Blue and French

August was a good stitching month for me… I finished a lovely bag and I was part of a wonderful private exchange with a friend from Spain (she does not have a blog). She told me that her favorite color is blue so I tried to make my exchange as blue as possible. :)

For the exchange I bought a paper mache box from Joann and I covered it up with cotton fabric. The lid is painted with acrylic paint @ Martha Stewart. I made a scissor fob and a greeting card as well and I added few extras for my friend to use on her next projects.

 
Pochette à ciseaux Centaurée and L’Initiale
Fabric: 32ct cream linen
Threads: silks (Belle Soie, Gloriana, Margot, Waterlilies)
Beads: Mill Hill

The card I sent her was stitched too...



I love “Les brodeuses parisiennes”, their designs are wonderful. I was very happy to see this bag for sale on The French Needle website.  The finished bag was in the kit, I just did the stitching. I'll be using it to carry my stitching stuff when I go stitching at Stitcher's Paradise or my friends houses.

«La parisienne» @ Les brodeuses parisiennes

Threads: DMC

 

Thank you for visiting my blog,
Michelle

Too many exchanges? lol

After I’ve signed up last year for my first exchange ever and I had so much fun, I decided that 2010 will be my Exchange Year. I’m going to sign up for as many exchanges I can handle and I’m sure that by Christmas I will have a nice variety of stitching pieces in my collection. Some of my friends said that I was bitten by the exchange bug too hard. Are they right?

In March, as part of the monthly biscornu exchange I’ve stitched for Mayte the Stitcher’s Favorite Biscornu by The Sweetheart Tree.

Designer: The Sweetheart Tree

Fabric: 32 Ct Platinum Belfast Linen

Thread: DMC and Weeks Dye Works

Beads and buttons from the Biscornu’s Embellishment Pack

For Lisa as part of our monthly exchange I’ve stitched the Stitcher’s Favorite Scissor Fob by The Sweetheart Tree.

Designer: The Sweetheart Tree

Fabric: 32 Ct Platinum Belfast Linen

Thread: DMC and Weeks Dye Works

Beads and buttons from the Fob’s Embellishment Pack

This is not all, dear friends! LOL
Becky hosted a Pin Pillow Exchange and I stitched for Ranae this Small Token from Blackbird Design after I’ve read on her profile that it’s one of her favorite designers. The funny part is that she stitched the same design for her partner. :)

Designer: Blackbird Designs
Fabric : 36 linen hand-dyed by Nina

Thread: The Gentle Arts, Nina

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