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While I darn Sewing set. SAL Objetivo 5

Con los hilos recibidos aquí está mi objetivo anterior terminado. Ya he ido viendo los vuestros, aunque echo de menos ver este SAL en la gente que se ha unido y no hace ningún artículo sobre ello. Ya me imagino que estarán liadillas con otras cosas pero más que nada es por ir viendo el progreso en otras compañeras, que por ejemplo, han tomado la iniciativa de cambiar hilos y telas.
Agradezco a Lluísa sus fotos que me envia puntualmente. Su combinación le está quedando preciosa y si a ella no le importa haré la publicación del trabajo terminado en el último artículo de este SAL, asi como el de cualquier otra que quiera compartirlo y no tenga blog.



...... Y este era el objetivo de hoy. Tengo que decir que ese pajarito cigüeña es una monada. La verdad es que lucen muchos los hilos de seda tintados cuando van pintando de color el lino sobre el que bordamos.

While I darn sewing set wip


El siguiente objetivo serábordar la escena siguiente con la niña. incluyendo la cesta y el perrito. Nuestra próxima cita con esta parte bordada será dentro de quince dias,el 15 de diciembre.
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Wendy Goodman + Tony Duquette = Perfection!

On December 1st, the new Tony Duquette book by Wendy Goodman and Hutton Wilkinson will finally be released! I know I for one can't wait! Recently, a friend of Ms. Goodman's was sweet enough to email me with Wendy's contact information so I could get her take on all the hoopla. Ronda at All the Best already conducted a wonderfully in depth interview with her so I just asked her a few questions and she couldn't have been nicer!

I'd love to know about your first meeting with Tony Duquette and what you thought about Dawnridge. I hear it was unbelievably amazing!

I met Tony while on assignment for House & Garden magazine (HG then)when I was originally there in early '90s doing a story on guestrooms and spied this wild, totally original piece of furniture in Hutton and Ruth Wilkinson's Los Angeles house. I hadn't ever heard of Tony Duquette, but asked Hutton, who was his business partner, if I could meet him on that trip. I ended up staying to produce a story on Tony's extraordinary Malibu ranch and that launched the odyssey of my working with him and Hutton to start imagining this book.

I know it took you 10 years to complete this book and I would love to know how you kept going! In this age of ADD and everyone moving on the next big thing it must have taken some serious discipline and patience!

Yes, it takes discipline and conviction to keep at a project that is so complex as there was so much archival material to unearth and edit...especially challenging for me as I had to go out to the west coast for research in between my deadlines for all the magazines I work with here in New York. What kept me going was my passion for Tony's work and the conviction that his story was unique and had to be told.

I was also wondering if you were involved with the planning of the windows at Bergdorf's. They are also amazing have been really well received in the city and online.

The incredible event of the Bergdorf Goodman Christmas windows is a dream come true! Linda Fargo and her amazing team headed up by David Hoey, produced the most extraordinary tribute to Tony's genius! I had nothing to do with the windows what so ever except to be dazzled and awed that they are beyond magical!

Wendy also mentioned that they have already sold out of the luxury edition at Bergdorf's and the regular book is being rushed into a second printing! Better get your copy today!

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Patch y cintas

Este es mi actual trabajo de cintas. He hecho alguna variación del modelo original que ya os enseñaré cuando tenga terminado. Aún no he hecho nada para mí en cintas y patch y estaba desenado trabajar con las de Mokuba. El trabajo que hice fue para regalárselo a Auxi y



Desde luego lo tendré listo este fin de semana... es que estoy deseando verlo terminado.
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An Eventful Evening

It's funny how a night of no plans can quickly turn into a fun and eventful evening. I ended up attended a book signing for Park Avenue Potluck at the Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery on 72nd Street. Quite a few of the socialites were in attendance including Coco Kopelmann in her Chanel finery, Jamee Gregory in the most amazing white fur coat I have ever seen, as well as Muffy Potter Aston and Rachel Hovnanian, who I recently learned is a wonderful artist. She and her art were profiled in the November issue of Elle Decor.

Park Avenue Potluck is a fun book of recipes from "New York's Savviest Hostesses" and benefits The Society of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and has been so well received that it's already in it's second printing! I still think it's funny that a cookbook by society ladies would feature something so fattening looking on the cover when everyone knows socialites don't eat! Anyway, I was feeling so in the giving mood last night that I actually bought a copy at full price! I also sampled one of the best recipes in the book, Millionaire Turtles by Karen May who were graciously made for the evening by Tate's Bake Shop, my favorite place in Southampton! They even have their own cookbook so why not pick up both!

The Leila Taghinia-Milani Heller Gallery (that's a mouthful!), the event location, happened to be having a wonderful exhibition of work by emerging artist Martin Saar called Bubbles, Bodies and Bond. Martin was sweet enough to chat with us about his work and agreed to a studio visit and profile after he returns from Art Basel. So many people keep asking me if I'm going to be in Miami for Art Basel, I'm beginning to think I am the only person in New York not going!

Wednesday evening is the reason I love New York. You never know where you might end up or who you might meet. And if you don't live in New York, you can still cook like a chic New Yorker by picking up a copy of Park Avenue Potluck. It really is a great book for a great cause!
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Operación : un hogar más agradable

El miércoles pasado fue imposible realizar lo que tenía previsto. Los preparativos para la feria de Creativa ocuparon el tiempo libre del que disponía.
Pero ya he podido sacar un ratito y continuar haciendo algo para conseguir mi hogar más agradable.
De forma fortuíta fuí haciéndome con una colección de jabones. De aquí y de allí, de viajes, de regalos.... la cosa fue creciendo y entonces hice ánimo de añadir alguno más cuando tenía ocasión.
Los he tenido guardados hasta que encontré esta bandeja . Me pareció perfecta para el estilo que quería darle al baño y además de no ocupar mucho espacio podía ser útil para la pequeña exposición.
Ahora le he hecho un tapete a juego con la cortina . Las telas son de Mary Rose, que le dan cierto aire shabby chic. Añadí algunas puntillas, madroños y el resto que tenía guardado de una toalla blanca de tela.

Tapete baño detalle

Colocadito sobre la bandeja....

Tapete baño
Con la colección de jabones y algo más.....
Tapete baño completo

Detalles con encanto....

Detalles
..... Y aquí una visión del conjunto....¡¡ hip, hip , hurra!!¡ Prueba conseguida !



Creo que lo próximo será algo en el dormitorio.
Me encantaría ver tus propuestas , las de esta semana o las anteriores. Si dejas un comentario podremos visitarte.
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Animal House

It's funny how you can come across something you've never heard of before and then right after end up seeing it everywhere. Such was the case with the new book by photographer Catherine Ledner Animal House a perfect gift for any design obsessed animal lover!

According to The New York Times, "Catherine Ledner lives with 2 dogs, 2 cats, 11 rabbits and 1 husband in Altadena, Calif. A portraitist and commercial photographer, Ms. Ledner became fascinated by the idea of using wallpaper patterns in animal portraiture, and her new book, “Animal House,” is the result. During her research, she pored over wallpaper books from the 1930s and ’40s, and pulled new samples from the Pacific Design Center. The 47 animals were cast from the pool the local trainers had available. Once she had chosen her matches, Ms. Ledner wallpapered moveable walls in her studio, and invited the animals in."

The fox is my personal favorite and was apparently the shyest, but loosened up the longer he stayed on the set. His paper, from a 1930s pattern, was made for Ms. Ledner by Astek Wallcoverings, a company that can copy any pattern with a repeat.

The deer came twice, once to check out the studio and again for his portrait. “I have a particular fondness for deer,” Ms. Ledner said, “so it was very spiritual” to have him there.

The vulture was shot against a discontinued Cole and Son paper and was a bit timid, moved slowly and responded well to treats according to Ms. Ledner.




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Creativa 2007

Y llegó el día tan ansiado por muchas de nosotras. Emoción de encontrar a viejas amigas y conocer a muchas otras que son habituales en este mundillo bloggero.
Como habéis leído y visto fotos en otros blogs, la feria fue más el lugar de reunión que de encontrar novedades. En mi caso fuí a tiro hecho de lo que iba buscando y creo que me quedaron algunos stands por visitar.
Nunca pensé que asistiríamos tantas costureras que ya forman esta gran familia. Seguro que el año que viene podrán asistir aquellas que se quedaron sin poder venir por unas causas u otras. A todas las echamos de menos y en numerosas ocasiones os hemos nombrado.
Este año llegué en avión casi a media mañana y después de los saludos , las charlas, los besos y abrazos, nos dimos una vuelta para tomar algo de contacto , para dedicar la tarde a hacer alguna compra .

El grupo fue creciendo a la hora de comer y como habéis leído, estuvimos nada menos que 28 entusiastas de la aguja. También fue el momento oportuno para intercambiarnos el regalo del amigo invisible.¡ Pero qué manos que tienen estas chicas !


¿ Y si tiviésemos un recuerdo del momento ? Se me ocurrió hacer unas tarjetas en las que colocar nuestra firma por detrás. La verdad es que fuí un poco a tientas porque no sabía realmente cuántas íbamos a ser. Asi que hice unas quince. ¡Uf, finalmente fuímos 14 ! ¡ Por los pelos !
Tarjetas de Creativa 07
Se puede decir que casi cerramos la feria.

En el intercambio Agusde Mar de sueños me obsequió con este precioso bordado navideño , que hizo con mucho cariño sobre un hilo de la trama.

A mí me tocó Aurora, que no tiene blog pero que seguro pronto se anima. Hice un acerico que tomé como modelo el que venía en el libro " True Friends" de Art to Heart.


Le hice un bolsito con estas telas navideñas para guardarlo dentro.
Intercambio Creativa 2007
Lleva dos bolsillos delanteros forrados con las telas en cuestión y detrás mis iniciales estampadas con sellos de scrap.




Estas son mis compritas. Imposible resistirse a alguno de los linos de La couserie Creative , pero la combinación del rosa con el marrón oscuro me encantó y cogí estos fats . Ya veremos que queda de ello. También unas asas para bolsos, algunas cintas, un marco en forma de corazón que tantas veces he visto en otros blogs franceses y unos linos estampados que me parecieron originales.


Compras

El tiempo también se me fue en algunos encargos que llevaba de scrap ,pero ese tema aparecerá en Alterado así como la información sobre la tarjeta de recuerdo.

Muchísimas gracias por vuestra compañía , por vuestra amistad y por esos ratitos en los que compartimos una afición en común. Ahora ya os conozco un poquito mejor
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Green is the New Black!

After profiling the over the top conspicuously consumptive windows at Bergdorf's, I thought it would be fun to show you what's going on over at Barney's, where they are having a green holiday. And by green, I mean organic starting with Rudolph the Recycling Reindeer above. Each window is chock full of cans and bottles the Barney's team ending up buying from the homeless of the Lower East Side. Only in New York!

In a stroke of marketing genius, the fine folks at Barney's have also married the window theme to the "gorgeous green gifts, fabulously fair-trade fashion, sensationally sustainable swag, orgasmic organic denim and cashmere, environmentally conscious tchotchkes" available in the stores, catalog and on the website.

You can even check out a fun interview with the elf behind it all, window dresser Simon Doonan on New York magazine's website that was conducted by socialite about town, Fabiola Beracasa. I actually walked by the store when they were filming him which was pretty funny.

So do your part for the environment this holiday season and go green by buying something fabulously organic for your loved ones...or at least recycle that diet coke can!

***UPDATE*** You can also read an extended interview with Simon Doonan about the holiday windows in the new December/January issue of Domino magazine.
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A Gift that Keeps on Giving!

Before we start getting into the hustle and bustle of holiday posts, I thought it would be nice to start things off on a charitable note. I'm sure some of you may have already heard about Heifer International but for those of you who haven't, Heifer's mission is to work with communities around the world to end hunger and poverty and care for the earth. One way they do this is to let people like you and me "choose a meaningful gift to give a loved one and help children and families around the world receive training and animal gifts that help them become self-reliant."

Heifer lets you gift an entire animal or a share of an animal like heifers, llamas, sheep, goats, rabbits, and even honey bees. I think they would make the perfect present for the person who has everything or for children to give. Kids love animals and I'm sure they would love to pick out their favorite animal to give and to learn how it will help those in need. Just something to think about instead giving someone another tie or something else they won't use. Costs start at just $10 for a share and can go up to $500 for full gift.

"The idea behind Heifer ... is similar to the notion that it's better to teach a man to fish so he can feed himself than to give him a fish that will feed him just once. One animal could eventually benefit an entire community."
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