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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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How to Add Text to a Cross Stitch Project

One of the easiest ways to make a cross stitch project more personal is to add text to it. Whether you’re adding the names of people getting married to a generic floral cross stitch design, birth information to a project on theme with the new baby’s room or just adding a word or phrase that’s meaningful to you, adding words to cross stitch projects make them that much more special. 

But if you’re not working with a project that already has text built in, or you want to change the text that’s there, that can feel a little daunting. 

Caterpillar Cross Stitch has a great guide to adding names and words (as well as numbers) to projects, which talks you through what to consider and how to actually go about adding text to a cross stitch project successfully. 

You’ll need to think about what kind of font you want to use and if you’re using back stitched letters or larger filled letters, how much space you need and how the letters work together in the text you’re planning to make sure it’s readable. 

Their post includes common pitfalls such as running out a space or ending up with text that’s off center and how to avoid them (spoiler: chart out your text before you stitch!). 

The whole post is really helpful if you’ve never added lettering to a project before and don’t know where to start. I like to use block letters in back stitch when learning how to add text to cross stitch, but of course there are tons of lettering options. Check out this collection of cross stitch fonts if you want to see some different things you can try. 

And head over to Caterpillar Cross Stitch to get more tips for how to successfully add lettering to your cross stitch projects. They also have their own alphabet and number charts you can buy to add text to your stitching. 

Have you ever added text to a cross stitch project? I’d love to hear how it went!

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