Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

The Egg or the Chicken / L’œuf ou la poule


I am not usually big on Easter.  There is no egg decorating and fancy basket making for me, no extravagant meal or well-organized egg hunt.  What I do at Easter generally revolves around hanging out with my family and eating way too much chocolate and maple syrup.
 
This year, however, I felt particularly inspired and drew a few simple cross-stitch grids inspired by Easter.  I am sharing them here, so feel free to use them for yourself if you feel like it.

Je ne suis pas du genre à célébrer Pâques de manière particulière, je ne fais pas de décoration d’œufs ou de fabrication de paniers tressés, je ne planifie pas de repas extravagant ou de chasse aux œufs.  La fête de Pâques se résume généralement à passer du temps en famille et manger trop de chocolat et de sirop d’érable.

Cette année, par contre, j’ai été inspirée par la thématique de Pâques et je me suis amusée à dessiner quelques grilles de point de croix aux motifs de poules de Pâques.  Je les partage ici, alors sentez-vous bien libres de les utiliser pour vous-même si elles vous plaisent.




Friday, 10 April 2009

It's here!


Spring, that is. Snow is melting and my irises are now peeking out in my flower beds, but there is still a few weeks to go before it all turns green outside. We'll have to make do with whites and greys for a little while...

In the spirit of Easter, I have sewn a little bunny this week, all by hand. I found out that I am not very good at hand sewing, and I had to redo some of my stitches, but I made it, finally! The complete instructions for this small plush animal and its variations are shown here.

I had made the mushrooms earlier this winter, also from a tutorial found on a blog.

I had a day off from work today for Easter and spent most of it sewing my patchwork bag. It is now almost complete, only the handles are missing. I'll post a picture of the result when I am done.

Happy Easter to all, I am off to a sugar shack party at my parents' house in the country.