Me gustan los "macarons".
I like macaroons
I like macaroons
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| Estos son macarons de Oberweiss. These are from Oberweiss |
I like them a lot.
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| Los que más me gustan son de La Durée. The ones I like best are from La Durée. |
Me gustan los macarons; los de verdad y los de tela.
But... this is a blog about patchwork. What does this have to do?
I like macaroons, the real ones and the fabric ones.
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| Y por eso hice unos individuales con macarons. Con tela de macarons. So I made some macaroon place mats. With macaroon fabric. |
Macaroons last somewhat longer if you make place mats with macaroon fabric... And they are not as fattening.
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| Juego de 6. Set of 6 |
These place mats made with macaroon fabric are for Clara and François, who live in Paris.
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| Abajo a la derecha y con reborde marrón es un bolsillo para atrapar la servilleta o los cubiertos. On the bottom right-hand side corner, with a brown border, a small pocket to trap the napkin or the knife & fork. |
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| Están acolchados haciendo un "meandro" por entre los macarons. Y la superficie lisa por encima del bolsillo, con simples lineas rectas paralelas. They are quilted meandering among the macaroons, and the plain surface above the pocket is quilted with straight parallel lines |
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| Del revés no hay trabajo de patchwork, y se pueden usar por las dos caras, y combinar colores azules-fríos y beige-cálidos. On the back there is no patchwork, and they can be used on both sides, combining the blue-cold colours with the beige-warm ones. |
Y puestos en la mesa podrían verse así...
And they could look like this on the table...
O así.
Or like this.
Los individuales de Luci (¿de qué otro color podían ser?) y Alejandro.
The place mats for Luci (could they have been any other colour?) and Alejandro
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| Acolchado con lineas rectas, especie de plumas y meandros. Quilted in straight lines, sort of feathers and meanders |
The first place mats I made were the ones for Alberto and Laura. (The photos are pre-historic...) It's a set of four, with matching napkins. (It is clear they are four, isn't it?)
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| Para ser mi primer trabajo de acolchado libre están bastante bien... Considering they were my first free motion quilting work, they are quite acceptable... |
When visitors stay for more than one meal, the napkins can be used again by remembering the number you had; and there's no need for a napkin ring.
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| Servilletas numeradas (no hay más que esta foto!...) Numbered napkins (this is the only photo I have!) |
I first drew the numbers on fusible paper and once they were adhered to the red and white striped fabric, I fixed the numbers to the napkin by ironing, and then I reinforced the borders using a satin stich around the numbers.
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| Por la parte del revés se aprecia mejor el acochado The quilting is better seen on the back side |
En mi casa toda la vida se usaron manteles individuales para todos los días. Son cómodos porque se adaptan a la cantidad de comensales que hay, se lavan fácilmente y casi no hay que planchar, y si son reversibles, valen por dos...
At home we have always used place mats for everyday meals. They are convenient as you use the number needed for the people who are at table; they are easy to wash and there's no need to iron them, and if they are reversible, they are worth twice.
Desde el punto de vista del patchwork permiten practicar la técnica de acolchado libre (Free motion quilting=FMQ), bajando los dientes de abajo de la máquina de coser, y cambiando el pie o prensatela por uno de bordar.
From the patchwork point of view, they allow you to practise free motion quilting, lowering the feed dogs, and changing the foot to aenembroidery foot.
At home we have always used place mats for everyday meals. They are convenient as you use the number needed for the people who are at table; they are easy to wash and there's no need to iron them, and if they are reversible, they are worth twice.
Desde el punto de vista del patchwork permiten practicar la técnica de acolchado libre (Free motion quilting=FMQ), bajando los dientes de abajo de la máquina de coser, y cambiando el pie o prensatela por uno de bordar.
From the patchwork point of view, they allow you to practise free motion quilting, lowering the feed dogs, and changing the foot to aenembroidery foot.
Si es un juego de 4 ó 6 hay que repetirlo cuatro o seis veces, con lo que se aprovecha para afinar la habilidad. Al ser pequeños es mucho más fácil de manejar en la máquina que una colcha grande.
If it is a set of 4, or 6, you have to repeat the same design that number of times, so you refine your skill. As they are small, it is easier to work with them on the sewing machine than it is with a big quilt.
If it is a set of 4, or 6, you have to repeat the same design that number of times, so you refine your skill. As they are small, it is easier to work with them on the sewing machine than it is with a big quilt.
Ya que has leído hasta aquí, dos preguntas:
Now that you have read this far, two questions:
- Te gustaría que te regalaran manteles individuales? Con o sin servilletas?
- Y… ¿regalarías manteles individuales? A quién?
- Would you like to be given placemats as a present? With or without napkins?
- And... would you give placemats as a present? To whom?
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