time to play catch up

Thank you so very much for your kind support after the loss of my inlaws' dog Nanook. It really means a lot to have people all around who cares. He will never be forgotten, that is sure. Thanks again.

Time has been flying since my last post on Tuesday. I have so so so many things to show you & tell you. And I'm going to do my best to do this in one single post, so that I won't feel I'm never up to date with what I tell or show you. There. But be ready, it may be long, and photo intense. (I warned you)

First of all, on Tuesday, I finished a very special custom order (garland) for very dear friend of mine, Margie. It was a pleasure, a thrilling experience to make this garland. Here are some photos of it :

On Wednesday, hubby & I (only the two of us - my mom came to stay with the boys) made a one-day-trip we had planned & booked three months ago. We went to Paris, to spend time together, to have fun together, and also for me to buy some fabrics & notions. This following video was recorded from the high speed train, on our way to Paris, it was around 08am. (we took the 05.39am train)

We went to Montmartre (Tissus Reine) to buy Liberty of London fabrics & patchwork fabrics, and I also had a extreme surprise to find kapok in a little shop.

I'd been looking for kapok with no success, but finally I did. If you don't know what kapok is, it is a tropical tree. Its pods contain seeds surrounded by a fluffy, yellowish fibre that is a mix of lignin and cellulose. .The fibre is light, very buoyant, resilient and resistant to water. it's an eco friendly alternative for fiberfill / polyfill.
We had lunch in Coolin's pub (Irish), one of favorites places.

Then we went to La Droguerie (haberdashery shop) where I got beech wood beads, hoping they're produced no further than somewhere in Europe. Of course there were lots of exotic wood beads, but it just sound wrong to me.

Then we went to l'Entrée des Fournisseurs, where I got again a bit of Liberty & some trims.

I had taken embroidery with me, to do in the train. Boy I was right. I started a new garland. I worked on it today, and finished it completely tonight, so it's ready to take a photo of ! I called it Flower Power because I used vintage 70's floral cloth napkins, along with yellow & brown linen (100%) & yellow gingham. All embroideries were done by hand, and free hand, no tracing.

So, if you want to have a look at what (the major part, only a few are not shown here) I came home with :

Well, phew, I'm almost on top of things with this blog. I'll share tomorrow or on Sunday the recipe to muffins I baked last Monday, because, really, this post would be waaaay too long !!

Now let me wish you all a lovely weekend ahead.
We'll be fossil hunting tomorrow, we can't wait.
And will stay home on Sunday, as rain is predicted.

oxox

Sonia