Haandarbejdets Fremme

In the summer of 2007 we went for 31/2 weeks to Denmark and Sweden.
I collected the Haandarbejdets Fremme Calendars for a couple of years. So now I got the chance to find the missing years in Denmark. One a sunny day we went to Kopenhagen to find the shop. What a disappointment!
My husband wanted to give me a second chance so after a few days we tried to find the second address.
However the small village, called Loejtveld couldn't be found on our map. I tried to call to the shop but it did not work.
At the gas station I met a woman, who knew the shop and she was really nice so she called the shop for me and told me how to find the shop. It was a long drive to Svendborg so we combined our trip.
At first we visited the castle called Egeskov at Kvaerndrup and then the Fremme shop.
The shop was a kind of a farm, small but with a huge collection of Fremme. I bought the complete set of Blomstergarns (102 colours). There was also an exposition of the Fremme designer Edith Hansen.
During my vacation I have stitched the roses from the calendar, which I bought there. One chart was used for the ring cushion of my daughter's wedding.

Petits points et toile de lin

The weather is awful today. It's raining the whole day so I go on with making plans. Another beautiful French cross-stitch book is from Marjorie Massey. This book has 144 pages and the objects are divide in: messages, kitchen, alphabet and monograph. The descriptions are short and clear. Using the following colours: DMC 791, 797, 3838, 498,150,600, 3865,822,451

For each work you can choose one of this colours. I think it's also beautiful to use silk or hand-dyed fibers. I choose the butterflies to stitch using 3865. In one word: c'est livre est très magnifique but not easy to find here.

New plans

A cloudy day, a cup of tea, it's time for reading and making some new plans. Introducing you:

Amities Croisees by French designer Isabelle Vaultier and Italian Renato Parolin. The two designers are working together and put their both designs in this book. 79 pages full of various patterns using one or two colours for each works like DMC 815, Pomme de Pin etc.

I decide to choose for this beautiful blue design. I think it's easy to take this work with me on my vacation in May.

Blue and White

The chart of this work is coming from the book Blue and White, cross-stitch by Helena Turvey, which I got for my birthday last year.

This work is going to my friend. She will make some patchwork around the design. Later on I shall posted the bag.