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Yuko, Japan
Received from Alessandra, Italy
Un magnifico Natale... GRAZIE YUKO!!!
Thanks so much, my sweet friend, for your wonderful gifts!!!
Thanks so much, my sweet friend, for your wonderful gifts!!!
It was the Christmas Eve, the postman rang and... there was a package for me, from Japan!!! I was soooooo excited... And when I opened it, there was a lovely green bag, so
puffy!!
Inside, many small sparkling packages, fulfilled with goodies: one over all, the GORGEOUS ornament stitched by Yuko from a Just Nan design (she knows that I love them!!!)!!! An heirloom to keep forever!!!
Dentro, molti piccoli pacchetti scintillanti, riempiti di doni: uno su tutti, il BELLISSIMO ornamento fatto da Yuko usando uno schema di Just Nan (che sa che io adoro!!!)!!! Un prezioso tesoro da tramandare!!!
Grazie, mia dolce amica, per i tuoi bellissimi regali!!!
Era la Vigilia di Natale, il postino ha suonato e... c'era un pacchetto per ma dal Giappone!!! Ero così emozionata... E quando l'ho aperto, c'era
all'interno un bellissimo sacco verde, così ciccioso!!!
Inside, many small sparkling packages, fulfilled with goodies: one over all, the GORGEOUS ornament stitched by Yuko from a Just Nan design (she knows that I love them!!!)!!! An heirloom to keep forever!!!
Dentro, molti piccoli pacchetti scintillanti, riempiti di doni: uno su tutti, il BELLISSIMO ornamento fatto da Yuko usando uno schema di Just Nan (che sa che io adoro!!!)!!! Un prezioso tesoro da tramandare!!!
Many, many thanks, Yuko: GRAZIE from the deep of my heart for this lovely gifts!!!
Yuko is so special, she has a wonderful taste choosing things and putting them together, She makes wonderful packages, with a lot of details...
Grazie, Grazie tantissimo, Yuko: GRAZIE dal profondo del mio cuore per i tuoi regali!!!
Yuko è speciale, ha un gusto meraviglioso nello scegliere le cose e nel metterle insieme. Fa dei pacchettini deliziosi, con un sacco di dettagli...
Yuko is so special, she has a wonderful taste choosing things and putting them together, She makes wonderful packages, with a lot of details...
Grazie, Grazie tantissimo, Yuko: GRAZIE dal profondo del mio cuore per i tuoi regali!!!
Yuko è speciale, ha un gusto meraviglioso nello scegliere le cose e nel metterle insieme. Fa dei pacchettini deliziosi, con un sacco di dettagli...
Closely, you can see some Japanese treats, roses printed fabric to stitch, with golden charms and a gorgeous handmade lace, a cute parfumed sheep (her rose scent is sooooooooooo good!!!!!!!) and Yuko's Christmas dropcoasters, special handmade coasters that i love a lot,
because they are so lovely!!!!
Da vicino, potete vedere quel che mi ha mandato: qualche delizia Giapponese, un taglio di tessuto da ricamare con delle roselline stampate, dei charmettini dorati, una dolcissima pecorella profumata (il suo profumo alle rose è buonissimo!!!!) e i sottotazza/sottobicchieri a goccia fatti da Yuko con stoffina natalizia, sono speciali e io li adoro!!!!
Da vicino, potete vedere quel che mi ha mandato: qualche delizia Giapponese, un taglio di tessuto da ricamare con delle roselline stampate, dei charmettini dorati, una dolcissima pecorella profumata (il suo profumo alle rose è buonissimo!!!!) e i sottotazza/sottobicchieri a goccia fatti da Yuko con stoffina natalizia, sono speciali e io li adoro!!!!
par Claudia :)
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Gifts
Joy to the world, the Lord is come!
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
Let earth receive her King;
Let every heart prepare Him room,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven and nature sing,
And Heaven, and Heaven, and nature sing.
Joy to the earth, the Savior reigns!
Let men their songs employ;
While fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat the sounding joy,
Repeat, repeat, the sounding joy.
No more let sins and sorrows grow,
Nor thorns infest the ground;
He comes to make His blessings flow
Far as the curse is found,
Far as the curse is found,
Far as, far as, the curse is found.
He rules the world with truth and grace,
And makes the nations prove
The glories of His righteousness,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders of His love,
And wonders, wonders, of His love.
par Claudia :)
publié dans :
claudiaxstitch
'Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in their beds,
While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads;
And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap,
Had just settled down for a long winter's nap,
When out on the lawn there arose such a clatter,
I sprang from the bed to see what was the matter.
Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash.
The moon on the breast of the new-fallen snow
Gave the lustre of mid-day to objects below,
When, what to my wondering eyes should appear,
But a miniature sleigh, and eight tiny reindeer,
With a little old driver, so lively and quick,
I knew in a moment it must be St. Nick.
More rapid than eagles his coursers they came,
And he whistled, and shouted, and called them by name;
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer! now, Prancer and Vixen!
On, Comet! on Cupid! on, Donder and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch! to the top of the wall!
Now dash away! dash away! dash away all!"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky,
So up to the house-top the coursers they flew,
With the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.
And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
As I drew in my hand, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St. Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur, from his head to his foot,
And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes -- how they twinkled! his dimples how merry!
His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry!
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beard of his chin was as white as the snow;
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke it encircled his head like a wreath;
He had a broad face and a little round belly,
That shook, when he laughed like a bowlful of jelly.
He was chubby and plump, a right jolly old elf,
And I laughed when I saw him, in spite of myself;
A wink of his eye and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread;
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle.
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night."
par Claudia :)
publié dans :
claudiaxstitch
Fuori fa freddo.... ma in casa si sta benissimo e non c'è di
meglio per scaldare il cuore, per me, di ricamare un piccolo hornbook per incrementare la mia collezione! Si tratta di un bellissimo sampler ricamato uno su uno con
filo sfumato disegnato dalla dolce Agnès de "La Sylphide Toquée" dal nome "Hornbook aux chardons". Un vero piacere da realizzare!
E il piccolissimo hornbook è stato fatto da suo marito: un bravo anche a lui!!Soooooooo cold outside! But inside my home is so cozy and to warm my heart nothing is better than stitch and finish a little hornbook, just to keep my collection growing and growing! It's the newest and cute "Hornbook aux chardons", a little sampler stitched one over one with a hand dyed thread: it's a design by the sweet Agnès from"La Sylphide Toq uée". It has been a pleasure to stitch! And the tiny wooden hornbook is made by Agnès husband...
Ho come sempre cercato di personalizzarlo, facendo un cordoncino con cui circondare il piccolo sampler e poi terminando in cima con un fiocco: non è
carino??
I've tried to add a little personal touch, as usual, so I've made a cording and with it I've wrapped the sampler and then I've tied a bow on top of it: cute, isn't it???
I've tried to add a little personal touch, as usual, so I've made a cording and with it I've wrapped the sampler and then I've tied a bow on top of it: cute, isn't it???
E ne ho un altro da realizzare, stavolta disegnato de Les Fèes Brodeuses... :D
And I have one more to stitch, designed this time by Les Fèes Brodeuses... :D
par Claudia :)
publié dans :
Hornbooks
Exchange! Una nuova tappa dello scambio con Su si è compiuta. Era il turno dell'autunno e non è stato facile per me trovare qualcosa di bello da usare.
Alla fine ho scelto un disegno con le ghiande dal titolo Acorns and Threads, di Carriage House Samplings, molto elegante: l'ho un po' cambiato, l'ho eseguito uno su uno su un morbido lino
Graziano e ne è uscito un grazioso porta filati! Su lo ha gradito e ne sono felice :D
Exchange! A new step for this exciting experience of the exchange for Su is done. It was the Autumn time and it's not been so easy
for me to find something special to stitch. Finally I've found a lovely desigh with acorns called "Acorns and Threads", by Carriage House Samplings, very elegant and perfect for this exchange:
I've changed it a bit, I've stitched it one over one on a soft piece of Graziano Linen and what I had is this cute thread holder... Su loved it and I'm
happy!!!
Dato che io amo alla follia i trifils e gli hornbook in genere, e dato che c'è qualcuno che quest'anno ne ha fatti di carini anche per la mostra, ho aggiunto al "libretto" anche questa ghianda da
me vestita per l'occasione. Marco e Marisa de Il Filo Magico sono
due persone eccezionali e ringrazio loro per l'ispirazione di questa delizia:
Because I deeply love thread keepers and hornbooks, and because there is somebody that this year produced some cute ones for the showcase of Le Mani che Ricamano, I've added
to the thread book this cute acorn, dressed by me just for match Su's gift. Marco and Marisa of Il Filo Magico are two special people and I thank them so much for
inspiring me with this lovely creation:
Vi mostro anche il retro e l'interno...
Here's its back and inside....
par Claudia :)
publié dans :
Exchanges
Cosa dire?? Che è stato un vero evento! Perciò non posso che ringraziare tutte le persone che tanto carinamente sono venute alla mostra, dalle amiche ormai carissime come Pat, Chicca, Bruna, Maria, Carmen, Laura, Patrizia, Cinzia, Maria Grazia, Niky (non me ne vogliano le altre…. Aggiungerò i nomi mano a mano mi verranno in mente… :D), alle specialissime come Paoletta Baroncini, Cinzia da Vigevano con il suo simpaticissimo marito, Tiziana, Marisa, Giampiera…
Tutto era perfetto, tutto ha funzionato a meraviglia, da Nicoletta, addetta al nostro banco, a Sandra, sempre gentilissima con tutti i visitatori e di grande aiuto per le ospiti, per non parlare di Paola, indispensabile: tre preziosissime colonne dell’Associazione.
E cosa potrei dire delle ospiti???? Giulia, di Giulia Punti Antichi, come sempre disponibilissima, che ha illustrato le sue creazioni instancabilmente a decine e decine di curiose “creature”
concedendo anche nozioni tecniche e storiche (peccato davvero non avere le sue scatole per le Designino Ladies!); Laura, attesa dalle fans, sempre entusiasta e gentilissima a metterci a
disposizione le sue realizzazioni; Les Fées Brodeuses, Marie, Virginie e Marie-Ange, dalla Francia in anteprima solo per noi, con uno stand mozzafiato colmo di ogni ben di Dio, dai trifils ai
fili, passando per centinaia di schemi (una vera calamita per tutti!!!)….
Anche noi per loro avevamo una piccola sorpresa, spero gradita: un piccolo riconoscimento per concederci tanto affetto, presenziando senza indugio. A proposito ringrazio anche due persone del
Comune di Bareggio, l’Assessore alla Cultura Ottorino Maestroni, quest’anno davvero emozionato per l’incontro, e Mariangela Cassani, del settore comunale relativo alla Cultura, ai quali dico
grazie per la fiducia concessa a Le Mani che Ricamano. :D
P.S. troverete altre foto qui: Mostra "Natale nel Villaggio"
To all my dearest friends, I'm sooooo sorry about my silence, but the showcase took all the place in my free time, so I had to be quiet with my blog for a while.... But I have many surprises online soon, so stay tuned :D
par Claudia :)
publié dans :
Expo
