GIFTED GORGEOUSNESS 01/26

It's always nice to make gifts, nice too to receive some

and use them in our stitching projects.

It's great and fun to show all this and the perfect place is

on Jo's blog Serendipitous Stitching on the 15th of each month

for the Gifted Gorgeousness post.

Jo gave a new turn to her blog those past months

but I'd like to keep posting about GG on the half-month day

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Cadeaux donnés ou reçus, toutes les occasions sont bonnes

pour partager nos coups de coeur et participer au "Gifted Gorgeousness"

de Jo - Serendipitous Stitching.

Jo a donné un nouveau tournant à son blog mais j'aimerais

continuer à parler cadeaux faits maison chaque mi-mois.

La période de Noël a été bien sûr très productive

et je reviens seulement sur deux broderies

réalisées pour DD3 et Pierre et Hector

Christmas have been a productive period for GG

all explained with the Countdown to Christmas posts

so I only will show again my two xstitch gifts

to DD3 and to Pierre and Hector

Let's me show you some gifts I received from my SiL1

and my friend Toki from Japan

They both know I plan to make a Junk Journal about Ancient Egypt

so I'm lucky to have more lovely papers to use for it

Mon gendre et mon amie Toki m'ont offert de jolies fournitures

sur le thème ancienne Egypte, ils savent tout deux que je

prépare un Junk Journal "pharaonique".

Très amusant le mélange hiéroglyphes et kanji.

The first homemade cards will be sent later in February and March

and I have already prepared my honey pot cards

"may your day bee filled with sweatness"

There is another pattern I want to try

as a tea addict I love all the cards with cups of tea or teapots

some show a pile of cups with some tea bags

with small messages

First I'm visiting my paper stash to find some pattern

which could suit and look like porcelaine

Je commence souvent mes articles GG avec mes cartes d'anniversaire faites main, pas d'expédition avant février - mars et j'ai déjà

préparé quelques pots de miel...  et leurs broderies

Par contre, plus tard je compte essayer un nouveau modèle

inspiré des tasses empilées avec leurs sachets de thé

Première étape : visiter mon stock de cartons pour trouver des

décors imitant la porcelaine.

J'avais trouvé et acheté aux dernières Tisséades de Blois

un amusant tissu avec des personnages ambiance don du sang

je suis contente d'avoir eu le temps de fabriquer une pochette

berlingot pour ma fille aînée infirmière à l'EFS.

I found and bought at the last Tisséades of Blois

a fun fabric with characters in an hospital theme

I'm glad I had time to make a pouch in berlingot shape

for my eldest daughter who is a nurse in the French blood donation service.

Je reprends ma confection de nourriture en feutrine

pour fournir le restaurant de Soline en nouveaux aliments

Au menu de janvier : paupiettes, raviolis, rondelles de bananes et d'ananas

I'm still making felt food for Soline as she still loves to play with her restaurant toys.

wip : raviolis, paupiettes, pineapple and banana slices.

next month I'll show you why I'm rolling green felt!

D'autres fruits et légumes vont suivre,

je vous en reparlerai le mois prochain.

FULL FINISHED GALLERY SAL 01/26

 

It's the 10th of this month and Rachel from "Ten Hour Stitcher" used to welcome us and our Fully Finished achievements.

The blog is on pause yet but I'd like to post on the same date if I have a small or big finish to share with you

I have posted about my Wypocalypse plans last Sunday - linked to Melissa from Measi's musings SAL.

and as it's an Olympic Year I'd love to participate to the WypOlympics too.

Next winter games will take place in North Italy (February 6th to 22th)

I always send my team of journalists Nelson and Gérard and my couple of supporters Mr and Mrs Mouse.

They are renamed for the occasion : signor e signora Topolino

and they'll need some mountain equipment.

I thought about making skis in wood but it will be fragile and I chose some wood look cardboard (from food trays) and I'm glad that they look great.

We had some snow last Monday, perfect time to get out and try our new equipment and make some pictures.

I have shown them the mascots Tina and Milo, two lovely stoats and the Flo, six small snowdrops.

Mrs Mouse loved the cute hat they were wearing and she asks for one.

I made one for her with some white and green felt.

Après avoir présenté les mascottes Tina et Milo, deux adorables hermines et leurs amis les Flo, six petites perce-neige, madame Souris m'a demandé de lui confectionné un joli bonnet comme les leurs.

Aussitôt dit, aussitôt fait, en feutrine blanche et verte, Signorina Topolino pourra garder la tête au chaud lors des prochains jeux olympiques d'hiver qui se dérouleront en février prochain en Italie du nord.

La neige tombée ces derniers jours nous donna le décor parfait pour une séance de photos équipés du tout nouveau matériel de ski.

Bâtons en brochettes et élastiques de masques, skis découpés dans une plaque de carton de barquette alimentaire décor bois. Je vais également essayé de leur confectionner des raquettes pour randonner dans la neige.

JJJ 29 LE JEUDI DU JUNK JOURNAL

It's Thursday so time for Junk Journaling...

Some updates on my Christmas Junk Journal WIP

First giving some credits to the YT girls I follow and who show me most of the ideas I'm working on...

Pamela from Paper Outpost and Natasha from Treasure Book

also : Lilian Guerrero, Designs by Lu, Lindsey, Raleigh girl, Bohemian crafting, 

Christmas tree made with fabric squares, folded in half and glued on paper in triangle shapes so you can slide their tops under the triangle above. Still have to cut a star for the top and maybe a trunk.

I also cut this gift box and you can open it!

I found a way for the lid to be removed

I glued a white paper in the back where I might write something on

a guirland, inspired by my felt light bulbs one...

I'll need some corner pages to keep some flyers

and I had in my boxes old candle holders made by a German friend

more than 20 years ago. I don't use them anymore but if I cut them they can become useful in my JJ.

In the signatures I have put some magazines pages with Christmas pictures, I will used most of them only as a support and hide them behind other projects but I'll keep some as this one about snowmen.

I don't like the two pictures on the left so I cut a cardboard to cover them with this cute snowman seen from above. I cut it in a white shiny paper perfect for the snow sparkling effect.

I'm also "working" on a solution for my sewing theme JJ.

I told you about my first attempt with this journal and that I have been too greedy with five signatures becoming very thick which resulted in breaking the cover.

I could cut all the signatures and make a fabric cover but I already made the inside of the cover so I decided to take over the last signature.

A small diet which will help me to repare the back of the cover later with small strips. Then I'll glued some fabric with small sewing machines for a nice finish.

Mon jeudi du junk journal était bien occupé. Des décos dans le journal de Noël : un sapin en triangles recouverts de tissus, une boîte cadeau qui peut s'ouvrir, une guirlande de mini lampes, un bonhomme de neige et une pochette coin découpée dans un ancien photophore.

J'ai également pris quelques décisions concernant mon Journal Couture dont la couverture a un peu explosé. Finalement pas de démontage global, seulement un petit régime en retirant la cinquième signature. Puis recollage, viendront ensuite les étapes de consolidation du dos avec des bandelettes avant de recouvrir d'un tissu à motif de machines à coudre.

WIPOCALYPSE INTRODUCTION 2026

 

 

Welcome to the 2026 Wipocalypse intro!

For the first Sunday of this new year, Melissa asks us to introduce ourself, talk about our goals and projects.

https://measi.net/wipocalypse-2025-kick-off/

Retired for several years after more than 40 years of office work and a family life with 3 daughters. Now, with 3 +1 and two grandchildren, I'm enjoying having more time for all my hobbies. Lot of different DIY crafts : embroidery and cross stitching, crochet and knitting, painting and paper crafting, cooking and gardening. 

Allways ready for new ideas and trying not to forget my WIPs and my UFOs. 

Twelve months of blogging with the monthly posts derived from Jo's - Serendipitous Stitching blog events like the "Gifted Gorgeousness" on the 15th and sometimes the FFG and Smalls SAL of Rachel from Tenhourstitcher kind of giving rhythm to my blog. I'll hope I'll continue my "all around the year" homemade gifts or cards.

The next list is more or less a copy and paste of last year list, nothing really new as I still like all my different DIY crafts and like to hop from one to another. My sewing machine have been repaired so I hope we'll become good friends and it will boost my sewing. 

On the cross stitchings WIP list, I'm close to finish the "Lady with the unicorn" and will work on cardboard stitching "Spirit of Christmas carols" and "Spirit of Mrs Claus".

It would be great to finish my goose game too!

More sewing with : jacket (s) for me, patchwork blankets, doll dresses, hats or caps.

More junk journaling : back on my sewing theme journals : finish my first JJ which is full and still have a cover problem, make a second one with all the ready works I have done, work on my Christmas JJ and begin another one on ancient Egypt theme. Posts on Thursdays.

More beads : necklaces

More wool : knitting and crochet (summer dresses tops).

More watercolor : cards and Tour de France illustrations for a 7th edition in 2026!

More felt : new small wood dolls as Breton, hood lutins, felt food for Soline.

More cooking : new recipes 

More gardening : the pond "isle" which means there'll be water in the pond and no more leakings, finish the climbing plants place

More writing : blogging of course and try to write some stories I only have in drafts.

This is an olympic year with winter games in Italy, so soon in February I hope I'll be able to send my two reporters again and my supporters to share with you some sports event.

Melissa has also announced a completely new challenge with the FIFA World Cup Stitching! June and July will be, instead of "focus months", a soccer/football challenges. Matches consisting of 2 x 45 sprints, rules are explained on her blog and further details will be forthcoming in May.

She also start stitching sprints on You Tube last Sunday. I manage to follow her for a while as the time difference isn't good for me. I'd like to "sprint" with her but she starts at 3 pm which means it's already 9 pm here and my day has already been very busy and my eyes not good anymore for stitching!

She might do it again this afternoon so we maybe find a link on her blog or FB to join her later.

En ce début de nouvelle année voici quelques projets qui viendront montrer leurs avancements lors des points Wipocalypse sur le blog le dernier dimanche du mois chez Mélissa !

Bien sûr, du point de croix : mes encours et j'espère la fin du jeu de l'oie. Plus de couture avec du patchwork : confection de vestes et de couvertures. Plus de Junk journaling, finaliser et réparer la couverture de mon journal thème couture tome 1 et rassembler dans un tome 2 les réalisations déjà prêtes, remplir et décorer mon JJ de Noël et commencer un spécial Egypte ancienne. Plus de perles et enfin de nouveaux colliers. Plus de laine crochetée ou tricotée. Des petits personnages en feutrine et de la nourriture pour le restaurant de Soline. Et enfin plus d'aquarelle, de cuisine, de jardinage et d'écriture.

2026 sera une année olympique avec des jeux d'hiver en Italie donc très bientôt nous allons retrouver nos journalistes et nos supporters pour partager avec eux quelques épreuves sportives sur la neige et la glace !

Autre grand projet, la 7ème édition de mon Tour de France, j'espère pouvoir la commencer bientôt.

Deux autres annonces chez Measi's musings : un évènement FIFA 2026 autour de la coupe du Monde de football en juin prochain et des sessions en streaming sur You Tube durant lesquelles elle nous invite à la retrouver pour des "sprints" de broderie.