* ALICE MARGAUX *

My friend Mariette got in June a breast cancer scare. She went through a very difficult time, but she had a lot of support of her  family, friends and her faith in God. At this moment she is happy and healthy  and to celebrate this, I cross stitched these flowers and butterfly for her.

I fell in love with this sweet Gorjuss design and when I was in Holland I bought the required colours  of DMC stranded cotton  for it. Back in Rio I stacked all that stuff away in my study, art room. One day I was waiting for the elevator together with the granddaughter of our neighbours. She is such a lovely girl and tries to speak english and I try my best with portuguese. For any one else it must be sounding hilarious, but we had so much fun. So I decided to make Gorjuss for Beatrice the girl with the nicest smile of whole Brasil. Beatrice loved it very much , I got a lots of kisses from her and from her mom.

This time no cross stitch project, but something completely different.  First I sketched the design with pencil onto the fabric and then decided that the stitch work would be blue. ( one of my favorite colours) Thanks to my stitch bible I made and discovered some nice and new stitches. I also used beads and sequins and small ribbons. I use it as a table runner in the kitchen , but actually it is a cushion cover.

Yes I am ready to cheer for my national soccer/ football team THE NETHERLANDS.   The colour orange is dominant and the tricolor  red white and blue is the accessory.             Instead of a flag which I could not find, I made door wreath. Tomorrow I am going to watch the game Holland - Spain in my orange shirt.                        Happy Football from Rio to you all!!!!!!!