Stitchy Fingers

I've always been a fan of "Beauty and the Beast" of which we all know the famous nineties Disney adaptation.   Beauty and the Beast (French: La Belle et la Bête) is a 1946 French romantic fantasy film adaptation of the traditional fairy tale of the same name, written by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont and published in 1757 as part of a fairy tale anthology. Directed by French poet and filmmakerJean Cocteau, the film stars Josette Day as Belle and Jean Marais.   This film adaptation of La Belle et la Bete adds a subplot involving Belle's suitor Avenant (a friend of her brother), who schemes along with Belle's brother and sisters to journey to Beast's castle to kill him and capture his riches while the sisters work to delay Belle's return to the castle. When Avenant enters the magic pavilion which is the source of Beast's power, he is struck by an arrow fired by a guardian statue of the Roman goddess Diana, which transforms Avenant into Beast...

Last Saturday (15th) I went to the Creativa fair in Brussels. For me this is one of the most lovely ones in Belgium. The funny thing is that I saw a huge crowd before entering and I thought "ouch this is going to take a while before entering" but - lucky me - it seemed to be for another fair in another building called "Made in Asia" which involved everything animé cartoons and characters, computer games and other stuff for youngsters ;-). At the opening time whe heard lots of shouting and then we saw a big crowd running to be one of the first at the entry ... Here's an impression of the day: The central hallway   Something creative ... but what? To give you a clue ...   Knitted nets! The future is here : 3D-printing!   Some patchwork ...     ... and STITCHING of course!       't Gaerenhuys Ghent   I didn't buy lots of things since I have cardboards full of stuff stash and I just li...

I meant to post this last week but things got very busy (preparing a 3-day stay at Disneyland Paris ... pictures will follow soon) so here is my belated blog post ... Hi all, For the Chatelaine Stitcher Bandits I decided to take one of my too long neglected pieces, the Misty Morning Vineyard. I think I didn't stitch on it for at least 5 years. To again familiarise with the design I studied the charts, descriptions and special features. Can you imagine my shock to see that it dates back from 2003?! I remember it was the first design by Martina that I completely followed (Convent's Herbal Garden was just finished). This makes me wonder about how time flies! ... I first stitched on it when our daughters weren't even born (much more free time :-) and I was in my late twenties ... gosh! Anyway ... here's some piccies I've taken last week before I restarted the piece. Have fun looking! In the meanwhile I've finished the other three peacock's tails and I...