New Boutis Pouch

Winston loves anything to do with sewing and often helps out when working on projects

You can see he is a big encouragement !

Our Guild retreat sets a theme as a challenge each year - at the last retreat the theme of Dresden Plate was chosen, and three of us have made a small boutis pouch with a Dresden plate pattern.  I used a batiste on the top, and apple green cotton underneath and for the front - so pale green shows through the batiste.  Roni and Janet have almost finished theirs, so will show pictures of theirs soon.

The pattern was originally offered in the Fil Blanc of France Boutis, design adapted from Hiromi, a pattern with birds in a nest drawn by Isabelle, and the directions (French version) written by Lou and translated by me - so a real group effort !

Souvenirs from Caissargues

 I did very little shopping at the expo in France, and I am sure I could have bought many more things !  I did purchase a piece of Den Haan Dutch chintz, a 2 yard piece which I thought would make a pretty, small courtepointe with a plain color on the reverse.  The pattern is from the "Island Marken" design.
Isabelle made me a gift of the fabulous white linen batiste shown, it is so beautiful.  I am planning to use it for the vanne below as my personal souvenir of a memorable weekend spent with the ladies and Hubert.  Hubert also had the idea for the design of  the needles from Bohin, they are specially for stuffing the boutis, are longer and fine, and have a blunt tip.

 France Boutis offered this wonderful pattern for a small "vanne" as the pattern for the expo in full size.  Recently it had appeared in the Fil Blanc but not full size.  Again, I think this would make a wonderful courtepointe if it was enlarged a little.  This is the pattern I will use the fine linen batiste for.

And finally, I picked up Janet's and my pochettes that Lou had patiently looked after since the exchange in March at Pierrefeu.  Aren't the scissors wonderful ?  They are small and elegant, hand made in  Nogent, and have long, thin, sharp tips, perfect for applique.   The scissor and knife maker from Nogent was a vendor at the expo, and he had truly wonderful scissors, some (very expensive) ones real works of art, a once-in-a-lifetime purchase.   These are a gift from Lou, who  spoiled me the whole weekend.  Thank you so much, I will always remember it.

Boutis Expo Pierrefeu Part Deux

Lou has posted on her blog about Pierrefeu.  She says that the atmosphere is wonderful, a sense of happiness, sharing tips and tricks, makes this show unique.  She was kind enough to collect the pouches destined for Janet and myself, and now I have the photos.  I will pick them up when I visit in May, but more about that later.

The white one is for me, and the red silk is for Janet - aren't they gorgeous ?  I am so happy we participated and we will definitely do it again.  Use the link above to visit Lou, she has linked to her entire web album and you can just enjoy all of her photos.

Pochette for Pierrefeu completed

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I have just finished the pochette for the exchange in Pierrefeu.  What do you think ?

Boutis for Pierrefeu

I have made some progress on the boutis pouch for Pierrefeu.  All the stitching and stuffing is complete, washed, and here it is on a towel drying.  Next will be to trim and attach the bias binding to form it into a small bag.

New Pochettes

After Lou http://www.boutis-et-cie.blogspot.com encouraged us to show the pochettes we have made, I decided to set up a couple as I had been wanting to do this for a while. Because of the time of year, I chose a horn of plenty for one (the photo doesn't show the color well, it is a brighter blue), and a compilation of flowers for the other - this will have the body of the pochette in a print, and just the flap will be white batiste.

Nachdem Lou http://www.boutis-et-cie.blogspot.com uns gebeten hat, unsere Taeschchen in diesem Muster zu zeigen, wollte ich noch etwas vorbereiten, was ich eigentlich schon lange vorhatte. Wegen der Jahreszeit habe ich ein Horn of Plenty (mir faellt nun das deutsche Wort nicht ein) in blau fuer eine Tasche ausgesucht - die Farbe ist staerker als auf dem Bild zu sehen - und Blumen fuer die andere.

A start and a finish !

I have just finished the little purse from the France Boutis last newsletter, here is a picture. I decided to make mine in color with some fabrics purchased in France. I have also made a start on a petasson, the pattern is from the Maison du Boutis.

Ich habe gerade den kleinen Beutel aus der letzten Newsletter von France Boutis fertiggestellt. Ich wollte statt weiss den Stoff, den ich letztes Jahr in Frankreich gekauft habe, verwenden. Ich habe auch mit dem naechsten "ouvrage" angefangen, ein Petasson, das Muster stammt vom Maison du Boutis.