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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.”

Have you read?

Designer Spotlight: Yellow Birdie Stitches

If you love to cross stitch bookmarks, Yellow Birdie Stitches is the Etsy shop for you. The shop is based in the UK and almost all of its designs are bookmarks (there are also some cute square designs). 

You’ll find bookmarks about everything from romance novel tropes to Asian inspired towers, cats and Art Nouveau designs. 

This one of a mermaid reading would be fun for summer, whether for you or for a mermaid loving person in your life. It measures 24 by 78 stitches and the patterns offer measurements for three different stitch counts, but it’s about 1.75 by 3.5 inches (or 4.4 by 8.8 cm) when stitched on 14 count fabric. 

It’s shown here on white fabric but the pattern also recommends light green or blue if you have that in your stash. It calls for 14 colors (or 15 if you choose to use Light Effects thread for part of the project) and it looks like it’s all whole cross stitches with a fair bit of back stitching. 

You’ll also need some felt or card stock to finish the back of your bookmark, though it is shown freshly stitched here. 

In addition to the bookmarks you’ll also find some square designs that I think are designed to be coasters or mounted onto greeting cards, but of course you could frame them in a small square frame as well. 

The cat section has several of these with a cats and bonsai theme. There’s also a coffee set that includes a bookmark, coaster and keychain fob. You’ll also find some seasonal designs. 

In addition to the above mentioned categories, you’ll find bookmarks with birds, bugs and dragons; patterns for spring, summer, autumn, Easter, Halloween and Christmas; fantasy designs and projects for tea lovers. 

So grab an audiobook and a project form Yellow Birdie Stitches to make for your next paper book read. 

[Photo: Yellow Birdie Stitches]