h/d%C3%A9s+%C3%A0+coudre+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443261788544355042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwc2kyuI/AAAAAAAACp0/TJImaDkGvvc/s320/d%C3%A9s+%C3%A0+coudre+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Que trouvez-vous de ma petite collection de des à coudre ?Ils me rappellent les endroits visités par le passé, excepté le vert/bleu que ma fille m’a rapporté de Tunisie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwLO4ApI/AAAAAAAACps/yg0ZnaTuZK8/s1600-h/d%C3%A9s+%C3%A0+coudre+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443261783814439570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 106px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwLO4ApI/AAAAAAAACps/yg0ZnaTuZK8/s320/d%C3%A9s+%C3%A0+coudre+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie &lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2365240478140212099?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2365240478140212099/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2365240478140212099&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2365240478140212099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2365240478140212099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/02/silhouettes.html' title='Silhouettes'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4pZwwX0LjI/AAAAAAAACqE/7vG6mgobA4Q/s72-c/femmes+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-9152234009717676286</id><published>2010-02-22T08:12:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-22T08:17:55.423+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><title type='text'>Puzzle – Revealed – Révélé</title><content type='html'>We can finally show are challenge piece from the ‘&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/"&gt;ThreeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;br /&gt;It was so hard not to show the finished piece but&lt;br /&gt;Here it is :&lt;br /&gt;4 puzzle pieces sewn together.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4IuwFSoNeI/AAAAAAAACpk/E9RF1a1wNx8/s1600-h/11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440962703405888994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4IuwFSoNeI/AAAAAAAACpk/E9RF1a1wNx8/s320/11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Que ça a été dure de ne pas montrer la pièce terminée du défit lancé par le ‘&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/"&gt;ThreeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;br /&gt;Mais,&lt;br /&gt;La voici :&lt;br /&gt;4 morceaux de puzzle cousus ensembles. Tout simplement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4Iuv406sLI/AAAAAAAACpc/LE-HqEZ6XpQ/s1600-h/09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440962700060045490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4Iuv406sLI/AAAAAAAACpc/LE-HqEZ6XpQ/s320/09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I told you I hadn’t been looking far to get my inspiration.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je vous avais dit que je n’avais pas cherché midi à quatorze heures !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-9152234009717676286?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/9152234009717676286/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=9152234009717676286&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/9152234009717676286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/9152234009717676286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/02/puzzle-revealed-revele.html' title='Puzzle – Revealed – Révélé'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4IuwFSoNeI/AAAAAAAACpk/E9RF1a1wNx8/s72-c/11.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4055860166488546291</id><published>2010-02-21T07:35:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-21T08:02:21.917+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Silence</title><content type='html'>Since the new year began, I haven’t been blog-active. &lt;br /&gt;The reason why?&lt;br /&gt;My eldest daughter has made an important decision: loose weight!&lt;br /&gt;She started with the Weight Watchers and asked me to support her and come with her to the meetings every week. &lt;br /&gt;Her goal is to lose 30 kg (is this 60 pounds?).  She has lost 9 kg already!&lt;br /&gt;Since I can’t do it all, my creative hours are reduced to a minimum for the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Depuis le début de l’année je n’ai pas été très active.&lt;br /&gt;La raison ?&lt;br /&gt;Ma fille ainée a pris une décision : perdre du poids !&lt;br /&gt;Elle s’est inscrite au WeightWatcher et m’a demandée de l’accompagner aux réunions.&lt;br /&gt;Son but ? Perdre 30 kilo.  Elle en a déjà perdu 9.  Comme je ne peux pas être partout à la fois mes heures créatives ont été réduites au minimum.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;My creative hours being reduced doesn't meen I'm not creative at all. It just take more time to make and show you the progresses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUWYMNHqI/AAAAAAAACpU/f44pIIQFvPg/s1600-h/couche+11+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440581830779412130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUWYMNHqI/AAAAAAAACpU/f44pIIQFvPg/s320/couche+11+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ce n’est pas parce que je n’ai que peu de temps que je n’essaye pas d’être créative !&lt;br /&gt;Cela dure simplement plus longtemps avant d’avoir quelque chose à vous montrer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUWNcc0NI/AAAAAAAACpM/naddI4vcWAc/s1600-h/couche+13+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440581827894759634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUWNcc0NI/AAAAAAAACpM/naddI4vcWAc/s320/couche+13+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is my collage so far.&lt;br /&gt;Now I’m ready to add some stitches contours, I was thinking about women silhouettes.  The already created boxes are our homes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUV1oQhjI/AAAAAAAACpE/WX3w0nU6qGU/s1600-h/couche+15+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440581821501834802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 187px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUV1oQhjI/AAAAAAAACpE/WX3w0nU6qGU/s320/couche+15+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’en suis arrivée jusqu’ici avec collage :&lt;br /&gt;J’avais pensé coudre des contours de silhouettes de femmes. Les rectangles déjà réalisés représentent nos maisons. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I want to thank all my readers and especially my 34 ‘followers’. I wouldn’t have believed almost two years ago that having and writing a blog would be such a support and joy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’aimerai remercier mes lecteurs et en particulier mes 34 ‘suivantes’.  Je n’aurait jamais cru il y a un peu moins de deux ans qu’avoir et écrire un blog m’apporterai tant d’aide et de bonheur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4055860166488546291?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4055860166488546291/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4055860166488546291&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4055860166488546291'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4055860166488546291'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/02/silence.html' title='Silence'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S4DUWYMNHqI/AAAAAAAACpU/f44pIIQFvPg/s72-c/couche+11+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8782466551302871139</id><published>2010-02-14T14:35:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-14T15:06:48.350+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Fabric Scraps - Chutes de tissus</title><content type='html'>I continued playing on this UFO.&lt;br /&gt;I added some black/orange fabric strips and used orange thread to apply the strips on the background.&lt;br /&gt;Still looks like nothing but it‘s coming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCY3G13aI/AAAAAAAACo8/MfxLPtIL1A4/s1600-h/remember+Congo+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438099176182635938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCY3G13aI/AAAAAAAACo8/MfxLPtIL1A4/s320/remember+Congo+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je continue à m’amuser avec ce top toujours pas fini.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai utilisé un fil orangé pour appliquer des bandes de tissu bicolore (noir et orange).&lt;br /&gt;Ça ne ressemble toujours à rien mais ça vient !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Meanwhile…&lt;br /&gt;A new idea :&lt;br /&gt;Still scraps, yes, I have plenty.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCYlwIk8I/AAAAAAAACo0/3xD3fMfJgAw/s1600-h/a+vert.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438099171523990466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCYlwIk8I/AAAAAAAACo0/3xD3fMfJgAw/s320/a+vert.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Entre-temps…&lt;br /&gt;Une nouvelle idée a germée.&lt;br /&gt;Encore avec de petites chutes de tissus, et oui, j’en ai beaucoup.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Metallic threads in a ‘home-made’ lace bowl waiting to be used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCYT3ptYI/AAAAAAAACos/YrCabwK3u1s/s1600-h/aa+fils+utilis%C3%A9s.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438099166723683714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCYT3ptYI/AAAAAAAACos/YrCabwK3u1s/s320/aa+fils+utilis%C3%A9s.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Les fils métalliques rangés dans un vide-poche en broderie dentelle(une de mes réalisations)  que attendent  d’être utilisés.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; This is the first stage:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCXwYPgXI/AAAAAAAACok/gnxZml1zisI/s1600-h/couche+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438099157196702066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCXwYPgXI/AAAAAAAACok/gnxZml1zisI/s320/couche+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; La première étape&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; An organza fabric was pinned over the scraps.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCGMYD61I/AAAAAAAACoc/Hg-iZGBXrJ8/s1600-h/couche+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438098855474490194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 214px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCGMYD61I/AAAAAAAACoc/Hg-iZGBXrJ8/s320/couche+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’organza a été épinglé sur la surface.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Then I sewed a grid with a metallic thread&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCF2hucqI/AAAAAAAACoU/yyi6vzGYIzc/s1600-h/couche+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438098849609446050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCF2hucqI/AAAAAAAACoU/yyi6vzGYIzc/s320/couche+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le quadrillage cousu avec un fil métallique.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used a heat gun to distress the surface&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCF-ykZRI/AAAAAAAACoM/hjgMQQz3ziE/s1600-h/couche+06+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438098851827574034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 182px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCF-ykZRI/AAAAAAAACoM/hjgMQQz3ziE/s320/couche+06+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai utilisé le pistolet à air chaud pour faire fondre l’organza.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; A detail :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCFeVo7II/AAAAAAAACoE/QFQHjq_G2gc/s1600-h/couche+07+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438098843116301442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCFeVo7II/AAAAAAAACoE/QFQHjq_G2gc/s320/couche+07+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un détail&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here I added some silk roofing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCFA7sr5I/AAAAAAAACn8/eks7Jw_YNbg/s1600-h/couche+09+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438098835222867858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCFA7sr5I/AAAAAAAACn8/eks7Jw_YNbg/s320/couche+09+alt%C3%A9r%C3%A9e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un peu de soie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rest is for next time&lt;br /&gt;La suite est pour la prochaine fois.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8782466551302871139?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8782466551302871139/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8782466551302871139&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8782466551302871139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8782466551302871139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/02/fabric-scraps-chutes-de-tissus.html' title='Fabric Scraps - Chutes de tissus'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S3gCY3G13aI/AAAAAAAACo8/MfxLPtIL1A4/s72-c/remember+Congo+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-547890852403231599</id><published>2010-02-07T14:10:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-02-07T14:19:09.980+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><title type='text'>Challenge – continued ##  Défit – suite</title><content type='html'>Photographing organza – and obtaining a good result - is an almost impossible task.&lt;br /&gt;But, this is my result so far from &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;’s challenge n° 3.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268w2WqMuI/AAAAAAAACn0/p6qflCuQOj8/s1600-h/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435489347693064930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 231px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268w2WqMuI/AAAAAAAACn0/p6qflCuQOj8/s320/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Réussir des photos avec de l’organza est pratiquement impossible.&lt;br /&gt;Mais, voici un résultat partiel du défit organisé par &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And a detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268wsmp-7I/AAAAAAAACns/3yzJvnJ-op0/s1600-h/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+d%C3%A9tail+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435489345075805106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268wsmp-7I/AAAAAAAACns/3yzJvnJ-op0/s320/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+d%C3%A9tail+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Et un detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Is there enough stitching or should there be more?&lt;br /&gt;On one hand, I consider I stitched enough because I still want to see the skeleton leaves and the embellished ribbons and on the other hand my stitching is slightly out of balance.&lt;br /&gt;Since I know we will do more playing with this surface, I will stop stitching.&lt;br /&gt;What’s your opinion?&lt;br /&gt;Is less more?&lt;br /&gt;or&lt;br /&gt;Is more better?&lt;br /&gt;How much is enough?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268wZvz3YI/AAAAAAAACnk/xxvgYwNmOWI/s1600-h/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+d%C3%A9tail+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435489340013927810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268wZvz3YI/AAAAAAAACnk/xxvgYwNmOWI/s320/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+d%C3%A9tail+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Y-a-t-il assez de points ou en faut-il plus ?&lt;br /&gt;D’un côté, j’estime qu’il y en a assez puisque je veux voir la surface originale avec les feuilles et les rubans. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;D’un autre point de vue, on pourrait dire que l’équilibre du travail n’est pas vraiment respecté.&lt;br /&gt;Comme je sais que nous allons encore jouer avec cette surface, il vaut mieux que je m’arrête.&lt;br /&gt;Vous avez une opinion ?&lt;br /&gt;Est-ce que moins est mieux ?&lt;br /&gt;Ou&lt;br /&gt;Mieux vaut un peu plus ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-547890852403231599?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/547890852403231599/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=547890852403231599&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/547890852403231599'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/547890852403231599'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/02/challenge-continued-defit-suite.html' title='Challenge – continued ##  Défit – suite'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S268w2WqMuI/AAAAAAAACn0/p6qflCuQOj8/s72-c/surface+cousue+%2B+granite+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-712727035364458355</id><published>2010-01-31T15:25:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-31T15:31:42.812+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ufo'/><title type='text'>UFO</title><content type='html'>I’m working on several UFO’s.  Still a resolution from 2009 but I decided that for 2010 this was still a good one.&lt;br /&gt;When I was on an exhibition quite some years ago, I bought two ‘Stef Francis’ embroidery kits.  I started them but….didn‘t finish them.  It’s a pity not to continue working on them.&lt;br /&gt;I’m first embroidering the rusty one and then I have the blue one to work on.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTErP6W2I/AAAAAAAACnc/FbFHVn3itF0/s1600-h/02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432910234030594914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTErP6W2I/AAAAAAAACnc/FbFHVn3itF0/s320/02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je travaille sur plusieurs travaux ‘en attente’. Ma résolution de 2009 est toujours actuelle : achever mes travaux à moitié terminés.&lt;br /&gt;Il y a plusieurs années, j’avais acheté deux kits de Stef Francis.  Je les avais commencé mais pas terminé. Ce serai vraiment triste de ne pas les finir.&lt;br /&gt;Une fois terminé la broiderie ‘rouille’,  je m’attelerai à la broderie ‘bleue’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTERktjTI/AAAAAAAACnU/u_Ts-OuJpJY/s1600-h/04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432910227138514226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTERktjTI/AAAAAAAACnU/u_Ts-OuJpJY/s320/04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; While searching for those kits I found those again.The first one is a machine needle case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTEIbVS_I/AAAAAAAACnM/vwHRaWqtcdE/s1600-h/P1000007.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432910224683256818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTEIbVS_I/AAAAAAAACnM/vwHRaWqtcdE/s320/P1000007.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; En mettant de l’ordre dans mes affaires j’ai ressorti ces deux petits travaux:&lt;br /&gt;Une pochette  ‘porte-aiguilles machine’ et..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The embellished crazy block is a future pillow case.I just have to make the pillow case.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTD97RP5I/AAAAAAAACnE/Fi9brOJi4Ig/s1600-h/P1000008.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432910221864419218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTD97RP5I/AAAAAAAACnE/Fi9brOJi4Ig/s320/P1000008.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un bloc crazy embelli qui fera le dessus d’une taie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I had a heavy week: I turned 47 Friday and did several outside activities.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La semaine passée fut riche en activités : mes 47 ans ont été fêtés dignement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-712727035364458355?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/712727035364458355/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=712727035364458355&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/712727035364458355'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/712727035364458355'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/ufo.html' title='UFO'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S2WTErP6W2I/AAAAAAAACnc/FbFHVn3itF0/s72-c/02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8767362902141836576</id><published>2010-01-26T12:29:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-26T12:40:23.192+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='journals'/><title type='text'>1%</title><content type='html'>The good news: I finished my first  challenge from the &lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/quiltblog/"&gt;ThreeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Again a peak:&lt;br /&gt;I tell you one thing: I kept the challenge simple!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TV4PUIJI/AAAAAAAACm8/bSgebOZ4rJE/s1600-h/07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431010573482729618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TV4PUIJI/AAAAAAAACm8/bSgebOZ4rJE/s320/07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; La bonne nouvelle:&lt;br /&gt;J’ai terminé le premier défit lancé par le ‘&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/quiltblog/"&gt;ThreeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;’&lt;br /&gt;Un petit mot : je n’ai pas été cherché midi à 14 heures !&lt;br /&gt;Un détail :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TVYwdZ6I/AAAAAAAACm0/VY6d5Y6N2gA/s1600-h/08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431010565031815074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TVYwdZ6I/AAAAAAAACm0/VY6d5Y6N2gA/s320/08.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The other good news:&lt;br /&gt;Remember I told you I was creating a &lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;journal&lt;/a&gt; for my dog?&lt;br /&gt;Well those pages are coming to life.  Slowly but steady.The biggest challenge was to find the dog pictures.  Now that I gathered all those, I’m surprised: we took more pictures of Avril that I thought!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TU9YV0jI/AAAAAAAACms/zYD5-8EkKMo/s1600-h/02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431010557682897458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TU9YV0jI/AAAAAAAACms/zYD5-8EkKMo/s320/02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’autre bonne nouvelle:&lt;br /&gt;Vous vous souvenez du &lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;carnet&lt;/a&gt; d’Avril ?&lt;br /&gt;Après avoir cherché et rassemblé les photos – je suis surprise, il y a beaucoup plus de photos de notre chienne que je ne le pensais ! – je me suis mise à la création des pages. Ça avance lentement mais surement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TUsOQViI/AAAAAAAACmk/Ja59oXotYU4/s1600-h/01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431010553077192226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TUsOQViI/AAAAAAAACmk/Ja59oXotYU4/s320/01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The bad news: I still didn’t start the body-challenge.  I have an idea but I have difficulties to translate it on paper. I don’t see this as a failure but as a normal step in my creativity. &lt;br /&gt;And …&lt;br /&gt;What is creativity?&lt;br /&gt;1% idea and 99% hard ‘work’ in expanding that idea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;La mauvaise nouvelle?&lt;br /&gt;Je n’arrive pas à commencé au défit ‘corps’.  J’ai l’idée mais je n’arrive pas à la traduire sur papier.  Ce sont des choses qui arrivent.  Je ne trouve pas que je dois ressentir cela comme une défaite !&lt;br /&gt;Et puis, de toute façon :&lt;br /&gt;Qu’est-ce que la créativité ?&lt;br /&gt;1% d’idée et 99% de ‘développement’ de cette idée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8767362902141836576?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8767362902141836576/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8767362902141836576&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8767362902141836576'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8767362902141836576'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/1.html' title='1%'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S17TV4PUIJI/AAAAAAAACm8/bSgebOZ4rJE/s72-c/07.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-919671366211663103</id><published>2010-01-19T21:38:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-19T21:45:52.221+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='challenge'/><title type='text'>Challenges  -  Défis</title><content type='html'>I finally was able to start the different challenges.&lt;br /&gt;The first one being that from the ‘&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/quiltblog/"&gt;threeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;br /&gt;The theme for January/February is:&lt;br /&gt;Puzzle.&lt;br /&gt;I had a remain from a previous work that will be perfect to use.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYkBs1M5I/AAAAAAAACmc/Ypyusm4ysZg/s1600-h/01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428553408052540306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYkBs1M5I/AAAAAAAACmc/Ypyusm4ysZg/s320/01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Finalement  j’ai enfin eu la possibilité de me mettre à l’œuvre. J’ai eu le temps de penser et de créer mes défis.&lt;br /&gt;Le premier étant celui de ‘&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/quiltblog/"&gt;ThreeCreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;’.&lt;br /&gt;Le sujet choisi pour les mois de janvier et février est : ‘puzzle’.&lt;br /&gt;Il me reste encore une surface d’un travail ancien qui me semble parfaite pour retravailler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comme nous ne sommes pas sensées de montrer le travail fini avant la fin du mois de février, je ne résiste pas à la tentation de vous montrer un détail :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjz_nUbI/AAAAAAAACmU/zYI8zW2Q4cg/s1600-h/06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428553404373225906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjz_nUbI/AAAAAAAACmU/zYI8zW2Q4cg/s320/06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Since we’re not supposed to show the end result before the end of February…I will only show a sneak view.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second challenge I’m in, is one from &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;.  It’s the third time I’m joining her adventure.  It’s still time to take part of it : She’s accepting challengers till end January!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjoXtVLI/AAAAAAAACmM/mOsCcepbwqw/s1600-h/feuilles+fonc%C3%A9es.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428553401253057714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjoXtVLI/AAAAAAAACmM/mOsCcepbwqw/s320/feuilles+fonc%C3%A9es.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le second défit est celui de &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;.  C’est la troisième fois que je me joins à l’aventure. Vous aussi , vous avez la possibilité de nous rejoindre jusqu’à la fin janvier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjUngwGI/AAAAAAAACmE/v5l34FabwYM/s1600-h/organza01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428553395950633058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 248px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjUngwGI/AAAAAAAACmE/v5l34FabwYM/s320/organza01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Again a sneak view since I don’t want to show the result before the end of the challenge.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjHxCUnI/AAAAAAAACl8/PEmJIn9zsRw/s1600-h/surface+cousue+d%C3%A9tail.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428553392500920946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYjHxCUnI/AAAAAAAACl8/PEmJIn9zsRw/s320/surface+cousue+d%C3%A9tail.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; À nouveau un détail de cette surface qui promet d’être très intéressante.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The third challenge from ‘&lt;a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/"&gt;Creative Every Day 2010’ &lt;/a&gt;has as January theme: ‘body’.&lt;br /&gt;But for this one I have nothing so far.&lt;br /&gt;Le troisième défit est celui de ‘&lt;a href="http://creativeeveryday.com/"&gt;Creative Every Day 2010’&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Le sujet est le mot ‘corps’.&lt;br /&gt;Pour ce défit, j’ai une vague idée mais rien de vraiment concret.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-919671366211663103?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/919671366211663103/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=919671366211663103&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/919671366211663103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/919671366211663103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/challenges-defis.html' title='Challenges  -  Défis'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1YYkBs1M5I/AAAAAAAACmc/Ypyusm4ysZg/s72-c/01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8972119892437755709</id><published>2010-01-16T13:24:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-16T13:33:04.960+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flower stitcher'/><title type='text'>Time –Temps</title><content type='html'>Time is flying! I promised to post past week but didn’t have the time to do anything creative or almost.  My professional live has won the battle past week.&lt;br /&gt;But…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Le temps file! J’avais promis des photos mais je n’ai pas eu le temps d’être créative ou presque !  Ma vie professionnelle a gagné la bataille la semaine passée.&lt;br /&gt;Mais…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the first pouch, meant to protect a GPS.My oldest daughter asked for a GPS-protection to put in her handbag. I first made this one, but she didn’t like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxPf0eJuI/AAAAAAAACl0/7jG4xkdH0RI/s1600-h/pochette+gps+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313905755891426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxPf0eJuI/AAAAAAAACl0/7jG4xkdH0RI/s320/pochette+gps+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ceci est la première pochette pour GPS.  Ma fille ainée m’avait demandée une pochette pour protéger son GPS quand elle le met dans son sac à main. J’avais d’abord fait la pochette bleue mais elle ne l’aimait pas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKpWVVcI/AAAAAAAACls/4YZMeQ_y4V4/s1600-h/pochette+gps+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313822414493122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKpWVVcI/AAAAAAAACls/4YZMeQ_y4V4/s320/pochette+gps+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; With the surface I still had I made my agenda cover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKfrjoTI/AAAAAAAAClk/li5EqH-nHPs/s1600-h/d%C3%A9but01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313819819155762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 123px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKfrjoTI/AAAAAAAAClk/li5EqH-nHPs/s320/d%C3%A9but01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Avec la surface travaillée j’ai crée une protection pour mon agenda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKDnZ3kI/AAAAAAAAClc/0kr09vNhwVg/s1600-h/agenda2010.10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313812285546050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxKDnZ3kI/AAAAAAAAClc/0kr09vNhwVg/s320/agenda2010.10.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I used gel medium to glue the felt on the moleskine-cover.&lt;br /&gt;Then I used my heat-gun to melt some bits of the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxJ4pywoI/AAAAAAAAClU/_VZg8sG_btQ/s1600-h/agenda2010.09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313809342775938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 226px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxJ4pywoI/AAAAAAAAClU/_VZg8sG_btQ/s320/agenda2010.09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai collé le feutre sur la couverture de mon moleskine.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai utilisé mon pistolet à chaleur pour faire fondre certaines parties du feutre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since I still had to make a pouch for my daughter, I let her choose the surface to work on and the colours.The red and green pouch is the result and she likes it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxJiT9M_I/AAAAAAAAClM/9SmE1hPTho8/s1600-h/divers.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427313803345605618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxJiT9M_I/AAAAAAAAClM/9SmE1hPTho8/s320/divers.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Il me restait à faire la pochette pour ma fille ainée.  Je lui ai demandée de choisir la surface et les couleurs.  Elle a choisi le rouge et le vert. Tout simplement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8972119892437755709?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8972119892437755709/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8972119892437755709&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8972119892437755709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8972119892437755709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/time-temps.html' title='Time –Temps'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S1GxPf0eJuI/AAAAAAAACl0/7jG4xkdH0RI/s72-c/pochette+gps+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7282676159851139343</id><published>2010-01-07T18:54:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-07T19:08:49.780+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Curious?  -  Curieuse ?</title><content type='html'>I have a new little project in mind…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I will only use what I show you :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The project (a gift) will be finished by the end of the week. &lt;br /&gt;Then I will start the different challenges I enrolled for.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgatK2w2I/AAAAAAAAClE/KT4emVZKJpY/s1600-h/P1000672.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424058444388156258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgatK2w2I/AAAAAAAAClE/KT4emVZKJpY/s320/P1000672.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai un petit projet en tête…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je n’utiliserai que ce que je vous montre :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgadfIf2I/AAAAAAAACk8/CLe9n5Dhk08/s1600-h/P1000673.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424058440178237282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgadfIf2I/AAAAAAAACk8/CLe9n5Dhk08/s320/P1000673.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgZ92u-kI/AAAAAAAACks/BRmQs_lXUQM/s1600-h/P1000674.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424058431687293506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 252px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgZ92u-kI/AAAAAAAACks/BRmQs_lXUQM/s320/P1000674.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ce cadeau sera terminé pour la fin de la semaine.  Après cela je m’engagerai dans les différents défis auxquels je me suis inscrite.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; I had to show you this picture I took in the lady’s room of a restaurant:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgZpMs2DI/AAAAAAAACkk/YBqczDvIiTo/s1600-h/P1000646.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5424058426142283826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgZpMs2DI/AAAAAAAACkk/YBqczDvIiTo/s320/P1000646.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je ne voulais pas vous priver de cette photo prise dans les toilettes d’un restaurant :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7282676159851139343?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7282676159851139343/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7282676159851139343&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7282676159851139343'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7282676159851139343'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/curious-curieuse.html' title='Curious?  -  Curieuse ?'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S0YgatK2w2I/AAAAAAAAClE/KT4emVZKJpY/s72-c/P1000672.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6102053662842110932</id><published>2010-01-01T18:00:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2010-01-05T21:40:52.441+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='journals'/><title type='text'>Journals…Carnets…</title><content type='html'>I made another &lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;journal cover&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I made this cover for a very special heart thief.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’ai crée une nouvelle couverture de carnet.&lt;br /&gt;Je l’ai faite pour un grand amour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I ironned plastic bags&lt;br /&gt;I layered multi-color sheer&lt;br /&gt;I mixed the two with my embellisher&lt;br /&gt;And then I added some fancy stitches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qhEqoeSI/AAAAAAAACkc/UfJ0Qjntpaw/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+08.JPG"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;J’ai repassé des sacs plastics&lt;br /&gt;J’ai superposé un voile bariolé&lt;br /&gt;J’ai assemblé les deux avec ma machine à feutrerEn fin de compte, j’ai ajouté quelques points fantaisies&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qgxvUlXI/AAAAAAAACkU/UiofDEgMngs/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817743996654962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 192px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qgxvUlXI/AAAAAAAACkU/UiofDEgMngs/s320/carnet+d%27avril+09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I made the inside cover&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qWI2V9mI/AAAAAAAACkM/b1WB0GDgZzc/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817561221559906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 174px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qWI2V9mI/AAAAAAAACkM/b1WB0GDgZzc/s320/carnet+d%27avril+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; j’ai fait la ‘doublure’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the result, (inspired by &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh&lt;/a&gt;):&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVzVqj2I/AAAAAAAACkE/mhQslwvYzHc/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817555447353186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVzVqj2I/AAAAAAAACkE/mhQslwvYzHc/s320/carnet+d%27avril+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Voici le résultat:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVcW_kXI/AAAAAAAACj8/cVJMyJTlfxQ/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817549278908786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 230px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVcW_kXI/AAAAAAAACj8/cVJMyJTlfxQ/s320/carnet+d%27avril+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; With a detail shot&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVTekjcI/AAAAAAAACj0/x_DQ0u9LNFg/s1600-h/carnet+d%27avril+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817546894773698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qVTekjcI/AAAAAAAACj0/x_DQ0u9LNFg/s320/carnet+d%27avril+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Avec une photo détaillée&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aren’t’ you curious to know for who I made this cover ?&lt;br /&gt;N’êtes-vous pas curieux de connaître ce grand amour ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s my dog.&lt;br /&gt;I intent to put all the pictures and some anecdotes I have of her in this journal.&lt;br /&gt;C’est mon chien.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai l’intention de mettre toutes ses photos et quelques anecdotes dans ce carnet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The staple journal covers is growing quickly.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qU9EjDjI/AAAAAAAACjs/j9_N6v5gER0/s1600-h/carnets+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421817540880043570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qU9EjDjI/AAAAAAAACjs/j9_N6v5gER0/s320/carnets+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Mon tas de couvertures de carnet ne cesse de grandir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6102053662842110932?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6102053662842110932/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6102053662842110932&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6102053662842110932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6102053662842110932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2010/01/journalscarnets.html' title='Journals…Carnets…'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sz4qgxvUlXI/AAAAAAAACkU/UiofDEgMngs/s72-c/carnet+d%27avril+09.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-328301786939912097</id><published>2009-12-31T17:33:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-31T18:07:47.073+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='journals'/><title type='text'>Fabric Scraps – chutes de tissus</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.adventurequilter.com/"&gt;Ellen &lt;/a&gt;posted some students’ pictures from the “sticky fingers” class.&lt;br /&gt;This was her newest class but I certainly recommend you her other classes!  She does have a non-conventional and pleasant way of conducting her classes.&lt;br /&gt;You will love it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adventurequilter.com/"&gt;Ellen&lt;/a&gt; a ajouté des photos d’œuvres achevées de ses élèves de son dernier cours en ligne ‘sticky fingers’.  C’était son nouveau cours en ligne mais je recommande vivement ses autres cours qu’elle conduit de façon entrainante et non-conventionnelle.  Vous allez aimer !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuqRHH0I/AAAAAAAACjk/XZD3Z-Z-Yjw/s1600-h/rubans.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421439750509109058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuqRHH0I/AAAAAAAACjk/XZD3Z-Z-Yjw/s320/rubans.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; What can one do with this?&lt;br /&gt;Que peut-on faire avec toutes ces chutes de rubans ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Well, you make covers for &lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;journals&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;Et bien, on en fait ça : une couverture pour un carnet de récit,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuo-EdLI/AAAAAAAACjc/Mm5z2Gwn77Y/s1600-h/rof22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421439750160807090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuo-EdLI/AAAAAAAACjc/Mm5z2Gwn77Y/s320/rof22.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And covers for agendas.&lt;br /&gt; Et des couvertures pour des agendas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuR6kc3I/AAAAAAAACjU/44LyPbQWCSA/s1600-h/agenda+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421439743972111218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuR6kc3I/AAAAAAAACjU/44LyPbQWCSA/s320/agenda+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A ideal present !&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Le cadeau idéal !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuEMJfOI/AAAAAAAACjM/7eQp1ijBhkU/s1600-h/agenda+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5421439740287745250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 209px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuEMJfOI/AAAAAAAACjM/7eQp1ijBhkU/s320/agenda+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I wish you a happy 2010 !&lt;br /&gt;Je vous souhaite une bonne année 2010 !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À tres bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-328301786939912097?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/328301786939912097/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=328301786939912097&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/328301786939912097'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/328301786939912097'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/fabric-scraps-chutes-de-tissus.html' title='Fabric Scraps – chutes de tissus'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzzSuqRHH0I/AAAAAAAACjk/XZD3Z-Z-Yjw/s72-c/rubans.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1903107911344127411</id><published>2009-12-27T13:58:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-27T14:11:58.822+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Something different - Quelque chose d’autre</title><content type='html'>I wanted to make something completely different. &lt;br /&gt;I went on a blog-trip and remembered this blog : &lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;Dispatch from La&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Mary Ann has a new workshop : Remains of the day.  I decided to jump into that workshop.  And I have fun ! &lt;br /&gt;She’s combining all different techniques to make a souvenir journal.&lt;br /&gt;It wouldn’t be me if I didn’t add my personal touch in my journal.&lt;br /&gt;To create my cover I used curtain fabric, silk, sheer, Lutradur and trims, all sewn together with one blue thread using fancy machine stitches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbYha9SnI/AAAAAAAACjE/Ci7hUPJJHGM/s1600-h/rof01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419901153410108018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbYha9SnI/AAAAAAAACjE/Ci7hUPJJHGM/s320/rof01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’avais envie de faire quelque chose de tout à fait différent.&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis balladée dans mes blogs et je me suis souvenue de celui-ci :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://dispatchfromla.typepad.com/"&gt;Dispatch from La&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Mary Ann a un nouveau cours : Remains of the day.&lt;br /&gt;Ayant l’air attrayant, je me suis dit : pourquoi pas ?  En fait, je m’amuse !&lt;br /&gt;Mary Ann combine plusieurs techniques différentes pour créer son journal souvenir.&lt;br /&gt;Ce ne serait pas moi, si je n’y mettais pas mon cachet.&lt;br /&gt;Pour créer la couverture de mon journal, j’ai utilisé du tissu de tentures, de la soie, de l’organza, de la dentelle et des rubans.  J’ai cousu le tout avec une seule couleur de fil à broder (du bleu, je n’avais pas envie de changer le fil), utilisant les points décoratifs de ma machine à coudre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbYVne56I/AAAAAAAACi8/woER9soHf4Y/s1600-h/rof02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419901150241417122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbYVne56I/AAAAAAAACi8/woER9soHf4Y/s320/rof02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbLMiCIFI/AAAAAAAACi0/ykQLxP-vXfM/s1600-h/rof05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900924464341074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbLMiCIFI/AAAAAAAACi0/ykQLxP-vXfM/s320/rof05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbK_YrhRI/AAAAAAAACis/2BdAwSzpRDM/s1600-h/rof04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900920935449874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbK_YrhRI/AAAAAAAACis/2BdAwSzpRDM/s320/rof04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The signatures were made by all kind of stuff.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbKSkY7yI/AAAAAAAACic/X2VaEr-gABs/s1600-h/rof09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900908904967970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbKSkY7yI/AAAAAAAACic/X2VaEr-gABs/s320/rof09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Les pages sont un ramassis de toutes sortes de papier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Szdar9rGuYI/AAAAAAAACiU/XHzBtAsEtvI/s1600-h/rof13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900387899914626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Szdar9rGuYI/AAAAAAAACiU/XHzBtAsEtvI/s320/rof13.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarthXISI/AAAAAAAACiE/ONXsQiufUZo/s1600-h/rof12.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900383564079394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarthXISI/AAAAAAAACiE/ONXsQiufUZo/s320/rof12.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarP39qEI/AAAAAAAACh8/MLbu4JepZFg/s1600-h/rof17.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900375605815362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarP39qEI/AAAAAAAACh8/MLbu4JepZFg/s320/rof17.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The signatures are completed but not yet attached to the cover.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarJJP9mI/AAAAAAAACh0/mbVwmow3wKo/s1600-h/rof18.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419900373799269986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdarJJP9mI/AAAAAAAACh0/mbVwmow3wKo/s320/rof18.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Les pages me plaisent et n’attendent qu’à être attachées à la couverture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1903107911344127411?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1903107911344127411/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1903107911344127411&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1903107911344127411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1903107911344127411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/something-different-quelque-chose.html' title='Something different - Quelque chose d’autre'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzdbYha9SnI/AAAAAAAACjE/Ci7hUPJJHGM/s72-c/rof01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7886363177070603998</id><published>2009-12-25T17:49:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T18:01:27.214+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Sketches – Esquisses</title><content type='html'>I all wish you a merry Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;Je vous souhaite à tous, un joyeux noël.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We had a quite Christmas day and I was able to sketch a bit.&lt;br /&gt;Ayant une journée de noël calme, cela m’a permis de faire quelques esquisses.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;First 2 sketches from our stay in Avignon :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtdbQ3pCI/AAAAAAAAChs/odgOGowvZxY/s1600-h/le+pont+d%27Avignon+juin+2009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217341424051234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtdbQ3pCI/AAAAAAAAChs/odgOGowvZxY/s320/le+pont+d%27Avignon+juin+2009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; D’abord 2 esquisses de notre séjour à Avignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtdWpxY9I/AAAAAAAAChk/txxTJSJ8V3c/s1600-h/tournesol+juin+209.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217340186321874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 203px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtdWpxY9I/AAAAAAAAChk/txxTJSJ8V3c/s320/tournesol+juin+209.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; then 3 sketches from our stay in Deauville.&lt;br /&gt;et 3 esquisses de notre séjour à Deauville.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The beach with the characteristic parasols:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtWPuYQeI/AAAAAAAAChc/8V1-Ia-cliE/s1600-h/les+parasols+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217218067513826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 207px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtWPuYQeI/AAAAAAAAChc/8V1-Ia-cliE/s320/les+parasols+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Les parasols.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A preliminary sketch from the ‘planches’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtV8OnMaI/AAAAAAAAChU/hGkdvun3Aos/s1600-h/les+planches+1+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217212834001314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtV8OnMaI/AAAAAAAAChU/hGkdvun3Aos/s320/les+planches+1+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le croquis préliminaire des planches&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the final sketch:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtVsROSII/AAAAAAAAChM/Q5bt2P74p5I/s1600-h/les+planches+2+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217208549984386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtVsROSII/AAAAAAAAChM/Q5bt2P74p5I/s320/les+planches+2+de+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’esquisse finale.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DH in the lounge of the hotel&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtVYZfXcI/AAAAAAAAChE/CwtDkdz6IBU/s1600-h/lounge+de+l%27hotel+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5419217203215949250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtVYZfXcI/AAAAAAAAChE/CwtDkdz6IBU/s320/lounge+de+l%27hotel+Deauville+septembre+2009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Marc, au salon de l’hôtel.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love to add a first colourwash on the surface before I start to draw.&lt;br /&gt;The 2 pictures from the ‘planches’ are the same surface.  I just added more colour over the green/gray.Quand je dessine, j’ajoute – en général – d’abord un fond de couleur. Les 2 photos des planches sont en fait le même dessin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7886363177070603998?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7886363177070603998/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7886363177070603998&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7886363177070603998'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7886363177070603998'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/sketches-esquisses.html' title='Sketches – Esquisses'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzTtdbQ3pCI/AAAAAAAAChs/odgOGowvZxY/s72-c/le+pont+d%27Avignon+juin+2009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3030007974111946832</id><published>2009-12-22T20:07:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-22T20:15:09.077+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Blue Forest – Forêt Bleue</title><content type='html'>From the first picture :&lt;br /&gt;De la première photo :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZktSl4hI/AAAAAAAACg8/V1ik02THIVc/s1600-h/bois+bleu+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139945126978066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZktSl4hI/AAAAAAAACg8/V1ik02THIVc/s320/bois+bleu+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I’m sorry I didn’t talked with you lately but…&lt;br /&gt;I have an excellent excuse !&lt;br /&gt;I absolutely wanted to finish my Blue Forest before Christmas.&lt;br /&gt;It’s done, completely finished with label and all.&lt;br /&gt;The label says :&lt;br /&gt;Not seeing the tree thru the forest&lt;br /&gt;Created and made by me  and the title of my work : Blue Forest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suis désolée de ne pas avoir pris le temps de vous parler.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai une très bonne excuse !&lt;br /&gt;Je voulais ABSOLUMENT finir ma forêt bleue avant noël.&lt;br /&gt;Ma forêt bleue est tout à fait terminée, finie.&lt;br /&gt;Les fils ont été coupés ; l’étiquette est appliquée, bref : Tout à fait FINI.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZkUn-NTI/AAAAAAAACg0/3w6UKNY64y0/s1600-h/bois+bleu+10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139938505766194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 119px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZkUn-NTI/AAAAAAAACg0/3w6UKNY64y0/s320/bois+bleu+10.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I added some detail shots of the quilting.&lt;br /&gt;On the sides I added some figures.  They evoked –for me- the spirit of the forest.&lt;br /&gt;On top and bottom I added some feather swirls to remember the birds in a forest.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne pouvais pas m’empêcher de tirer quelques photos détaillées du matelassage,&lt;br /&gt;Sur les côtés j’ai ajouté des figures me rappelant les esprits d’une forêt millénaire.&lt;br /&gt;Sur les bords du dessus et du dessous des plumetis frivoles évoquant les oiseaux, maîtres de la forêt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZkPSFMYI/AAAAAAAACgs/LISlWwcRDjI/s1600-h/bois+bleu+13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139937071772034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZkPSFMYI/AAAAAAAACgs/LISlWwcRDjI/s320/bois+bleu+13.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZj31pVSI/AAAAAAAACgk/fTuswzEhTSY/s1600-h/bois+bleu+16.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139930778490146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZj31pVSI/AAAAAAAACgk/fTuswzEhTSY/s320/bois+bleu+16.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As you can see : I added not 1 but 2 borders : a dark blue and a blue/purple one.&lt;br /&gt;I quilted with a variegated thread (King tut from Superior Threads, color 938). This thread IS fantastic. I also free motioned with it and it broke only 2 or 3 times.&lt;br /&gt;I always use a topstitch needle size 90 when quilting.&lt;br /&gt;And my quilting gloves.&lt;br /&gt;And nice music : the new Norah Jones.&lt;br /&gt;Perfect.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En fin de compte j’ai ajouté deux bords : un étroit bleu foncé et un plus large tirant sur le mauve/pourpre.&lt;br /&gt;Pour le matelassage j’ai utilisé un fil multi-couleurs ((King tut from Superior Threads, color 938). Ce fil est fantastique. En matelassage main-libre il n’a cassé que deux ou trois fois.&lt;br /&gt;Pour le matelassage, je n’utilise que les aiguilles ‘top stitch 90’.&lt;br /&gt;Et mes gants à matelasser.&lt;br /&gt;Et de la musique relaxante : le nouveau Norah Jones.&lt;br /&gt;Tout simplement : Parfait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A picture of the back :&lt;br /&gt;Une photo du dos :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZXcqKOkI/AAAAAAAACgc/jAi4sSLurkk/s1600-h/bois+bleu+dos.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139717324126786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZXcqKOkI/AAAAAAAACgc/jAi4sSLurkk/s320/bois+bleu+dos.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And pictures taken from an odd angle to show you how the trunks are coming out of the background.&lt;br /&gt;Quelques prises de vue pour montrer de quelle façon les troncs ressortent du fond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZXIDZXuI/AAAAAAAACgU/Pr5R-gwSLng/s1600-h/bois+bleu+17.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139711792832226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZXIDZXuI/AAAAAAAACgU/Pr5R-gwSLng/s320/bois+bleu+17.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZW8IpT6I/AAAAAAAACgM/uEKuXcRBThQ/s1600-h/bois+bleu+19.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139708593622946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZW8IpT6I/AAAAAAAACgM/uEKuXcRBThQ/s320/bois+bleu+19.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And the final picture. (clickable)&lt;br /&gt;Et la photo finale&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZWg0gewI/AAAAAAAACgE/c1xM10mUGLA/s1600-h/Ma+for%C3%AAt+Bleue.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139701261400834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZWg0gewI/AAAAAAAACgE/c1xM10mUGLA/s320/Ma+for%C3%AAt+Bleue.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Thanks to the snow I was able to sew much more than I normally should have.&lt;br /&gt;Grace à la neige, j’ai pu coudre beaucoup plus que prévu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZWRyqonI/AAAAAAAACf8/R2yagrDoplY/s1600-h/neige+01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418139697227145842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZWRyqonI/AAAAAAAACf8/R2yagrDoplY/s320/neige+01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt; “In the bleak midwinter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone; Snow had fallen, snow on snow, Snow on snow, In the bleak midwinter, Long ago.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Christina Rossetti&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;“La neige possède ce secret de rendre au cœur en un souffle la joie naïve que les années lui ont impitoyablement arrachée ".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Antonine Maillet&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3030007974111946832?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3030007974111946832/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3030007974111946832&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3030007974111946832'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3030007974111946832'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/blue-forest-foret-bleue_22.html' title='Blue Forest – Forêt Bleue'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SzEZktSl4hI/AAAAAAAACg8/V1ik02THIVc/s72-c/bois+bleu+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8127335555548301454</id><published>2009-12-15T21:12:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T21:15:58.841+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Blue forest - forêt bleue</title><content type='html'>Yesterday, &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;Ellen&lt;/a&gt; asked me different questions about this work.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Syft8w-TxVI/AAAAAAAACf0/JcyImsT82eA/s1600-h/bois+bleu+09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415558705130489170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Syft8w-TxVI/AAAAAAAACf0/JcyImsT82eA/s320/bois+bleu+09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; First of all :&lt;br /&gt;This is a snapshot of an image in my mind. I made a detailed sketch of it in my journal and found the drawing strong enough to execute in fabric.&lt;br /&gt;This is also a proverb I will try to translate : “Between de forest you can’t see the tree.”&lt;br /&gt;I will let you all think about the meaning of it.  But, I see it as a milestone in my life.&lt;br /&gt;If I had to choose my most important fabric works, this one would certainly be part of my top 5.&lt;br /&gt;The size of my blue trees so far is: 24x 20inch.&lt;br /&gt;I don’t know if I will add a border, sometimes it’s a yes, sometimes it’s a no.&lt;br /&gt;I let this work dialogue with me. Strange feeling !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hier, &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;Ellen&lt;/a&gt; m’a posée plusieurs questions concernant ma forêt bleue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Syft8pa0VuI/AAAAAAAACfs/Q6GXOPZEjgQ/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5415558703102580450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Syft8pa0VuI/AAAAAAAACfs/Q6GXOPZEjgQ/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Commençons par le début :&lt;br /&gt;Ce travail est comme une photo polaroïd d’une image dans ma tête. J’ai fait une esquisse détaillée dans mon journal et j’ai trouvé le résultat assez fort pour la réaliser en tissue.&lt;br /&gt;C’est également un proverbe qu’ « à travers la forêt on ne voit plus  l’arbre. »&lt;br /&gt;Vous faites la déduction que vous voulez, mais pour moi ce fut un tournant important dans ma vie. &lt;br /&gt;Si j’avais à choisir 5 travaux textiles importants, celui-ci ferait parti du top 5.&lt;br /&gt;La dimension de ce travail jusqu’à présent : 60 x 40 cm. &lt;br /&gt;Je n’ai pas encore décidé si j’ajoute un bord ou non.&lt;br /&gt;Entre ce travail et moi s’est installé un dialogue.  Très étrange !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8127335555548301454?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8127335555548301454/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8127335555548301454&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8127335555548301454'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8127335555548301454'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/blue-forest-foret-bleue.html' title='Blue forest - forêt bleue'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Syft8w-TxVI/AAAAAAAACf0/JcyImsT82eA/s72-c/bois+bleu+09.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6166141751536739075</id><published>2009-12-14T06:06:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-15T06:12:54.721+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='calligraphy'/><title type='text'>Thits and thats – de choses et d’autres</title><content type='html'>I wanted to write down a recipe my father gave some time ago.This is the background I created to write it down&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIfL1ssJI/AAAAAAAACfc/IbisO6I3Vlw/s1600-h/calligraphie+fond.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954565062406290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 228px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIfL1ssJI/AAAAAAAACfc/IbisO6I3Vlw/s320/calligraphie+fond.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ayant reçu une recette de mon père et voulant l’inscrire à ma façon, j’ai crée ce fond.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I tried to write it down using a calligraphy letter style.&lt;br /&gt;Not easy ! Not easy at all !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIeyeWHoI/AAAAAAAACfU/DptFh6D6CZM/s1600-h/calligraphie.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954558253571714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIeyeWHoI/AAAAAAAACfU/DptFh6D6CZM/s320/calligraphie.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai essayé de l’inscrire en calligraphie.&lt;br /&gt;Pas facile, pas facile du tout !&lt;br /&gt;Papa, j’espère que tu apprécies !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also continued sewing on the blue trees :&lt;br /&gt;I outlined the trees in a dark, dark blue and some purple.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIeTyNJGI/AAAAAAAACfM/5SzqinLsS4o/s1600-h/bois+bleu+08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954550015370338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIeTyNJGI/AAAAAAAACfM/5SzqinLsS4o/s320/bois+bleu+08.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai également ajouté quelques détails à mon sous-bois bleu.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai quelque peu accentué les contours des troncs imaginaires.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did you already saw this &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;finished collage &lt;/a&gt;piece?&lt;br /&gt;Still no name for it, any one an idea ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIS9QOPQI/AAAAAAAACfE/K1-HQpDhoIo/s1600-h/finished+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954354988694786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 244px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIS9QOPQI/AAAAAAAACfE/K1-HQpDhoIo/s320/finished+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Vous ai-je déjà montrés ce &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;collage&lt;/a&gt; terminé ?&lt;br /&gt;Je n’ai toujours pas trouvé de titre approprié, quelqu’un a-t-il une idée ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And some details :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXISXrSVrI/AAAAAAAACe8/OzZsgwEpIuA/s1600-h/finished+02+detail+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954344901662386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXISXrSVrI/AAAAAAAACe8/OzZsgwEpIuA/s320/finished+02+detail+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Et quelques photos détaillées.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXISR73SJI/AAAAAAAACe0/zbsp0Z7sCbw/s1600-h/finished+02+detail+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414954343360579730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXISR73SJI/AAAAAAAACe0/zbsp0Z7sCbw/s320/finished+02+detail+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I will take the challenge organized by the &lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/"&gt;3CreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt; beginning in January.&lt;br /&gt;Just curious about it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En janvier, le “&lt;a href="http://threecreativestudios.com/"&gt;3CreativeStudio&lt;/a&gt;” organise un challenge qui durera une année.&lt;br /&gt;J’avoue ma curiosité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6166141751536739075?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6166141751536739075/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6166141751536739075&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6166141751536739075'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6166141751536739075'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/thits-and-thats-de-choses-et-dautres.html' title='Thits and thats – de choses et d’autres'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyXIfL1ssJI/AAAAAAAACfc/IbisO6I3Vlw/s72-c/calligraphie+fond.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4050296273443051460</id><published>2009-12-10T20:29:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-10T21:00:15.434+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bruxelles-Brussel-Brussels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>A few words – quelques mots</title><content type='html'>To tell you : I had a Fantastic time.&lt;br /&gt;If you have the opportunity to visit Brussels : go to the museum René Magritte.&lt;br /&gt;You will not regret it. This is truly a museum of a higher standard. The explanation we received during our almost 3-hours visit was outstanding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSd33KrGI/AAAAAAAACes/G3nJaW6YnKw/s1600-h/P1000175web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698900241067106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSd33KrGI/AAAAAAAACes/G3nJaW6YnKw/s320/P1000175web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pour vous dire : ce fût Fabuleux !&lt;br /&gt;Si, à l’occasion vous visitez Bruxelles, le musée René Magritte est un incontournable ! Les explications reçues durant notre visite d’a peu près 3 heures furent plus qu’excellentes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdjsCDcI/AAAAAAAACek/dwVeBQuH3pM/s1600-h/P1000506.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698894825655746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 203px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdjsCDcI/AAAAAAAACek/dwVeBQuH3pM/s320/P1000506.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Some sketches, taking pictures was not allowed :&lt;br /&gt;Quelques esquisses puisque les photos n’étaient pas permises :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdWr2wJI/AAAAAAAACec/ClZDme_IDsQ/s1600-h/P1000508.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698891335254162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 202px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdWr2wJI/AAAAAAAACec/ClZDme_IDsQ/s320/P1000508.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdGNQMXI/AAAAAAAACeU/nqNUpchOqos/s1600-h/P1000509.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698886911930738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 223px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdGNQMXI/AAAAAAAACeU/nqNUpchOqos/s320/P1000509.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdOj6ItI/AAAAAAAACeM/7jRNEHblnKg/s1600-h/P1000507.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698889154437842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSdOj6ItI/AAAAAAAACeM/7jRNEHblnKg/s320/P1000507.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSIE6UYJI/AAAAAAAACeE/GGomQSrL72M/s1600-h/P1000510.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698525786824850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSIE6UYJI/AAAAAAAACeE/GGomQSrL72M/s320/P1000510.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSH_PftHI/AAAAAAAACd8/vijJd0bPWIk/s1600-h/P1000511.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698524265034866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 204px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSH_PftHI/AAAAAAAACd8/vijJd0bPWIk/s320/P1000511.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHsQdRbI/AAAAAAAACd0/ihGJbYMEOJU/s1600-h/P1000512.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698519168796082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 187px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHsQdRbI/AAAAAAAACd0/ihGJbYMEOJU/s320/P1000512.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHVfGPjI/AAAAAAAACds/Fda1uKC_yj4/s1600-h/P1000513.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698513056185906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHVfGPjI/AAAAAAAACds/Fda1uKC_yj4/s320/P1000513.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I just started to sort all the pictures (about 330) I took.&lt;br /&gt;Nommer toutes les photos prises (330) est un travail fastidieux.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHCDbQKI/AAAAAAAACdk/I3k-D_UenaE/s1600-h/P1000514.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5413698507839848610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 199px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSHCDbQKI/AAAAAAAACdk/I3k-D_UenaE/s320/P1000514.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4050296273443051460?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4050296273443051460/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4050296273443051460&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4050296273443051460'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4050296273443051460'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/few-words-quelques-mots.html' title='A few words – quelques mots'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SyFSd33KrGI/AAAAAAAACes/G3nJaW6YnKw/s72-c/P1000175web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8255755356729773739</id><published>2009-12-04T06:52:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-04T06:56:04.015+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Brussels  Bruxelles</title><content type='html'>I'm away for a long weekend to Brussels.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En weekend prolongé à Bruxelles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8255755356729773739?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8255755356729773739/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8255755356729773739&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8255755356729773739'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8255755356729773739'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/brussels-bruxelles.html' title='Brussels  Bruxelles'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4159205681454064728</id><published>2009-12-02T21:48:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-12-02T21:56:07.241+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><title type='text'>Tutorial Logcabin goes green  Logcabin se met au vert</title><content type='html'>Different ladies asked me to explain the making of my log cabin goes green.Well, here it is:&lt;br /&gt;Plusieurs dames m’ont demandé comment j’avais fait mon ‘log cabin se met au vert’.&lt;br /&gt;Alors, on y va :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTS3uaKBI/AAAAAAAACdc/1kT1XoNWFgE/s1600-h/log+cabin.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744323481937938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTS3uaKBI/AAAAAAAACdc/1kT1XoNWFgE/s320/log+cabin.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; For the making of this quilt:&lt;br /&gt;Use your large scraps, I only used greens and fabric I “didn’t love” anymore…&lt;br /&gt;You can also use the jelly rolls.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pour la réalisation de ce quilt il faut:&lt;br /&gt;…ce qu’on veut, c'est-à-dire : j’ai utilisé des restes, uniquement des tissus verts et des tissus qui ne me plaisait plus.&lt;br /&gt;On peut également utiliser des ‘jelly rolls’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;For the first “go green quilt” I have cut my strips on 2 ½ inch, the full length of the fabric I used.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTSjLxiJI/AAAAAAAACdU/7PkozlIHNNQ/s1600-h/log+cabin+48.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744317967960210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTSjLxiJI/AAAAAAAACdU/7PkozlIHNNQ/s320/log+cabin+48.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pour le quilt ci-dessus, j’ai découpé mes bandes de tissus- sur toute la longueur- d’une largeur de 6 cm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTSXdh-bI/AAAAAAAACdM/zvaRh8kwzE4/s1600-h/layout02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744314821212594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTSXdh-bI/AAAAAAAACdM/zvaRh8kwzE4/s320/layout02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; For the second “go green quilt” I have cut the strips on 3 inch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTDBaD12I/AAAAAAAACdE/WebqJfHDp-M/s1600-h/log+cabin+37.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744051203037026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTDBaD12I/AAAAAAAACdE/WebqJfHDp-M/s320/log+cabin+37.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pour le quilt ci-dessous, les bandes avaient une largeur de 7.5 cm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You see: it’s flexible.&lt;br /&gt;Vous voyez : on fait ce qu’on veut.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You need to make a total of 27 light coloured blocks&lt;br /&gt;Il faut faire un total de 27 blocs clairs&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTC3MEV7I/AAAAAAAACc8/C-FqfR2WE6M/s1600-h/bloc02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744048459995058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTC3MEV7I/AAAAAAAACc8/C-FqfR2WE6M/s320/bloc02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and 27 dark coloured blocks.&lt;br /&gt;et de 27 blocs foncés.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTCujdi0I/AAAAAAAACc0/6vOueHPBYzc/s1600-h/bloc01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744046142196546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTCujdi0I/AAAAAAAACc0/6vOueHPBYzc/s320/bloc01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I will not explain how to make this block as I’m assuming you capable of sewing a ‘normal’ log cabin. (I used the strip piecing method)&lt;br /&gt;If you have a closer look at the blocks above you will know how to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je ne vais pas expliquer comment assembler ce bloc puisque je suppose que vous êtes toutes capables de coudre un log cabin classique.  (j’ai utilisé la méthode d’assemblage en chaine)&lt;br /&gt;Si vous étudiez les blocs ci-dessus vous allez savoir comment les coudre.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also give you a blank diagram for you to print out, this way you can colour it as you wish.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTCYh4l-I/AAAAAAAACcs/yRue9YlFsAY/s1600-h/layout00.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744040230000610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTCYh4l-I/AAAAAAAACcs/yRue9YlFsAY/s320/layout00.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai également ajouté un diagramme pour que vous puissiez le colorier comme vous voulez.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And here a different colour option:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTB3PELFI/AAAAAAAACck/Xs-qvhRXa0A/s1600-h/layout01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5410744031292697682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTB3PELFI/AAAAAAAACck/Xs-qvhRXa0A/s320/layout01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Une autre version du quilt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Minds are like parachutes: they only function when they’re open.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Thomas Robert Dewar&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;‘Je connais mes limites.  C’est pourquoi je vais au-delà.’&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Serge Gainsbourg&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4159205681454064728?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4159205681454064728/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4159205681454064728&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4159205681454064728'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4159205681454064728'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/12/tutorial-logcabin-goes-green-logcabin.html' title='Tutorial Logcabin goes green  Logcabin se met au vert'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxbTS3uaKBI/AAAAAAAACdc/1kT1XoNWFgE/s72-c/log+cabin.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2893088887343506523</id><published>2009-11-29T11:37:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-29T11:45:32.814+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baltimore'/><title type='text'>Blue - Bleu</title><content type='html'>Lately I live my life in blue. I have added the blue borders on my blue baltimore. &lt;br /&gt;This top is ready to be quilted !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJP4nX7lfI/AAAAAAAACcc/FsgrKZULm9M/s1600/baltimore+top+finished.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473936486012402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJP4nX7lfI/AAAAAAAACcc/FsgrKZULm9M/s320/baltimore+top+finished.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ces derniers temps, je vis ma vie en bleu !&lt;br /&gt;J’ai ajouté les bords bleus à mon baltimore et il est –enfin- prêt à être matelassé.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also continued to add layers on my blue canvas :&lt;br /&gt;Wash 2: &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPxsioaNI/AAAAAAAACcU/V1k1WqYgu3g/s1600/wash+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473817613986002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPxsioaNI/AAAAAAAACcU/V1k1WqYgu3g/s320/wash+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Wash 3:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPqTpnJbI/AAAAAAAACcM/otkuzBJ0z5Y/s1600/wash+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473690673292722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPqTpnJbI/AAAAAAAACcM/otkuzBJ0z5Y/s320/wash+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Wash 4:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I added some glitter paint but I don’t like it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPqNqyy_I/AAAAAAAACcE/4TYiPwhz3vw/s1600/wash+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473689067637746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 233px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPqNqyy_I/AAAAAAAACcE/4TYiPwhz3vw/s320/wash+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai utilisé  de la peinture à paillettes mais ce n’est pas une réussite !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wash 5:&lt;br /&gt;I painted over the glitter paint with another dark blue paint.&lt;br /&gt;I like it again.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPp6JlsTI/AAAAAAAACb8/PcvrNmQiZyk/s1600/wash+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473683828093234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPp6JlsTI/AAAAAAAACb8/PcvrNmQiZyk/s320/wash+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai couvert la couche de peinture à paillettes avec un bleu foncé.&lt;br /&gt;La surface commence à me plaire vraiment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also painted some mulberry tree bark :&lt;br /&gt;I will glue some pieces on the surface of my canvas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPpgP0USI/AAAAAAAACb0/KjfdpoNxnfU/s1600/painted+mulberry+bark+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473676874895650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 116px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPpgP0USI/AAAAAAAACb0/KjfdpoNxnfU/s320/painted+mulberry+bark+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai également peint de l’écorce de mûrier. J’ai très envie de coller quelques bouts sur la surface bleue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPpcVoQLI/AAAAAAAACbs/5phGXpVgFyI/s1600/painted+mulberry+bark+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5409473675825529010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 135px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJPpcVoQLI/AAAAAAAACbs/5phGXpVgFyI/s320/painted+mulberry+bark+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2893088887343506523?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2893088887343506523/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2893088887343506523&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2893088887343506523'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2893088887343506523'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/blue-bleu.html' title='Blue - Bleu'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SxJP4nX7lfI/AAAAAAAACcc/FsgrKZULm9M/s72-c/baltimore+top+finished.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4036499278401029277</id><published>2009-11-24T20:43:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-24T20:48:50.407+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Colours - Couleurs</title><content type='html'>I love colour – any colour.  I love the variety you have in one colour and now and then I make a mono chromatic work.  For my &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;glued work &lt;/a&gt;I chose blue and its shades.&lt;br /&gt;So far I added a first layer of light blue with my caran d’ache crayons.&lt;br /&gt;As you can see, this first wash toned this work quite a bit. &lt;br /&gt;I’m satisfied of the effect because it was a ‘jump’ in ‘not really knowing what would happen’.  I prefer to add one blue-layer at the time: I want that the surface completely dries before adding the new layer.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3k7wMN2I/AAAAAAAACbk/CYTWXqDb7l4/s1600/wash+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407758360219760482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3k7wMN2I/AAAAAAAACbk/CYTWXqDb7l4/s320/wash+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’aime la couleur – toutes les couleurs. J’adore la variété et la chaleur que possède la couleur. &lt;br /&gt;C’est la raison pour laquelle –de temps à autre– je crée un travail monochromatique.&lt;br /&gt;Pour mon &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;travail collé &lt;/a&gt;j’ai choisi le bleu.&lt;br /&gt;Jusqu’à présent je n’ai ajouté qu’une première couche d’un bleu clair en utilisant mes crayons aquarellable de caran d’ache.&lt;br /&gt;La première couche a déjà fortement atténué mon travail.&lt;br /&gt;Je peux ajouter que je suis satisfaite du résultat jusqu’à présent : Je ne savais pas vraiment à quoi m’attendre. Je n’ajouterai qu’une couche bleu par soirée puisqu’il vaut mieux que la surface soit tout à fait sèche avant d’en ajouter une nouvelle.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also chose blue for my ‘blue forest’.So far the layers are only stitched to stay on their place, no less no more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3kTejjXI/AAAAAAAACbc/jFghMFYiIaw/s1600/bois+bleu+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407758349408374130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 259px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3kTejjXI/AAAAAAAACbc/jFghMFYiIaw/s320/bois+bleu+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai également choisi le bleu pour mon ‘bois bleu’.&lt;br /&gt;Toutes les couches ont été cousues pour rester en place, ni plus, ni moins.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3kKYbjLI/AAAAAAAACbU/6AIrKAB1Ap8/s1600/bois+bleu+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5407758346966764722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3kKYbjLI/AAAAAAAACbU/6AIrKAB1Ap8/s320/bois+bleu+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I believe I have been influenced by René Magritte for my use of blue. &lt;br /&gt;In two weeks my youngest daughter and I will visit the Magritte Museum and &lt;a href="http://www.magrittemuseum.be/index.htm"&gt;House&lt;/a&gt; in Brussels.  It’s her 20st birthday present.&lt;br /&gt;we will also visit other museum, have some long walks in the historic centre and do the ‘art nouveau’ walk.  I promise you a lot of pictures !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Je suppose que j’ai été influence par René Magritte.&lt;br /&gt;Dans deux semaines, ma plus jeune fille et moi, nous nous rendons à Bruxelles ‘en touristes’. Elle voulait un cadeau unique pour son 20ème anniversaire. &lt;br /&gt;Nous irons visiter le nouveau musée Magritte et la &lt;a href="http://www.magrittemuseum.be/index.htm"&gt;maison Magritte&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Puisque nous y serons pour le weekend nous visiterons d’autres musées en plus des nombreuses ballades prévues – entre autre la balade ‘art nouveau’.&lt;br /&gt;Je vous promets d’avance de nombreuses photos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plato&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Le peu que je sais, c'est à mon ignorance que je le dois."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Sacha Guitry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4036499278401029277?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4036499278401029277/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4036499278401029277&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4036499278401029277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4036499278401029277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/colours-couleurs.html' title='Colours - Couleurs'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sww3k7wMN2I/AAAAAAAACbk/CYTWXqDb7l4/s72-c/wash+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-437570696140380090</id><published>2009-11-22T14:56:00.004+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-22T15:26:26.593+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Background  - Arrière-plan</title><content type='html'>I started my blue forest. As you can see without a blue spot for the moment but this will be changed soon. I only used scraps so far.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwlDOwW27sI/AAAAAAAACbM/jFMZvff6PjE/s1600/bois+bleu+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406926748412997314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwlDOwW27sI/AAAAAAAACbM/jFMZvff6PjE/s320/bois+bleu+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai commence la réalisation du ‘sous-bois bleu’.  Comme vous pouvez le voire : sans bleu pour l’instant mais cela changera rapidement. Je n’ai utilisé que des chutes de tissus.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This picture is from a workshop – Sticky fingers - given by &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/"&gt;Ellen Lindner&lt;/a&gt;.  As the title says : you get sticky fingers from it. I now have to wait till the surface dried.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwlDOwf_O_I/AAAAAAAACbE/ZWw4iBxeLmA/s1600/glued.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5406926748451290098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwlDOwf_O_I/AAAAAAAACbE/ZWw4iBxeLmA/s320/glued.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cette photo est la première phase d’un cours donné par &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/"&gt;Ellen Lindner &lt;/a&gt;: doigts collants. Et, comme le nom du cours le dit : les  doigts collent !  Maintenant il ne me reste qu’à attendre que la surface  sèche.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Energy is the essence of life. Every day you decide how you're going to use it by knowing what you want and what it takes to reach that goal, and by maintaining focus. “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Oprah Winfrey&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Ne crains pas d'avancer lentement, crains seulement de t'arrêter."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sagesse chinoise&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-437570696140380090?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/437570696140380090/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=437570696140380090&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/437570696140380090'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/437570696140380090'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/background-arriere-plan.html' title='Background  - Arrière-plan'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwlDOwW27sI/AAAAAAAACbM/jFMZvff6PjE/s72-c/bois+bleu+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4674232546943001591</id><published>2009-11-18T20:24:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-18T20:35:55.894+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baltimore'/><title type='text'>Baltimore UFO</title><content type='html'>Since I’m in the middle of finishing old works, I went on old UFO-hunt and I remembered this jewel: a classic Baltimore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK-mJ295I/AAAAAAAACa0/xqONrH4lb3Q/s1600/P1000071.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527892005681042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK-mJ295I/AAAAAAAACa0/xqONrH4lb3Q/s320/P1000071.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Une de mes résolutions de 2009 était de terminer, enfin, de vieux travaux.En fouinant j’ai retrouvé ce trésor : le plus classique des classiques : un Baltimore&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6jbL-mI/AAAAAAAACas/iBXdovLX3Xc/s1600/P1000078.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527822553578082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6jbL-mI/AAAAAAAACas/iBXdovLX3Xc/s320/P1000078.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I now remember the evenings sewing these blocks, sometimes needing two pair of glasses because I was so “stupid” to choose a dark blue background.&lt;br /&gt;I also remember how proud I was when I finished the 16 blocks, all sewn by hand.&lt;br /&gt;And now I have a partial top without borders.&lt;br /&gt;I know I will not make the borders by hand.&lt;br /&gt;But I don’t want to add machine appliqué –borders. Why not : have a detail look : you can’t see the hand stitches.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6Sxvv5I/AAAAAAAACak/sBe0JELr_i4/s1600/P1000084.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527818084794258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6Sxvv5I/AAAAAAAACak/sBe0JELr_i4/s320/P1000084.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je me souviens maintenant des soirées passées à coudre ces blocs – à la main – de temps en temps il me fallait deux paires de lunettes tout simplement parce que j’avais été assez bête de choisir un fond foncé.&lt;br /&gt;Je me souviens également de la fierté que j’ai éprouvée après avoir fini ces 16 blocs.&lt;br /&gt;Et maintenant je me retrouve avec ce top toujours pas fini !&lt;br /&gt;Je sais que je n’appliquerai plus les bords à la main. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Mais, je ne veux pas de bords appliqué à la machine. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Pourquoi pas ? Regardez la photo, on ne voit même pas mes points.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6V3cpmI/AAAAAAAACac/Nb1hk-rMTdg/s1600/P1000083.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527818914014818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6V3cpmI/AAAAAAAACac/Nb1hk-rMTdg/s320/P1000083.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And have a look at the back:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6MNhIXI/AAAAAAAACaU/hDkeBrFD2So/s1600/P1000085.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527816322228594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 283px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK6MNhIXI/AAAAAAAACaU/hDkeBrFD2So/s320/P1000085.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Un aperçu de l’arrière:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus I have one option left: adding a feather quilted border. This will be machine quilted because my hands can’t quilt anymore.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK5840csI/AAAAAAAACaM/Nm9IWnKmxxo/s1600/P1000074.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5405527812208882370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK5840csI/AAAAAAAACaM/Nm9IWnKmxxo/s320/P1000074.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Il ne me reste qu’une option: ajouter un bord matelassé assez élaboré, et il devra être fait à la machine, mes mains ne pouvant plus matelasser.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes”.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Oscar Wilde&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;«J'ai une mémoire admirable, j'oublie tout.»&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Alphonse Allais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4674232546943001591?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4674232546943001591/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4674232546943001591&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4674232546943001591'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4674232546943001591'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/baltimore-ufo.html' title='Baltimore UFO'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwRK-mJ295I/AAAAAAAACa0/xqONrH4lb3Q/s72-c/P1000071.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-946141218319974640</id><published>2009-11-16T08:09:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-16T08:11:41.590+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='curves-courbes'/><title type='text'>Curves - Courbes</title><content type='html'>I plan a give-away, starting in January 2010.&lt;br /&gt;This is a quilt I made – 10 years ago now – and only finished yesterday.&lt;br /&gt;The blocks were sewn by hand, the quilt is machine quilted.&lt;br /&gt;This was the last work I did by hand.&lt;br /&gt;My intention is to give one pattern of this sampler in the beginning of each month.&lt;br /&gt;Those blocks are my design and – except for the central compass – they all have curves in it.&lt;br /&gt;I will only send the pattern to those asking for it in the comment. The next block will only be send to those posting the finished block on their blog. I think it’s a fair deal since I don’t ask to be paid for the many hours I spend to draw those blocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwD6vCpcUyI/AAAAAAAACaE/HidXhiT_dwY/s1600/P1000047.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404595238916084514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwD6vCpcUyI/AAAAAAAACaE/HidXhiT_dwY/s320/P1000047.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; À partir de janvier 2010 j’ai dans l’intention d’offrir les blocs de mon sampler en courbes.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai commencé à coudre ce sampler il y a à peu près 10 ans et je ne l’ai terminé que hier.&lt;br /&gt;Les blocs ont été cousus à la main, le matelassage à été fait à la machine.&lt;br /&gt;C’est la dernière fois que j’ai fait un travail à la main.&lt;br /&gt;Les petits blocs ont été crées/dessinés par moi et contiennent tous des courbes.&lt;br /&gt;J’offrirai un bloc par mois – uniquement à celles qui me le demandent en laissant un commentaire.  Le bloc suivant sera envoyé à celles qui mettront une photo du bloc dans leur blog. Je trouve que c’est un bon arrangement compte tenu que je ne demande pas à être payée pour les patrons de ces blocs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-946141218319974640?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/946141218319974640/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=946141218319974640&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/946141218319974640'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/946141218319974640'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/curves-courbes.html' title='Curves - Courbes'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwD6vCpcUyI/AAAAAAAACaE/HidXhiT_dwY/s72-c/P1000047.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6722417891507545154</id><published>2009-11-15T16:38:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-15T16:42:56.595+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite</title><content type='html'>I finished the second “log cabin go green”.&lt;br /&gt;I quilted this one in the ditch since this will be an everyday quilt to use when looking at the television.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwAg9bkXO-I/AAAAAAAACZ8/bwbjAJQO664/s1600-h/log+cabin+48.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404355792588979170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwAg9bkXO-I/AAAAAAAACZ8/bwbjAJQO664/s320/log+cabin+48.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai terminé le second  “log cabin se met au vert’.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai matelassé celui-ci dans la couture puisqu’il va être utilisé -et usé- en regardant la télévision.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of my goals for 2009 was : finishing what I started. Well, I succeed till now, still 6 weeks to go but I don’t see why I wouldn’t get my goal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Une de mes intentions pour 2009 était de terminer tout ce que je commencerais.&lt;br /&gt;Jusqu’à présent : c’est un succès !  Et je ne vois aucune raison de faillir dans les 6 dernières semaines de l’année.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now I feel free to start a new project.&lt;br /&gt;Remember my blue trees ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwAg9Je-GNI/AAAAAAAACZ0/1Ro7Io2DiEI/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5404355787734522066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwAg9Je-GNI/AAAAAAAACZ0/1Ro7Io2DiEI/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Maintenant je me sens libre de commencer quelque chose de nouveau.&lt;br /&gt;Vous vous souvenez de ma forêt bleue ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;“You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. “&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jack London&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;"Un artiste est quelqu’un qui a réussi à transformer des défauts caractériels en qualités professionnelles."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Philippe Bouvard&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6722417891507545154?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6722417891507545154/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6722417891507545154&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6722417891507545154'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6722417891507545154'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/log-cabin-continued-suite.html' title='Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SwAg9bkXO-I/AAAAAAAACZ8/bwbjAJQO664/s72-c/log+cabin+48.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3215005547429830155</id><published>2009-11-10T21:07:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T21:10:55.446+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Done  -  Fini</title><content type='html'>Seems I'm not able to take a full picture of the quilt for the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvnIHM62Z8I/AAAAAAAACZs/AFYjpEDO9lU/s1600-h/log+cabin+42.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402569254060320706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvnIHM62Z8I/AAAAAAAACZs/AFYjpEDO9lU/s320/log+cabin+42.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je n'arrive pas à faire une photo du quilt en entier.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvnIHKS9s6I/AAAAAAAACZk/romqXv8wd-g/s1600-h/log+cabin+45.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402569253356155810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 290px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvnIHKS9s6I/AAAAAAAACZk/romqXv8wd-g/s320/log+cabin+45.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3215005547429830155?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3215005547429830155/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3215005547429830155&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3215005547429830155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3215005547429830155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/done-fini.html' title='Done  -  Fini'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvnIHM62Z8I/AAAAAAAACZs/AFYjpEDO9lU/s72-c/log+cabin+42.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5935681871574161918</id><published>2009-11-09T12:58:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-09T13:03:42.653+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Almost – Presque</title><content type='html'>I only have to quilt a few blocks from the Log Cabin I made for my eldest daughter.&lt;br /&gt;I was in such a serious quilt drive Sunday that my neck was a bit painful.&lt;br /&gt;I hope to finish the quilting this evening and to prepare the binding ready to be sewn.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEn5ZVScI/AAAAAAAACZc/8X6hpBWC94k/s1600-h/log+cabin+37.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402072836499392962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEn5ZVScI/AAAAAAAACZc/8X6hpBWC94k/s320/log+cabin+37.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Il ne me reste plus que quelques blocs à matelasser du Log Cabin que je fais pour ma fille ainée.&lt;br /&gt;Dimanche, je me suis crue sur le circuit du Mans. Le matelassage se faisait ‘comme tout seul’.  Mon cou et mes épaules étaient un peu engourdis en début de soirée – j’ai pris la -sage- décision de m’arrêter.&lt;br /&gt;J’espère pouvoir terminer le matelassage ce soir et préparer le bord de finition.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEn16kEiI/AAAAAAAACZU/qJIMtoDpdrY/s1600-h/log+cabin+38.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402072835565031970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEn16kEiI/AAAAAAAACZU/qJIMtoDpdrY/s320/log+cabin+38.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This quilt will be her (known)Christmas present.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEns_BabI/AAAAAAAACZM/RyPzJQUKUq4/s1600-h/log+cabin+40.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402072833167813042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 226px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEns_BabI/AAAAAAAACZM/RyPzJQUKUq4/s320/log+cabin+40.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ce quilt sera son cadeau de noël (connu).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“From a commercial point of view, if Christmas did not exist it would be necessary to invent it.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Katharine Whitehorn&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" Il y a du plaisir à rencontrer les yeux de celui à qui l'on vient de donner. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;La Bruyère&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5935681871574161918?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5935681871574161918/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5935681871574161918&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5935681871574161918'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5935681871574161918'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/almost-presque.html' title='Almost – Presque'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvgEn5ZVScI/AAAAAAAACZc/8X6hpBWC94k/s72-c/log+cabin+37.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6371604003296342544</id><published>2009-11-06T07:05:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-06T07:15:57.992+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Creative, Every Day - Créative, tous les jours</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://joanmiro.com/joan-miro-biography/"&gt;Miro&lt;/a&gt; gave me some inspiration :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9CH7OURI/AAAAAAAACZE/USuZAA_tfpQ/s1600-h/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400868222332195090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 193px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9CH7OURI/AAAAAAAACZE/USuZAA_tfpQ/s320/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Cette fois-ci, &lt;a href="http://joanmiro.com/joan-miro-biography/"&gt;Miro&lt;/a&gt; m'a inspirée.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9B9lxG-I/AAAAAAAACY8/FyKMXPLgQjo/s1600-h/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400868219557845986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 194px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9B9lxG-I/AAAAAAAACY8/FyKMXPLgQjo/s320/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a little 'joke' colouring&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9BnzEKgI/AAAAAAAACY0/jgn6WDpRkyQ/s1600-h/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400868213708040706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 217px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9BnzEKgI/AAAAAAAACY0/jgn6WDpRkyQ/s320/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; un clin d'oeil&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9BYowTRI/AAAAAAAACYs/mo4F_XNKYdE/s1600-h/d%27apr%C3%A8s+Miro.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5400868209638264082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9BYowTRI/AAAAAAAACYs/mo4F_XNKYdE/s320/d%27apr%C3%A8s+Miro.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Write you soon&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;à très bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6371604003296342544?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6371604003296342544/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6371604003296342544&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6371604003296342544'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6371604003296342544'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/creative-every-day-creative-tous-les.html' title='Creative, Every Day - Créative, tous les jours'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvO9CH7OURI/AAAAAAAACZE/USuZAA_tfpQ/s72-c/d%27apr%C3%A8s+miro+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5459738172436570002</id><published>2009-11-03T21:24:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-11-03T21:33:57.594+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Experiment - Expérimentation</title><content type='html'>After the workshop Textures Surfaces from &lt;a href="http://www.purplemissus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynda&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.textiletales.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt; I took past year, I enrolled for a follow-up workshop &lt;a href="http://www.fibreinform.com/Creativesurfaces.htm"&gt;‘Simply Salt’&lt;/a&gt;.  I was curious, very curious !&lt;br /&gt;Well, I finally worked with Lutradur – never used it although I had it in the house for about a year, gesso, ink and salt.&lt;br /&gt;It was messy ! And I just love a clean playing area…&lt;br /&gt;The gesso dried rather quickly but the ink…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cela fait à peu près un an que j’ai suivie un cours en ligne ‘Textured Surfaces’ de &lt;a href="http://www.purplemissus.blogspot.com/"&gt;Lynda&lt;/a&gt; et &lt;a href="http://www.textiletales.blogspot.com/"&gt;Carol&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Elles ont eu la lumineuse idée d’écrire une mini suite  –  ‘&lt;a href="http://www.fibreinform.com/Creativesurfaces.htm"&gt;Simply Salt’ &lt;/a&gt;– ‘du sel, tout simplement’ - à ce cours.&lt;br /&gt;L’occasion était toute trouvée pour utiliser le Lutradur acheté l’année passée.&lt;br /&gt;Le but étant de ‘créer’ une nouvelle surface avec le Lutradur, le gesso, l’encre et…du gros sel.&lt;br /&gt;C’est dingue ce que j’ai du faire attention pour ne pas faire trop de tache, l’encre étant permanente !  Et…j’aime la propreté, ce qui est plutôt ennuyeux quand on travaille avec de la couleur sous n’importe quelle forme.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR6jHPKOI/AAAAAAAACYk/Rl3rLU9PLw8/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso++01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976388261259490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR6jHPKOI/AAAAAAAACYk/Rl3rLU9PLw8/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso++01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Le Lutradur avec le gesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wet ink with the salt added, waiting to dry,…, dry…dry…for three days.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR1YER_3I/AAAAAAAACYc/eFvExsHzxN4/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+01+0.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976299396726642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 188px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR1YER_3I/AAAAAAAACYc/eFvExsHzxN4/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+01+0.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’encre et le gros sel ont été ajoutés.&lt;br /&gt;L’ensemble a pris trois jours à sécher.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Dried, but the picture doesn’t show the correct colours :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR1KQ0OVI/AAAAAAAACYU/QE1UMd_9HrE/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+01a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976295691204946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 189px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR1KQ0OVI/AAAAAAAACYU/QE1UMd_9HrE/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+01a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sec, mais la photo ne reproduit pas les bonnes couleurs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wet :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR07H5kDI/AAAAAAAACYM/R8M9e5uFJXU/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976291627274290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR07H5kDI/AAAAAAAACYM/R8M9e5uFJXU/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; La patience est une vertu !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;dried:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR0gQDmJI/AAAAAAAACYE/jTp6tDbH8-A/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976284413728914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 277px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR0gQDmJI/AAAAAAAACYE/jTp6tDbH8-A/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Sec, enfin&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;And the back side :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR0moV63I/AAAAAAAACX8/QOOkDC7asCo/s1600-h/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5399976286126205810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR0moV63I/AAAAAAAACX8/QOOkDC7asCo/s320/lutradur+%2B+gesso+%2B+encre+%2B+sel+05b.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Et l’arrière est aussi beau que le devant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I still have to make a cover for my 2010-agenda.  I know what I will use, now !&lt;br /&gt;Je dois encore faire la couverture de mon agenda 2010, maintenant je sais quoi utiliser !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Patience is the greatest of all virtues”.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cato the Elder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" Avec le temps et la patience, &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;la feuille du mûrier devient de la soie. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Proverbe Chinois&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5459738172436570002?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5459738172436570002/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5459738172436570002&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5459738172436570002'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5459738172436570002'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/11/experiment-experimentation.html' title='Experiment - Expérimentation'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SvCR6jHPKOI/AAAAAAAACYk/Rl3rLU9PLw8/s72-c/lutradur+%2B+gesso++01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-51361050127813932</id><published>2009-10-31T21:13:00.003+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T21:19:47.615+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Huge Quilt - Grand Quilt</title><content type='html'>It’s large.  It’s HUGE to quilt !&lt;br /&gt;I didn’t want to set the Hand Quilter up and I regret it. This quilt is not easy handle.This is the top, before the batting and the back were pinned together :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuybhF_lavI/AAAAAAAACX0/yMBx0sCOkfs/s1600-h/log+cabin+29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398861046157241074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuybhF_lavI/AAAAAAAACX0/yMBx0sCOkfs/s320/log+cabin+29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; C’est un grand quilt, immense même !&lt;br /&gt;Je n’avais pas envie de monter le Handi Quilter et je commence à le regretter.&lt;br /&gt;La première photo a été prise après avoir terminer le top ; la deuxième photo après avoir épinglé le top, le molleton et l’arrière.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is a picture after :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8wTUP5I/AAAAAAAACXk/kTo3ryioGv8/s1600-h/log+cabin+30.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398860421859131282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8wTUP5I/AAAAAAAACXk/kTo3ryioGv8/s320/log+cabin+30.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here I quilted the first set of blocks :&lt;br /&gt;Ici j’ai quilté le premier ensemble de blocs :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8qsFzuI/AAAAAAAACXc/ELDZlazOlgI/s1600-h/log+cabin+31.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398860420352429794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8qsFzuI/AAAAAAAACXc/ELDZlazOlgI/s320/log+cabin+31.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;I’m curious to know the weight of it : my shoulder are tired because I have to sew and hold the quilt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je serai curieuse de connaître le poid de ce travail, mes épaules sont fatiguées de retenir le quilt pendant le quilting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8Q-fREI/AAAAAAAACXU/9QK5ad4CZdo/s1600-h/log+cabin+32.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398860413450273858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Suya8Q-fREI/AAAAAAAACXU/9QK5ad4CZdo/s320/log+cabin+32.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; It was my intention to use this top as back for another quilt, but my oldest daughter asked to make a quilt of that particular back for her.&lt;br /&gt;Now, I have to finish two quilts instead of one.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;En premier lieu ce top devait être l’arrière d’un autre travail mais ma fille ainée m’a demandée d’en faire un quilt à part entière.&lt;br /&gt;Maintenant, j’ai à finir deux quilts au lieu d’un seul !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Pierre De Beaumarchais&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"L'amour n'est pas seulement un sentiment, il est un art aussi."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Honoré de Balzac&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-51361050127813932?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/51361050127813932/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=51361050127813932&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/51361050127813932'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/51361050127813932'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/huge-quilt-grand-quilt.html' title='Huge Quilt - Grand Quilt'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuybhF_lavI/AAAAAAAACX0/yMBx0sCOkfs/s72-c/log+cabin+29.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-704620314872716709</id><published>2009-10-28T06:47:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2009-10-28T06:55:45.299+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Sketches    -    Esquisses</title><content type='html'>I'm in sketching mood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SufceFPaVbI/AAAAAAAACXM/P1pHzQN70QQ/s1600-h/oliviers+en+provence.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397525087787832754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SufceFPaVbI/AAAAAAAACXM/P1pHzQN70QQ/s320/oliviers+en+provence.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Plus envie de faire des croquis qu'autre chose.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SufceFXt_mI/AAAAAAAACXE/C-1Or6PT1R0/s1600-h/bois+d%27octobre.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397525087822675554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SufceFXt_mI/AAAAAAAACXE/C-1Or6PT1R0/s320/bois+d%27octobre.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sufcd61i8II/AAAAAAAACW8/iLXRJQi5yTU/s1600-h/bois+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5397525084994990210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 227px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sufcd61i8II/AAAAAAAACW8/iLXRJQi5yTU/s320/bois+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;à tres bientôt,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-704620314872716709?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/704620314872716709/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=704620314872716709&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/704620314872716709'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/704620314872716709'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/sketches-esquisses_28.html' title='Sketches    -    Esquisses'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SufceFPaVbI/AAAAAAAACXM/P1pHzQN70QQ/s72-c/oliviers+en+provence.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2445873692672222489</id><published>2009-10-24T21:17:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-24T21:36:31.389+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Close encounter with a golfball-Rencontre avec une balle de golf</title><content type='html'>This is the reason I didn't blog this week :&lt;br /&gt;I had an important meeting with a missed golfball !&lt;br /&gt;And I spare you the most impressive : this is a picture I took after 3 days.&lt;br /&gt;And no, it doesnt' hurt. I only asked the doctor to sew the best he could.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNTh3lLcmI/AAAAAAAACW0/WsmC-6ODCmo/s1600-h/rencontre+avec+une+balle+de+golf+11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396248619840664162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 249px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNTh3lLcmI/AAAAAAAACW0/WsmC-6ODCmo/s320/rencontre+avec+une+balle+de+golf+11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Ceci est la raison de mon absence : une rencontre imprévue et intempestive avec une balle de golf ratée !&lt;br /&gt;Je vous ai épargné le pire, la photo a été prise après 3 jours.  Et non, ça ne me fait pas mal. &lt;br /&gt;La seule demande que j’aie faite au médecin a été de poser les plus beaux points possibles !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The only thing I did this week, was sketching :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je n'ai fait que quelques croquis, cette semaine :&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThk6WaFI/AAAAAAAACWs/W1SqyFNtOvU/s1600-h/appartements+crayon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396248614829189202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThk6WaFI/AAAAAAAACWs/W1SqyFNtOvU/s320/appartements+crayon.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThfwsWrI/AAAAAAAACWk/10_7XInmaN8/s1600-h/paysage.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396248613446507186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThfwsWrI/AAAAAAAACWk/10_7XInmaN8/s320/paysage.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThCeHiJI/AAAAAAAACWc/1TfadpmxCUQ/s1600-h/fleur+jaune.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5396248605583968402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 235px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNThCeHiJI/AAAAAAAACWc/1TfadpmxCUQ/s320/fleur+jaune.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2445873692672222489?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2445873692672222489/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2445873692672222489&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2445873692672222489'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2445873692672222489'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/close-encounter-with-golfball-rencontre.html' title='Close encounter with a golfball-Rencontre avec une balle de golf'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SuNTh3lLcmI/AAAAAAAACW0/WsmC-6ODCmo/s72-c/rencontre+avec+une+balle+de+golf+11.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2690982089000249289</id><published>2009-10-19T20:17:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-19T20:24:49.568+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite</title><content type='html'>I started the Construction of the back of the log Cabin.&lt;br /&gt;I did the same design as on the front !&lt;br /&gt;Yes, indeed, more squaring.&lt;br /&gt;I wanted to show you the back of one of the blocks :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stytk9HX5eI/AAAAAAAACWM/pv651GcoE9o/s1600-h/log+cabin+26.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394377304075396578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 235px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stytk9HX5eI/AAAAAAAACWM/pv651GcoE9o/s320/log+cabin+26.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai entamé la construction du dos de mon log cabin.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai décidé de coudre le dos du quilt de la même façon que le devant.&lt;br /&gt;Et oui, encore plus d’ajustements !&lt;br /&gt;J’ai photographié l’envers d’un bloc et le résultat de l’ajustement des 56 blocs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;And the result of the squaring of 56 blocks :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StytkYa64zI/AAAAAAAACWE/gckaCekcukU/s1600-h/log+cabin+25.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394377294225269554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StytkYa64zI/AAAAAAAACWE/gckaCekcukU/s320/log+cabin+25.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Even the most perfect sewing machine is handled by a human – &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;by definition : not perfect. &lt;br /&gt;So, please DO SQUARE !  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I squared for more than one hour !&lt;br /&gt;And please : forget about the ‘scant ¼ inch seam. &lt;br /&gt;Sew the seam you want&lt;br /&gt;BUT ….&lt;br /&gt;be consistent .&lt;br /&gt;I sewed my block with a 1 cm =  3/8 inch seam. &lt;br /&gt;It’s much more comfortable and since it will not be hand quilted but machine quilted,   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;the seam largeness isn’t that important.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Styti0LszaI/AAAAAAAACV8/WtG4iGB0Tv4/s1600-h/log+cabin+27.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394377267317886370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Styti0LszaI/AAAAAAAACV8/WtG4iGB0Tv4/s320/log+cabin+27.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Même la machine à coudre la plus perfectionnée est manipulée par un humain – &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;par définition :  pas parfait.&lt;br /&gt;Alors S.V.P. : &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;prenez le temps qu’il faut pour l’ajustement de tous les blocs : ça m’a pris plus d’une heure !&lt;br /&gt;Et encore : oubliez le ½ cm de couture.&lt;br /&gt;Cousez la couture à la largeur qui vous convient le mieux.&lt;br /&gt;MAIS…&lt;br /&gt;Soyez conséquente !&lt;br /&gt;Moi je couds mes coutures à 1 cm.&lt;br /&gt;C’est plus pratique et comme mes quilts ne sont pas matelassés à la main mais à la machine, la largeur des coutures n’a pas vraiment d’importance !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Encore une photo du top avec les bords :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Styth2y6pPI/AAAAAAAACV0/f5ltHA8XMKw/s1600-h/log+cabin+23.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5394377250839373042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Styth2y6pPI/AAAAAAAACV0/f5ltHA8XMKw/s320/log+cabin+23.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the top with the borders added.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; “Education is a progressive discovery of your own ignorance.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Will Durant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"On se lasse de tout sauf de comprendre"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Virgile cité par Noélie &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2690982089000249289?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2690982089000249289/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2690982089000249289&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2690982089000249289'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2690982089000249289'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/log-cabin-continued-suite_19.html' title='Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stytk9HX5eI/AAAAAAAACWM/pv651GcoE9o/s72-c/log+cabin+26.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4399312207668377056</id><published>2009-10-15T16:56:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-15T17:00:05.768+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Sketches    -    Esquisses</title><content type='html'>Two watercolour sketches,&lt;br /&gt;Deux aquarelles,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A landscape&lt;br /&gt;Un paysage&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stc4bW0TAGI/AAAAAAAACVs/Ok_gJ-utdGo/s1600-h/arbres+1009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392841121432010850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stc4bW0TAGI/AAAAAAAACVs/Ok_gJ-utdGo/s320/arbres+1009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;and a flower.&lt;br /&gt;et une fleur.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stc4bIGG96I/AAAAAAAACVk/Ewmf8yLUTCI/s1600-h/fleur+01++1009.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392841117480187810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 185px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stc4bIGG96I/AAAAAAAACVk/Ewmf8yLUTCI/s320/fleur+01++1009.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; “Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Elmer G. Letterman&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" C'est son caractère qui fait à chacun sa destinée. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Cornelius Nepos&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4399312207668377056?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4399312207668377056/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4399312207668377056&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4399312207668377056'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4399312207668377056'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/sketches-esquisses.html' title='Sketches    -    Esquisses'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Stc4bW0TAGI/AAAAAAAACVs/Ok_gJ-utdGo/s72-c/arbres+1009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5258703022645277512</id><published>2009-10-13T20:19:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-13T20:24:06.962+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite</title><content type='html'>I finished sewing the center of the go green log cabin, &lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_3VpO3I/AAAAAAAACVc/rhBAS0MM_sc/s1600-h/log+cabin+21.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392151255334861682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_3VpO3I/AAAAAAAACVc/rhBAS0MM_sc/s320/log+cabin+21.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;This evening I will try to add the two borders :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_rC3O-I/AAAAAAAACVU/uK3xIhDNHEo/s1600-h/log+cabin+22.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392151252034862050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_rC3O-I/AAAAAAAACVU/uK3xIhDNHEo/s320/log+cabin+22.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai terminé de coudre le centre du “log cabin se met au vert’.  Je vais essayer d’ajouter les deux bords ce soir.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_KZfjyI/AAAAAAAACVM/kbYj5_yVfjY/s1600-h/log+cabin+23.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5392151243271409442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 298px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_KZfjyI/AAAAAAAACVM/kbYj5_yVfjY/s320/log+cabin+23.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" Every artist was first an amateur. "&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Ralph Waldo Emerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;"Bien qu'on est du cœur à l'ouvrage,  L'Art est long et le temps est court."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles Baudelaire, Les fleurs du mal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5258703022645277512?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5258703022645277512/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5258703022645277512&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5258703022645277512'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5258703022645277512'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/log-cabin-continued-suite.html' title='Log Cabin  Continued   -  Suite'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StTE_3VpO3I/AAAAAAAACVc/rhBAS0MM_sc/s72-c/log+cabin+21.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-2487370001330571175</id><published>2009-10-11T16:13:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-11T16:26:12.284+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><title type='text'>Log Cabin</title><content type='html'>I continued working on the log cabin.&lt;br /&gt;I had cut 7 lights and 7 darks strips, 2 inch large.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpPCeA7sI/AAAAAAAACVE/oeP8Dnv1lVo/s1600-h/P1030916.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346673509265090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpPCeA7sI/AAAAAAAACVE/oeP8Dnv1lVo/s320/P1030916.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai continué à travailler à mon log cabin.&lt;br /&gt;J’avais découpé 7 bandes de tissus clairs et 7 bandes de tissus foncés sur une largeur de 5 cm.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpI80zbyI/AAAAAAAACU8/D4NK3Zt7FZE/s1600-h/P1030925.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346568915021602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 276px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpI80zbyI/AAAAAAAACU8/D4NK3Zt7FZE/s320/P1030925.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpIn2iIRI/AAAAAAAACU0/NBQ0huscLZU/s1600-h/P1030927.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346563285131538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpIn2iIRI/AAAAAAAACU0/NBQ0huscLZU/s320/P1030927.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  This is a repetitive work and it’s what I needed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpIKq3xTI/AAAAAAAACUs/STkPzsz8vWo/s1600-h/P1030917.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346555451589938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 158px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpIKq3xTI/AAAAAAAACUs/STkPzsz8vWo/s320/P1030917.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; C’est un travail répétitif et c’est ce donc j’avais envie.&lt;br /&gt;Je n’avais pas envie de réfléchir, juste envie de rêver et m’échapper un peu de la réalité. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpHyCe_qI/AAAAAAAACUk/PocWTNwc-ko/s1600-h/P1030919.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346548839743138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 168px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpHyCe_qI/AAAAAAAACUk/PocWTNwc-ko/s320/P1030919.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I didn’t want to think, I wanted to dream and have a little escape from the reality.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpHmlkfQI/AAAAAAAACUc/kaUzybV46SE/s1600-h/P1030920.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346545765678338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 83px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpHmlkfQI/AAAAAAAACUc/kaUzybV46SE/s320/P1030920.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; So I sewed, ironed and….squared my blocks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoqlMmlCI/AAAAAAAACUU/kmw0yyQbtHE/s1600-h/P1030921.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346047176315938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoqlMmlCI/AAAAAAAACUU/kmw0yyQbtHE/s320/P1030921.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Alors, j’ai cousu, repassé et …ajusté mes blocs.&lt;br /&gt;Pourquoi avais-je oublié ce travail fastidieux mais incontournable ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoqSoP2XI/AAAAAAAACUM/rE06Zxn1Pl8/s1600-h/P1030922.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346042191993202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoqSoP2XI/AAAAAAAACUM/rE06Zxn1Pl8/s320/P1030922.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Pas seulement l’ajustement d’un top fini mais l’ajustement de 72 blocs ! &lt;br /&gt;Ce n’était pas ça que je recherchais comme travail répétitif mais, bon…&lt;br /&gt;J’ai cousu, repassé et ajusté tout mes blocs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHop3XW-hI/AAAAAAAACUE/NGnsatzvZOk/s1600-h/P1030923.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346034873399826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 238px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHop3XW-hI/AAAAAAAACUE/NGnsatzvZOk/s320/P1030923.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Why didn’t I remember the squaring ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHopSEK3sI/AAAAAAAACT8/f8weh04Zx2s/s1600-h/P1030928.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346024860802754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 216px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHopSEK3sI/AAAAAAAACT8/f8weh04Zx2s/s320/P1030928.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Not the squaring of an almost finished work but the squaring of EVERY 72  blocks ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHopOdjenI/AAAAAAAACT0/xabS696spe8/s1600-h/P1030932.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391346023893531250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHopOdjenI/AAAAAAAACT0/xabS696spe8/s320/P1030932.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; That wasn’t the repetitive work I searched for but…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I’m done. I sewed, ironed and squared all my blocks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoU-y_A7I/AAAAAAAACTs/mT1dyENGLdA/s1600-h/P1030933.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345676091065266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 179px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoU-y_A7I/AAAAAAAACTs/mT1dyENGLdA/s320/P1030933.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Now I  arranged  the blocks in the wanted layout and I will sew them together to make my top.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoUpJnfpI/AAAAAAAACTk/Oh1pJI7hR2E/s1600-h/P1030934.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345670280412818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoUpJnfpI/AAAAAAAACTk/Oh1pJI7hR2E/s320/P1030934.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai arrangé mes blocs comme je le voulais et je peux commencer à coudre.&lt;br /&gt;Ma surprise fut grande quand je me suis aperçue du peu de tissu qu’il m’a fallut pour réaliser ces blocs.  J’avais espéré diminuer de façon significative ma quantité de tissus, mais non, je ne vois même pas la différence !&lt;br /&gt;Je compte encore ajouter 2 bords : un bord de la largeur d’une bande, l’autre de la largeur d’un bloc.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoUILB54I/AAAAAAAACTc/GBiRIs0ysfw/s1600-h/P1030935.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345661427967874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 239px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoUILB54I/AAAAAAAACTc/GBiRIs0ysfw/s320/P1030935.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was surprised about the little quantity of fabric I needed.  I wanted to reduce my stash but I don’t even see a difference.&lt;br /&gt;I will add a small border, the size of a strip and then a larger border, the size of the block.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoT8Y1r2I/AAAAAAAACTU/EOFA4TDvUGU/s1600-h/P1030937.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345658264661858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoT8Y1r2I/AAAAAAAACTU/EOFA4TDvUGU/s320/P1030937.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; One of the reasons I made a ‘classic’ quilt is this :&lt;br /&gt;My very first quilt ever, ever is not any more.  It’s been so used to keep us warm and comfortable while watching TV or reading a book.  I hope this new quilt will be as popular as my first quilt.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoTin2F0I/AAAAAAAACTM/20pzO8cZxwk/s1600-h/P1030938.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5391345651348281154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHoTin2F0I/AAAAAAAACTM/20pzO8cZxwk/s320/P1030938.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je voulais refaire un quilt ‘classique’ parce-que mon tout premier quilt est usé jusqu’à la trame. Il a été tellement utilisé comme couverture/plaid par nous tous pour regarder la télé ou lire un livre.  Nous étions tous emmitouflés dessous.  J’espère que le nouveau quilt sera aussi populaire que l’ancien.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Groucho Marx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Je trouve que la télévision à la maison est très favorable à la culture. Chaque fois que quelqu'un l'allume chez moi, je vais dans la pièce d'à côté et je lis."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Groucho Marx&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-2487370001330571175?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/2487370001330571175/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=2487370001330571175&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2487370001330571175'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/2487370001330571175'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/log-cabin.html' title='Log Cabin'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/StHpPCeA7sI/AAAAAAAACVE/oeP8Dnv1lVo/s72-c/P1030916.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7184646408037611601</id><published>2009-10-07T18:56:00.005+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T19:07:23.607+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='logcabin'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Some sketches – Quelques esquisses</title><content type='html'>Finally some rain… and I painted a sun :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJrbr8iZI/AAAAAAAACTE/7Cw3IQP5sYE/s1600-h/soleil.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904602059278738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJrbr8iZI/AAAAAAAACTE/7Cw3IQP5sYE/s320/soleil.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Enfin de la pluie….et je peins un soleil !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Some fire water :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJk8RpnBI/AAAAAAAACS8/W29hfbtuCNg/s1600-h/eau+rouge.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904490548272146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJk8RpnBI/AAAAAAAACS8/W29hfbtuCNg/s320/eau+rouge.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; L’eau de feu&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bamboo :&lt;br /&gt;Before watering the caran d’ache neocolor II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkp8qBbI/AAAAAAAACS0/T8A1G4EiEN0/s1600-h/bambou+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904485628380594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 254px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkp8qBbI/AAAAAAAACS0/T8A1G4EiEN0/s320/bambou+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Bambou avant,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkRWCH6I/AAAAAAAACSs/NSKBL_b54Jw/s1600-h/bambou+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904479023931298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 260px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkRWCH6I/AAAAAAAACSs/NSKBL_b54Jw/s320/bambou+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Après l’aquarellage.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt; Since it’s studio show time, I took some pictures from my ‘studio’ :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkGpEGJI/AAAAAAAACSk/5upwzpt8CjI/s1600-h/studio+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904476150962322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJkGpEGJI/AAAAAAAACSk/5upwzpt8CjI/s320/studio+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Comme beaucoup d’artistes montrent l’endroit  où elles travaillent, je ne voulais pas rester en reste.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJjhJNanI/AAAAAAAACSc/pQQxBqLroDs/s1600-h/studio+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904466085243506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJjhJNanI/AAAAAAAACSc/pQQxBqLroDs/s320/studio+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJOdDDNcI/AAAAAAAACSU/cRPpEVAnlCk/s1600-h/studio+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904104208414146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 285px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJOdDDNcI/AAAAAAAACSU/cRPpEVAnlCk/s320/studio+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJOMA5UWI/AAAAAAAACSM/pfL9kZ58swA/s1600-h/studio+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904099635974498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJOMA5UWI/AAAAAAAACSM/pfL9kZ58swA/s320/studio+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJN7UYreI/AAAAAAAACSE/N_P-M8s-7BU/s1600-h/studio+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904095154318818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJN7UYreI/AAAAAAAACSE/N_P-M8s-7BU/s320/studio+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJNbrCCRI/AAAAAAAACR8/jN-LAM9h4g8/s1600-h/studio+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904086659369234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJNbrCCRI/AAAAAAAACR8/jN-LAM9h4g8/s320/studio+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJNNZDJSI/AAAAAAAACR0/Em5fwL28D2A/s1600-h/studio+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389904082825848098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJNNZDJSI/AAAAAAAACR0/Em5fwL28D2A/s320/studio+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI95EOAJI/AAAAAAAACRs/3p4WPoEZ8Mw/s1600-h/studio+08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903819671732370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI95EOAJI/AAAAAAAACRs/3p4WPoEZ8Mw/s320/studio+08.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI9s5Jg1I/AAAAAAAACRk/uEIQNhaTclU/s1600-h/studio+09.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903816404075346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 255px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI9s5Jg1I/AAAAAAAACRk/uEIQNhaTclU/s320/studio+09.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI9Hpa3eI/AAAAAAAACRc/MCQfapszNu0/s1600-h/studio+10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903806405991906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 186px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI9Hpa3eI/AAAAAAAACRc/MCQfapszNu0/s320/studio+10.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI87VXhCI/AAAAAAAACRU/9j2-zAFFORc/s1600-h/studio+11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903803100660770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 265px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI87VXhCI/AAAAAAAACRU/9j2-zAFFORc/s320/studio+11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I started a new ‘modern style’ log cabin quilt.  I want to use some of my stash !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI8u-QjHI/AAAAAAAACRM/oHdoLMH9fWk/s1600-h/log+cabin+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5389903799782509682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszI8u-QjHI/AAAAAAAACRM/oHdoLMH9fWk/s320/log+cabin+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je veux diminuer ma collection de tissus ! J’ai décidé de commencer un log cabin quilt revisité.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Design can be art. Design can be aesthetics. Design is so simple, that's why it is so complicated."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Paul Rand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"En art comme en amour, l'instinct suffit."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Anatole France&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7184646408037611601?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7184646408037611601/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7184646408037611601&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7184646408037611601'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7184646408037611601'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/some-sketches-quelques-esquisses.html' title='Some sketches – Quelques esquisses'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SszJrbr8iZI/AAAAAAAACTE/7Cw3IQP5sYE/s72-c/soleil.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7008389888204157408</id><published>2009-10-04T15:56:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-10-04T16:08:48.058+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Second Try- Seconde Tentative</title><content type='html'>I always write my blog in Word first and then copy and paste to blogger.&lt;br /&gt;Well my computer decided to shut down and I lost everything I already wrote down.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a second cell phone pouch – in red this time :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqTU56oyI/AAAAAAAACRE/0IBvOysPGjY/s1600-h/pochette+rouge+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388744203154662178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqTU56oyI/AAAAAAAACRE/0IBvOysPGjY/s320/pochette+rouge+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And again I gave it to a friend who adored it a lot.&lt;br /&gt;I don’t know why everyone loves them, besides being unique there’s nothing special about them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqS3P0Z8I/AAAAAAAACQ8/zEZZCbLGdfQ/s1600-h/pochette+rouge+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388744195193464770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 207px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqS3P0Z8I/AAAAAAAACQ8/zEZZCbLGdfQ/s320/pochette+rouge+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Après quelques problèmes d’ordinateur, me voilà capable de travailler à nouveau à l’ordinateur.&lt;br /&gt;Je me suis faite une deuxième pochette pour mon portable – en rouge cette fois-ci.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;À nouveau, j’en ai fait cadeau à une amie faisant plus que l’admirer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je ne comprends pas vraiment cet engouement pour ces pochettes ; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;à par être unique en leur genre.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I hadn’t a lot of time this week to make time to blog.&lt;br /&gt;I sketched/doodled a bit, looking for a good idea for a new fibre work:&lt;br /&gt;I made a blue page using the newspaper my eldest daughter used for protecting the gifts from her holiday in Tunisia.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I love that alphabet !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqDIOH0mI/AAAAAAAACQ0/6Bby5qG4vjE/s1600-h/collage+journal+Tunesie+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743924871844450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqDIOH0mI/AAAAAAAACQ0/6Bby5qG4vjE/s320/collage+journal+Tunesie+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je n’ai pas pris le temps d’écrire sur mon blog ayant préféré dessiner. &lt;br /&gt;J’ai fait une page bleu avec du papier journal ramené de Tunisie par ma fille ainée. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;J’adore l’alphabet arabe.&lt;br /&gt;J’ai également cherché à faire quelques gribouillis symétriques :&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Au lieu d’utiliser du coton, je pourrai utiliser de l’organza et travailler en transparence.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqCx9dQsI/AAAAAAAACQs/BdQxS78EAaE/s1600-h/organza.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743918896366274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqCx9dQsI/AAAAAAAACQs/BdQxS78EAaE/s320/organza.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I doodled some ideas but instead of using cotton fabric, I could use organza and work in shadows and transparencies.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqCW67SAI/AAAAAAAACQk/ZCDvaHVQvUw/s1600-h/organza+et+boutons.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743911637993474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqCW67SAI/AAAAAAAACQk/ZCDvaHVQvUw/s320/organza+et+boutons.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; While walking with the dog between some trees, thinking about Mark Chagall, I sketched this once I was home again : &lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Ssipxwm3EWI/AAAAAAAACQU/-6uDWML3eDo/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743626475376994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Ssipxwm3EWI/AAAAAAAACQU/-6uDWML3eDo/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Au gré d’une promenade dans les sous-bois avec mon chien, pensant à Mark Chagall, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;j’ai dessiné quelques arbres bleus une fois rentrée à la maison.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I made a second sketch using a painted background.&lt;br /&gt;While the paint was still wet, I doodled some spirals with a little toothpick.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipxhQmy2I/AAAAAAAACQM/01PkpyecFJY/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743622355503970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipxhQmy2I/AAAAAAAACQM/01PkpyecFJY/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai refait le dessin mais j’ai débuté avec un fond de peinture blanche dans laquelle j’ai dessiné des spirales avec un cure-dents.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I used my preferred crayons (you know : caran d’ache neocolor II) to colour&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipxBkhkTI/AAAAAAAACQE/PYZ9ToYXB-k/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743613849112882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipxBkhkTI/AAAAAAAACQE/PYZ9ToYXB-k/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Comme d’habitude j’ai utilisé les caran d’ache neocolor II&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Ssipw6zSqLI/AAAAAAAACP8/NOrywiixLhE/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743612032002226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Ssipw6zSqLI/AAAAAAAACP8/NOrywiixLhE/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I added some accents with coloured brush pens.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipwtG2OMI/AAAAAAAACP0/tndzVH2M5OA/s1600-h/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5388743608355928258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsipwtG2OMI/AAAAAAAACP0/tndzVH2M5OA/s320/sketch+bois+bleu+07.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai accentué certaines lignes du dessin avec un feutre-pinceau de couleur corespondant.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Yogi Berra&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#006600;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Le savoir que l'on ne complète pas chaque jour diminue tous les jours. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Proverbe Chinois&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7008389888204157408?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7008389888204157408/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7008389888204157408&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7008389888204157408'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7008389888204157408'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/10/second-try-seconde-tentative.html' title='Second Try- Seconde Tentative'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SsiqTU56oyI/AAAAAAAACRE/0IBvOysPGjY/s72-c/pochette+rouge+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3393711760714014525</id><published>2009-09-27T19:29:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T19:35:15.294+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Sketches</title><content type='html'>I exercised a bit more on faces in Modigliani style, I just coloured the mouth to accentuate the pale face.  I like this : keeping only the essential.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-haem7YlI/AAAAAAAACPs/LoYst2ZH6vk/s1600-h/gar%C3%A7on+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386201155623412306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 195px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-haem7YlI/AAAAAAAACPs/LoYst2ZH6vk/s320/gar%C3%A7on+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Je m’exerce encore toujours à dessiner des visages, cette fois-ci – une fois de plus- dans le style de Modigliani.  J’aime accentuer la bouche et réduire à l’essentiel les traits d’un visage gardé pâle. &lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hVNmxRGI/AAAAAAAACPc/7h7e7nHhkMA/s1600-h/gar%C3%A7on+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386201065160000610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 198px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hVNmxRGI/AAAAAAAACPc/7h7e7nHhkMA/s320/gar%C3%A7on+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; When I was in Ste Marie aux Mines I found the bark of a mulberry tree,&lt;br /&gt;It was the first time I saw it for real and not transformed yet.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I couldn’t let the opportunity to buy the unbleached and the bleached version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hUfoaauI/AAAAAAAACPU/iNrk38O_EQI/s1600-h/P1030852.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386201052818860770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 164px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hUfoaauI/AAAAAAAACPU/iNrk38O_EQI/s320/P1030852.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; À Ste Marie aux Mines j’ai eu l’occasion de trouver- et de voir pour la première fois - de l’écorce de murier.  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Je n’ai pas su laisser passer l’occasion d’acheter la version non blanchie et blanchie.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hTzu9f5I/AAAAAAAACPM/LlfI3tskXS0/s1600-h/P1030854.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386201041035165586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 230px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hTzu9f5I/AAAAAAAACPM/LlfI3tskXS0/s320/P1030854.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I have cut a small piece of the bleached bark and used 3 Golden fluid acrylics paints and a tiny bit green glitter to obtain this result. &lt;br /&gt;Since I gave the cell phone pouch (from a previous post) to a friend, I have to make a new one for me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hTlU8jbI/AAAAAAAACPE/3-UC6FMT91k/s1600-h/ecorce+de+murierweb.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5386201037167955378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 90px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-hTlU8jbI/AAAAAAAACPE/3-UC6FMT91k/s320/ecorce+de+murierweb.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; J’ai découpé une petite partie de l’écorce blanchie et je l’ai peinte avec de la peinture acrylique fluide de Golden et un soupçon de paillettes vertes.&lt;br /&gt;Comme j’ai fait cadeau de ma pochette de portable, je m’en refais une.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have thought a bit about the use of two languages in my posts. &lt;br /&gt;Do you like this way of organizing ?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Are there improvements to make ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;J’ai réfléchi à la façon donc j’écris et partage mon blog en deux langues.&lt;br /&gt;Aimez-vous ce genre d’organisation ?  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Y a-t-il des améliorations à faire ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Honesty is the best image."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tom Wilson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;" La franchise ne consiste pas à dire tout ce que l'on pense, mais à penser tout ce que l'on dit. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;H. de Livry&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3393711760714014525?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3393711760714014525/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3393711760714014525&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3393711760714014525'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3393711760714014525'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketches_27.html' title='Sketches'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr-haem7YlI/AAAAAAAACPs/LoYst2ZH6vk/s72-c/gar%C3%A7on+02.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7706241256561211204</id><published>2009-09-26T21:02:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T21:07:12.733+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='sketches'/><title type='text'>Sketches</title><content type='html'>When I was at the hair dresser in the beginning of the week I sketched a bit, I tried to draw a samurai, I want to make a Japanese themed work :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lidTmSiI/AAAAAAAACO8/3faVXbovxlk/s1600-h/samoura%C3%AF+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385853847038478882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 206px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lidTmSiI/AAAAAAAACO8/3faVXbovxlk/s320/samoura%C3%AF+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Étant chez le coiffeur en début de semaine, j’en ai profitée pour faire quelques gribouillis, mon but était de réussir à dessiner un samouraï, voulant faire un travail d’inspiration japonaise :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5liL_Y9wI/AAAAAAAACO0/HdmZspNFiig/s1600-h/samoura%C3%AF+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385853842390316802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 191px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5liL_Y9wI/AAAAAAAACO0/HdmZspNFiig/s320/samoura%C3%AF+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I said I tried !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;While sketching, there was a lady that had a bad cold and this is my interpretation of her cold :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lh1Y82aI/AAAAAAAACOs/6YvBcj_6A8o/s1600-h/virus.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385853836323510690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 190px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lh1Y82aI/AAAAAAAACOs/6YvBcj_6A8o/s320/virus.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Installée tout près de moi, une cliente n’arrêta pas d’éternuer et de se moucher. Elle m’a inspirée à dessiner ces ‘microbes imaginaires’.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sur le chemin du retour j’ai vu un magnifique coucher de soleil que j’ai essayé de reproduire en peinture à l’eau.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;On my way back at home I saw a wonderful sun down (or how do you say it ?)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lhYk-DlI/AAAAAAAACOk/vp2Sb5sT4bU/s1600-h/couch%C3%A9+de+soleil+.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385853828589293138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lhYk-DlI/AAAAAAAACOk/vp2Sb5sT4bU/s320/couch%C3%A9+de+soleil+.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I used my watercolour paints – long time I used them - to paint it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Imagination is more important than knowledge... “&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Albert Einstein&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#003300;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Les miroirs feraient bien de réfléchir avant de renvoyer les images"&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jean Cocteau&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7706241256561211204?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7706241256561211204/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7706241256561211204&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7706241256561211204'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7706241256561211204'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/sketches.html' title='Sketches'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sr5lidTmSiI/AAAAAAAACO8/3faVXbovxlk/s72-c/samoura%C3%AF+1.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-7342131782235495448</id><published>2009-09-26T06:20:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-26T21:07:54.229+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Language/langue   Important !</title><content type='html'>Someone asked me, since I’m living in Belgium, if I wasn’t able to write in French – perhaps I lived on the Flemish side and wasn’t able to speak or understand French.&lt;br /&gt;Well, French is my mother language AND I live in the most French corner on the Flemish side. To make something simple !&lt;br /&gt;Having been writing for such a long time in English.... it feels like a second skin.&lt;br /&gt;I will continue to write in English and I will add the French translation for all my French readers - my mom will be SO happy ! She will finally understand what I’m writing without having to ask for a translation to my dad.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Quelqu’un m’a récemment demandé pourquoi je n’écrivais pas mon blog en français puisque j’habite en Belgique. Habitant du coté flamant, je ne parlerai peut-être pas le français ? J’ai commencé à écrire ce blog en anglais parce que la plupart de mes lectrices et futures lectrices sont anglophones. Au fur et à mesure je me suis sentie plus à l’aise en écrivant en anglais. Je continuerai à écrire en anglais mais, à partir d’aujourd’hui, j’écrirai également en français. Ma maman va être enchantée : mon papa n’aura plus besoin de traduire mon texte. Je m’en tiendrai à ces deux langues – je parle le flamand et l’allemand également – autrement ce blog aura plus l’air d’un guide touristique ou d’un mode d’emploi européen !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;À très bientôt,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-7342131782235495448?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/7342131782235495448/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=7342131782235495448&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7342131782235495448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/7342131782235495448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/languagelangue-important.html' title='Language/langue   Important !'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4652698028149333134</id><published>2009-09-24T18:27:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-24T18:31:34.256+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='workshop'/><title type='text'>Cell phone Pouch</title><content type='html'>While in Ste Marie aux Mines, I followed a little free workshop on the Husqvarna/pfaff boot.We were only six to follow the cell phone pouch workshop – I still don’t understand why we were so few -.&lt;br /&gt;We received a kit to work with, I chose green :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueS6qBqxI/AAAAAAAACOc/5LE9RVHBcPU/s1600-h/1+mat%C3%A9riel+de+baseweb.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385071827271920402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 170px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueS6qBqxI/AAAAAAAACOc/5LE9RVHBcPU/s320/1+mat%C3%A9riel+de+baseweb.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Different materials were layered on the base.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueSZ7UHjI/AAAAAAAACOU/VXgKQXXIoaY/s1600-h/3+feutre,+angelina,+organza+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385071818486062642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueSZ7UHjI/AAAAAAAACOU/VXgKQXXIoaY/s320/3+feutre,+angelina,+organza+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The embellisher was used and after some time, I finished the pouch :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueSKRxrII/AAAAAAAACOM/_AOIc7vCUPo/s1600-h/pochette+de+gsm+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385071814285307010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 295px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueSKRxrII/AAAAAAAACOM/_AOIc7vCUPo/s320/pochette+de+gsm+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueRhsIuLI/AAAAAAAACOE/s3HiFHXy1Rc/s1600-h/pochette+de+gsm+05.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5385071803390015666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 291px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueRhsIuLI/AAAAAAAACOE/s3HiFHXy1Rc/s320/pochette+de+gsm+05.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Big enough to put my cell phone in and my touch screen will suffer no more.&lt;br /&gt;I showed the pouch to a friend and seeing that she loved it so much I gave it to her after shooting some pictures of the pouch.  I’m so happy I made her happy.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember”.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Oscar Levant&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4652698028149333134?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4652698028149333134/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4652698028149333134&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4652698028149333134'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4652698028149333134'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/cell-phone-pouch.html' title='Cell phone Pouch'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrueS6qBqxI/AAAAAAAACOc/5LE9RVHBcPU/s72-c/1+mat%C3%A9riel+de+baseweb.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-3833418171624199387</id><published>2009-09-22T20:57:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T21:03:57.979+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='exhibition'/><title type='text'>Creativity Boost</title><content type='html'>I came back from Ste Marie aux Mines with a head full of ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The exhibition was of a high, very high level.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfL0haSqI/AAAAAAAACN8/beQuPyF2hqY/s1600-h/fleurs+jaunes+03+web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384369117435939490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfL0haSqI/AAAAAAAACN8/beQuPyF2hqY/s320/fleurs+jaunes+03+web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Can’t help it but I much preferred the exhibition in St-Marie than in Houston.&lt;br /&gt;It is probably because I more love innovating work/art rather than traditional quilts.&lt;br /&gt;I have an immense respect for those who produce traditional handmade quilts because it’s time consuming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfLSVy9NI/AAAAAAAACN0/BLG7bHnmdFE/s1600-h/pi%C3%A9tonweb.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384369108260418770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfLSVy9NI/AAAAAAAACN0/BLG7bHnmdFE/s320/pi%C3%A9tonweb.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I saw a retrospective from the Gee’s Bend quilts.  I had the chance to receive an explanation from the delegated person. I was impressed because they’ve developed their own style of quilts.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I also had the chance to meet and talk with Sandra Meech-I only bought one book and it was hers-  and Michael and Judith James. I was totally impressed by the work of Tiziana Tateo, an Italian artist. I talked a bit with her and she told me she had an exhibition in Belgium, not so far from my home, but I missed it and I’m sorry.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfK_ljo3I/AAAAAAAACNs/zIsDubm5HXc/s1600-h/Ste+Marie+aux+Mines+01web.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5384369103226250098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfK_ljo3I/AAAAAAAACNs/zIsDubm5HXc/s320/Ste+Marie+aux+Mines+01web.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I can only say I was happy to have travelled to see all those art works on 21 different sites. &lt;br /&gt;DH asked me if I had to choose one : Ste Marie or Houston, my answer is without a doubt  : Ste Marie aux Mines.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“So you see :  imagination needs moodling - long, inefficient, happy idling, dawdling and puttering.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Brenda Ueland&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-3833418171624199387?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/3833418171624199387/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=3833418171624199387&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3833418171624199387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/3833418171624199387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/creativity-boost.html' title='Creativity Boost'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrkfL0haSqI/AAAAAAAACN8/beQuPyF2hqY/s72-c/fleurs+jaunes+03+web.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1136625276299662003</id><published>2009-09-17T17:38:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-17T17:55:19.659+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Away</title><content type='html'>I’m going to the ‘carrefour européen du patchwork’ tomorrow.I’ll be back on Monday, late in the evening.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrJYHVvVflI/AAAAAAAACNk/WnVKTZH8bbY/s1600-h/st+marie.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5382461387779178066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrJYHVvVflI/AAAAAAAACNk/WnVKTZH8bbY/s320/st+marie.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1136625276299662003?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1136625276299662003/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1136625276299662003&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1136625276299662003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1136625276299662003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/away.html' title='Away'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SrJYHVvVflI/AAAAAAAACNk/WnVKTZH8bbY/s72-c/st+marie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4538732843383052184</id><published>2009-09-15T20:19:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T20:31:23.018+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Deauville'/><title type='text'>Over</title><content type='html'>We had a wonderful time. But it’s so good to be back home.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We first stopped in Honfleur to walk in the beautiful old town with the lovely old houses and streets and the many art galleries.&lt;br /&gt;I had the chance to be able to take some pictures with a nice reflection on the water :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cbQPpekI/AAAAAAAACNc/8AUVIzjKMe8/s1600-h/honfleur+01.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381762440506210882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cbQPpekI/AAAAAAAACNc/8AUVIzjKMe8/s320/honfleur+01.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_ca9-IPZI/AAAAAAAACNU/CxFldf0o2BQ/s1600-h/honfleur+02.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381762435600891282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_ca9-IPZI/AAAAAAAACNU/CxFldf0o2BQ/s320/honfleur+02.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_caqrODJI/AAAAAAAACNM/BItBBi1WqGk/s1600-h/honfleur+04.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381762430421306514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_caqrODJI/AAAAAAAACNM/BItBBi1WqGk/s320/honfleur+04.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I just loved those fishing nets :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cZxtu9ZI/AAAAAAAACNE/1eeqzKamlwA/s1600-h/honfleur+filets+de+p%C3%A8che+16.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381762415131030930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cZxtu9ZI/AAAAAAAACNE/1eeqzKamlwA/s320/honfleur+filets+de+p%C3%A8che+16.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Those old houses are unbelievable, some of them are more than 400 years old :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cZiRMBBI/AAAAAAAACM8/BCUPmXbZ8cw/s1600-h/honfleur+17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381762410984768530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cZiRMBBI/AAAAAAAACM8/BCUPmXbZ8cw/s320/honfleur+17.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b3bHCUeI/AAAAAAAACM0/0T9XPUtgBHk/s1600-h/honfleur+08.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761824947589602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b3bHCUeI/AAAAAAAACM0/0T9XPUtgBHk/s320/honfleur+08.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b21SXs_I/AAAAAAAACMs/p52APYEwWJ0/s1600-h/honfleur+maison+normande+14.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761814794580978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b21SXs_I/AAAAAAAACMs/p52APYEwWJ0/s320/honfleur+maison+normande+14.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b2gQToqI/AAAAAAAACMk/cL-h0L27XBk/s1600-h/honfleur+05.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761809148781218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b2gQToqI/AAAAAAAACMk/cL-h0L27XBk/s320/honfleur+05.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; When walking in the small streets, you discover treasures : being able to take a look in the entrance of a porch normally closed and hidden to the view of the tourists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b2Ja3E1I/AAAAAAAACMc/DTbrhst1fps/s1600-h/honfleur+all%C3%A9e+10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761803019031378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b2Ja3E1I/AAAAAAAACMc/DTbrhst1fps/s320/honfleur+all%C3%A9e+10.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b1zk-87I/AAAAAAAACMU/5Mc6JBlUF5Y/s1600-h/honfleur+entr%C3%A9e+de+villa+normande+09.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761797155910578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_b1zk-87I/AAAAAAAACMU/5Mc6JBlUF5Y/s320/honfleur+entr%C3%A9e+de+villa+normande+09.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bWigjjkI/AAAAAAAACMM/Kc5NKQvr8Uk/s1600-h/honfleur+villa+10.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761259997990466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bWigjjkI/AAAAAAAACMM/Kc5NKQvr8Uk/s320/honfleur+villa+10.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bWTBmkRI/AAAAAAAACME/isX4PI4-hvE/s1600-h/honfleur+jardin+priv%C3%A9+12.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761255841632530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bWTBmkRI/AAAAAAAACME/isX4PI4-hvE/s320/honfleur+jardin+priv%C3%A9+12.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Old doorknobs :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVx4NPqI/AAAAAAAACL8/RDswapAG1Ws/s1600-h/honfleur+poisson.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761246943854242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVx4NPqI/AAAAAAAACL8/RDswapAG1Ws/s320/honfleur+poisson.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Inscriptions on balustrades :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVojGAPI/AAAAAAAACL0/JyQdesLAnu4/s1600-h/honfleur++13.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761244439380210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVojGAPI/AAAAAAAACL0/JyQdesLAnu4/s320/honfleur++13.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Back at where our walk started : artists taking their lunch pause :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVFBT6WI/AAAAAAAACLs/oltx49XGFT0/s1600-h/honfleur+pause+d%C3%A9jeuner+17.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5381761234902444386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 249px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_bVFBT6WI/AAAAAAAACLs/oltx49XGFT0/s320/honfleur+pause+d%C3%A9jeuner+17.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; We walked for about 5 hours not knowing where to look first.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt; “Develop interest in life as you see it; in people, things, literature, music - the world is so rich, simply throbbing with rich treasures, beautiful souls and interesting people.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Henry Miller&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4538732843383052184?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4538732843383052184/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4538732843383052184&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4538732843383052184'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4538732843383052184'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/over.html' title='Over'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sq_cbQPpekI/AAAAAAAACNc/8AUVIzjKMe8/s72-c/honfleur+01.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5706997717794131086</id><published>2009-09-06T18:55:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-06T19:02:08.456+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><title type='text'>Three flowers and 200 posts.</title><content type='html'>I never thought I would still know what to say after 200 posts but :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After the flower sketching from yesterday, I started to choose some fabric for my little project.&lt;br /&gt;I layered the fabric in no time :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqZe58M4I/AAAAAAAACLk/C1VPpc17yuM/s1600-h/3+fleurs+01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400103524217730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqZe58M4I/AAAAAAAACLk/C1VPpc17yuM/s320/3+fleurs+01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This time I added white tulle on the surface :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqY-lWs5I/AAAAAAAACLc/0_zuLr-o33c/s1600-h/3+fleurs+02.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400094847939474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqY-lWs5I/AAAAAAAACLc/0_zuLr-o33c/s320/3+fleurs+02.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I stitched the whole surface with metallic thread.  I was curious about using the background I made some weeks ago. I quickly auditioned the two together and decided to use both of them :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqYgmQxeI/AAAAAAAACLU/exwse4QZoZk/s1600-h/3+fleurs+03.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400086798681570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqYgmQxeI/AAAAAAAACLU/exwse4QZoZk/s320/3+fleurs+03.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I carefully cut the background to avoid a lot of bulk :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqYCy38NI/AAAAAAAACLM/wBVKVoGdRxM/s1600-h/3+fleurs+04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400078798516434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 237px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqYCy38NI/AAAAAAAACLM/wBVKVoGdRxM/s320/3+fleurs+04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I used a stitched zigzag to make the two pieces one.  I used a dark blue metallic thread to make a transition between the purples from the center and the blues from the border.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqXo3zTeI/AAAAAAAACLE/yoCLEKpfC10/s1600-h/3+fleurs+06.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378400071839862242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqXo3zTeI/AAAAAAAACLE/yoCLEKpfC10/s320/3+fleurs+06.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; After adding the backing, I quilted – again with a light blue metallic thread – with a vine stitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just love this free appliqué way of work : &lt;br /&gt;I’m able of using scraps.&lt;br /&gt;It’s rather quick.&lt;br /&gt;It’s freeing.&lt;br /&gt;I can ‘let go’ and make my thing without a lot of stress.&lt;br /&gt;It’ just what I need for the moment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“The best way to cheer yourself is to cheer somebody else up.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Mark Twain&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you when I’m come back from Deauville,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5706997717794131086?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5706997717794131086/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5706997717794131086&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5706997717794131086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5706997717794131086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/three-flowers-and-200-posts.html' title='Three flowers and 200 posts.'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqPqZe58M4I/AAAAAAAACLk/C1VPpc17yuM/s72-c/3+fleurs+01.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5224096596506983071</id><published>2009-09-05T20:58:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-09-05T21:43:38.837+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holey moley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='classes'/><title type='text'>Long days</title><content type='html'>I’m so sorry I haven’t been able to be more creative and show you more. As I said in past blog posts : this has been some hectic months.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;DH and me have decided to take a well deserved break next week : we’re going to &lt;a href="http://www.deauville.org/en/"&gt;Deauville&lt;/a&gt;, France. For us : only a 3.5 hours drive with the car.&lt;br /&gt;It’s time we have some quality time. The past months we only lived for our shop.&lt;br /&gt;Men always think they’re able to do it all. Women also…&lt;br /&gt;Since we know – for 2 years now - DH has the disease of Parkinson, I have the impression we run after time.&lt;br /&gt;That’s why we try to take more quality time. Simply enjoy our company.&lt;br /&gt;Believe it or not : now we love each other, when we were just married not. Strange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I haven’t done much : some doodling after seeing some work from &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc_Chagall"&gt;Marc Chagall&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK10e-S2bI/AAAAAAAACK8/voWO5nzpGoo/s1600-h/chagal+doodle.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060818305964466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 260px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK10e-S2bI/AAAAAAAACK8/voWO5nzpGoo/s320/chagal+doodle.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; some sketches in preparation of another flower fabric collage :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1t7i-7MI/AAAAAAAACK0/WUqoQBQQtYc/s1600-h/3+fleurs.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060705716956354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 201px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1t7i-7MI/AAAAAAAACK0/WUqoQBQQtYc/s320/3+fleurs.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; and some flower stitch exercises. Didn’t made I some progress ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1tixqR1I/AAAAAAAACKs/v3OxLrtighw/s1600-h/flower+stitcher+11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060699067631442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 314px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1tixqR1I/AAAAAAAACKs/v3OxLrtighw/s320/flower+stitcher+11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I also enrolled in &lt;a href="http://stegart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Terri&lt;/a&gt;’s faces workshop new version.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1ta_E72I/AAAAAAAACKk/IqFUmfowyhw/s1600-h/20.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060696976420706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 204px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1ta_E72I/AAAAAAAACKk/IqFUmfowyhw/s320/20.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1s11N2gI/AAAAAAAACKc/Xyv9GqNkLgU/s1600-h/01.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060687002950146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1s11N2gI/AAAAAAAACKc/Xyv9GqNkLgU/s320/01.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; some sketch, but with some details added and lines erased:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1sql0xPI/AAAAAAAACKU/L48_Mu-uNXw/s1600-h/04.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5378060683985601778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 233px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK1sql0xPI/AAAAAAAACKU/L48_Mu-uNXw/s320/04.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://suebleiweiss.typepad.com/"&gt;Sue&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://stegart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Terri&lt;/a&gt; had the luminous idea of changing their class format in on-going workshops.&lt;br /&gt;They created a ning-ring and added all their workshops in that ring. No yahoo-group anymore and an easy to navigate site.&lt;br /&gt;The positive about that group is that the pictures from the different workshops will be available for all the members. I’m in another ning-ring and saw myself enrolling in a class because of the pictures showed by other class-members. The general discussion forum is available for everyone becoming a member of the ring and not just the workshop members.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“I never feel age...If you have creative work, you don't have age or time.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Louise Nevelson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5224096596506983071?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5224096596506983071/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5224096596506983071&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5224096596506983071'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5224096596506983071'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/09/long-days.html' title='Long days'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SqK10e-S2bI/AAAAAAAACK8/voWO5nzpGoo/s72-c/chagal+doodle.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-466951083932843672</id><published>2009-08-30T17:43:00.004+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-30T17:54:27.778+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='tutorial'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avignon'/><title type='text'>Sunflowers</title><content type='html'>What a playing/sewing afternoon can do to me !&lt;br /&gt;I was becoming depressed because I hadn’t a minute left for me.&lt;br /&gt;This summer has been full packed of emotions.&lt;br /&gt;Some big decisions were made and I had to find my balance again.&lt;br /&gt;But..&lt;br /&gt;After viewing the pictures from our trip to Avignon, this picture was the ‘that’s it’ moment : I was inspired.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfTUWFHuI/AAAAAAAACKM/Amer_m_h4Jg/s1600-h/tournesols+pr%C3%A8s+d%27Avignon.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784259447758562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfTUWFHuI/AAAAAAAACKM/Amer_m_h4Jg/s320/tournesols+pr%C3%A8s+d%27Avignon.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I cut a paper sized woven stabilizer.&lt;br /&gt;I took my fabric scraps basket.&lt;br /&gt;I took a variety of light blues and some greens.&lt;br /&gt;I reduced the size of my scraps, yes, even scraps can be too large.&lt;br /&gt;I layered the fabric ‘randomly’ or almost :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfTJ4pptI/AAAAAAAACKE/8OPnqMl8HRM/s1600-h/background+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784256639968978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 266px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfTJ4pptI/AAAAAAAACKE/8OPnqMl8HRM/s320/background+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I forgot to tell :&lt;br /&gt;Between the stabilizer and the snippets, I layered two layers of mistyfuse.&lt;br /&gt;I ironed this background :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfS01_vxI/AAAAAAAACJ8/Kqyg4P-v6CU/s1600-h/background+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784250991689490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 253px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfS01_vxI/AAAAAAAACJ8/Kqyg4P-v6CU/s320/background+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I looked for more scraps evoking a sunflower.&lt;br /&gt;I freely cut some petals, leaves and stems in a variety of brown, orange and yellow.&lt;br /&gt;Layered those petals on my background :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfSUJUl0I/AAAAAAAACJ0/EVTblXgjeX8/s1600-h/sunflower+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784242214377282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 261px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfSUJUl0I/AAAAAAAACJ0/EVTblXgjeX8/s320/sunflower+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I still have not used one pin !&lt;br /&gt;I closed the door because a breeze wasn’t an option : Didn’t want to go on snippet hunt.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Under the heart of the sunflower I added some wool roofing.&lt;br /&gt;To protect the surface, I layered a beige polyester chiffon, the first pins were used :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfSDn1DoI/AAAAAAAACJs/oeS7wJMk9k8/s1600-h/sunflower+threadpainted+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375784237778931330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfSDn1DoI/AAAAAAAACJs/oeS7wJMk9k8/s320/sunflower+threadpainted+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A detail to show you the wool under the flower center :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqe01JFw4I/AAAAAAAACJU/r2eG0gJiPLI/s1600-h/sunflower+detail.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375783735675700098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqe01JFw4I/AAAAAAAACJU/r2eG0gJiPLI/s320/sunflower+detail.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I added some 'stitch and tear' on the back when I started to thread paint.&lt;br /&gt;Without I wouldn’t have enough stability :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqe0WDxbjI/AAAAAAAACJI/cH25ms_35L0/s1600-h/sunflower+threadpainted+2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375783727331896882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 270px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqe0WDxbjI/AAAAAAAACJI/cH25ms_35L0/s320/sunflower+threadpainted+2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A detail :&lt;br /&gt;I thread painted the background with swirls to remember the mistral when we were in Avignon.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqez_i-SjI/AAAAAAAACJA/ZkMBxGIYCZE/s1600-h/sunflower+threadpainted+detail.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375783721288747570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spqez_i-SjI/AAAAAAAACJA/ZkMBxGIYCZE/s320/sunflower+threadpainted+detail.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I also used some metallic thread because I wanted the blinking capturing the sunlight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I simply zigzagged the border as final touch :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqezRcEK4I/AAAAAAAACI4/OVDWPSCgxSg/s1600-h/sunflower+finished.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5375783708911741826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqezRcEK4I/AAAAAAAACI4/OVDWPSCgxSg/s320/sunflower+finished.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Now I feel so well again ! Not depressed any more.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Housework is something you do that nobody notices unless you haven't done it.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Sam Ewing&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-466951083932843672?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/466951083932843672/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=466951083932843672&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/466951083932843672'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/466951083932843672'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-playingsewing-afternoon-can-do-to.html' title='Sunflowers'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpqfTUWFHuI/AAAAAAAACKM/Amer_m_h4Jg/s72-c/tournesols+pr%C3%A8s+d%27Avignon.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8277758848272751487</id><published>2009-08-27T17:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-27T17:20:59.125+02:00</updated><title type='text'>One OFF-week !</title><content type='html'>My youngest daughter came back from Cannes (France) yesterday.  She told she had the most beautiful holidays ever.&lt;br /&gt;In the evening, after telling what she did and viewing the pictures we had to go back doing down to earth activities : the laundry.&lt;br /&gt;We already hang most of the clothes and she only had to hang one short.&lt;br /&gt;She was in such a hurry - because we would eat an ice-cream – when it happened…&lt;br /&gt;She missed the door opening.&lt;br /&gt;And since she’s always walking barefoot in the house.&lt;br /&gt;She jelled and had tears in her eyes.&lt;br /&gt;Her little toe pointed to the wrong side.&lt;br /&gt;We went to the hospital, pictures were taken and the conclusion : a broken little toe.&lt;br /&gt;The doctor taped her toe and she has an absolute interdiction of stepping on her feet for 3 weeks.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spai44OhxJI/AAAAAAAACIY/hEGRtkbpkBk/s1600-h/P1020794.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374662303362958482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spai44OhxJI/AAAAAAAACIY/hEGRtkbpkBk/s320/P1020794.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; From all the bones you can break, this is one of the most stupidest.&lt;br /&gt;When we were at the emergency, we couldn’t stop laughing : You know you can’t do a thing about a broken little toe but you have to be certain it’s broken.&lt;br /&gt;A chance that we have a good national healthcare : I didn’t have to pay anything.&lt;br /&gt;The only thing I will have to pay for, is the use of these ones :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spai4elShRI/AAAAAAAACIQ/_jtCK0hBFDY/s1600-h/P1020795.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5374662296479106322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spai4elShRI/AAAAAAAACIQ/_jtCK0hBFDY/s320/P1020795.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; After using them for three weeks, it will be something like 3 dollars.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"That's the secret to life... replace one worry with another..."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Charles M. Schulz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8277758848272751487?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8277758848272751487/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8277758848272751487&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8277758848272751487'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8277758848272751487'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/one-off-week.html' title='One OFF-week !'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Spai44OhxJI/AAAAAAAACIY/hEGRtkbpkBk/s72-c/P1020794.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4204659584766224099</id><published>2009-08-23T14:46:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T14:54:08.051+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holey moley'/><title type='text'>A long hot summer</title><content type='html'>When I say hot, I mean : just perfect : 25° C (79°Fahrenheit) with a little sea-wind.&lt;br /&gt;Because of the nice weather, I was more often outside and I didn’t play that much with fabric and colours.&lt;br /&gt;What I did was colouring the collage surface in all the different blues I have adding only a touch of yellow/orange.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6ocxl7XI/AAAAAAAACII/QFJvW9UzloI/s1600-h/fabric+collage+7.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373140297023090034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6ocxl7XI/AAAAAAAACII/QFJvW9UzloI/s320/fabric+collage+7.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I did a wash and now have to wait till the surface has dried in the sun :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6oDAbVqI/AAAAAAAACIA/AHFZmoa7y1A/s1600-h/fabric+collage+8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373140290105988770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 150px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6oDAbVqI/AAAAAAAACIA/AHFZmoa7y1A/s320/fabric+collage+8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; While waiting I tried to play further with the flower stitcher.&lt;br /&gt;I first prepared a surface to play with :&lt;br /&gt;Black felt&lt;br /&gt;Foil&lt;br /&gt;Misty fuse&lt;br /&gt;Rainbow organza&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6n4HhCOI/AAAAAAAACH4/DVb2iYkvFpg/s1600-h/felt.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373140287182932194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6n4HhCOI/AAAAAAAACH4/DVb2iYkvFpg/s320/felt.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I ironed the misty fuse on the felt, added the foil and then fused the organza on top of it.&lt;br /&gt;This became my play surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6nW3hj3I/AAAAAAAACHw/zu4AGf7zLk4/s1600-h/felt,foil,organza.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373140278257487730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6nW3hj3I/AAAAAAAACHw/zu4AGf7zLk4/s320/felt,foil,organza.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Well, it seems I’m not able to stitch ‘perfect’ circles :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6nKr9qtI/AAAAAAAACHo/AZtJEszK-_M/s1600-h/felt+circles.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5373140274987772626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6nKr9qtI/AAAAAAAACHo/AZtJEszK-_M/s320/felt+circles.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I obtain ovals or spirals, but circles : no way.&lt;br /&gt;What am I doing wrong ?&lt;br /&gt;I’m sewing on a thick felt surface. I changed the feet pressure to the max.&lt;br /&gt;The thread tension is correct.&lt;br /&gt;I try to keep the place around the felt clear, I hold the felt to avoid the dragging.&lt;br /&gt;The only thing it could be is the size of the felt. Could it be too large ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I just tried on a smaller piece of felt.&lt;br /&gt;Well, I still have the same problem.&lt;br /&gt;I will have to exercise a lot.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Motivation is when your dreams put on work clothes!"&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Milton Berle&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie &lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4204659584766224099?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4204659584766224099/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4204659584766224099&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4204659584766224099'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4204659584766224099'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/long-hot-summer.html' title='A long hot summer'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SpE6ocxl7XI/AAAAAAAACII/QFJvW9UzloI/s72-c/fabric+collage+7.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4233369690270325509</id><published>2009-08-16T17:12:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T17:15:48.002+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape quilts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Avignon'/><title type='text'>Lavender Landscape</title><content type='html'>I had to put an intermezzo in my blogging because I wanted to finish the lavender landscape. The quilt shop is having a class sample exhibition next week and since I was asked to give a beginners landscape class, I hurried to start and finish a class sample. &lt;br /&gt;I only wish they will like my lavender landscape.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiHAAUybI/AAAAAAAACHg/MU8AD3gBtDg/s1600-h/19.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370580059295107506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 251px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiHAAUybI/AAAAAAAACHg/MU8AD3gBtDg/s320/19.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I added two detail pictures to show you the quilting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiG72IsLI/AAAAAAAACHY/SH1c4-ipizI/s1600-h/20.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370580058178629810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 261px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiG72IsLI/AAAAAAAACHY/SH1c4-ipizI/s320/20.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The quilting in the landscape was free-hand machine quilted.  In the borders I used an embroidery motif and my endless hoop.  Embroidering the border took about 5 hours, hooping included.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiGdhERRI/AAAAAAAACHQ/7q2NAr8g5rM/s1600-h/21.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5370580050037196050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiGdhERRI/AAAAAAAACHQ/7q2NAr8g5rM/s320/21.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I had one panic situation : I was embroidering the border when I realized I only had 1 spool from that colour ! Never enough.  After some searching I found almost the same colour in a different brand.  You’ll never find the place I made the colour change.&lt;br /&gt;The size of this quilt is : 27 x 21 inch.&lt;br /&gt;I still have to name this landscape and sign it.&lt;br /&gt;During the class I will show how to machine appliqué with freezer paper and how to choose/quilt a motif in a landscape. I deliberately left a hill barely quilted to prove that even the ‘bulk’ can play in your favour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Albert Camus&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4233369690270325509?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4233369690270325509/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4233369690270325509&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4233369690270325509'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4233369690270325509'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/lavender-landscape.html' title='Lavender Landscape'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SogiHAAUybI/AAAAAAAACHg/MU8AD3gBtDg/s72-c/19.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5320343492929071272</id><published>2009-08-09T17:47:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T17:51:57.694+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='landscape quilts'/><title type='text'>10 days</title><content type='html'>I have 10 days to produce a small landscape quilt !&lt;br /&gt;When you are speaking of pressure.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.patchwork-studio-be.com/"&gt;Patchwork Studio &lt;/a&gt;has called me to ask if I wanted to give a beginners landscape quilt workshop. It will be a 2-day class and the quilt will be finished in class.&lt;br /&gt;When I give workshops I always try that what the ladies have paid for, is finished. &lt;br /&gt;I don’t like the idea of letting the ladies go with an unfinished business. It’s a pity for their money and time.&lt;br /&gt;This is what I have done so far :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sn7vzzeGW1I/AAAAAAAACHI/T4uBkY1Twz8/s1600-h/08.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367991479141030738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 229px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sn7vzzeGW1I/AAAAAAAACHI/T4uBkY1Twz8/s320/08.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; When we were in Avignon DH and me saw the most beautiful lavender and sunflower landscapes.&lt;br /&gt;I combined the two in one landscape.&lt;br /&gt;I will add some cherry trees in the lavender field since the two are on the same field.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sn7vzhmPaFI/AAAAAAAACHA/lse38p3JZ44/s1600-h/lavande.jpg"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367991474343340114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 118px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sn7vzhmPaFI/AAAAAAAACHA/lse38p3JZ44/s320/lavande.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; As I said : I have ten days to finish.&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Albert Einstein (attributed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5320343492929071272?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5320343492929071272/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5320343492929071272&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5320343492929071272'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5320343492929071272'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/10-days.html' title='10 days'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sn7vzzeGW1I/AAAAAAAACHI/T4uBkY1Twz8/s72-c/08.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5457255634756177058</id><published>2009-08-07T20:50:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-07T20:59:36.461+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holey moley'/><title type='text'>Flower Stitcher</title><content type='html'>I ordered a flower stitch foot at &lt;a href="http://www.shoppersrule.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=SFNT&amp;amp;Store_Code=sr"&gt;Shoppersrule&lt;/a&gt; and wasn’t expecting the delivery to be quick because they asked me for my preferred shipping mode and I chose the less expensive.&lt;br /&gt;What a big surprise it was when, after only 4 days and with a weekend in between, I received the flower stitcher.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yvglRqI/AAAAAAAACG4/qLIdaRrlydI/s1600-h/flower+stitcher.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367296569549080226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yvglRqI/AAAAAAAACG4/qLIdaRrlydI/s320/flower+stitcher.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I was surprised by the size, I had no idea how big/small it was.After reading the explanations, I started to play.&lt;br /&gt;It’s not &lt;a href="http://inspire.creative-textile-and-quilting-arts.com/flower-stitch-foot/"&gt;THAT&lt;/a&gt; easy to use. &lt;br /&gt;I will have plenty playtime before I master that foot as &lt;a href="http://www.workshopontheweb.com/july2001/val.pdf"&gt;Valerie Campbell-Harding&lt;/a&gt; did.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I finished quilting my collage background. I used an elongated wavy stitch pattern with a leaf accent.&lt;br /&gt;After stitching two rows, I decided to add white tulle on top just because I don’t know if I will slice my work or not.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yfnBLAI/AAAAAAAACGw/ChCFI9WDdYs/s1600-h/fabric+collage+6+quilted.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367296565281106946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yfnBLAI/AAAAAAAACGw/ChCFI9WDdYs/s320/fabric+collage+6+quilted.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yDmVR5I/AAAAAAAACGo/_Nlq79dG3rc/s1600-h/fabric+collage+4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367296557762037650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yDmVR5I/AAAAAAAACGo/_Nlq79dG3rc/s320/fabric+collage+4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; a detail :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yJHAFnI/AAAAAAAACGg/HaHubpDXTCw/s1600-h/fabric+collage+5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5367296559241238130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yJHAFnI/AAAAAAAACGg/HaHubpDXTCw/s320/fabric+collage+5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My next task will be adding colour on this background.&lt;br /&gt;Still listening to Fantasia !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Robert Louis Stevenson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5457255634756177058?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5457255634756177058/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5457255634756177058&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5457255634756177058'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5457255634756177058'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/flower-stitcher.html' title='Flower Stitcher'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snx3yvglRqI/AAAAAAAACG4/qLIdaRrlydI/s72-c/flower+stitcher.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-6568031423724864547</id><published>2009-08-03T21:30:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-08-03T21:40:35.560+02:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabric collage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='holey moley'/><title type='text'>Cold heart trapped</title><content type='html'>I finished an exercise from the holey moley club. I never thought a paper napkin would disappear so easily !&lt;br /&gt;The yellow is all that is left from that napkin. I could have distress it a lot more but I didn’t want to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snc7ANPEyzI/AAAAAAAACGY/EZQLmHKqmNY/s1600-h/cold+heart+trapped+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365822355774163762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 202px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snc7ANPEyzI/AAAAAAAACGY/EZQLmHKqmNY/s320/cold+heart+trapped+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I began a fabric collage using light coloured scraps :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snc6_2tSXDI/AAAAAAAACGQ/dLZCqMqUYoI/s1600-h/fabric+collage+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5365822349726866482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snc6_2tSXDI/AAAAAAAACGQ/dLZCqMqUYoI/s320/fabric+collage+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My intention is to colour the fabric surface and then…&lt;br /&gt;I still don’t know…&lt;br /&gt;Well, I have an idea but I want to leave you with a curiosity feeling.&lt;br /&gt;Let’s say&lt;br /&gt;It will be a ‘pot pourri’ from all different workshop I followed over the years :&lt;br /&gt;A bit of &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;Ellen Lindner&lt;/a&gt; (instant art quilt), &lt;a href="http://stegart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Terri Stegmiller&lt;/a&gt; (mixed media for the fiber artist), &lt;a href="http://thebagladysart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam Carriker&lt;/a&gt; (different workshops), &lt;a href="http://suebleiweiss.typepad.com/"&gt;Sue Bleiweiss&lt;/a&gt; (surface design), &lt;a href="http://www.janeville.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jane Lafazio&lt;/a&gt; (mixed media for paper and cloth), &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh Folgate&lt;/a&gt; (her challenge).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;I will also use the music from Fantasia (W.Disney) as musical inspiration. It’s my intention to make and have fun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;"If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Robert Fritz&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-6568031423724864547?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/6568031423724864547/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=6568031423724864547&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6568031423724864547'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/6568031423724864547'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/08/cold-heart-trapped.html' title='Cold heart trapped'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Snc7ANPEyzI/AAAAAAAACGY/EZQLmHKqmNY/s72-c/cold+heart+trapped+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8153924554957416521</id><published>2009-07-30T17:10:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-30T17:18:24.715+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Holey Moley Club</title><content type='html'>Since the beginning of the month I started a year-long during &lt;a href="http://theholeymoleyclub.blogspot.com/"&gt;challenge/workshop &lt;/a&gt;organized by &lt;a href="http://www.thethreadstudio.com/"&gt;Dale&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;Every other month a new ‘task’ is given to work/play with.&lt;br /&gt;As warm up exercise and because I first wanted to finish another workshop, I did a postcard-sized surface :The woven paper/fabric strips were sewn on painted/ironed cellophane and a coloured fabric background with a patterned stitch.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4GgPTs4I/AAAAAAAACGI/xqQb-RDefSo/s1600-h/holes+3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364271053047837570" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4GgPTs4I/AAAAAAAACGI/xqQb-RDefSo/s320/holes+3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I sewed with a ‘circle pattern stitch’ because I wanted to accentuate the holes made by the bubbles.&lt;br /&gt;The strips were kept apart as false illusion of freedom for the air bubbles.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The second ‘exercise’ I did, was stitching with a napkin and then distress the surface.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4Ga8zP3I/AAAAAAAACGA/_ikZczOTgwY/s1600-h/napkingrid+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364271051628035954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4Ga8zP3I/AAAAAAAACGA/_ikZczOTgwY/s320/napkingrid+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This will be layered on top of this drawing :&lt;br /&gt;Cold heart trapped :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4GLeuMII/AAAAAAAACF4/xjUZU56QtIc/s1600-h/cold+heart+trapped+1.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364271047475343490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 201px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4GLeuMII/AAAAAAAACF4/xjUZU56QtIc/s320/cold+heart+trapped+1.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Meanwhile…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;Ellen Lindner &lt;/a&gt;asked me if she could use my ‘Marseille – Frioul’ quilt  I made during her class : “Design you own nature quilt”  last year. Of course, I agreed. &lt;br /&gt;You can read about it on her &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/blog/"&gt;blog&lt;/a&gt; and on her &lt;a href="http://adventurequilter.com/index.html"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. I can only say that this was a FANTASTIC workshop and it’s starting again on august, 7th.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;"A discovery is said to be an accident meeting a prepared mind".&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Albert Szent-Gyorgyi&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8153924554957416521?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8153924554957416521/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8153924554957416521&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8153924554957416521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8153924554957416521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/holey-moley-club.html' title='Holey Moley Club'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnG4GgPTs4I/AAAAAAAACGI/xqQb-RDefSo/s72-c/holes+3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-4836730254851639929</id><published>2009-07-29T21:04:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-29T21:16:39.535+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Side Table</title><content type='html'>I finished altering the side table for my eldest daughter.  I enjoyed the process very much.&lt;br /&gt;On this picture you can see that we added some reading marks and some more pages from old books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdkBzfUKI/AAAAAAAACFw/kWjyhXkTNmY/s1600-h/11.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363960398483509410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdkBzfUKI/AAAAAAAACFw/kWjyhXkTNmY/s320/11.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A few paint layers later&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdkNqUl7I/AAAAAAAACFo/kLea0SbyJU8/s1600-h/12.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363960401666283442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 139px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdkNqUl7I/AAAAAAAACFo/kLea0SbyJU8/s320/12.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; You can see the result&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjvUJNzI/AAAAAAAACFg/_OYIWXqDVUU/s1600-h/13.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363960393520199474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 110px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjvUJNzI/AAAAAAAACFg/_OYIWXqDVUU/s320/13.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjRyalPI/AAAAAAAACFY/rqexUsTvU3k/s1600-h/14.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363960385594103026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 149px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjRyalPI/AAAAAAAACFY/rqexUsTvU3k/s320/14.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjBjgPkI/AAAAAAAACFQ/R4dg1MZddrw/s1600-h/15.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363960381236592194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdjBjgPkI/AAAAAAAACFQ/R4dg1MZddrw/s320/15.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My daughter still have to sand the sides and colour it with a protection oil.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;“I've never known any trouble that an hour's reading didn't assuage.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;Charles De Secondat&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you later,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-4836730254851639929?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/4836730254851639929/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=4836730254851639929&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4836730254851639929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/4836730254851639929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/side-table_29.html' title='Side Table'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SnCdkBzfUKI/AAAAAAAACFw/kWjyhXkTNmY/s72-c/11.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1369015940404884780</id><published>2009-07-26T11:09:00.001+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-26T11:11:19.539+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Dreaming lady</title><content type='html'>This is my “dreaming lady”.&lt;br /&gt;I painted my lady with ‘red/auburn hair because I coloured my hair that very same colour some time ago. &lt;br /&gt;Her eyes are looking nowhere, just like my eyes when I’m daydreaming.&lt;br /&gt;She has a little blush – maybe because she’s tired ?&lt;br /&gt;I also love her neckline.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmwdcYgiqdI/AAAAAAAACFI/ikVEW2JZ6aA/s1600-h/8+e.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362693629743901138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 250px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmwdcYgiqdI/AAAAAAAACFI/ikVEW2JZ6aA/s320/8+e.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I’m a bit scared to add more details but I don’t think it’s a necessity.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. "&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Edgar Allan Poe&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1369015940404884780?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1369015940404884780/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1369015940404884780&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1369015940404884780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1369015940404884780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/dreaming-lady.html' title='Dreaming lady'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmwdcYgiqdI/AAAAAAAACFI/ikVEW2JZ6aA/s72-c/8+e.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-1008833733450397177</id><published>2009-07-25T21:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-25T21:17:55.726+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Side Table</title><content type='html'>My eldest daughter couldn’t wait for me altering her little table soo…&lt;br /&gt;She sanded the table, washed it off and..&lt;br /&gt;brought it to me.&lt;br /&gt;Thus…. I gessoed :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3utxwfI/AAAAAAAACEo/Ai-VUJnaQnI/s1600-h/gessoed+table.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362478595282420210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 163px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3utxwfI/AAAAAAAACEo/Ai-VUJnaQnI/s320/gessoed+table.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; A mom does what she got to do…&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I started playing on her table earlier than I expected.&lt;br /&gt;After a collage with words and pictures of books, I gave the surface a first colour.&lt;br /&gt;Since her favourite colour is green.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3lvf9PI/AAAAAAAACEg/BbCzxaz6BNQ/s1600-h/collage+and+painted.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362478592873723122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 153px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3lvf9PI/AAAAAAAACEg/BbCzxaz6BNQ/s320/collage+and+painted.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I started to paint a greenwash.&lt;br /&gt;Then some gesso and more collage elements and some doodles in blue.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3YYU98I/AAAAAAAACEY/HP0H8Z_ErXo/s1600-h/collage+and+painted+1a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362478589286873026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 156px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3YYU98I/AAAAAAAACEY/HP0H8Z_ErXo/s320/collage+and+painted+1a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3KJqBUI/AAAAAAAACEQ/uTnzzNtfWmM/s1600-h/collage+and+painted+1b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5362478585467241794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 146px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3KJqBUI/AAAAAAAACEQ/uTnzzNtfWmM/s320/collage+and+painted+1b.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Since the whole thing has to dry till…&lt;br /&gt;Let’s say tomorrow, this way I can go and sleep early tonight.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is one of my favourite quotes :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Patience is the greatest of all virtues.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Cato the elder&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-1008833733450397177?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/1008833733450397177/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=1008833733450397177&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1008833733450397177'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/1008833733450397177'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/side-table.html' title='Side Table'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmtZ3utxwfI/AAAAAAAACEo/Ai-VUJnaQnI/s72-c/gessoed+table.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-8080597890465241801</id><published>2009-07-23T14:14:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-23T14:18:00.729+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Mixed Media</title><content type='html'>I’m having one of those ‘time of my live’ moments lately.&lt;br /&gt;I’m still working on the four &lt;a href="http://www.sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/"&gt;canvases&lt;/a&gt; and, the more layers I add, the more depth I begin to see hidden details.&lt;br /&gt;Now I feel I can finish the canvases.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWr8R24I/AAAAAAAACEI/4bGquBIXSgQ/s1600-h/27a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361628105113983874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWr8R24I/AAAAAAAACEI/4bGquBIXSgQ/s320/27a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWsMagaI/AAAAAAAACEA/YoYK83xrX0c/s1600-h/28.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361628105181659554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWsMagaI/AAAAAAAACEA/YoYK83xrX0c/s320/28.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWdiGsgI/AAAAAAAACD4/RrggBqpzHuo/s1600-h/30.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361628101246104066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWdiGsgI/AAAAAAAACD4/RrggBqpzHuo/s320/30.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWE5-QII/AAAAAAAACDw/cJxYKp30zb4/s1600-h/29.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361628094635327618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 305px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWE5-QII/AAAAAAAACDw/cJxYKp30zb4/s320/29.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUV9OrQkI/AAAAAAAACDo/1OZjiSWXCJI/s1600-h/31.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361628092574679618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 309px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUV9OrQkI/AAAAAAAACDo/1OZjiSWXCJI/s320/31.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; My eldest daughter, seeing the canvases asked if I wanted to alter her side table, from her lecture corner, in the same way.  I told her, she could do it too but then she said : you’re the artist, not me.  I know what to do on Sunday, don’t I ?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.”&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;G.K. Chesterton&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-8080597890465241801?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/8080597890465241801/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=8080597890465241801&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8080597890465241801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/8080597890465241801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/mixed-media.html' title='Mixed Media'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmhUWr8R24I/AAAAAAAACEI/4bGquBIXSgQ/s72-c/27a.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5780062150210890200</id><published>2009-07-21T15:49:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-21T15:55:15.029+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Canvases</title><content type='html'>I played a bit more with the 4 canvases from &lt;a href="http://creativeworkshops.ning.com/"&gt;Jodi’s workshop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;My canvases are ‘coffee themed’. I used a normal pencil to draw some extra letters and flowers.&lt;br /&gt;Since I had to fix the doodles and as I didn’t and still don’t have any fixative, I used hairspray.&lt;br /&gt;At least I have a nice smell !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHt8dIuZI/AAAAAAAACDg/9JSO9IaIsxM/s1600-h/15.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910523590818194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHt8dIuZI/AAAAAAAACDg/9JSO9IaIsxM/s320/15.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHo5mJaaI/AAAAAAAACDY/qnBzInjToUc/s1600-h/16.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910436923959714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHo5mJaaI/AAAAAAAACDY/qnBzInjToUc/s320/16.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Creating those surfaces is something like ‘instant continuous gratification’.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoi2zIZI/AAAAAAAACDQ/wqMbuWyABKU/s1600-h/17.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910430819787154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoi2zIZI/AAAAAAAACDQ/wqMbuWyABKU/s320/17.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoVUSHBI/AAAAAAAACDI/7qlbhpB6j_8/s1600-h/18.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910427185355794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 315px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoVUSHBI/AAAAAAAACDI/7qlbhpB6j_8/s320/18.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; The canvases were already great without the colour but even better with the added colour.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoFrwxII/AAAAAAAACDA/0AEglPsZDlo/s1600-h/14.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910422988866690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 307px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHoFrwxII/AAAAAAAACDA/0AEglPsZDlo/s320/14.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; And it’s not finished yet but I have to wait till the painting has dryed.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; My Modigliani-style portrait from &lt;a href="http://creativeworkshops.ning.com/"&gt;Pam' workshop &lt;/a&gt;looks like this for the moment, I haven’t work a lot on her :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHn-NR2UI/AAAAAAAACC4/krkC9S6zZcI/s1600-h/8+c.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360910420981963074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 246px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHn-NR2UI/AAAAAAAACC4/krkC9S6zZcI/s320/8+c.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I only did some background painting and stamping.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;“To invent, you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.”&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thomas A. Edison&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5780062150210890200?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5780062150210890200/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5780062150210890200&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5780062150210890200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5780062150210890200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/canvases.html' title='Canvases'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmXHt8dIuZI/AAAAAAAACDg/9JSO9IaIsxM/s72-c/15.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-5268813180701612263</id><published>2009-07-19T17:04:00.003+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-19T17:20:51.452+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Sunday</title><content type='html'>I’m so glad I was able to play – for several hours !!! - in my studio.&lt;br /&gt;I’m a happy girl again.I planned to work on &lt;a href="http://shelaghfolgate.blogspot.com/"&gt;Shelagh’s challenge&lt;/a&gt; : done for this month.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HkKdC1I/AAAAAAAACCw/hF9YpDTD-60/s1600-h/9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189684118784850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 242px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HkKdC1I/AAAAAAAACCw/hF9YpDTD-60/s320/9.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I finally understood how the grass thing had to be cut.&lt;br /&gt;When I sew free hand flowers, I mostly draw/sew a swirl.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HR2ZXgI/AAAAAAAACCo/O74lBF6xHxo/s1600-h/10.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189679202819586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 262px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HR2ZXgI/AAAAAAAACCo/O74lBF6xHxo/s320/10.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I also was able to continue the 4 canvasses from &lt;a href="http://www.sweetrepeats.blogspot.com/"&gt;Jodi Ohl’s workshop&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;I added some collage elements with a theme : coffee. &lt;br /&gt;My favourite hot beverage is coffee, more specifically : espresso’s, I really drink a lot of them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HJpaquI/AAAAAAAACCg/JJL7i0Mj1cQ/s1600-h/2.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189677000895202" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HJpaquI/AAAAAAAACCg/JJL7i0Mj1cQ/s320/2.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I also took a picture from the canvasses individually :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HB8GpTI/AAAAAAAACCY/QjKteo8mChs/s1600-h/3.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189674931791154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 313px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HB8GpTI/AAAAAAAACCY/QjKteo8mChs/s320/3.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4G_YmXoI/AAAAAAAACCQ/bHTz7O-ouHU/s1600-h/4.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189674246004354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 310px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4G_YmXoI/AAAAAAAACCQ/bHTz7O-ouHU/s320/4.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM338gJiFI/AAAAAAAACCI/okjYMe3EEco/s1600-h/5.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189415774324818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 313px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM338gJiFI/AAAAAAAACCI/okjYMe3EEco/s320/5.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM33XrXutI/AAAAAAAACCA/iZUqa6V9hz4/s1600-h/6.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189405889280722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 317px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM33XrXutI/AAAAAAAACCA/iZUqa6V9hz4/s320/6.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Now, I have to wait till they’re all dry.&lt;br /&gt;I hope I will be able to continue playing with those canvasses sometime next week.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt; My self portrait is ‘on hold’ because I haven’t solved the mouth problem.&lt;br /&gt;But I have started a fantasy Modigliani lady thanks to &lt;a href="http://thebagladysart.blogspot.com/"&gt;Pam Carriker&lt;/a&gt; :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM33A1A7lI/AAAAAAAACB4/0BJYrBmjbs4/s1600-h/8+a.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189399755714130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM33A1A7lI/AAAAAAAACB4/0BJYrBmjbs4/s320/8+a.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM32uulM2I/AAAAAAAACBw/HJ0NNjREhLI/s1600-h/8+b.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189394896892770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM32uulM2I/AAAAAAAACBw/HJ0NNjREhLI/s320/8+b.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; I begin to feel more confident in drawing portraits and the more : I begin to like drawing them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I always had great respect and admiration for artists making portraits with a few lines.&lt;br /&gt;This is a portrait of me when I was 11 years young.  The artist who made this, used matches and sepia ink. He only needed 15 minutes to draw my portrait.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM32ij7fOI/AAAAAAAACBo/BrDBqfY7JZU/s1600-h/Van+Gucht.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5360189391630990562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 241px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM32ij7fOI/AAAAAAAACBo/BrDBqfY7JZU/s320/Van+Gucht.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; This is the artist who made the most impression on me. &lt;br /&gt;This artist is José Van Gucht (1913-1980).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000099;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;"Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year."&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ralph Waldo Emerson&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Write you soon,&lt;br /&gt;Nathalie&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5404000629140013066-5268813180701612263?l=creativehours.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/feeds/5268813180701612263/comments/default' title='Publier les commentaires'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=5404000629140013066&amp;postID=5268813180701612263&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 commentaires'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5268813180701612263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5404000629140013066/posts/default/5268813180701612263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://creativehours.blogspot.com/2009/07/sunday.html' title='Sunday'/><author><name>Nathalie G.</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12944845060128802883</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='30' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/S7zB_-FGNmI/AAAAAAAACuI/mH1MDUVZY5w/S220/nathalieweb.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/SmM4HkKdC1I/AAAAAAAACCw/hF9YpDTD-60/s72-c/9.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5404000629140013066.post-30867089337278473</id><published>2009-07-16T19:42:00.002+02:00</published><updated>2009-07-16T19:48:28.563+02:00</updated><title type='text'>Almost done</title><content type='html'>This is my self portrait so far :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sl9m89CKoTI/AAAAAAAACBg/9vzGuQ85ESM/s1600-h/auto+portrait+8.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359115278956011826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 302px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sl9m89CKoTI/AAAAAAAACBg/9vzGuQ85ESM/s320/auto+portrait+8.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; With a detail :&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sl9m897r68I/AAAAAAAACBY/RBwX2jC11n0/s1600-h/auto+portrait+9.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5359115279197268930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_253prITpZQw/Sl9m897r68I/AAAAAAAACBY/RBwX2jC11n0/s320/auto+portrait+9.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Those glasses weren’t easy to colour since it’s almost all transparent.&lt;br /&gt;How to give a colour to something that let the under layered colour come thru.&lt;br /&gt;How to give a light reflection in the metal and in the plastic ?&lt;br /&gt;I realized I coloured one eye bigger than the other.  On the portrait I’m all nose.&lt;br /&gt;And I looked for a different picture of me laughing without showing my teeth to make it easier for me next time : I don’t have such a picture. &lt;br /&gt;It seems I can’t draw my teeth, so I left a blank in my smile !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Why on earth did I want to learn drawing portraits ?&lt;br /&gt; My life is complicated enough without that ! &lt;br /&gt;And I know I have plenty other gifts.&lt;br /&gt;But portraits ?&lt;br /&gt;OK, I know why… because my hunger to learn is so BIG, HUGE.&lt;br /&gt;So, Pam : don’t fear. &lt;br /&gt;I will take one step at the time, I love to be challenged !&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About challenges, the next pa
