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Saturday 4 June 2011

A finish

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I have now finished and framed Jardin Privé's Douceur de vivre. I was unsure of how to finish it but eventually decided to go with a simple frame which I stained and slightly distressed. Douceur de vivre is stitched on 48ct nacre Gander linen with HDF silk threads - you can find my conversion from DMC *here*. I made two slight amendments to the pattern - I lengthened the hair on both the ladies as my hair is that length and I altered the colours of two of the trees as the original shades were too similiar in colour to that of the grass. This was a most enjoyable stitch!

Our honeysuckle has been blooming and the scent in the warm evenings is amazing. It's a shame is doesn't last very long though.

I have had two exciting wins on ebay this week and once I have received them I will post pictures - I am just hopeful that they are as lovely as the pictures on ebay showed them to be!

I have downloaded and printed a lovely little red sampler from *here*. This sampler is a free chart from Sylvia and is a reproduction of the one stitched by her Aunt Minna in 1919. Although Sylvia's blog is in German, there is a google translator there so it's easy to read Sylvia's story. You can also see a picture of her Aunt Minna. This will be my next 'little red' although I aim to put a few more stitches in poor neglected Jane Ries before I make a new start.

Thanks for visiting

Take care

Labels: Douceur de vivre

18 Comments:

On 4 June 2011 at 13:19, Bertie

Congratulations Carol, its a lovely summer sampler, 48 count!! wow, I wished.....
Your honeysuckle is lovely and the smell must be amazing. Hope we get some rain soon at night .)
Have a great weekend.
On 4 June 2011 at 14:34, Carol

Oh, I love this one, Carol--and I think the simple frame was a perfect choice since there are so many little scenes to look at in the stitching...

Don't you love the honeysuckle fragrance? We were in Spain last week and it was everywhere--I can still smell it :)
On 4 June 2011 at 16:29, Deb

48 count! Oh my goodness! It really pretty though. I just love it and the colors.

I love the smell of honeysuckle too, but I don't have any around me!
On 4 June 2011 at 19:02, valerie

Congratulations Carol! It looks fantastic!
On 4 June 2011 at 20:01, Theresa

Congratulations on your finish!!!! This is such a gorgeous piece!!!!
On 4 June 2011 at 20:37, Dora

Your finish is beautiful and you found the perfect frame for it.
That's going to be a wonderful red sampler. I enjoyed reading about it thanks to the link you provided.
On 5 June 2011 at 01:29, Catherine

Lovely piece!!!!! And honeysuckle is one of my favorites!!
On 5 June 2011 at 01:47, Karen

Ohh..how pretty is that....and 48 ct??? I know my poor eyes would rebel. It is beautiful and nicely framed!
On 5 June 2011 at 13:54, Amy

Thanks so cute Carol - now *I* want to stitch it! ;-)

The honeysuckle is lovely - what a wonderful smell!!!

Have a great Sunday!!!
On 5 June 2011 at 15:20, Lili

Very pretty project!
Gorgeous frame!
On 5 June 2011 at 15:49, staci

It's so beautiful and delicate Carol!!! But I want to go cross-eyed just thinking about 48ct lol!!!
On 5 June 2011 at 16:56, Unknown

lovely stitching, well done!
On 5 June 2011 at 19:07, Rachel

Congrats on the finish. It looks great in its frame!

Have fun with 'little red'!
On 6 June 2011 at 11:04, Elisa

Absolutely beautiful finish Carol....the blossom is so pretty too
On 7 June 2011 at 21:21, angelasweby

Carol, it's lovely. The colours are so pretty and soft. I really love this design. The frame suits it perfectly.
Beautiful honeysuckle. I can smell it from here :-)
A xx
On 8 June 2011 at 04:38, Brenda

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL finish!!! I LOVE it!
On 8 June 2011 at 13:42, Sally

Carol your finish is ebautiful :)
On 12 June 2011 at 20:27, Karoline

It's gorgeous, congratulations