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We learn German by playing a game: We are in Switzerland since one year… and we still don’t speak German!
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This last 7th of January was our first anniversary in Switzerland. How fast time goes on!! When we look back, my husband and I, and we see how many things had happened in this elapsed time, we cannot believe it! We’ve moved to another country, we got married, we’ve met new people, a new culture….but the most important, we are parents now. Yes, really, the … Continue reading
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Tagged cards, German, language, learning, Switzerland
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Some things I bought in Barcelona…and that I almost lost..
Every time I go to Barcelona for holidays I plan all the places where I want to go. As we don’t go there that often, to forget a shop get’s “critical”! I suppose you know what shops I am talking about, isn’t it? Craft stores, obviously! At Spain things are much cheaper so it is a good opportunity! This time I went to a yarn … Continue reading
Back after holidays
After 15 days of complete disconnection, we are back to Switzerland! This holidays had been a bit special..and so stressing, from one place to another, first to Barcelona,, then to Burgos and finally one last day to Barcelona.. What you thing, a bit moved, no? And all that with a little baby that is just 10 months.. poor baby..I believe she is the one that … Continue reading
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It’s finally snowing — and how to bear baby teething
This last week has been completely imposible for me to have little time for any thing else than baby. She had suffered a rather strong teething episode and all of us suffered together (Ada, my husband, me, our neighbors, people on the street…). She was having such a pain she was not able to sleep or play normally, she was all the time asking for … Continue reading
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Tagged baby, landsccape, snow, Switzerland, teething, visiting
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A precious baby quilt – My mother has done a patchwork blanket for my daughter! And she asked me to quilt it!
As I said on the past post Visiting Bern, my parents had brought us a patchwork blanket for my baby daughter. My mother has done it on the past few months and I have to say: IT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!! Look at it: And now this little details: Don’t you love the fabrics she used? I love them! So girly!! The only point! She has … Continue reading
Posted in General Information, Patchwork, Techniques
Tagged baby, blanket, fabric, my mother, patchwork, quilt, quilting
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Does and dont’s #3: Some facts about t-shirt fabric and how to convert it into yarn
After publishing my tutorial on How to make a t-shirt hat, I’ve realized I should explain a bit better why did I chosen t-shirt fabric and how to convert the t-shirt fabric into yarn. T-shirt fabric is really sweet to touch, it stretches and it does not unravels. When you convert other fabrics into yarn, you should expect them to go on loosing small threads … Continue reading
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Tagged cutting, fabric, t-shirt, yarn
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Project P I N K Blog Day..: a pink baby dress
Today I am featuring this post to an special cause: Marilyn of The Artsy Girl Connection has organized the event Project PINK Blog Day.. a hope for all those great women that had passed or are fighting against breast cancer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women worldwide.Nowadays the risk of suffering breast cancer is 1 of every 8 women. This numbers had … Continue reading
Going over my blogs: Looking back and forward and a buttons exchange
This last days I had been reviewing the state of my blog. And I hat remembered the origins of this blog and how I did started to blog. It was at the endings of 2009, but then it was not called festotu . At the beginning I called this blog “Fes-t’ho Tu!”, yes.. festotu comes from that! (in catalán, my mother tongue, Fes-t’ho Tu! means: … Continue reading
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