samedi 6 mai 2017

Gifts and eye candi

A friend of mine was in Kuala Lumpur for business purposes.
My husband asked her to bring him back one batik for me.

I received 3 from my hubby and one from my friend. What a great surprise !!!
They are stunning.
The first one I received is in traditionel cotton batik. All the others are in cotton satin.
Gorgous !!!

now some pictures for the eye candy ;)


here are they !


I think I'll make a pallazo pant out of this one.
So pop ! Would'nt it be nice.
What do you think ?
So soft and falling nicely.



A skirt ? with a draping ? I'll see 💝


this one is from Valérie. I'll make a blouse out of it. 
Already habe biais and the pattern, hoho ! next project !

The traditional one, I'll make a simple dress from it, But I'lll try to place the different patterns to create a graphic effect

We also received spices ...

I'm so grateful!!!
Thank you thierry !So many thanks Valérie. I love you 💕

Sorry for the pictures, it was really windy when I took them.

Evinrude and end ^-^

So, here is Evinrude 💖

lundi 1 mai 2017

where is Evinrude ? A clew ???

Just look in the center of the top in the lower part !!!


creating a new pattern from an existing to small dress

whaaaouw !
A real challeng !
Creating a new pattern from an existing dress... Yes, it was 2 or 3 sizes smaller that what I am !
First, taking pictures to know how it was constructed.


Twice, drawing on paper, and optimizing the pattern to a possible size !


Third, Böbe came in the game to drape it on her body 😉

Redrawing it after trials...
👿
Retracing on paper with new mesearuments...
Oh my GOD !!!

Trials after trials ... Böbe is not safe enough ! I have to put it on and try.
Trying after tryings ...
A dress is taking form.
No pictures taken :'(
So sad, never mind.




dimanche 23 avril 2017

Evinrude's dream ...

or : how to mask stains ;)


From the previous post you can recognize the top made of my dad's shirt.

As I discovered the rust stains on it, I decided to embroider it adding beads to my sitichings.

I first placed the biggest beads on the bigger stains.
After, I figured out how to connect them :)
There begun the crazy work ! haha

One motif after the other, I couldn't stop - laugh !






I love the result.

The beads being in front of me I decided to go ahead with some accessories...
First a "Crazy Necklace" to go with my crazy Evindrude.

Then a bracelet (my first attempt to macrame) and to finish why not some earings ?


Have you seeh where Evinrude is resting after his hard work ?

Answer in next post :)

Böske

lundi 17 avril 2017

Back with new and old - or upcycling

Why back ?

Some explanation needed I think!

My Sister moved to Hungary and we can’t meet, show and tell each other frequently enough!
As she asked me to share my pictures and news from my doings here in Belgium I decided that I can share them with others at the same time.

Since spring has sprung and the sun came back (shyly I must say) we are doing a lot of gardening, trying to be prepared to have a nice time on the terrace after all the work.
I’ll share that in a future post.

Just some of my husband's pictures as appetizer ...


After trying to declutter my wardrobe and making a selection of my ownings I realized I want to keep some of my shirts and dresses 😉 … but… in a new style.


As indicated in the title I made a lot of upcycling these last weeks.

No miracles but cutting and sewing those little things.

Unfortunately I forgot to take pictures of some before(s), so sad :’(

Old dress refashion

This old dress was too “hard”, the collar and writs were so white contrasting too much with the dress. (Thank you Brigitte ;)
The “waist” was on my hips and not flattering at all.
I made my decision: cutting the white parts off (as well as the sleeves) transforming the dress in two pieces, a top and a skirt, added some biais for the hems and voilà !


Outdated shirt.

This was one of my mother’s silk shirts in off-white with a tie scarf collar.
Cutting the sleeves into cap sleeves, the tie into a sort of mandarin collar and changing the buttons with mother of pearl ones, and it was done.




Too large men’s shirt my father gave me a few days before he passed.


For this one I had to completely unsew the shirt and resew a new one.
In the meantime I had the idea to make a summer top of it; the denim was so soft…
Here are the pictures:
OMG, there are rust stains on it!!! OK, no problem you will see later what I had in my mind.
But I had a great time becoming totally crazy, in the good way I learned in CQ ;) the results will be shown in another post, if not this one will become as huge as a novel.




Last news!

Böbe is born
Böbe is my model, we had a lot of fun making it, isn’t it Georgette ?
After taping ourselves I customized mine with a t-shirt, so I can pin my garments on it.


See you soon for other news 😍💏

mardi 23 juillet 2013

adorable chatte grise croisée angora et british shorthair

Adorable chatte grise avec une fourrure dense et toute douce.
Très affectueuse et ronronneuse; aime jouer et se faire câliner.
Propre et autonome; sociabilisée et n'ayant peur ni des chiens ni des autres chats.




jeudi 28 février 2013

A wonderful testimonal from my Hubby

Thanks to Thierry who wrote about my paintings ;)
you can find it here on Bricuisir !

mercredi 1 février 2012

Phasing out of a Faery

Thinkerbell is one of my favorite caracter !

Here is the phasing out of Loisel's special Thinkerbell ;)


Enjoy !!!

mercredi 8 septembre 2010

Coming back with some new and old projects.

After a few months silence I come back to the creative world J

Embroidering, painting, creating … Hourra !
A friend of mine (and colleague) gave me the impulse to come back to embroidery ^-^ thank you Agnès !
She came with a beautiful embroidered “biscornu” and it was enough ;o)
Embroidering first a small project I decided to draw myself my pattern for ….
a biscornu, of course
J
Having no soft (or free)ware for cross stitch I “hijacked” Excel from his usual application.
Some screenshots here :

And now, I just have to start embroidering!!!
I also came back to my “young monks praying” but am not really satisfied; so you will have to wait to see some pictures ;o)
My needle and thread are ready to go, so see you soon!

samedi 5 septembre 2009

Gulyás

Bogrács gulyás (kettle goulash; goulash au chaudron)

Nous essayons de faire au moins un fois l'an un Bogrács gulyás en mémoire de notre ascendance hongroise.
Mon mari dirait que ma "hongritude" refait surface
;o)

Cette année notre fils Nicolas m'a servi d'assistant, il veut savoir le faire aussi !

Je vais vous retranscrire ci-dessous la recette de ma grand-mère. Ne vous effrayez pas de la quantité, une simple règle de trois vous permettra de ramener les normes à vos besoins. Mais quand nous faisons un gulyás nous en faisons suffisament pour nourrir une tribu et si il en reste ce plat supporte d'être surgeler.


We try to do a Bogrács gulyás at least once a year in memory of our hungarian lineage.
This year our son Nicolas was the cook; he wants to know how to do it !
I'll give you my grandmother's recipe here under.
Don't be afraid about the quantities! Just adapt them to your personal needs.
And leftovers can be deepfreezed without problem.
  • 250 gr de saindoux
  • 2 kg de boeuf (carbonnades)
  • 1 kg de porc (roti au jambon ou d'épaule)
  • 2 kg d'oignons
  • 1 kg de tomates (optionnel en été quand elles sont bien mures)
  • 1 kg de poivrons (idem)
  • 3 kg de carottes (si tomates et poivrons on réduit à 2 kg)
  • 3 kg de pommes de terre
  • 10 éclats d'ail (plus si on aime :o)
  • 100 gr de paprika doux ou piquant au choix, ou un mélange des deux
  • 2 cuillèrées à soupe de carvi (cumin doux)
  • 1 sachet de bolets ou champignons des bois déshydraté
  • on peut aussi ajouter du céleri-rave ou des racines de persil

pour les pâtes (vajgaluska)

  • 250 gr de beurre
  • 250 gr de farine
  • 5 jaunes d'oeufs
  • sel et poivre
  • travailler le tout ensemble et laisser reposer 1/4 d'heure avant d'incorporer en fin de cuisson

  • 1 cup lard
  • 4.4 lb beef stew
  • 2.2 lb porc stew
  • 4.4 lb onions
  • 2.2 lb tomatoes (during summer when they are ripe)
  • 2.2 lb bell peppers (during summer ...)
  • 6.6 lb carottes
  • 6.6 lb potatoes
  • 10 cloves garlic (more if wanted)
  • 3.5 oz paprika (sweet or hot; or mixed as desired)
  • 2 tb spoon caraway
  • 1 pack dried mushrooms
  • we can also add some celeriac or parsley roots
for the pasta (vajgaluska)

  • 1 cup butter
  • 2 cups flour
  • 5 egg yolks
  • salt and pepper
  • mix well and leave aside for 1/4 hour before adding by small teaspoons in the gulyás at the end
On peut réaliser le gulyás à partir de beaucoup de viandes différentes, du boeuf en passant par le porc ou l'agneau et terminer même par le gibier.
D'après ma grand-mère, le meilleur gulyás est fait de plusieurs viandes et d'y ajouter une queue de boeuf !
Emincer la viande et les légumes en petits morceaux ou rondelles.
Faire fondre le saindoux et y ajouter les oignons émincés. Quand les oignons commencent à colorer y ajouter le carvi, la viande et l'ail hâché ainsi que le paprika. Laisser revenir le plus longtemps possible sans brûler - attention le paprika brûlé devient amer - et après coloration de la viande couvrir d'eau. A ce moment j'ajoute du bouillon en cube pour remplacer le sel.
Quand la viande est à point ajouter les légumes coupés en morceaux et laisser mijoter à petit feu. Quand les carottes sont presque tendres ajouter les pommes de terre.
En fin de cuisson ajouter la pâte par petites cuillèrées à café; donner un dernier bouillon mais surtout sans mélanger!

We can make gulyás with a lot of different meats; beef, porc, lamb or even game.
My grandmother used to make her gulyás from different meat and added also as oxtail.
Slice thinely the meat and vegetables.
Let melt the lard and add the onions. When the onions begins to "turn gold" add the meat, caraway, garlic and the paprika. Mix regularly and leave as long as it doesn't burn^^ burned paprika becomes bitter!! At that time cover with watter. I usually add some stock-cube to replace salt.
When the meat is nearly cooked add the vegetables (chopped or sliced) and allow to simmer gently. When the carottes are nearly tender add the potatoes.
At the very end add the vajgaluska with a teaspoon in the gulyás, let boil a littelbit, but be carefull, don't mix!!

Bon appétit !!!


lundi 30 juillet 2007

2008 Diary

Here is my contribution for the "Diary 2008 Project":





www.fantazya.ca/diary2008.html
www.flickr.com/groups/diary2008/

Here is the drawing that I used... I made it as Birthday present for a friend of mine...

Hydrangea finally framed

dimanche 15 juillet 2007

New baby to nurse…

My sister in law gave me a new baby!

My new home?

She came with this small little one yesterday afternoon; I couldn’t resist!
Just look at this little girl; isn’t she lovely?

I'm tired after my trip!


She is so adorable and sweet and tiny!

Is she my new Mum?



Now I’m looking for a name… If you have some nice ideas; please share.

Baby kitten



Muchu is somewhat jealous!

"Who's that stranger?"

Elvire flew out of the nest ;o(

I love you ;o)


Two weeks ago Elvire flew out.
She was flying here and there in the garden when her real parents pushed her out of their territory.

I'm listening!


Happily, she already could eat alone and was flying quiet well!

Stretching is good...


Some of our neighbours saw her last week; she came nearby and wanted some friendship. She seems doing well.

Some more exercises...

I walked around with one of my nephew and screamed all the way long after her; but she never came.

I want to share the last pictures I took; she was so funny and friendly.

Looking farther...

Good luck, Elvire!

samedi 14 juillet 2007

Sunday with Mireille and a lot of fun …

Mireille came on last Sunday and we had a great day!
Chatting, laughing and of course embroidering….

Mireille

Mireille making her first steps in stumpworking

We still work on our Passiflora Edulis, my student is more advanced in her work than me ;o) just have a look on her blog!

Mireille's passiflora My passiflora

This time we had begun stumpworking using wire to make a leaf for our passiflora.
You’ll find some pictures of the process.

First give a shape to your wire; using the pattern is a good think. Just be sure you give the shape a good size; here we’ll have to do it a litle bit biger to have enough material to give it a good shape when finished.

Wired leaf

After that, the first “row” on the wire is made by buttonhole stitch all around the leaf.

Wired leaf

The filling with buttonhole is taking a lot of time, but what a good result ;o)

Wired leaf

Wired leaf

Mireille came with a beautiful quilt made by here mother; just look at this!!!

Mireille's Mum's Easter quilt
The quilting is gorgeous… and the back is as nice as the front!

Mireille's Mum's Easter quilt - back

Back of the Easter quilt detail