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Kitties in Love

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chats_mariage_4Chez Mounette posted this kitty-themed project with what I am sure is a lovely saying, but I don’t speak or read French and Google translate mangles this one – so if you speak French, please post a translation in the comments for us, won’t you? It would be greatly appreciated! Get the free chart.

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  1. the translation is, come my beautiful cat,love of my heart.It is part of a poem by charles Baudelaurie this is the full version..
    The cat
    Come, my beautiful cat, love of my heart,
    Hold the claws of your paw,
    And let me dive into your beautiful eyes
    Mingled metal and agate.
    When my fingers leisurely caress
    your head and your elastic back,
    And when my hand tingles with the pleasure
    Of feeling your electric body,
    I see my wife in mind. His eyes,
    like yours, amiable beast
    Profound and cold, cuts and cleaves like a dart,
    And feet till the head,
    A subtle air, a dangerous perfume
    Swim around his brown body.

  2. The link is not clickable – ??? It shows up with a blue underline, but when I move the cursor to it, the cursor doesn’t change to a hand. I tried clicking anyway, but nothing happened. Thanks for your help!

  3. I’m not fluent, by any means, but my high school French makes me think this says, “Come my beautiful cat, into my loving heart.”

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All About Stitching on Perforated Paper

I recently wrote a post on my blog about using a stitchable journal cover and I mentioned that you can make your own stitched cover for a journal by using perforated paper instead of buying a stitchable notebook.

I have to admit, though, that I’ve never used perforated paper for cross stitch myself. I definitely want to because I think it would be great to use for bookmarks that don’t fray and have a little more stability, for example.

Sirious Stitches has us covered, though, because they did a deep dive into all things perforated cross stitch pattern that is worth the time to read through.

The post mentions that a lot of people use perforated paper for cross stitch because they buy an ornament kit that uses it. I’ve never seen these (or at least never noticed that that is what they were) but it’s a great idea to make small projects like ornaments in this way. It also talks about the pros and cons of using cross stitch paper, where to buy it and how to make your own. 

Making it yourself is an awesome idea because if you already have a pattern in mind you can just make holes in your paper where you need stitches to be and leave the rest solid. This would be ideal for making greeting cards, for example.

In addition to kits and sheets you can often find the paper pre-cut into different shapes you can use to make your own designs, no real pattern required.

The post also includes tips and advice for how to stitch on perforated paper that you’ll want to check out before you try your first project.

I’m super intrigued by the idea of using perforated paper for cross stitch and will probably be trying it out soon. Have you used it before? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

Check out the post over at Sirious Stitches for more information.

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