Spring is on its way/Printemps n'est pas loin

Yesterday I completed this bag that I made from my favourite Ikea fabric. I was waiting for this fabric since last year and few days ago suddenly it was available in the shop so I could not resist myself making a beautiful flowery spring bag. I will gift it to one of my friends for her birthday. I hope she will like it.

Hier j'ai terminé ce sac que j'ai fait avec mon tissu Ikea préféré. J'attendais ce tissu depuis plusieurs mois et tout à coup il était disponible dans le magasin alors je n'ai pas pu m'empêcher de faire un joli sac de printemps à fleur. Je vais l'offrir à une de mes amies pour son anniversaire. J'espère qu'elle va l'aimer.

Chocolate magic

so many varities and so cheap

A piece of chocolate in your mouth makes your life sweet for a second and you forget all the worries for a moment. What would you do if there is a chocolate fountain and a shop full of chocolates in front of you? Photos from my visit of the chocolate town Brussels.

Un morceau de chocolat dans la bouche et l'on oublie tous les soucis pour une seconde. Que-feriez vous s'il y a une fontaine de chocolat et un magasin pleins de chocolat devant vous? Photos de ma visite de la ville choco Bruxelle.

Makar Sankranti

Makar Sankranti is a popular festival India that usually falls on 14th January and it's celebrated in different ways in different parts of India. In Gujrat it's famous as kite festival, in Panjab it's the harvest festival and in Maharashtra it's a sweets festival. It's the end of winter and beginning of warmer and longer days in India. The essence of Makar Sankranti is to welcome the Sun and brighten our lives with joy and happiness.

Aujourd'hui est Makar Sankranti qui est une fête populaire de l'Inde. Elle est célébré de différentes manières dans différentes parties de l'Inde. En Gujrat c'est le festival des cerf-volants, en Panjab c'est la fête de la récolte et en Maharashtra, c'est la fête des sucreries. C'est la fin de l'hiver et début des journées plus chaudes et plus longues en Inde. L'essence de Makar Sankranti est d'accueillir le soleil, la joie et le bonheur.

Snow-white

We had a big snow-fall this week-end and enjoyed a lot.

2010

New year brings new hopes and we can not live without hope so lets welcome it with all the joy and happiness we have.

Jingle bells Jingle bells Jingle all the way.....

Merry christmas everyone !!!!

Cloth Market/La marché de tissu

Here we enter the market

Beautiful saris and dresses

Bed-Sheets

Full of colours......

......and variety

Here are some photos of the fabric paradise I mean of the cloth market in my native city in India. The quantity,quality and variety of fabrics available is amazing. I enjoyed a lot. Click on the photos to have a closer look.

Voici les photos de la marché de tissu de ma ville en Inde. La quantité, la qualité et la variété des tissu disponible est incroyable. Je me suis bien amusée. Cliquez sur les photos pour les voir de plus près.

Street Shops

Young and handsome entrepreneurs

So many bangles! Difficult to choose.

Roasted corn

Delicious Indian snacks

Meal on wheels

Fresh vegetables at your doorstep

Designer street bags

Chic wrist watches

'Incredible India' that is what everybody calls her and they are absolutely right. These street shops are the heart beat of Indian life style. You do not go to the super market the super market comes to you. You demand and it arrives at your door step from vegetables to fabrics. If you go in city then market is full of small food stalls on wheels or vendors sitting on the foot-paths selling watches,bags,clothes etc. You can do all your shopping at the street mall and enjoy the real Incredible India simultaneously.

Curvy Clutch

Hello everyone! Has any one visited the Better Homes & Gardens and tried a pattern? I would like to know if you made something and if you had some difficulties making it because that will help me too. I have not yet started working on flowery clutch but I completed a curvy clutch yesterday. I loved the feminine shape of this clutch that is why I was very eager to make it, the photos are here but I can not show you the inside as it gave me a sewing nightmare. The clutch is small so you can not put it around the machine arm and you have to sew inside the bag that is horrible because you can not reach the end of the edges, secondly the last finishing step is to close the front opening with Slip Stich with hand sewing that is quite tedious and it takes ages. The ladies who finish this clutch perfectly are either geniuses or I do not know how to sew or they have found some other method to put the lining and the flap. Please share with me too. :-(

Still I was happy to use the black lace that I brought from India it gave a magic touch to clutch.

Flowery clutch

I am thinking of making something pretty since I came back from India and found this lovely clutch pattern on Better Homes & Gardens . The site is a paradise for a home decorator as well as for a sewing enthusiast. The clutch pattern is available here and you can also find several other free patterns of hand bags, cuishons,curtains and quilts. I got the pattern but can not decide which fabric to use. Can you please help me to choose one of these three fabrics?

J'avait envie de coudre une jolie chose depuis que je suis rentrée de l'Inde et j'ai trouvé ce patron magnifique d'un sac 'Clutch' sur Better Homes & Gardens. Le site est un paradis de patron gratuits. Vous pouvez y trouver également les patrons des coussins, des rideaux et des quilts. Maintenant je n'arrive pas décider quel tissu parmi ces trois pour ce joli sac. Pourriez-vous m'aider?