<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686</id><updated>2012-01-29T00:11:41.574Z</updated><category term='relocating'/><category term='mail'/><category term='shows'/><category term='bags'/><category term='Portugal'/><category term='Blanc'/><category term='films'/><category term='printing'/><category term='nature'/><category term='happy clients'/><category term='projects'/><category term='handmade clothes'/><category term='art'/><category term='inspiration'/><category term='step-by-step'/><category term='vintage fashion'/><category term='travel'/><category term='other sewn goods'/><category term='guest blogging'/><category term='repurposing'/><category term='fabrics and trims'/><category term='History'/><category term='dresses'/><category term='refashioning'/><category term='sewing'/><category term='quilting'/><category term='crafty itinerary'/><category term='paper'/><category term='tartan'/><category term='books+magazines'/><category term='reviews'/><category term='Christmas'/><category term='shop talk'/><category term='Lisboa'/><category term='ego'/><category term='clutches'/><category term='Life is Messy Bootcamp'/><category term='UK'/><category term='crafts'/><category term='knitting'/><category term='sewing machine'/><category term='baby'/><category term='food'/><category term='scarves'/><category term='domestic life'/><category term='seasons'/><category term='chitas'/><category term='bibs'/><category term='aprons'/><title type='text'>Saídos da Concha</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1144</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-648509446328714563</id><published>2012-01-27T06:03:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-27T06:03:00.808Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step-by-step'/><title type='text'>Tutorials + Recipes</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: justify;"&gt;Estive a actualizar a página &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank"&gt;"Tutorials + Recipes"&lt;/a&gt; aqui do blog — para mais fácil consulta, agora todas as minhas instruções e receitas estão arrumadas no &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank"&gt;mesmo sítio&lt;/a&gt;. Bom fim-de-semana!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I've spent some time updating this blog's &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank"&gt;"Tutorial + Recipes"&lt;/a&gt; page — now all my instructions and recipes can be found in the &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/p/tutorials.html" target="_blank"&gt;same place&lt;/a&gt;. Have a great weekend!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-648509446328714563?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/648509446328714563/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=648509446328714563' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/648509446328714563'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/648509446328714563'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/tutorials-recipes.html' title='Tutorials + Recipes'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oVQoXgQAxGI/TyHAvscaruI/AAAAAAAAKJk/MBGTTJEfeYI/s72-c/bias+tape+tutorial+label.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6449227198646130884</id><published>2012-01-26T06:01:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-26T06:01:00.143Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Aula de Tricot :: Knitting Lesson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P4l_9nMq4VE/TyBRsZ8AFpI/AAAAAAAAKGk/c24bdutw_Fk/s1600/knitting+lesson+cables1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P4l_9nMq4VE/TyBRsZ8AFpI/AAAAAAAAKGk/c24bdutw_Fk/s640/knitting+lesson+cables1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PcD-4YelMdg/TyBRtnPgAkI/AAAAAAAAKGs/1NaCn51f4Cs/s1600/knitting+lesson+cables2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PcD-4YelMdg/TyBRtnPgAkI/AAAAAAAAKGs/1NaCn51f4Cs/s640/knitting+lesson+cables2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Por muita vontade que tenha de ser produtiva, chega uma altura do dia em que já não consigo fazer mais nada. Então sento-me na sala com a minha mãe, fazemos &lt;i&gt;tricot&lt;/i&gt; e vemos episódios da Miss Marple. Finalmente acabei de coser &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/08/go-faster-polo-sweater.html" target="_blank"&gt;esta camisola&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;e agora estou a aprender a fazer torcidos.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As much as I wish to be productive, there comes a time in the day when I can no longer work. So I sit with my mother in the living room and we knit and watch Miss Marple. I've finally finished &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/08/go-faster-polo-sweater.html" target="_blank"&gt;this jumper &lt;/a&gt;and know I'm learning how to knit cables.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6449227198646130884?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6449227198646130884/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6449227198646130884' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6449227198646130884'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6449227198646130884'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/aula-de-tricot-knitting-lesson.html' title='Aula de Tricot :: Knitting Lesson'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-P4l_9nMq4VE/TyBRsZ8AFpI/AAAAAAAAKGk/c24bdutw_Fk/s72-c/knitting+lesson+cables1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3520796778851482363</id><published>2012-01-25T06:47:00.003Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T18:33:00.731Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step-by-step'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Como Fazer uma Toalha com Capuz :: Hooded Towel Tutorial</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lqc3kZdWL1U/TyBII-kamfI/AAAAAAAAKGU/bPJScl0dvCU/s1600/hooded+towel+label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lqc3kZdWL1U/TyBII-kamfI/AAAAAAAAKGU/bPJScl0dvCU/s640/hooded+towel+label.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Na semana passada mostrei-vos &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-fita-de-vies-bias-tape.html" target="_blank"&gt;como faço fita de viés&lt;/a&gt; — hoje vamos ver como aplicá-la. Fiz uma toalha de banho para o bebé (aquele modelo clássico com capuz) e fotografámos o passo-a-passo. Vamos a isso?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Last week I showed you&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-fita-de-vies-bias-tape.html" target="_blank"&gt; how I make bias tape&lt;/a&gt; — today we'll see how to apply it. I made a baby towel (that classic hooded pattern) and we photographed the process step-by-step. Are you ready?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKapP7i0R50/TxxvC12HFaI/AAAAAAAAKFE/mTxH3PlphCk/s1600/hooded+towel+materials.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YKapP7i0R50/TxxvC12HFaI/AAAAAAAAKFE/mTxH3PlphCk/s640/hooded+towel+materials.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;1. Material necessário:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- um quadrado de turco branco com 100 x 100 cm&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- um quadrado de turco branco com 50 x 50 cm&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- 5 metros de fita de viés larga&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- linha de coser branca&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- alfinetes&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- tesoura&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- cortador rotativo (opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- régua em acrílico&amp;nbsp;(opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- tapete de corte&amp;nbsp;(opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- um prato de sobremesa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- máquina de costura&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;i&gt;walking foot&lt;/i&gt; (opcional)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1. Supplies:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- one 100 x 100 cm (1 x 1 yard) square of white cotton towelling&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;i style="font-style: normal;"&gt;- one 50 x 50 cm&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; (&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;½&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;x&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 15px;"&gt;½&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;yard)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;square of white cotton towelling&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- 5 metres (5 yards) of wide bias tape&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- all-purpose thread in white&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- pins&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- fabric scissors&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- rotary cutter (optional)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- acrylic ruler&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(optional)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- cutting mat&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(optional)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- one dessert plate&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- sewing machine&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- walking foot (optional)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Corte o quadrado de turco mais pequeno no sentido da diagonal. Ficará com dois triângulos, mas só precisará de um para fazer o capuz.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2. Cut the smaller square of towelling in half diagonally. You'll now have two triangles but you'll only need one to make the hood.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLe6QnRtqDg/TxSW-3vDSxI/AAAAAAAAKAk/DoeS5A5jhfo/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLe6QnRtqDg/TxSW-3vDSxI/AAAAAAAAKAk/DoeS5A5jhfo/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Corte uma tira de fita de viés com comprimento suficiente para debruar o lado maior do triângulo. Abra-a completamente, alinhe um dos lados da fita com a extremidade do triângulo e prenda com alfinetes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3. Cut a length of bias tape to fit the bottom edge of the hood. Unfold the tape and pin it to the edge of the hood.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CnUGX2DJYu8/TxSXANJMYMI/AAAAAAAAKAs/Rsfy6QEVl2A/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CnUGX2DJYu8/TxSXANJMYMI/AAAAAAAAKAs/Rsfy6QEVl2A/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;4. Cosa em cima do primeiro vinco.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;4. Stitch on top of the first crease.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qXuO8QcuCeA/TxSXB7AB_7I/AAAAAAAAKA0/DntXzULbFMg/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qXuO8QcuCeA/TxSXB7AB_7I/AAAAAAAAKA0/DntXzULbFMg/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5. De forma a estabilizar os pontos e reduzir quaisquer problemas de tensão, engome a costura tal como foi cosida (ainda do avesso).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5. In order to set the stitches and ease any tension problems, press the seam as sewn (still on the wrong side of the bias tape).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuC2uXXmoSM/TxSXDaM5SWI/AAAAAAAAKA8/5JJkzUJwmn4/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zuC2uXXmoSM/TxSXDaM5SWI/AAAAAAAAKA8/5JJkzUJwmn4/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Dobre a fita e engome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;6. Fold the tape and press.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tt5ic6jCFZQ/TxSXEnNkk3I/AAAAAAAAKBE/2whw6_oPDKQ/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Tt5ic6jCFZQ/TxSXEnNkk3I/AAAAAAAAKBE/2whw6_oPDKQ/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;7. Vire o capuz, dobre a fita e engome. Se desejar, prenda com alfinetes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;7.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;Flip the hood over and fold the bias tape, pressing it in place. Pin in place if you wish.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nM5ivJrry0A/TxSXFyEbjmI/AAAAAAAAKBM/eULc4DLkjaM/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nM5ivJrry0A/TxSXFyEbjmI/AAAAAAAAKBM/eULc4DLkjaM/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial6.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAnMB6CZHwo/TxSXG96KgcI/AAAAAAAAKBU/oJ1UR2TXTGo/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EAnMB6CZHwo/TxSXG96KgcI/AAAAAAAAKBU/oJ1UR2TXTGo/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial7.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;8. Cosa o mais próximo possível da extremidade da fita. Eu gosto de usar um ponto zig-zag largo, mas claro que se pode coser a direito (ou, se preferir, cosa à mão com pontos invisíveis).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;8. Sew as close to the edge of the bias tape as you can. I like to use a wide zig-zag stitch but you can stitch a straight line if you prefer (or even blind stitch it by hand).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-602dDn7INWc/TxSXIQlvi0I/AAAAAAAAKBc/H-lX8JzNuzI/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-602dDn7INWc/TxSXIQlvi0I/AAAAAAAAKBc/H-lX8JzNuzI/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;9. Alinhe a ponta do capuz com um dos cantos do quadrado de turco maior e prenda com alfinetes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;9. Pin the hood on a corner of the larger towelling square.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkWX_b-pyLI/TxSXJm3VoQI/AAAAAAAAKBk/neaAbNOr7c4/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xkWX_b-pyLI/TxSXJm3VoQI/AAAAAAAAKBk/neaAbNOr7c4/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-traNESBhZsw/TxSXLE_AI7I/AAAAAAAAKBs/e9JkR0Dzp-4/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-traNESBhZsw/TxSXLE_AI7I/AAAAAAAAKBs/e9JkR0Dzp-4/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial10.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;10. Para arredondar o canto, trace à volta de um prato de sobremesa e corte o excesso.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;10. To round off the corner, trace around a dessert plate and cut along that line.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2p9dhPa85fM/TxSXMki3gOI/AAAAAAAAKB0/rAi6s64W6wc/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2p9dhPa85fM/TxSXMki3gOI/AAAAAAAAKB0/rAi6s64W6wc/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial11.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;11. Com um ponto largo, cosa o capuz à toalha e engome.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;11. Machine baste the hood in place and press.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DaIEJQq_g8/TxSXOZiXL0I/AAAAAAAAKB8/S3YER-DgPY4/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1DaIEJQq_g8/TxSXOZiXL0I/AAAAAAAAKB8/S3YER-DgPY4/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial12.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;11. Agora só falta debruar a toalha: abra a fita de viés e prenda-a com alfinetes ao avesso da toalha.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;11. Now you just need to bind your towel: open the bias tape and pin it to the wrong side of your towel.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ycGBfj7C_u0/TxSXPtRM4cI/AAAAAAAAKCE/l2xyJD-gEWw/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ycGBfj7C_u0/TxSXPtRM4cI/AAAAAAAAKCE/l2xyJD-gEWw/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial13.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;12. Antes de começar a coser, deixe uma cauda de fita com cerca de 10 cm. Cosa&amp;nbsp;em cima do primeiro vinco a toda a volta da toalha, mas atenção...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;12. Before you start stitching, make sure you leave a tail of approx. 10 cm / 4'' unsewn. Stitch&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;on top of the first crease all around your towel but make sure you...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4gFXFkv7u1k/TxSXQ2NP1cI/AAAAAAAAKCM/Aox3bEWh0_c/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4gFXFkv7u1k/TxSXQ2NP1cI/AAAAAAAAKCM/Aox3bEWh0_c/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial14.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;13. ... pare de coser a cerca de 10 cm do final.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;13. ... stop sewing approx. 10 cm (4'') from the end.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QiV113RUoQY/TxSXSduD04I/AAAAAAAAKCU/KCKLMkmYAG0/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QiV113RUoQY/TxSXSduD04I/AAAAAAAAKCU/KCKLMkmYAG0/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial15.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;14. Dobre as extremidades da fita e vinque. Afaste do turco as partes da fita ainda por coser e prenda os vincos (direito com direito) com alfinetes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;14. Bring the start and the end of the tape together and fold them where they meet. Finger press, take the unsewn bits of tape away from the towelling and and pin the creases right sides together.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WOlVW-HTevU/TxSXTsOlrfI/AAAAAAAAKCc/lpFCSdLtNUI/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-WOlVW-HTevU/TxSXTsOlrfI/AAAAAAAAKCc/lpFCSdLtNUI/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial16.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;15. Cosa em cima dos vincos de forma a juntar as duas extremidades. Corte o excesso de tecido e abra a costura com o ferro. Acabe de coser a fita de viés à toalha.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;15. Stitch a straight line along the creases to join both ends. Trim the excess fabric and press the seam open. Finish sewing the bias tape to the towel.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5nsfOH4zYrc/TxSXU4H98ZI/AAAAAAAAKCk/itC2n0bCERA/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5nsfOH4zYrc/TxSXU4H98ZI/AAAAAAAAKCk/itC2n0bCERA/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial17.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;16. Dê pequenos golpes nas curvas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;16. Clip the curves.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hiQbndDmW_8/TxSXWKKYdLI/AAAAAAAAKCs/WFpDXqxXQDA/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-hiQbndDmW_8/TxSXWKKYdLI/AAAAAAAAKCs/WFpDXqxXQDA/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial18.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;17. Engome conforme descrito nos passos 5, 6 e 7.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;17. Press as described in steps 5, 6 and 7.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B02loQCqSSQ/Tx29YPTO1vI/AAAAAAAAKFc/oMAZgrzaboI/s1600/hooded+towel+tutorial19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-B02loQCqSSQ/Tx29YPTO1vI/AAAAAAAAKFc/oMAZgrzaboI/s640/hooded+towel+tutorial19.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;18. No direito da toalha, cosa a fita de viés a toda a volta com um ponto zig-zag largo (ou a direito, ou à mão). Engome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;18. On the right side of the towel, stitch the bias tape in place using a wide zig-zag stitch (or use a straight stitch, or blind stitch by hand). Press.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-72tSBw2ow_A/Tx29jft86eI/AAAAAAAAKFk/mE0C0blagf4/s1600/hooded+towel1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-72tSBw2ow_A/Tx29jft86eI/AAAAAAAAKFk/mE0C0blagf4/s640/hooded+towel1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Já está! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;That's it!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3520796778851482363?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3520796778851482363/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3520796778851482363' title='28 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3520796778851482363'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3520796778851482363'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-uma-toalha-com-capuz-hooded.html' title='Como Fazer uma Toalha com Capuz :: Hooded Towel Tutorial'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Lqc3kZdWL1U/TyBII-kamfI/AAAAAAAAKGU/bPJScl0dvCU/s72-c/hooded+towel+label.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>28</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-959701063926193299</id><published>2012-01-24T06:21:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-24T08:40:40.650Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Lã :: Yarn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JzL-KpeSrf4/TxxvtXp4yWI/AAAAAAAAKFM/GBsjcNzyNxY/s1600/yarn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JzL-KpeSrf4/TxxvtXp4yWI/AAAAAAAAKFM/GBsjcNzyNxY/s640/yarn.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apesar de não tricotar (acho que um ou dois projectos por ano não contam), adoro lãs. Em Inglaterra é muito fácil encontrar fios de excelente qualidade (não só em pura lã como também em alpaca, caxemira, seda, algodão e outras fibras naturais) e a enorme diversidade de cores e texturas disponíveis nas lojas fazem disparar a imaginação até de uma não-tricotadeira como eu.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A minha mãe veio cá passar uns tempos e no sábado fomos às compras. Estes novelos vão ser transformados em camisolas e casacos de bebé para o próximo Outono... mal posso esperar!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Although I don't knit (I don't think my one or two projects a year are enough to qualify me as a knitter), I love yarn. In England it's very easy to find excellent quality yarn (not only pure wool but also alpaca, cashmere, silk, cotton and other natural fibers) and the huge array of colours and textures that are available in the shops make even a non-knitter such as myself dream about all their possibilities.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;My mother has come to stay and on Saturday we went shopping. These skeins are destined to become the baby's cardigans and jumpers for next autumn... I can't wait!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-959701063926193299?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/959701063926193299/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=959701063926193299' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/959701063926193299'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/959701063926193299'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/la-yarn.html' title='Lã :: Yarn'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JzL-KpeSrf4/TxxvtXp4yWI/AAAAAAAAKFM/GBsjcNzyNxY/s72-c/yarn.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5904600572540041790</id><published>2012-01-23T06:41:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-23T07:39:16.715Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Livro de Pano :: Quiet Book</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i87qqoZuTu0/Txxmnvo9hmI/AAAAAAAAKD0/FQHnZyUi57s/s1600/quiet+book2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i87qqoZuTu0/Txxmnvo9hmI/AAAAAAAAKD0/FQHnZyUi57s/s640/quiet+book2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--DmQuHGs3Qk/TxxnselLS9I/AAAAAAAAKE0/_JnvzbBu7LQ/s1600/quiet+book3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--DmQuHGs3Qk/TxxnselLS9I/AAAAAAAAKE0/_JnvzbBu7LQ/s640/quiet+book3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1pVR3M3_fII/TxxnuJxUrzI/AAAAAAAAKE8/TzWBoZGGpXg/s1600/quiet+book4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1pVR3M3_fII/TxxnuJxUrzI/AAAAAAAAKE8/TzWBoZGGpXg/s640/quiet+book4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Br3lmTlc1h0/TxxmrxBpj5I/AAAAAAAAKEM/JnEvO2DSmN0/s1600/quiet+book5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Br3lmTlc1h0/TxxmrxBpj5I/AAAAAAAAKEM/JnEvO2DSmN0/s640/quiet+book5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWvQY2-ufBA/Txxmtolr86I/AAAAAAAAKEU/5qmRcxQ5KLk/s1600/quiet+book6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWvQY2-ufBA/Txxmtolr86I/AAAAAAAAKEU/5qmRcxQ5KLk/s640/quiet+book6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wa1GZhoazS8/TxxmugyEfiI/AAAAAAAAKEc/TRRIwLU3Sv4/s1600/quiet+book7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-wa1GZhoazS8/TxxmugyEfiI/AAAAAAAAKEc/TRRIwLU3Sv4/s640/quiet+book7.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZMcrx_bFrM/Txxmv-MA4KI/AAAAAAAAKEk/Hgy5szvWoI0/s1600/quiet+book8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6ZMcrx_bFrM/Txxmv-MA4KI/AAAAAAAAKEk/Hgy5szvWoI0/s640/quiet+book8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QlN3pX7TdgA/TxxmxDFITBI/AAAAAAAAKEs/xYS9Cq0juNQ/s1600/quiet+book9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QlN3pX7TdgA/TxxmxDFITBI/AAAAAAAAKEs/xYS9Cq0juNQ/s640/quiet+book9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Fiz um livro de pano para a minha sobrinha de 9 meses. Como ela ainda é muito pequena, decidi-me por um conceito bastante simples: 12 páginas almofadadas feitas com tecidos figurativos, coloridos e que despertam a imaginação. Espero que ela goste!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I sewed a quiet book for my 9-month-old nice. Since she's so young, I went for a very simple concept: 12 padded pages made from colourful, playful, novelty fabrics. I hope she likes it!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5904600572540041790?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5904600572540041790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5904600572540041790' title='48 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5904600572540041790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5904600572540041790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/livro-de-pano-quiet-book.html' title='Livro de Pano :: Quiet Book'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-i87qqoZuTu0/Txxmnvo9hmI/AAAAAAAAKD0/FQHnZyUi57s/s72-c/quiet+book2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>48</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6481564092880599843</id><published>2012-01-20T06:07:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-20T06:07:01.256Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Flores de Janeiro :: January Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ochWhsIVz3w/Txgj4bGSA6I/AAAAAAAAKDU/4qBoVjWyZdk/s1600/january+mantelpiece2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ochWhsIVz3w/Txgj4bGSA6I/AAAAAAAAKDU/4qBoVjWyZdk/s640/january+mantelpiece2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_-Te9b8_NQs/Txgj9_ecinI/AAAAAAAAKDc/j6CzWkJ1eWI/s1600/january+mantelpiece1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="394" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_-Te9b8_NQs/Txgj9_ecinI/AAAAAAAAKDc/j6CzWkJ1eWI/s640/january+mantelpiece1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yd6CWa39pc8/Txgj_LxPdRI/AAAAAAAAKDk/Fv_gLks_QYw/s1600/january+mantelpiece3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yd6CWa39pc8/Txgj_LxPdRI/AAAAAAAAKDk/Fv_gLks_QYw/s640/january+mantelpiece3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ssSBacrhpAk/Txgj_0ofvLI/AAAAAAAAKDo/AYcPyxGbqpY/s1600/january+mantelpiece4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ssSBacrhpAk/Txgj_0ofvLI/AAAAAAAAKDo/AYcPyxGbqpY/s640/january+mantelpiece4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Janeiro não é o mês mais luminoso nem tão pouco o mais florido, mas mesmo assim é possível trazer elementos naturais para dentro de casa. Há um ano coloquei &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/01/winter-branches.html" target="_blank"&gt;ramos despidos&lt;/a&gt; em água (que acabaram por despontar com o calor da lareira) — este ano tenho &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-bulb-planting.html" target="_blank"&gt;jacintos forçados&lt;/a&gt;, bagas de roseira e, para grande surpresa minha, rosas do canteiro à frente de casa (estão picadas pela geada mas até gosto delas assim). A lareira é nova, mas isso fica para um &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt; especial sobre a nossa sala.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;January isn't strong in light nor garden flowers, but even so it's possible to bring some natural elements indoors. Last year I cut and placed some &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/01/winter-branches.html" target="_blank"&gt;bare branches&lt;/a&gt; in water (which ended up blooming due to the heat of the fire) — this year I've got &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-bulb-planting.html" target="_blank"&gt;forced hyacinths&lt;/a&gt;, rosehips and, to my great surprise, even some roses from the bed in front of our house (they show some frost damage but I kind of like them that way). The mantelpiece is new but I'm saving that for a special post about our sitting room.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6481564092880599843?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6481564092880599843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6481564092880599843' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6481564092880599843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6481564092880599843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/flores-de-janeiro-january-flowers.html' title='Flores de Janeiro :: January Flowers'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ochWhsIVz3w/Txgj4bGSA6I/AAAAAAAAKDU/4qBoVjWyZdk/s72-c/january+mantelpiece2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6011454403973749657</id><published>2012-01-18T06:17:00.004Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T18:00:21.141Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step-by-step'/><title type='text'>Como Fazer Fita de Viés :: Bias Tape Tutorial</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j3qgAkAeumY/TyBC_rfG8AI/AAAAAAAAKGE/KHYBIzOxNGs/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial+label.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j3qgAkAeumY/TyBC_rfG8AI/AAAAAAAAKGE/KHYBIzOxNGs/s640/bias+tape+tutorial+label.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Hoje vou mostrar-vos a maneira como eu faço fitas de viés. Há outras técnicas, claro, mas esta forma de fazer é simples e resulta sempre. Vamos a isto?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Today I'm going to show you how I make bias tape. There are other techniques, of course, but this one is simple and effective. Are you ready?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-reUrd7znAHI/TxSTlLS6LHI/AAAAAAAAJ-0/jFzRQjzBGnk/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-reUrd7znAHI/TxSTlLS6LHI/AAAAAAAAJ-0/jFzRQjzBGnk/s640/bias+tape+tutorial1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. Comece por reunir todos os materiais necessários: tecido, fazedor de viés, tesoura, cortador rotativo, fita métrica, régua em acrílico, tapete de corte, ferro de engomar, máquina de costura.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1. Start by gathering all the necessary supplies: fabric, bias tape maker, scissors, rotary cutter, tape measure, acrylic ruler, self-healing cutting mat, iron, sewing machine.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JaGXVLHvC0c/TxU3tDZn-II/AAAAAAAAKC0/2fPl5qyuty0/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-JaGXVLHvC0c/TxU3tDZn-II/AAAAAAAAKC0/2fPl5qyuty0/s640/bias+tape+tutorial3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2.&amp;nbsp;Existem vários tamanhos de fazedores de viés; este que usei faz viés com 2,5 cm de largura. Para saber a largura das tiras de tecido que irá cortar, há que medir o interior do mesmo: este tem 10 cm.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2. Bias tape makers come in different sizes; this one I'm using makes bias tape that's 2,5 cm / 1'' wide. In order to know the width of the fabric strips you're about to cut, first you must measure the inside of the bias tape maker: this one is 10 cm / 4'' wide.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtNpPBRMYTo/TxSTmUVfN3I/AAAAAAAAJ-8/eEpvDs7yrBM/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NtNpPBRMYTo/TxSTmUVfN3I/AAAAAAAAJ-8/eEpvDs7yrBM/s640/bias+tape+tutorial2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Dobre o tecido a 45º e corte ao longo da dobra com uma tesoura. O seu tecido terá agora a forma de um triângulo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3. Fold your fabric at a 45º angle and cut along the fold with a pair of scissors. Your fabric will now have a triangular shape.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRL0MDu9HnQ/TxSTo8GO7jI/AAAAAAAAJ_M/zlsH9kgbpyM/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eRL0MDu9HnQ/TxSTo8GO7jI/AAAAAAAAJ_M/zlsH9kgbpyM/s640/bias+tape+tutorial4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4. Dobre o triângulo ao meio, alinhando o corte em viés que acabou de fazer. Use a régua e o cortador rotativo para acertar esse mesmo corte.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4. Fold the triangle in half along the bias edge you've just cut. Using the ruler and the rotary cutter, trim that edge.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vs5EI4oVPLA/TxSTqd95KMI/AAAAAAAAJ_U/l2OW1sOnS5U/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Vs5EI4oVPLA/TxSTqd95KMI/AAAAAAAAJ_U/l2OW1sOnS5U/s640/bias+tape+tutorial5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mVSqiX6nT9M/TxSTr_8lN_I/AAAAAAAAJ_c/OjGCwGWRVBo/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mVSqiX6nT9M/TxSTr_8lN_I/AAAAAAAAJ_c/OjGCwGWRVBo/s640/bias+tape+tutorial6.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5. Agora corte tiras com 10 cm de largura até ao fim do tecido.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5. Now cut 10 cm / 4'' wide strips until you run out of fabric.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDgpXEiH0mU/TxSTtMUbPmI/AAAAAAAAJ_k/yg85jnCGcAc/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EDgpXEiH0mU/TxSTtMUbPmI/AAAAAAAAJ_k/yg85jnCGcAc/s640/bias+tape+tutorial7.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;6. Pegue em duas tiras com extremidades em ângulos opostos.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;6. Take two strips that have edges in opposite angles.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TWv5Y78AZzc/TxSTuufZ_TI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/Wkl1blm3FeE/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TWv5Y78AZzc/TxSTuufZ_TI/AAAAAAAAJ_s/Wkl1blm3FeE/s640/bias+tape+tutorial8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;7. Deite uma tira sobre a outra, direito contra direito (este tecido que usei é igual dos dois lados, por isso é impossível ver a diferença entre direito e avesso), de maneira a formarem um ângulo recto, e descompensando um pouco as pontas (cerca de 0,5 cm, medida que corresponde à margem de costura).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;7. Lay one strip on top of the other, right sides together (this particular fabric I'm using looks the same on both sides so you can't really tell which is side is which), at a 90º angle, and make sure you overlap the edges by approx. 0,5 cm /&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="PT" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;¼&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;'' (this is your seam allowance).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DT8C2aw9uts/TxSTwTma96I/AAAAAAAAJ_0/1HqdLAb8ftM/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DT8C2aw9uts/TxSTwTma96I/AAAAAAAAJ_0/1HqdLAb8ftM/s640/bias+tape+tutorial9.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;8. Cosa à máquina usando uma margem de costura de 0,5 cm. Abra a costura com o ferro e corte o excesso de tecido. Repita até ter obtido uma tira contínua.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;8. Machine-sew the seam using a 0,5 cm /&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="PT" style="font-size: 11.5pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;¼&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;'' seam allowance. Press the seam allowance open and clip off the excess fabric. Repeat to join the remaining strips.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkGnBJiaPZQ/TxSTxSrQ0HI/AAAAAAAAJ_8/un3PifCYL64/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OkGnBJiaPZQ/TxSTxSrQ0HI/AAAAAAAAJ_8/un3PifCYL64/s640/bias+tape+tutorial10.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;9. Com o avesso virado para cima, enfie uma extremidade da tira de tecido através do fazedor de viés.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;9. With the wrong side of the fabric facing up, feed the edge of the strip into the bias tape maker.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iaUn0yykdtQ/TxSTzWqTeWI/AAAAAAAAKAE/4-ek5KtCDqw/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iaUn0yykdtQ/TxSTzWqTeWI/AAAAAAAAKAE/4-ek5KtCDqw/s640/bias+tape+tutorial11.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;10. Vá puxando lentamente o fazedor de viés e engome as dobras que se vão formando.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;10. Slowly pull the maker and press the folds as they come out of it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMkTWjjwDV4/TxST2N605gI/AAAAAAAAKAM/qQpmPd9s9Xg/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-QMkTWjjwDV4/TxST2N605gI/AAAAAAAAKAM/qQpmPd9s9Xg/s640/bias+tape+tutorial12.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;11. Dobre a tira a meio a todo o comprimento e engome.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;11. Fold the bias tape in half and press.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig5F8Z8vPw4/TxST4y71jLI/AAAAAAAAKAU/r1Fr7mx011w/s1600/bias+tape+tutorial13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ig5F8Z8vPw4/TxST4y71jLI/AAAAAAAAKAU/r1Fr7mx011w/s640/bias+tape+tutorial13.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Já está! Para ver como aplico as fitas de viés, espreite as minhas instruções para fazer uma &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-uma-toalha-com-capuz-hooded.html" target="_blank"&gt;toalha de banho com capuz&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;That's it! For the method I use to sew on the bias tape, check out my &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-uma-toalha-com-capuz-hooded.html" target="_blank"&gt;hooded towel tutorial&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6011454403973749657?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6011454403973749657/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6011454403973749657' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6011454403973749657'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6011454403973749657'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/como-fazer-fita-de-vies-bias-tape.html' title='Como Fazer Fita de Viés :: Bias Tape Tutorial'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j3qgAkAeumY/TyBC_rfG8AI/AAAAAAAAKGE/KHYBIzOxNGs/s72-c/bias+tape+tutorial+label.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4064080760710357098</id><published>2012-01-17T06:22:00.002Z</published><updated>2012-01-17T06:22:01.074Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life is Messy Bootcamp'/><title type='text'>Life is Messy Bootcamp</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fSMxHHOAHtE/TxQB2Dolj9I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/OM_qh6VioAI/s1600/life+is+messy1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fSMxHHOAHtE/TxQB2Dolj9I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/OM_qh6VioAI/s640/life+is+messy1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ozZU9ZY-tgU/TxQB3OtdsmI/AAAAAAAAJ-k/yfhw1pSFtII/s1600/life+is+messy2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ozZU9ZY-tgU/TxQB3OtdsmI/AAAAAAAAJ-k/yfhw1pSFtII/s640/life+is+messy2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UYQe8iCXz4A/TxQB4bmDS7I/AAAAAAAAJ-s/Z6BAv_Eo-mg/s1600/life+is+messy3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-UYQe8iCXz4A/TxQB4bmDS7I/AAAAAAAAJ-s/Z6BAv_Eo-mg/s640/life+is+messy3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Trabalhar por conta própria tem inúmeras vantagens mas, como em todas as situações, é impossível escapar aos aspectos negativos. O isolamento, a falta de pessoas com quem discutir ideias e, muitas vezes, a inexistência de um chefe que nos imponha objectivos, método e disciplina — tudo isto pode contribuir para que a nossa actividade seja pouco focada e, consequentemente, pouco produtiva.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Felizmente vivemos num mundo cheio de gente talentosa e numa época em que a informação nunca esteve tão acessível. Há inúmeros especialistas que ajudam&lt;i&gt; creative entrepreneurs&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;e vários cursos desenhados especificamente para pessoas que, tal como eu, têm um negócio criativo&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt; e sentem necessidade de algum treino e orientação.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A minha grande resolução para 2012 é organizar a minha vida e tirar o maior partido possível dos meus dias. Há anos que sinto necessidade de planear mensalmente o meu blog, definir objectivos profissionais semestrais, organizar as minhas finanças, e aí por diante. Em 2012 faço 30 anos e nasce o meu primeiro filho. A vida não para e sei que tenho de vivê-la da maneira mais autêntica e intensa possível.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há aquela ideia de que organização e planificação constrangem a liberdade e a espontaneidade. Eu não acredito nisso — acho é que temos de arranjar formas divertidas e criativas de orientar o nosso dia-a-dia na direcção que pretendemos.&amp;nbsp;Estou entusiasmadíssima com o novo curso &lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt; em que me inscrevi: chama-se &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;Life is Messy Bootcamp&lt;/a&gt; e é dado pela Mayi Carles do blog&lt;a href="http://www.heartmadeblog.com/" target="_blank"&gt; Heartmade&lt;/a&gt;. Se tiverem interesse numa mega acção de formação para &lt;i&gt;creative entrepreneurs&lt;/i&gt; com vídeos, guias passo-a-passo, folhas de exercícios e acesso a uma comunidade de pessoas com perfis, interesses e desafios semelhantes, vale a pena explorar o &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;site&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;O &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;curso&lt;/a&gt; começa a 15 de Fevereiro e acaba a 31 de Dezembro de 2012. No acto da inscrição recebemos automaticamente os fantásticos&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Life is Messy Planners&lt;/i&gt;: 25 ficheiros para ajudar a planear objectivos, planos, linhas de acção e muito mais, tudo muito concreto e ultra apetecível em termos gráficos (o que também é importante!). Eu imprimi logo os meus e digo-vos que já noto um aumento substancial na minha produtividade e no planeamento dos &lt;i&gt;posts&lt;/i&gt; deste blog. Estou ansiosa pelo início do &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;curso&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Being self-employed presents numerous advantages but, like any other situation in life, comes with its own negative aspects. The isolation, the lack of people to discuss ideas with and, more often than not, the non-existence of a boss who will provide us with goals, method and discipline — all of this can mean that our activity can be unfocused and consequently unproductive.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Luckily we live in a world filled with talented people and in an era when information has never been so available to us. There are dozens of experts who specialise in helping creative entrepreneurs and several ecourses designed specifically for people who, like me, have an online creative business and feel the need to receive some coaching and orientation.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My great resolution for 2012 is to organise my life and make the most of my days. For years I've felt the need to plan my blog content, set professional goals, take control of my finances, and so forth. In 2012 I will turn 30 and my first child will be born. Life doesn't stop and I know I must live it to the full in an authentic, engaged way.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;There's that prejudice that organising and planning will necessarily constraint freedom and spontaneity. I couldn't agree less — what we must do is come up with fun, creative ways to guide our days in the direction we wish to take. I'm so excited with the new ecourse I've enrolled in: it's called &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;Life is Messy Bootcamp&lt;/a&gt; and the person behind it is Mayi Carles from &lt;a href="http://www.heartmadeblog.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Heartmade&lt;/a&gt;. If you're interested in a training program with videos, step-by-step guides, hands-on exercises and access to a whole community of like-minded people, then check out the course&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;ecourse&lt;/a&gt; runs from the 15th of February to the 31st of December 2012. But when you join you get instant access to the fabulous Life is Messy Planners: 25 worksheets to help you set goals, plans, actionable tasks and much more, and so cleverly designed and aesthetically pleasing (which is so important!). I printed mine straight away and I can tell you that I'm already noticing a massive increase in productivity and blog content planning. I can't wait for the &lt;a href="http://www.lifeismessybootcamp.com/index.php?aff_id=6" target="_blank"&gt;program&lt;/a&gt; to start!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4064080760710357098?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4064080760710357098/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4064080760710357098' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4064080760710357098'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4064080760710357098'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/life-is-messy-bootcamp.html' title='Life is Messy Bootcamp'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fSMxHHOAHtE/TxQB2Dolj9I/AAAAAAAAJ-c/OM_qh6VioAI/s72-c/life+is+messy1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7128686573559251829</id><published>2012-01-16T06:14:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-16T06:14:00.182Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='repurposing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Sacos de Alfazema :: Lavender Bags</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0PaUg52SFB0/TxIADEmM84I/AAAAAAAAJ90/jYX7kiw1zNw/s1600/lavender+bags1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0PaUg52SFB0/TxIADEmM84I/AAAAAAAAJ90/jYX7kiw1zNw/s640/lavender+bags1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0Zz5A7wkkI/TxIAElm-QHI/AAAAAAAAJ98/BXJXYcbDkZM/s1600/lavender+bags2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0Zz5A7wkkI/TxIAElm-QHI/AAAAAAAAJ98/BXJXYcbDkZM/s640/lavender+bags2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Saudosismos à parte, há certas coisas que nunca deveriam passar de moda. Gavetas a cheirar a alfazema, por exemplo, são algo tão delicioso, tão intemporal e tão simples de alcançar. Todos nós, mesmo aqueles que nunca pregaram um botão na vida, temos restos de tecidos em casa: roupa que passou de moda ou que já não serve, &lt;i&gt;écharpes&lt;/i&gt; de seda com vestígios de traças, lenços de assoar bordados que já ninguém usa, fronhas que já não cabem nas almofadas de hoje em dia, lençóis das avós que são demasiado curtos para as camas contemporâneas. Vamos transformá-los em algo útil e agradável, então!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(estes sacos são aproveitamentos dos restos &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/alcofa-moses-basket.html" target="_blank"&gt;destes lençóis&lt;/a&gt; e vão perfumar as gavetas da cómoda do bebé — os &lt;i&gt;tricots&lt;/i&gt;, esses foram feitos pela minha sogra)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Certain things should never get out of fashion. Lavender scented drawers, for instance, are so timeless, so lovely and so simple to achieve. Everyone, even those amongst us who have never sewn a button in their lives, have bits of fabric lying around in their homes: clothes that are outdated or that no longer fit, silk scarves with moth damage, embroidered handkerchiefs that no-one uses anymore, old pillow cases and sheets that are too small for today's pillows and beds. Why not turn them into something useful and nice, then?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;(these lavender bags have been made with leftovers from &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/alcofa-moses-basket.html" target="_blank"&gt;these sheets&lt;/a&gt; and are destined for the baby's chest of drawers — the hand-knits are my mother-in-law's work)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7128686573559251829?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7128686573559251829/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7128686573559251829' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7128686573559251829'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7128686573559251829'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/sacos-de-alfazema-lavender-bags.html' title='Sacos de Alfazema :: Lavender Bags'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0PaUg52SFB0/TxIADEmM84I/AAAAAAAAJ90/jYX7kiw1zNw/s72-c/lavender+bags1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5173904466131173448</id><published>2012-01-14T22:10:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-14T22:13:18.959Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Presentes da Cozinha :: Gifts from the Kitchen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZEBBiXvUAw/TxH3ixlUoNI/AAAAAAAAJ9s/0ShbtlMGpEA/s1600/food+gifts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZEBBiXvUAw/TxH3ixlUoNI/AAAAAAAAJ9s/0ShbtlMGpEA/s640/food+gifts.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Hoje fomos conhecer um bebé novo, minúsculo e absolutamente amoroso. Como já tinha oferecido aos pais um dos meus &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha?section_id=5638122" target="_blank"&gt;babetes&lt;/a&gt;, hoje à tarde levei-lhes apenas um frasco de doce de laranja amarga e uma lata de bolachas de chocolate (a receita vem &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martha-Stewart-Cookies-treats-share/dp/0593066448/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326577806&amp;amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"&gt;neste livro extraordinário&lt;/a&gt;). Foi uma tarde mesmo bem passada!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Today we met a new, sweet little baby. As I had already given her parents one of my &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha?section_id=5638122" target="_blank"&gt;bibs&lt;/a&gt;, this afternoon I simply took them a jar of homemade marmalade and a tin of chocolate biscuits (I used a recipe from &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Martha-Stewart-Cookies-treats-share/dp/0593066448/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;amp;ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326577806&amp;amp;sr=1-1" target="_blank"&gt;this fabulous book&lt;/a&gt;). What a lovely time we had!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photo:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5173904466131173448?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5173904466131173448/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5173904466131173448' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5173904466131173448'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5173904466131173448'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/presentes-da-cozinha-gifts-from-kitchen.html' title='Presentes da Cozinha :: Gifts from the Kitchen'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OZEBBiXvUAw/TxH3ixlUoNI/AAAAAAAAJ9s/0ShbtlMGpEA/s72-c/food+gifts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-556917580750228606</id><published>2012-01-13T06:14:00.018Z</published><updated>2012-01-14T22:36:48.341Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='repurposing'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Alcofa :: Moses Basket</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-x-_segXKo/TwxkAfoIqcI/AAAAAAAAJ9A/5EL_zEt5ANg/s1600/moses+basket1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-x-_segXKo/TwxkAfoIqcI/AAAAAAAAJ9A/5EL_zEt5ANg/s640/moses+basket1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4w_jB4CpzHU/TwxkBbtYYfI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/ydi9Pz5Lysk/s1600/moses+basket2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4w_jB4CpzHU/TwxkBbtYYfI/AAAAAAAAJ9I/ydi9Pz5Lysk/s640/moses+basket2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4sURJ-5mhgg/TwxkCt2w7pI/AAAAAAAAJ9Q/wNTO8PX8KO0/s1600/moses+basket3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-4sURJ-5mhgg/TwxkCt2w7pI/AAAAAAAAJ9Q/wNTO8PX8KO0/s640/moses+basket3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VqSbqMYpakc/TwxkD_dmC_I/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/LrJ8CrbblpY/s1600/moses+basket4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-VqSbqMYpakc/TwxkD_dmC_I/AAAAAAAAJ9Y/LrJ8CrbblpY/s640/moses+basket4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Finalmente forrei a alcofa! Utilizei um dos &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/lencois-antigos-old-sheets.html" target="_blank"&gt;lençóis antigos&lt;/a&gt; que vieram de casa dos meus avós paternos e no meio&amp;nbsp;incluí uma camada daquele enchimento de algodão que utilizo para os&lt;em&gt; quilts&lt;/em&gt;. Também fiz um lençol de baixo com elástico e, como quero fazer mais dois, estou a pensar fotografar o processo para o partilhar aqui convosco (é mesmo muito fácil e tão mais prático do um lençol normal).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Aproveitei para fazer a cama com um lençol de cima que foi da minha mãe quando era bebé e com uma manta em &lt;i&gt;tricot &lt;/i&gt;(esta mais recente e feita a quatro mãos pela minha avó e pela minha mãe) — o modelo vem &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Book-Baby-Knits/dp/1844009459/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326299468&amp;amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt;neste livro&lt;/a&gt; e a lã é &lt;a href="http://www.debbieblissonline.com/Yarn.asp?yid=12" target="_blank"&gt;esta&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I've finally lined the moses basket! To make the cover I used one of those &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/lencois-antigos-old-sheets.html" target="_blank"&gt;old sheets&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt; that came from my paternal grandparents' house and a layer of cotton wadding. I've also sewed a fitted sheet and, since I want to make two more, I'm thinking of photographing the process so I can share it with you (it's so simple and much more practical than a regular sheet).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I made the bed with a lovely sheet that belonged to my mother when she was a baby and a hand-knitted blanket (recently made by both my grandmother and my mother) — the pattern came from&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Ultimate-Book-Baby-Knits/dp/1844009459/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1326299468&amp;amp;sr=8-1" target="_blank"&gt; this book&lt;/a&gt; and the yarn is &lt;a href="http://www.debbieblissonline.com/Yarn.asp?yid=12" target="_blank"&gt;this one&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-556917580750228606?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/556917580750228606/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=556917580750228606' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/556917580750228606'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/556917580750228606'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/alcofa-moses-basket.html' title='Alcofa :: Moses Basket'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0-x-_segXKo/TwxkAfoIqcI/AAAAAAAAJ9A/5EL_zEt5ANg/s72-c/moses+basket1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4429370195483317521</id><published>2012-01-12T06:31:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-12T06:31:01.052Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='projects'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilt Kits in Progress</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FJy1PiwEAec/Tww9lAmhbgI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/VFZE7Jpl-iQ/s1600/quilt+kits+in+progress1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FJy1PiwEAec/Tww9lAmhbgI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/VFZE7Jpl-iQ/s640/quilt+kits+in+progress1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PI8UEpMgY9M/Tww9mm1YioI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/uFPVe6QBB9w/s1600/quilt+kits+in+progress2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-PI8UEpMgY9M/Tww9mm1YioI/AAAAAAAAJ8o/uFPVe6QBB9w/s640/quilt+kits+in+progress2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Têm-me perguntado se haverá mais &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; disponíveis no futuro — a resposta é sim! Mas de momento tenho alguma dificuldade em estar em pé muitas horas (e acreditem que engomar e cortar tecidos leva mesmo muito tempo), por isso os &lt;i&gt;kits&lt;/i&gt; só estarão na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt; daqui a umas semanas...&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You've been asking me whether I'll have any more &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt; available in the near future — the answer is yes! But presently I'm unable to stand on my feet for long stretches of time (and believe me when I say that ironing and cutting fabric takes a very long time), which means that the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt; will only be updated in a few weeks time...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4429370195483317521?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4429370195483317521/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4429370195483317521' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4429370195483317521'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4429370195483317521'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-kits-in-progress.html' title='Quilt Kits in Progress'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-FJy1PiwEAec/Tww9lAmhbgI/AAAAAAAAJ8g/VFZE7Jpl-iQ/s72-c/quilt+kits+in+progress1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6825560777998721432</id><published>2012-01-11T06:24:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-11T06:24:00.504Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Cueiros :: Baby Dresses</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v35vG8Hl8os/TwnfVw7OW1I/AAAAAAAAJ8Q/WPtC7ZwZuU4/s1600/cueiros1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v35vG8Hl8os/TwnfVw7OW1I/AAAAAAAAJ8Q/WPtC7ZwZuU4/s640/cueiros1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_dT8i9WgeSY/TwnfW1BkrhI/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/XNfaJh2ra94/s1600/cueiros2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_dT8i9WgeSY/TwnfW1BkrhI/AAAAAAAAJ8Y/XNfaJh2ra94/s640/cueiros2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Cueiros dividem as opiniões das mães e parece-me que já só se usam em Portugal e Espanha (onde&amp;nbsp;creio que dão pelo nome de&lt;em&gt; faldones&lt;/em&gt;). Há quem diga que nada é mais prático para mudar fraldas, há quem os&amp;nbsp;vista apenas a raparigas, há ainda quem os ache detestáveis. O próprio termo é ambíguo — o velho dicionário Moraes (que o meu pai herdou e de que eu tanto gosto) define cueiro como "faixa de baeta ou flanela, pano em que se envolve o corpo das crianças da cintura para baixo e especialmente as nádegas"— bastante distante desta espécie de vestido unissexo, portanto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tanto o meu irmão como eu usámos cueiros nos primeiros meses de vida e eu agora quero experimentá-los para poder formar a minha própria opinião. Emprestaram-me bastantes e este em especial&amp;nbsp;foi comprado pela minha mãe ainda antes de sabermos se eu&amp;nbsp;iria ter um&amp;nbsp;rapaz ou uma&amp;nbsp;rapariga. Vinha com uma fita de cetim branca à frente, mas achei-lhe pouca graça e decidi substituí-la por uma &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/fitas-de-vies-bias-binding.html" target="_blank"&gt;fita de viés&lt;/a&gt; feita por mim.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;These unisex baby dresses are a hot topic amongst Portuguese mothers. Let me begin by saying that I believe they only still remain in use in the Iberian Peninsula (I believe they're called &lt;/i&gt;faldones&lt;i&gt; in Spain). Some mothers swear by them (since they are so practical for changing nappies), others will only dress girls in them, whilst others absolutely loathe them.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Both my brother and I wore this kind of dresses during our first months and I'm keen to give them a try so I can form my own opinion on the matter. I've been lent quite a few and this one in particular was bought by my mother even before we knew whether I was carrying a boy or a girl. It came with a white satin ribbon which I didn't love, so I decided to replace it with some &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/fitas-de-vies-bias-binding.html" target="_blank"&gt;homemade bias tape&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6825560777998721432?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6825560777998721432/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6825560777998721432' title='29 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6825560777998721432'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6825560777998721432'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/cueiros-baby-dresses.html' title='Cueiros :: Baby Dresses'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-v35vG8Hl8os/TwnfVw7OW1I/AAAAAAAAJ8Q/WPtC7ZwZuU4/s72-c/cueiros1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>29</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-757208854633288217</id><published>2012-01-10T13:42:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-10T14:33:17.280Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='projects'/><title type='text'>Fitas de Viés - II :: Bias Binding - II</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iyxR0eRUDGs/Tww-msmEu4I/AAAAAAAAJ8w/sEf2F6sgIhY/s1600/cantos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kba="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iyxR0eRUDGs/Tww-msmEu4I/AAAAAAAAJ8w/sEf2F6sgIhY/s640/cantos.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-alrNL-Ymce4/Tww-nmfgKJI/AAAAAAAAJ84/WYfswNsmsK8/s1600/fita+vi%25C3%25A9s.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-alrNL-Ymce4/Tww-nmfgKJI/AAAAAAAAJ84/WYfswNsmsK8/s640/fita+vi%25C3%25A9s.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tenho recebido alguns pedidos de explicações mais detalhadas sobre como fazer fitas de viés — prometo que, mal tenha oportunidade, publicarei aqui um passo-a-passo sobre o assunto.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I've been getting some requests for a bias tape tutorial — I promise I'll&amp;nbsp;write one up&amp;nbsp;as soon as I can.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-757208854633288217?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/757208854633288217/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=757208854633288217' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/757208854633288217'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/757208854633288217'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/fitas-de-vies-ii-bias-binding-ii.html' title='Fitas de Viés - II :: Bias Binding - II'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iyxR0eRUDGs/Tww-msmEu4I/AAAAAAAAJ8w/sEf2F6sgIhY/s72-c/cantos.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5112710217036258372</id><published>2012-01-09T20:03:00.001Z</published><updated>2012-01-09T20:05:43.347Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Fitas de Viés :: Bias Binding</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INYJEi7tnts/Twne_LQpL2I/AAAAAAAAJ8I/4wfGjDJVDsI/s1600/muslin+squares+fraldas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INYJEi7tnts/Twne_LQpL2I/AAAAAAAAJ8I/4wfGjDJVDsI/s640/muslin+squares+fraldas.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Numa das frequentes encomendas que a minha mãe me envia vinham três fraldas de pano, encontradas no fundo de uma gaveta em casa da minha avó. As bainhas estavam algo desfiadas — mas como sou a favor de aproveitar tudo o que já existe, lembrei-me de lhes arredondar os cantos e aplicar umas fitas de viés feitas por mim. Vão ser óptimas para proteger o meu ombro depois de dar de mamar...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In one of the frequent parcels my mother sends me came three old muslin squares, found in the back of a drawer at my granny's house. The hems were in poor condition — but since I'm all for making the most of what already exists, I thought I'd simply round the corners and bind the edges with homemade bias tape. They'll come in handy for protecting my shoulder after breastfeeding...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photo:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5112710217036258372?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5112710217036258372/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5112710217036258372' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5112710217036258372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5112710217036258372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/fitas-de-vies-bias-binding.html' title='Fitas de Viés :: Bias Binding'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-INYJEi7tnts/Twne_LQpL2I/AAAAAAAAJ8I/4wfGjDJVDsI/s72-c/muslin+squares+fraldas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4092862877430361088</id><published>2012-01-08T18:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-08T18:19:15.686Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Galochas :: Wellies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckVhGMmf9cA/Twnbb5JNhfI/AAAAAAAAJ7w/ms7muIOdDUw/s1600/barriga1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckVhGMmf9cA/Twnbb5JNhfI/AAAAAAAAJ7w/ms7muIOdDUw/s640/barriga1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkI5zcx85Sw/Twnbdm9R_UI/AAAAAAAAJ74/CxP-1DphXcs/s1600/barriga2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pkI5zcx85Sw/Twnbdm9R_UI/AAAAAAAAJ74/CxP-1DphXcs/s640/barriga2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4rnMbVmoKk/Twnbeq1JmoI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/DGRuVHud2fk/s1600/barriga3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-r4rnMbVmoKk/Twnbeq1JmoI/AAAAAAAAJ8A/DGRuVHud2fk/s640/barriga3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As mini galochas que a minha prima &lt;a href="http://cadernobranco.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Inês&lt;/a&gt; me enviou foram a desculpa perfeita para tirarmos umas fotografias à barriga. Está quase!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The mini wellies my cousin &lt;a href="http://cadernobranco.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Inês&lt;/a&gt; sent me were the perfect excuse for a bump photo shoot. He'll soon be here!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4092862877430361088?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4092862877430361088/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4092862877430361088' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4092862877430361088'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4092862877430361088'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/galochas-wellies.html' title='Galochas :: Wellies'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ckVhGMmf9cA/Twnbb5JNhfI/AAAAAAAAJ7w/ms7muIOdDUw/s72-c/barriga1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3624091412204679246</id><published>2012-01-04T14:02:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-04T14:02:21.688Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>Paredes :: Walls</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-clXx6AvO1Yo/TwRSiKqSAyI/AAAAAAAAJ7g/BUuKYzCB2O0/s1600/parede1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-clXx6AvO1Yo/TwRSiKqSAyI/AAAAAAAAJ7g/BUuKYzCB2O0/s640/parede1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBoypy6a-Ws/TwRSjC1JXXI/AAAAAAAAJ7o/edgEnTuzaHE/s1600/parede2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vBoypy6a-Ws/TwRSjC1JXXI/AAAAAAAAJ7o/edgEnTuzaHE/s640/parede2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O que vê quando olha para as suas paredes? Recordações de viagens, instantâneos de momentos passados, as suas poupanças? Quadros herdados ou escolhidos por outras pessoas, desenhos feitos por amigos ou mesmo pelos seus filhos? Ou um enorme vazio?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As paredes de nossa casa devem reflectir quem somos, e aquilo que lá penduramos deve ter valor aos nossos olhos. As paredes mais interessantes são as que suscitam perguntas e emoções.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;What do you see when you look at your walls? Travel souvenirs, glimpses of moments past, your savings? Pictures that have been inherited or chosen by others, your friends' or children's drawings? Or a huge void?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The walls in our homes should reflect who we are and what we hang on them should be valuable to us. The most interesting walls are those that raise questions and evoke emotions.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3624091412204679246?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3624091412204679246/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3624091412204679246' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3624091412204679246'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3624091412204679246'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/paredes-walls.html' title='Paredes :: Walls'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-clXx6AvO1Yo/TwRSiKqSAyI/AAAAAAAAJ7g/BUuKYzCB2O0/s72-c/parede1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-9019540379263537017</id><published>2012-01-02T12:39:00.000Z</published><updated>2012-01-02T12:39:51.791Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>Sofá Novo :: New Sofa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2MsImdyGaZE/Tvyc6SZ5ZRI/AAAAAAAAJ1M/xFkDp8G4bX0/s1600/sofa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2MsImdyGaZE/Tvyc6SZ5ZRI/AAAAAAAAJ1M/xFkDp8G4bX0/s640/sofa.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Após meses de indecisão, decidimos comprar mais um sofá para a nossa sala. Por razões de espaço e de orçamento, decidimo-nos pelo&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/pt/pt/catalog/products/S09875803/" target="_blank"&gt;modelo Ektorp de dois lugares do Ikea&lt;/a&gt;, mas com uma capa &lt;a href="http://www.bemz.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Bemz&lt;/a&gt; (conhecem esta empresa especializada em capas para mobília do Ikea?). No preciso dia em que íamos comprar o dito sofá, entrámos na minha loja de caridade preferida (um depósito de móveis do YMCA) e não é que estava lá um sofá igual ao que queríamos, mas a 1/5 do preço? Claro que era antigo e a capa estava nojenta, mas a estrutura estava em bom estado e, de qualquer maneira, já íamos &amp;nbsp;encomendar uma capa diferente! Ficámos contentíssimos com esta descoberta e a nossa sala está muito mais funcional e confortável.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;After months of indecision, we finally decided to buy another sofa for our sitting room. Bearing in mind the space available as well as our budget, we decided we'd go for an &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/20047600/" target="_blank"&gt;Ikea two-seat Ektorp sofa&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;but we'd &amp;nbsp;order a &lt;a href="http://www.bemz.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Bemz&lt;/a&gt; slipcover (do you know this company that makes covers for Ikea furniture?). Well, in the exact same day that we were going to drive to Ikea, we went into my favourite charity shop (a YMCA furniture outlet) and can you believe that there was a sofa there for sale just like the one we wanted but at 1/5 of the price? Of course it was old and its slipcover was dirty but the structure was sound and we were going to order a special slipcover anyway! We were thrilled and now our living room is much more functional and comfortable.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-9019540379263537017?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/9019540379263537017/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=9019540379263537017' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/9019540379263537017'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/9019540379263537017'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2012/01/sofa-novo-new-sofa.html' title='Sofá Novo :: New Sofa'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2MsImdyGaZE/Tvyc6SZ5ZRI/AAAAAAAAJ1M/xFkDp8G4bX0/s72-c/sofa.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8836654715857234126</id><published>2011-12-31T17:58:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-31T18:04:46.256Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><title type='text'>2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;É importante fazer resoluções e planos para o ano novo, mas também é bom celebrar tudo aquilo que atingimos no ano que está a acabar. Já devem ter percebido que faço os possíveis por assinalar as estações do ano, tirar partido dos pequenos prazeres do dia-a-dia e focar-me nas coisas positivas da minha vida, e este exercício anual faz-me sempre sentir cheia de sorte e alegria.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;It's important to make plans and resolutions for the new year but let's not forget to celebrate everything that we've achieved in the year that is now ending. You may have already realised that I strive to mark the seasons, make the most of everyday pleasures and focus on the positive things in my life so this yearly exercise never fails to make me feel lucky and joyful.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Y4ECNV1tbE/Tv7yL7toLiI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/ELcQST_Ykgk/s1600/jan3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Y4ECNV1tbE/Tv7yL7toLiI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/ELcQST_Ykgk/s640/jan3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CvlCme0jk60/Tv7yN6UTdeI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/QcpzJn_HVnU/s1600/jan2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-CvlCme0jk60/Tv7yN6UTdeI/AAAAAAAAJ1o/QcpzJn_HVnU/s640/jan2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qnLskZfSeU/Tv7yXaGYZfI/AAAAAAAAJ10/GSAEaSWDJsE/s1600/jan1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9qnLskZfSeU/Tv7yXaGYZfI/AAAAAAAAJ10/GSAEaSWDJsE/s640/jan1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Janeiro apareceram&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;snowdrops&lt;/i&gt; no jardim e laranjas amargas de Sevilha nas frutarias. Comprei antigos &lt;i&gt;kilts&lt;/i&gt; e casacos em fazendas escocesas e transformei-os em sacos de Inverno.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In January snowdrops started showing up in the garden and Seville oranges at the greengrocers'. I bought old tartan kilts and tweed jackets and turned them into wintery bags.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vXxEuVvhGYw/Tv7yelT4mnI/AAAAAAAAJ18/CQNHE7epHoI/s1600/fev2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vXxEuVvhGYw/Tv7yelT4mnI/AAAAAAAAJ18/CQNHE7epHoI/s640/fev2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lhsg2RBNrIg/Tv7yi_Ug3LI/AAAAAAAAJ2M/DfO2WnoOZx8/s1600/fev3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lhsg2RBNrIg/Tv7yi_Ug3LI/AAAAAAAAJ2M/DfO2WnoOZx8/s640/fev3.jpg" width="470" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIuHKZ96FvI/Tv7yln1xNsI/AAAAAAAAJ2U/5upGkKlac8A/s1600/fev1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lIuHKZ96FvI/Tv7yln1xNsI/AAAAAAAAJ2U/5upGkKlac8A/s1600/fev1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Fevereiro fiz anos, fomos passar uns dias à Cornualha (onde apanhei as primeiras flores de Primavera), fiz uma galinha-abafador para os &lt;i&gt;scones&lt;/i&gt; e alguns babetes em oleado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In February I turned a year older, we spent some days in Cornwall (where I picked the first spring flowers), I made a scone cosy and some oilcloth bibs.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MigjpMHK5C0/Tv7yvRwhOPI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/6Xpl_15Fin0/s1600/mar1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MigjpMHK5C0/Tv7yvRwhOPI/AAAAAAAAJ2g/6Xpl_15Fin0/s640/mar1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cdow91DMqLM/Tv7yx6-VppI/AAAAAAAAJ2w/djHKP-zdAqM/s1600/mar2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cdow91DMqLM/Tv7yx6-VppI/AAAAAAAAJ2w/djHKP-zdAqM/s640/mar2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WutczNro3M/Tv7y0y_m4iI/AAAAAAAAJ24/gm4Ig2PjfYI/s1600/mar3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6WutczNro3M/Tv7y0y_m4iI/AAAAAAAAJ24/gm4Ig2PjfYI/s640/mar3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Março a Primavera chegou! Fiz muitos babetes em tecido para a &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt; e um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; de bebé para a nossa sobrinha que estava para nascer.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In March spring sprang! I sewed a lot of fabric bibs for the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and made a baby quilt for our little niece who was about to be born.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eH35ZSAjBLE/Tv7y9wzFLcI/AAAAAAAAJ3E/-7kVhrkWD5c/s1600/ab3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-eH35ZSAjBLE/Tv7y9wzFLcI/AAAAAAAAJ3E/-7kVhrkWD5c/s640/ab3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7UwCoWOuqaw/Tv7y-nwkIuI/AAAAAAAAJ3M/mqnXRGW4CQ4/s1600/ab1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7UwCoWOuqaw/Tv7y-nwkIuI/AAAAAAAAJ3M/mqnXRGW4CQ4/s640/ab1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iYRVoYLRoBg/Tv7y_06-pNI/AAAAAAAAJ3U/kq9KDtCFhFE/s1600/ab2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-iYRVoYLRoBg/Tv7y_06-pNI/AAAAAAAAJ3U/kq9KDtCFhFE/s640/ab2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Abril foi o mês da Páscoa,&amp;nbsp;de sacos floridos e&amp;nbsp;da ida a Londres para o lançamento do livro &lt;i&gt;Decorate&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;April was the month of Easter, flowery bags and a trip to London for the launch of the book Decorate.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EmEdVS23ILg/Tv7zIYInXZI/AAAAAAAAJ3g/3XhA3RlaxX4/s1600/mai3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EmEdVS23ILg/Tv7zIYInXZI/AAAAAAAAJ3g/3XhA3RlaxX4/s640/mai3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eDbJG71m0Oc/Tv7zJxSJyVI/AAAAAAAAJ3o/ZP18ipN3seY/s1600/mai2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eDbJG71m0Oc/Tv7zJxSJyVI/AAAAAAAAJ3o/ZP18ipN3seY/s640/mai2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VInwsTAUf0I/Tv7zLIl-l7I/AAAAAAAAJ3w/qQDjXW5t_Bc/s1600/mai1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-VInwsTAUf0I/Tv7zLIl-l7I/AAAAAAAAJ3w/qQDjXW5t_Bc/s1600/mai1.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Maio o Tiago fez anos, fiz novas &lt;i&gt;clutches&lt;/i&gt; e lancei uma colecção de &lt;i&gt;écharpes&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In May it was Tiago's birthday, I made new clutches and launched a small collection of scarves.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4qM71JHdsd4/Tv7zXFr5WPI/AAAAAAAAJ38/DbkRV4llTSc/s1600/jun2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4qM71JHdsd4/Tv7zXFr5WPI/AAAAAAAAJ38/DbkRV4llTSc/s640/jun2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1DJJAvsPlRA/Tv7zXzejJwI/AAAAAAAAJ4A/q4tr3cQly5M/s1600/jun3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1DJJAvsPlRA/Tv7zXzejJwI/AAAAAAAAJ4A/q4tr3cQly5M/s640/jun3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qx0Zn9kcR08/Tv7zZovCjXI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/pk6vv8GCbRU/s1600/jun1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Qx0Zn9kcR08/Tv7zZovCjXI/AAAAAAAAJ4M/pk6vv8GCbRU/s640/jun1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hdeFml5uVbk/Tv7zbeEKlPI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/GXm0VI73xPU/s1600/jun4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hdeFml5uVbk/Tv7zbeEKlPI/AAAAAAAAJ4U/GXm0VI73xPU/s640/jun4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Junho celebrámos o Santo António dentro de casa (estava a chover), fiz a minha primeira&lt;i&gt; t-shirt&lt;/i&gt;, passei horas na cozinha a fazer compotas e descobri que ia ter um bebé!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In June we celebrated Sain Anthony's day indoors (it was raining), I sewed my very first t-shirt, spent hours in the kitchen making jam and discovered I was going to have a baby!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xp03WmUbrQg/Tv7zm86VmiI/AAAAAAAAJ4o/YAjiFXuDok4/s1600/jul2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xp03WmUbrQg/Tv7zm86VmiI/AAAAAAAAJ4o/YAjiFXuDok4/s640/jul2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D1TsEzgVEmI/Tv7zoem6wWI/AAAAAAAAJ4w/SkrxNLx5a5o/s1600/jul3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-D1TsEzgVEmI/Tv7zoem6wWI/AAAAAAAAJ4w/SkrxNLx5a5o/s640/jul3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7BGgzQuT-_w/Tv7zp984N3I/AAAAAAAAJ44/FUrva5jn0As/s1600/jul1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7BGgzQuT-_w/Tv7zp984N3I/AAAAAAAAJ44/FUrva5jn0As/s640/jul1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Julho foi o mês das papoilas, das costuras de Verão e das férias na praia em Portugal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;July was the month for poppies, summer sewing and holidays at the beach in Portugal.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sEvvc2qZsoc/Tv70HroPAaI/AAAAAAAAJ5E/y2gPc4ebFRA/s1600/ag1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-sEvvc2qZsoc/Tv70HroPAaI/AAAAAAAAJ5E/y2gPc4ebFRA/s640/ag1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aK5rxQEgadg/Tv70JMzD0iI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/T8LSfnGIZLQ/s1600/ag4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aK5rxQEgadg/Tv70JMzD0iI/AAAAAAAAJ5M/T8LSfnGIZLQ/s640/ag4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tQXXoug5pvE/Tv70J5kEBQI/AAAAAAAAJ5U/paucGqZW5zQ/s1600/ag2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="440" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tQXXoug5pvE/Tv70J5kEBQI/AAAAAAAAJ5U/paucGqZW5zQ/s640/ag2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tlisMpTvFL0/Tv70K1QgAHI/AAAAAAAAJ5c/bH0gW10axhQ/s1600/ag3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tlisMpTvFL0/Tv70K1QgAHI/AAAAAAAAJ5c/bH0gW10axhQ/s640/ag3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Agosto deixei de ignorar a nossa sala e fiz &lt;i&gt;poufs&lt;/i&gt; e almofadas para a tornar mais confortável; também nos lembrámos de transformar uma &lt;i&gt;palette&lt;/i&gt; em mesa de café. O jardim encheu-se de flores, frutos, insectos e pássaros.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In August I stopped ignoring our sitting room and made some beanbags and cushions to make it more comfortable; we also transformed a pallet into a coffee table. The garden was full of flowers, fruits, insects and birds.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ldwwaFKJhio/Tv70V4v95AI/AAAAAAAAJ5o/Vy8mzcPxcHk/s1600/set3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ldwwaFKJhio/Tv70V4v95AI/AAAAAAAAJ5o/Vy8mzcPxcHk/s640/set3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDbp-IR_Ozk/Tv70XobLKhI/AAAAAAAAJ5w/pUL3cZX7eTQ/s1600/set1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jDbp-IR_Ozk/Tv70XobLKhI/AAAAAAAAJ5w/pUL3cZX7eTQ/s640/set1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PvE8p3M62d4/Tv70ZYx8T9I/AAAAAAAAJ54/MGGChXoftCM/s1600/set2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PvE8p3M62d4/Tv70ZYx8T9I/AAAAAAAAJ54/MGGChXoftCM/s640/set2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Setembro chegou o Outono, a minha estação preferida neste país. O campo estava cheio de material para coroas e conservas, e comecei a coser para o nosso bebé (um rapaz!).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In September autumn arrived (my favourite season in this country). The countryside was ripe with foraging possibilities and I made wreaths and preserves. I also started sewing for our baby (a boy!).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YBzECrLATlM/Tv70hWRZqKI/AAAAAAAAJ6E/QXQYtEGXASE/s1600/out1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YBzECrLATlM/Tv70hWRZqKI/AAAAAAAAJ6E/QXQYtEGXASE/s640/out1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dfDqnvAMF9M/Tv70iLEKVhI/AAAAAAAAJ6M/St0KJWISh0A/s1600/out2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dfDqnvAMF9M/Tv70iLEKVhI/AAAAAAAAJ6M/St0KJWISh0A/s640/out2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOgQC1rEnzo/Tv70jNxbm7I/AAAAAAAAJ6U/fMGUc3olYxw/s1600/out3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DOgQC1rEnzo/Tv70jNxbm7I/AAAAAAAAJ6U/fMGUc3olYxw/s640/out3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em Outubro acabei o &lt;i&gt;coin quilt &lt;/i&gt;que tinha começado em 2009, fiz &lt;i&gt;clutches&lt;/i&gt; com botões e continuei a fazer arranjos de flores com coisas apanhadas no nosso jardim.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In October I finally completed the coin quilt I had started in 2009, made button clutches and kept on raiding our garden for flower arranging material.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gAKbCY1kdKk/Tv70qiRCxgI/AAAAAAAAJ6g/oPmQvquhXTs/s1600/nov4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gAKbCY1kdKk/Tv70qiRCxgI/AAAAAAAAJ6g/oPmQvquhXTs/s640/nov4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FgOkuOIgFC0/Tv70sHje8sI/AAAAAAAAJ6o/5jIfBFkxcvE/s1600/nov3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FgOkuOIgFC0/Tv70sHje8sI/AAAAAAAAJ6o/5jIfBFkxcvE/s640/nov3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EQG7Pq5yzds/Tv70uC47RoI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/YTlka0_ixF4/s1600/nov1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EQG7Pq5yzds/Tv70uC47RoI/AAAAAAAAJ6w/YTlka0_ixF4/s640/nov1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Novembro foi o mês dos &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;s: escrevi uma série de &lt;i&gt;posts&lt;/i&gt; dedicados ao assunto e lancei os meus &lt;i&gt;quilt kits &lt;/i&gt;para principiantes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;November was quilt month: I wrote a series of posts on the subject and launched my quilt kits for beginners.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_i8qsjQFezk/Tv702Hb5BuI/AAAAAAAAJ68/CmTBfNCI6Kk/s1600/dez6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_i8qsjQFezk/Tv702Hb5BuI/AAAAAAAAJ68/CmTBfNCI6Kk/s640/dez6.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SR4NHLUqvnI/Tv703gvBqjI/AAAAAAAAJ7E/1aMY9fpNa_c/s1600/dez4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-SR4NHLUqvnI/Tv703gvBqjI/AAAAAAAAJ7E/1aMY9fpNa_c/s640/dez4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WCAMpN6pAZ8/Tv7044HzNKI/AAAAAAAAJ7M/EO8Gu8jsa10/s1600/dez5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WCAMpN6pAZ8/Tv7044HzNKI/AAAAAAAAJ7M/EO8Gu8jsa10/s640/dez5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--GGD406Fzzc/Tv706xWMMmI/AAAAAAAAJ7U/qhpNsSFYPJk/s1600/dez2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--GGD406Fzzc/Tv706xWMMmI/AAAAAAAAJ7U/qhpNsSFYPJk/s640/dez2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Em Dezembro partilhei convosco ideias e sugestões para mais um Natal feito em casa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;In December I shared with you some ideas and suggestions for another homemade Christmas.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Espero que 2012 seja um ano em grande para todos nós! :)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I hope 2012 will be a truly great year for all of us! :)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral +&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8836654715857234126?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8836654715857234126/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8836654715857234126' title='34 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8836654715857234126'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8836654715857234126'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/2011.html' title='2011'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--Y4ECNV1tbE/Tv7yL7toLiI/AAAAAAAAJ1Y/ELcQST_Ykgk/s72-c/jan3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>34</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7986998257901737480</id><published>2011-12-29T12:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-29T12:26:36.089Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>Lençóis Antigos :: Old Sheets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UN_j1ENBmSI/TvxZbrTFaWI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/ZIjH46It-Rs/s1600/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UN_j1ENBmSI/TvxZbrTFaWI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/ZIjH46It-Rs/s640/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ig1Rp0DiZ1Q/TvxZdEcpdZI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/-Y5yAGoVHSQ/s1600/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rea="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ig1Rp0DiZ1Q/TvxZdEcpdZI/AAAAAAAAJ0w/-Y5yAGoVHSQ/s640/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5v-19WMPb_A/TvxZeXRLrnI/AAAAAAAAJ04/UjNEYeRDf4k/s1600/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" rea="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-5v-19WMPb_A/TvxZeXRLrnI/AAAAAAAAJ04/UjNEYeRDf4k/s640/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mENIOZdD4To/TvxZfHawXEI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/YkNe0SzCkGg/s1600/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" rea="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-mENIOZdD4To/TvxZfHawXEI/AAAAAAAAJ1A/YkNe0SzCkGg/s640/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Nas arrumações de fim de ano, encontrei uma série de lençóis antigos de linho e daquele algodão encorpado que já não se fabrica e que eu adoro. Planos para eles: uma forra para a alcofa, cortinados para o nosso quarto, uma toalha de mesa (com guardanapos a condizer, claro) e lençóis para a cama de grades.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Whilst tidying up and packing what's left of 2011, I came across a number of old sheets made out of linen and of that crisp cotton which I love and is impossible to find nowadays. I've got big plans for turning them into several new things: a lining for the moses basket, blinds for our bedroom, a tablecloth (with matching napkins, of course) and sheets for the baby's cot.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7986998257901737480?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7986998257901737480/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7986998257901737480' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7986998257901737480'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7986998257901737480'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/lencois-antigos-old-sheets.html' title='Lençóis Antigos :: Old Sheets'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-UN_j1ENBmSI/TvxZbrTFaWI/AAAAAAAAJ0o/ZIjH46It-Rs/s72-c/len%25C3%25A7%25C3%25B3is1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5410202708405213873</id><published>2011-12-25T15:33:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-25T15:33:08.950Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Almoço de Natal:: Christmas Lunch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dYlUITBR3Z4/TvdBDkVpT5I/AAAAAAAAJ0M/xwXxtjzy5t4/s1600/xmas+table1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dYlUITBR3Z4/TvdBDkVpT5I/AAAAAAAAJ0M/xwXxtjzy5t4/s640/xmas+table1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vtdoSzzamN0/TvdBE30r-NI/AAAAAAAAJ0U/If5KLHrHLoc/s1600/xmas+table2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vtdoSzzamN0/TvdBE30r-NI/AAAAAAAAJ0U/If5KLHrHLoc/s640/xmas+table2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N3C2PXsn_OY/TvdBGDso1vI/AAAAAAAAJ0c/ToNR9Kc84Ts/s1600/xmas+table3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-N3C2PXsn_OY/TvdBGDso1vI/AAAAAAAAJ0c/ToNR9Kc84Ts/s640/xmas+table3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5410202708405213873?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5410202708405213873/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5410202708405213873' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5410202708405213873'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5410202708405213873'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/almoco-de-natal-christmas-lunch.html' title='Almoço de Natal:: Christmas Lunch'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dYlUITBR3Z4/TvdBDkVpT5I/AAAAAAAAJ0M/xwXxtjzy5t4/s72-c/xmas+table1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3654663142165657789</id><published>2011-12-24T16:21:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-24T16:21:18.121Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Feliz Natal! :: Happy Christmas!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5l6PQEPTd8w/TvX6sthpaxI/AAAAAAAAJz0/3QLdKPwjSKk/s1600/natal+2011_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5l6PQEPTd8w/TvX6sthpaxI/AAAAAAAAJz0/3QLdKPwjSKk/s640/natal+2011_1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHtWS8Y4FkQ/TvX6zanhwtI/AAAAAAAAJ0A/YhSVP-mTK-w/s1600/natal+2011_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHtWS8Y4FkQ/TvX6zanhwtI/AAAAAAAAJ0A/YhSVP-mTK-w/s640/natal+2011_2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A todos os que lêem este blog, queria desejar um óptimo Natal, cheio de alegria, paz e boa companhia!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'd like to wish everyone who reads this blog a very happy Christmas, full of joy, peace and good company!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(the label around my bump reads "do not open until February 2012")&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3654663142165657789?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3654663142165657789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3654663142165657789' title='57 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3654663142165657789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3654663142165657789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/feliz-natal-happy-christmas.html' title='Feliz Natal! :: Happy Christmas!'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5l6PQEPTd8w/TvX6sthpaxI/AAAAAAAAJz0/3QLdKPwjSKk/s72-c/natal+2011_1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>57</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5557233985160922435</id><published>2011-12-23T10:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-23T10:38:57.653Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 5</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lgfBivN36U/TvRZx3UL8fI/AAAAAAAAJzg/yX8UWnKPpkI/s1600/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+23.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="438" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lgfBivN36U/TvRZx3UL8fI/AAAAAAAAJzg/yX8UWnKPpkI/s640/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+23.12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O meu último texto de 2011 no Bla Bla Blog é sobre embrulhar presentes — podem ler as minhas sugestões &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-23-de-dezembro-de-2012/" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My last guest post on Bla Bla Blog is all about wrapping gifts — you can read it &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-23-de-dezembro-de-2012/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese only, sorry).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5557233985160922435?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5557233985160922435/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5557233985160922435' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5557233985160922435'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5557233985160922435'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-ikea-bla-bla-blog-day-5.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 5'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5lgfBivN36U/TvRZx3UL8fI/AAAAAAAAJzg/yX8UWnKPpkI/s72-c/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+23.12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3424714038008748714</id><published>2011-12-22T16:45:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T16:45:26.400Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 4</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-obDV9WzkxNE/TvNdQboQeyI/AAAAAAAAJzU/Fb1Ok2Ki3O4/s1600/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="444" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-obDV9WzkxNE/TvNdQboQeyI/AAAAAAAAJzU/Fb1Ok2Ki3O4/s640/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+22.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Lembrei-me de que os queques da minha bisavó são perfeitos para a ceia de Consoada, especialmente se acompanhados de um bom chocolate quente... &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-22-de-dezembro-de-2011/" target="_blank"&gt;a receita está no Bla Bla Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;How about a muffin and a mug of hot chocolate in the early hours of Christmas Eve? The recipe in English is &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/06/queques-portuguesa-muffins-portuguese.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3424714038008748714?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3424714038008748714/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3424714038008748714' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3424714038008748714'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3424714038008748714'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-ikea-bla-bla-blog-day-4.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 4'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-obDV9WzkxNE/TvNdQboQeyI/AAAAAAAAJzU/Fb1Ok2Ki3O4/s72-c/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+22.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7330379973822562749</id><published>2011-12-22T10:06:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-22T10:06:01.981Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Ramos de Natal :: Christmas Branches</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tukLOb5-06s/TvIDtkYmuDI/AAAAAAAAJzA/h63ou_Gvu1Y/s1600/xmas+tree1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tukLOb5-06s/TvIDtkYmuDI/AAAAAAAAJzA/h63ou_Gvu1Y/s640/xmas+tree1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xRm4BLkbFKo/TvIDy62jlEI/AAAAAAAAJzI/8fi45LfSp5Y/s1600/xmas+tree2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xRm4BLkbFKo/TvIDy62jlEI/AAAAAAAAJzI/8fi45LfSp5Y/s640/xmas+tree2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;A sala está pintada e arrumada, temos um sofá novo e a árvore de Natal está finalmente pronta! É parecida com a &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/arvore-de-natal-christmas-tree.html" target="_blank"&gt;árvore de 2010&lt;/a&gt; e, a meu ver, só tem vantagens: é leve, despretensiosa, diferente, grátis e em Janeiro servirá para acender a lareira!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The sitting room is painted and put together, we've got a new sofa and the Christmas tree is finally up! It's similar to the &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/arvore-de-natal-christmas-tree.html" target="_blank"&gt;2010 tree&lt;/a&gt; and as far as I see it, it has a lot going for it: it's light, unpretentious, different, free and in January it will help light the fire!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7330379973822562749?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7330379973822562749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7330379973822562749' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7330379973822562749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7330379973822562749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/ramos-de-natal-christmas-branches.html' title='Ramos de Natal :: Christmas Branches'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tukLOb5-06s/TvIDtkYmuDI/AAAAAAAAJzA/h63ou_Gvu1Y/s72-c/xmas+tree1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6883032180864144078</id><published>2011-12-21T15:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:40:06.404Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 3</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4SMyJG1DWk/TvH8iYXCrEI/AAAAAAAAJy4/79zSNssKjFU/s1600/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+21.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="450" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4SMyJG1DWk/TvH8iYXCrEI/AAAAAAAAJy4/79zSNssKjFU/s640/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+21.12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Algumas sugestões para uma decoração de Natal baseada em elementos naturais no &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/545/" target="_blank"&gt;meu &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt; de hoje no Bla Bla Blog&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/545/" target="_blank"&gt;guest post on Bla Bla Blog today&lt;/a&gt; has got some suggestions for Christmas decorations pulled out from Mother Nature (in Portuguese only, sorry).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6883032180864144078?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6883032180864144078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6883032180864144078' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6883032180864144078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6883032180864144078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-ikea-bla-bla-blog-day-3.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 3'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-p4SMyJG1DWk/TvH8iYXCrEI/AAAAAAAAJy4/79zSNssKjFU/s72-c/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+21.12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8114636933263834265</id><published>2011-12-20T14:50:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:36:09.324Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 2</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_J3-clnVL80/TvCfaucpusI/AAAAAAAAJyw/3EF8H783W0Q/s1600/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+20.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="414" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_J3-clnVL80/TvCfaucpusI/AAAAAAAAJyw/3EF8H783W0Q/s640/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+20.12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-20-de-dezembro-de-2011/" target="_blank"&gt;meu &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt; de hoje no Bla Bla Blog&lt;/a&gt; vem mesmo a calhar porque vêm cá uns amigos jantar e estou a preparar a casa para os receber... espero que eles gostem do nosso jantar com sabor português (arroz de pato e leite creme queimado)!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;We've got some friends over for dinner tonight and I'm trying to make our home as welcoming and comfortable as I possibly can... I hope they like our Portuguese-flavoured supper! &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-20-de-dezembro-de-2011/" target="_blank"&gt;My post on Bla Bla Blog today&lt;/a&gt; is about being a good host/hostess (in Portuguese only, sorry).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8114636933263834265?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8114636933263834265/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8114636933263834265' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8114636933263834265'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8114636933263834265'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-ikea-bla-bla-blog_20.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 2'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_J3-clnVL80/TvCfaucpusI/AAAAAAAAJyw/3EF8H783W0Q/s72-c/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+20.12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5292880904110620665</id><published>2011-12-19T15:20:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:36:41.988Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 1</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gazEtUOgmQ/Tu9VMafeQ9I/AAAAAAAAJyo/8ZHjKf9aCSE/s1600/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+19.12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="406" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gazEtUOgmQ/Tu9VMafeQ9I/AAAAAAAAJyo/8ZHjKf9aCSE/s640/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+19.12.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Esta semana sou a &lt;i&gt;blogger&lt;/i&gt; convidada do &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/" target="_blank"&gt;Bla Bla Blog&lt;/a&gt;, o&lt;i&gt; blog&lt;/i&gt; do &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/pt/pt/" target="_blank"&gt;IKEA Portugal&lt;/a&gt;. O texto de hoje está &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-segunda-feira-19-de-dezembro-de-2011/" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;This week I'll be guest blogging at &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/" target="_blank"&gt;Bla Bla Blog&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.ikea.com/pt/pt/" target="_blank"&gt;IKEA Portugal&lt;/a&gt;'s blog. My first post is &lt;a href="http://blablablog.ikea.pt/saidos-da-concha-segunda-feira-19-de-dezembro-de-2011/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (in Portuguese only, sorry!).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5292880904110620665?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5292880904110620665/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5292880904110620665' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5292880904110620665'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5292880904110620665'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-ikea-bla-bla-blog.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Bla Bla Blog :: Day 1'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-1gazEtUOgmQ/Tu9VMafeQ9I/AAAAAAAAJyo/8ZHjKf9aCSE/s72-c/Bla+Bla+Blog+Ikea+pt+19.12.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5874413729048544582</id><published>2011-12-18T20:34:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-18T20:34:50.450Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Bolachas de Natal :: Christmas Cookies</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD8TXN2JbMM/Tu5MgRwMovI/AAAAAAAAJyQ/sTwRAXBGWsM/s1600/christmas+cookies1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD8TXN2JbMM/Tu5MgRwMovI/AAAAAAAAJyQ/sTwRAXBGWsM/s640/christmas+cookies1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2DibwZSFrKo/Tu5MhVEH9JI/AAAAAAAAJyY/SBXGBf7jPU0/s1600/christmas+cookies2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2DibwZSFrKo/Tu5MhVEH9JI/AAAAAAAAJyY/SBXGBf7jPU0/s640/christmas+cookies2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gfiS1QMNlYw/Tu5MiW877bI/AAAAAAAAJyg/Z9_K7ssqcdc/s1600/christmas+cookies3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gfiS1QMNlYw/Tu5MiW877bI/AAAAAAAAJyg/Z9_K7ssqcdc/s640/christmas+cookies3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há um ano &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-blackcurrant-jam.html" target="_blank"&gt;ofereci&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-preserves.html" target="_blank"&gt;conservas&lt;/a&gt; — este ano ofereço bolachas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Last year I &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-blackcurrant-jam.html" target="_blank"&gt;gave&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-preserves.html" target="_blank"&gt;preserves&lt;/a&gt; for Christmas — this year's gifts will be cookies.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5874413729048544582?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5874413729048544582/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5874413729048544582' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5874413729048544582'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5874413729048544582'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/bolachas-de-natal-christmas-cookies.html' title='Bolachas de Natal :: Christmas Cookies'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OD8TXN2JbMM/Tu5MgRwMovI/AAAAAAAAJyQ/sTwRAXBGWsM/s72-c/christmas+cookies1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4491264382643718831</id><published>2011-12-16T16:00:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-16T16:03:41.598Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Cartões de Natal :: Christmas Cards</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pj8UcML-naw/TutpJx169MI/AAAAAAAAJyI/A5UtdPnZB6s/s1600/handmade+xmas+cards.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pj8UcML-naw/TutpJx169MI/AAAAAAAAJyI/A5UtdPnZB6s/s640/handmade+xmas+cards.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;À semelhança de em anos anteriores (&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2008/11/cartes-de-natal-christmas-cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;2010&lt;/a&gt;), hoje fiz os meus cartões de Natal com papel branco e restos de tecidos em cores festivas. Simples, rápidos, baratos e ecológicos!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Just like in previous years (&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2008/11/cartes-de-natal-christmas-cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;2008&lt;/a&gt;; &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-cards.html" target="_blank"&gt;2010&lt;/a&gt;), today I made my Christmas cards using white card stock and bits of leftover fabric in festive colours. Simple, quick, cheap and eco-friendly!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4491264382643718831?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4491264382643718831/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4491264382643718831' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4491264382643718831'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4491264382643718831'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/cartoes-de-natal-christmas-cards.html' title='Cartões de Natal :: Christmas Cards'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pj8UcML-naw/TutpJx169MI/AAAAAAAAJyI/A5UtdPnZB6s/s72-c/handmade+xmas+cards.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-2953356185416509825</id><published>2011-12-15T15:26:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-15T15:26:00.655Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Spéculoos</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ud-a6wjuNbU/Tun1KCJoAKI/AAAAAAAAJxw/rDcGObc9UM8/s1600/sp%25C3%25A9culos1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ud-a6wjuNbU/Tun1KCJoAKI/AAAAAAAAJxw/rDcGObc9UM8/s640/sp%25C3%25A9culos1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ze-gRpOOcTs/Tun1K7_ZErI/AAAAAAAAJx4/LaIgm99eWY8/s1600/sp%25C3%25A9culoos2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Ze-gRpOOcTs/Tun1K7_ZErI/AAAAAAAAJx4/LaIgm99eWY8/s640/sp%25C3%25A9culoos2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gJF7nkBxup0/Tun1LvD5KNI/AAAAAAAAJyA/pXSZ_rva43o/s1600/sp%25C3%25A9culoos3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-gJF7nkBxup0/Tun1LvD5KNI/AAAAAAAAJyA/pXSZ_rva43o/s640/sp%25C3%25A9culoos3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Por esta altura do ano, as cozinhas do norte da Europa começam a cheirar a bolachas de gengibre — há um ano &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-gingerbread-men.html" target="_blank"&gt;fi-las&lt;/a&gt;, mas este ano apeteceu-me experimentar algo diferente. O Tiago e eu vamos muitas vezes a Bruxelas e há uns meses trouxe de lá material para fazer os famosos &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculoos" target="_blank"&gt;spéculoos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;: um &lt;a href="http://www.racine.be/content/racine/wbnl/listview/2/index.jsp?titelcode=27686&amp;amp;fondsid=0" target="_blank"&gt;livro&lt;/a&gt;, uma &lt;a href="http://www.dille-kamille.be/fr/shop/c/102/a/158/moule-a-speculoos-moulin-7-x-4-cm" target="_blank"&gt;forma de madeira&lt;/a&gt; e&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.dille-kamille.be/fr/shop/c/102/a/550/pices-pour-speculoos-60-gr" target="_blank"&gt;a mistura de especiarias&lt;/a&gt;. Ao princípio não consegui usar a forma especial e recorri a cortadores de bolachas normais; passadas umas horas (sim, porque esta receita leva 1 kg de farinha e dá para muitas dúzias de bolachas), já com a cozinha mais quente e com a massa mais moldável, lá acertei com a espessura correcta e consegui fazer os moinhos. As bolachas são óptimas e a casa ficou a cheirar a Natal!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Around this time of the year, kitchens in northern Europe start to smell like gingerbread — last year I made &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/12/handmade-christmas-gingerbread-men.html" target="_blank"&gt;some&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;but this year I wanted to try something a bit different. Tiago and I often go to Brussels and a couple of months ago I bought there some equipment to make the famous &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speculoos" target="_blank"&gt;spéculoos&lt;/a&gt;: a &lt;a href="http://www.racine.be/content/racine/wbnl/listview/2/index.jsp?titelcode=27686&amp;amp;fondsid=0" target="_blank"&gt;book&lt;/a&gt;, a &lt;a href="http://www.dille-kamille.be/fr/shop/c/102/a/158/moule-a-speculoos-moulin-7-x-4-cm" target="_blank"&gt;traditional wooden mould&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and some &lt;a href="http://www.dille-kamille.be/fr/shop/c/102/a/550/pices-pour-speculoos-60-gr" target="_blank"&gt;spice mixture&lt;/a&gt;. At first I couldn't figure out how to use the mould so I went for normal cookie cutters; a couple of hours later (yes, since this recipe calls for 1 kg of flour and yields many dozens of biscuits), with the kitchen warmer and the dough much more pliable, I managed to get it right and made some nice mills. The biscuits taste great and our home now smells like Christmas!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-2953356185416509825?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/2953356185416509825/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=2953356185416509825' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2953356185416509825'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2953356185416509825'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/speculoos.html' title='Spéculoos'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ud-a6wjuNbU/Tun1KCJoAKI/AAAAAAAAJxw/rDcGObc9UM8/s72-c/sp%25C3%25A9culos1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-1545273167310882794</id><published>2011-12-14T14:35:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-14T14:35:44.437Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>WIP</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7z3rk-8Fi9A/TuiyMcppKPI/AAAAAAAAJxg/1gnAbSdk3zk/s1600/making+curtains1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7z3rk-8Fi9A/TuiyMcppKPI/AAAAAAAAJxg/1gnAbSdk3zk/s640/making+curtains1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z__zoT4Ziak/TuiyNeOw69I/AAAAAAAAJxo/bmJt6p0cvso/s1600/making+curtains2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z__zoT4Ziak/TuiyNeOw69I/AAAAAAAAJxo/bmJt6p0cvso/s640/making+curtains2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Enquanto o Tiago pinta a sala de branco, eu faço cortinados. Não gosto mesmo nada de fazer cortinados, e parece-me que o Tiago já não pode ver tinta à frente... mas, cada dia que passa, estamos mais perto da meta: uma sala em que nos sintamos em casa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Whilst Tiago paints our sitting room white, I'm busy making curtains. I really dislike curtain making and I suspect Tiago is sick of painting... but each day that goes by we feel we're a step closer to our target: a sitting room where we feel at home.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-1545273167310882794?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/1545273167310882794/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=1545273167310882794' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1545273167310882794'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1545273167310882794'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/wip.html' title='WIP'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-7z3rk-8Fi9A/TuiyMcppKPI/AAAAAAAAJxg/1gnAbSdk3zk/s72-c/making+curtains1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5751090476789853015</id><published>2011-12-13T12:50:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-13T12:50:12.882Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Licor de Abrunho :: Damson Liqueur</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSId7_goPZU/TudIadGFknI/AAAAAAAAJxY/InJYjf_PYmI/s1600/damson+liqueur.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSId7_goPZU/TudIadGFknI/AAAAAAAAJxY/InJYjf_PYmI/s640/damson+liqueur.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Três meses após ter sido preparado, cá está o &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/licor-de-abrunho-damson-liqueur.html" target="_blank"&gt;licor de abrunho&lt;/a&gt;, filtrado, enfeitado e pronto a consumir!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Three months later, here's our &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/licor-de-abrunho-damson-liqueur.html" target="_blank"&gt;damson liqueur&lt;/a&gt;, already filtered, packaged and ready to be drunk!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5751090476789853015?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5751090476789853015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5751090476789853015' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5751090476789853015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5751090476789853015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/licor-de-abrunho-damson-liqueur.html' title='Licor de Abrunho :: Damson Liqueur'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSId7_goPZU/TudIadGFknI/AAAAAAAAJxY/InJYjf_PYmI/s72-c/damson+liqueur.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-473413398442079079</id><published>2011-12-12T15:54:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-12-12T15:57:05.964Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Embrulhar Presentes :: Wrapping Presents</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plVI-UeZJK8/TuYc6aXj8II/AAAAAAAAJxQ/4_ltUFTkcJI/s1600/wrapping+presents.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plVI-UeZJK8/TuYc6aXj8II/AAAAAAAAJxQ/4_ltUFTkcJI/s640/wrapping+presents.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Desde pequena que adoro embrulhar presentes. À semelhança da minha mãe, a última gaveta da &amp;nbsp;escrivaninha do meu quarto estava reservada para rolos de papel, laços, fitas e afins. O trabalho que mais gozo me deu enquanto adolescente foi estar numa loja de decoração a fazer embrulhos durante a época de Natal. Lembro-me que a minha tia-bisavó (que sempre viveu em casa da minha avó) guardava todos os bocadinhos de papel e de fita para mais tarde reutilizar, e eu própria sou incapaz de deitar fora &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5306859291/" target="_blank"&gt;caixas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5275640024/" target="_blank"&gt;mapas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5721963241/in/photostream/" target="_blank"&gt;jornais com caracteres exóticos&lt;/a&gt;, frascos, bocados de tecido... e perco a cabeça com &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3881502698/" target="_blank"&gt;rolos &lt;/a&gt;de papel de embrulho. Sei que há mil e uma maneiras criativas de embrulhar um presente, mas às vezes o que apetece mesmo é usar um bom papel espesso, atar uma fita larga a toda a volta e finalizar com um grande laçarote!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ever since I was a child I have loved wrapping presents. Emulating my mother, I had reserved the last drawer in my bedroom desk solely for wrapping paper, ribbons, bows and so forth. My favourite job as a teenager was to work in a home décor shop wrapping gifts during the Christmas season. I remember my great great aunt (who always lived with my grandmother) squirreling away bits of paper and string and I myself am incapable of throwing away any sort of &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5306859291/" target="_blank"&gt;boxes&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5275640024/" target="_blank"&gt;maps&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5721963241/in/photostream/" target="_blank"&gt;exotic newspapers&lt;/a&gt;, jars, fabric pieces... and I can't resist buying &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3881502698/" target="_blank"&gt;rolls of wrapping paper&lt;/a&gt;. I know there are a million different ways to creatively wrap a present but sometimes you just can't beat a piece of good, sturdy wrapping paper, a wide strip of ribbon going all around the gift and a big, fat bow on top of it all!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-473413398442079079?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/473413398442079079/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=473413398442079079' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/473413398442079079'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/473413398442079079'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/embrulhar-presentes-wrapping-presents.html' title='Embrulhar Presentes :: Wrapping Presents'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-plVI-UeZJK8/TuYc6aXj8II/AAAAAAAAJxQ/4_ltUFTkcJI/s72-c/wrapping+presents.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6879865322826053274</id><published>2011-12-11T20:05:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-11T20:05:46.103Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books+magazines'/><title type='text'>Make Hey! While the Sun Shines :: Giveaway Winner</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S4Iab1XHH4c/TuULp17CZhI/AAAAAAAAJxI/Hz8MmxJSmqA/s1600/vencedora+make+hey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="280" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S4Iab1XHH4c/TuULp17CZhI/AAAAAAAAJxI/Hz8MmxJSmqA/s640/vencedora+make+hey.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-hey-while-sun-shines-book-review.html" target="_blank"&gt;vencedora do livro &lt;i&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt; é a Maria João, que escreveu:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 18px;"&gt;Ola Concha eu adoraria ganhar este livro, em todo o caso desejo-lhe felicidades.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Parabéns, Maria João! Por favor, envie-me um &lt;i&gt;email&lt;/i&gt; para combinarmos o envio do livro. A todas as outras pessoas, muito obrigada por terem participado no sorteio!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-hey-while-sun-shines-book-review.html" target="_blank"&gt;winner of a copy of Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt; is Maria João. Thanks to everyone who has entered this giveaway!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6879865322826053274?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6879865322826053274/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6879865322826053274' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6879865322826053274'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6879865322826053274'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-hey-while-sun-shines-giveaway.html' title='Make Hey! While the Sun Shines :: Giveaway Winner'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-S4Iab1XHH4c/TuULp17CZhI/AAAAAAAAJxI/Hz8MmxJSmqA/s72-c/vencedora+make+hey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7686648406058029745</id><published>2011-12-09T16:07:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:53:02.072Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Enxoval :: Layette</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XY0y1YyUGqc/TuIs2gZpouI/AAAAAAAAJwY/sjTGMM9JG2s/s1600/baby+hand-knits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XY0y1YyUGqc/TuIs2gZpouI/AAAAAAAAJwY/sjTGMM9JG2s/s640/baby+hand-knits.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bzGyK2TbUU/TuIs4BC8RUI/AAAAAAAAJwg/avqqPWddghw/s1600/baby+shirts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3bzGyK2TbUU/TuIs4BC8RUI/AAAAAAAAJwg/avqqPWddghw/s640/baby+shirts.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Plb6KQq6Bso/TuIs513m-GI/AAAAAAAAJwo/746SSbvXlIY/s1600/baby+dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Plb6KQq6Bso/TuIs513m-GI/AAAAAAAAJwo/746SSbvXlIY/s640/baby+dress.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--KK13rAoHv8/TuIs7HFLevI/AAAAAAAAJww/4GRax_-sRow/s1600/mother%2527s+baby+shirts.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/--KK13rAoHv8/TuIs7HFLevI/AAAAAAAAJww/4GRax_-sRow/s640/mother%2527s+baby+shirts.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5l7MqNbB5EE/TuIs8uofU1I/AAAAAAAAJw0/qycDhh-kVVs/s1600/baby+muslin+squares.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5l7MqNbB5EE/TuIs8uofU1I/AAAAAAAAJw0/qycDhh-kVVs/s640/baby+muslin+squares.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLaFcWeD1Eg/TuIs92VMkPI/AAAAAAAAJxA/XBoK2fObLiw/s1600/baby+quilt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yLaFcWeD1Eg/TuIs92VMkPI/AAAAAAAAJxA/XBoK2fObLiw/s640/baby+quilt.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Ontem o carteiro trouxe-me duas caixas repletas de&lt;i&gt; tricots&lt;/i&gt; para o bebé: uma veio da minha mãe, a outra da minha sogra. Gradualmente, tenho andado a lavar e a arrumar o enxoval e o quarto e sinto-me cheia de sorte por estarmos a receber tanta roupa emprestada, herdada, comprada e feita especialmente para esta criança. Entre mãe, avó, sogra, cunhada, tias e amigas, é bom sentir que, apesar de longe, estou rodeada de ajudas e afectos.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(nas fotografias: 1- tudo tricotado à mão, excepto a manta em xadrez escocês, que foi da minha mãe e dos meus tios; 2- camisas emprestadas; 3- uns cueiros que usei em bebé; 4- camisas muito anos 50 da minha mãe; 5- fraldas que a minha mãe bordou quando ainda me tinha dentro da sua barriga; 6- o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; que fiz para a cama de grades)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yesterday the postman brought me two boxes filled with baby hand-knits: one was sent by my mother, the other one by my mother-in-law. I've gradually been washing and organising both the clothes and the nursery, always feeling so lucky that we're being given so much that's either&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;inherited,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;borrowed, bought or especially made for this baby. Amongst mother, grandmother, mother-in-law, sister-in-law, aunts and friends, it's lovely to feel that, although far away, I'm surrounded by so much help and affection.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(in the pictures you can see: 1- all hand-knits, except for the tartan blanket, which was my mother's and uncles' when they were babies; 2- borrowed baby shirts; 3- a baby dress that used to be mine; 4- 1950s shirts that dressed my mother when she was a baby; 5- muslin squares my mother embroidered when I was still inside her belly; 6- the quilt I made for the baby's cot)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7686648406058029745?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7686648406058029745/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7686648406058029745' title='32 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7686648406058029745'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7686648406058029745'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/enxoval-layette.html' title='Enxoval :: Layette'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-XY0y1YyUGqc/TuIs2gZpouI/AAAAAAAAJwY/sjTGMM9JG2s/s72-c/baby+hand-knits.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>32</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5014927861472422094</id><published>2011-12-07T15:53:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-12-07T15:58:26.105Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='reviews'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='books+magazines'/><title type='text'>Make Hey! While the Sun Shines :: Book Review + Giveaway</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OUEx832HC-Q/Tt9kY-4r09I/AAAAAAAAJvI/6-KbLY7_y1I/s1600/make+hey1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OUEx832HC-Q/Tt9kY-4r09I/AAAAAAAAJvI/6-KbLY7_y1I/s640/make+hey1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbnK518RfxQ/Tt9kaHTWZ-I/AAAAAAAAJvQ/qz9h2eE45Zc/s1600/make+hey2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DbnK518RfxQ/Tt9kaHTWZ-I/AAAAAAAAJvQ/qz9h2eE45Zc/s640/make+hey2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvpAbTioo6A/Tt9kcWaPHQI/AAAAAAAAJvY/dxoBqnfJMGI/s1600/make+hey3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bvpAbTioo6A/Tt9kcWaPHQI/AAAAAAAAJvY/dxoBqnfJMGI/s640/make+hey3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4yVbmcj99U/Tt9kdr38xVI/AAAAAAAAJvg/JFRXxXfiM4s/s1600/make+hey4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-e4yVbmcj99U/Tt9kdr38xVI/AAAAAAAAJvg/JFRXxXfiM4s/s640/make+hey4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iThd1RUI5O4/Tt9kfXn50mI/AAAAAAAAJvo/hvej_g9ux9E/s1600/make+hey5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iThd1RUI5O4/Tt9kfXn50mI/AAAAAAAAJvo/hvej_g9ux9E/s640/make+hey5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_rjKhLA1om0/Tt9kgo0m3pI/AAAAAAAAJvw/cGTWiIN7lXU/s1600/make+hey6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_rjKhLA1om0/Tt9kgo0m3pI/AAAAAAAAJvw/cGTWiIN7lXU/s640/make+hey6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eiGsaq4DH_A/Tt9kiZM5vHI/AAAAAAAAJv4/AJ-GqYKwJk4/s1600/make+hey7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-eiGsaq4DH_A/Tt9kiZM5vHI/AAAAAAAAJv4/AJ-GqYKwJk4/s640/make+hey7.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Mkv6YpbwoI/Tt9kkLiyo9I/AAAAAAAAJwA/1e1HVo_e_GM/s1600/make+hey8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2Mkv6YpbwoI/Tt9kkLiyo9I/AAAAAAAAJwA/1e1HVo_e_GM/s640/make+hey8.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-blEhW_8zbBg/Tt-EI7t3IXI/AAAAAAAAJwQ/nkv2kmMEA2k/s1600/make+hey9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-blEhW_8zbBg/Tt-EI7t3IXI/AAAAAAAAJwQ/nkv2kmMEA2k/s640/make+hey9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Há qualquer coisa de fresco e excitante no panorama &lt;i&gt;crafty&lt;/i&gt; australiano — os &lt;i&gt;blogs&lt;/i&gt;, livros e revistas da Austrália tendem a apresentar uma estética leve, colorida, cheia de sol e boa-disposição. Uma das pessoas que se destaca nesse meio é a &lt;a href="http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pip Lincolne&lt;/a&gt;, que escreve o blog &lt;a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Meet Me at Mike's&lt;/a&gt; e que acaba de lançar o seu terceiro livro &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;é um livro para a nova geração de pessoas que se interessam por trabalhos manuais. Não há constrangimentos de espécie alguma ao longo das suas páginas: todas as cores do arco-íris têm lugar de destaque e as técnicas e materiais propostos não poderiam ser mais diversificados. Há projectos de costura, bordados, &lt;i&gt;tricot&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;crochet&lt;/i&gt;, estampagem em papel,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;découpage &lt;/i&gt;e até algumas receitas&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;e o discurso é despretensioso, encorajador e enérgico.&amp;nbsp;Fui imediatamente cativada pelas cores e pelas formas geoméricas (a Pip gosta assumidamente de triângulos) e resolvi fazer uns postais muito simples com carimbos em forma de pequenos quadrados.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;A &lt;a href="http://hardiegrant.com.au/books" target="_blank"&gt;Hardie Grant&lt;/a&gt; enviou-me dois exemplares de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;—&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;um para mim e outro para sortear — por isso, se quiserem habilitar-se a ganhar o livro, basta deixarem um comentário a este &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt;. O sorteio estará aberto até domingo à noite e será pedido à pessoa vencedora que contribua para os portes de envio do livro. Boa sorte!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;There's something fresh and exciting about the Australian craft scene — every blog, book and magazine tends to present an image of a light, colourful, sunny and playful Australia. One of the highlights of that world is &lt;a href="http://meetmeatmikes.blogspot.com/p/about-me.html" target="_blank"&gt;Pip Lincolne&lt;/a&gt;, who writes the hugely successful blog &lt;a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Meet Me at Mike's&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;and who has just launched her third craft book:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;is a book aimed at the new generation of craft enthusiasts. There are no constraints whatsoever along its pages: every colour of the rainbow enjoys pride of place and there's room for an array of craft techniques and supplies. There's sewing, embroidery, knitting, crochet, paper stamping, découpage and even a handful of recipes and the discourse is unpretentious, encouraging and energetic. I was immediately captivated by all the colours and geometric shapes (Pip sure loves her triangles) and made a couple very simple postcards with some square rubber stamps.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://hardiegrant.com.au/books" target="_blank"&gt;Hardie Grant&lt;/a&gt; has sent me two copies of&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Make-Hey-While-Sun-Shines/dp/1742701310" target="_blank"&gt;Make Hey! While the Sun Shines&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;—&amp;nbsp;one for myself and one to give away — so if you fancy a chance on winning the book, just leave a comment below. I'll close the draw on Sunday evening and the winner will be asked to make a donation for the postage. Good luck!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5014927861472422094?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5014927861472422094/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5014927861472422094' title='236 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5014927861472422094'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5014927861472422094'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/make-hey-while-sun-shines-book-review.html' title='Make Hey! While the Sun Shines :: Book Review + Giveaway'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-OUEx832HC-Q/Tt9kY-4r09I/AAAAAAAAJvI/6-KbLY7_y1I/s72-c/make+hey1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>236</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-1514464872262432719</id><published>2011-12-06T14:16:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-06T14:37:35.530Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>Natal Natural :: Natural Christmas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjkwi796tHo/Tt4eNM80BQI/AAAAAAAAJuw/NB47_mEwDFA/s1600/natural+citrus+xmas1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjkwi796tHo/Tt4eNM80BQI/AAAAAAAAJuw/NB47_mEwDFA/s640/natural+citrus+xmas1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J5WX5hKAUQM/Tt4eN-IaNtI/AAAAAAAAJu4/3RjNFxcFyZs/s1600/natural+citrus+xmas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-J5WX5hKAUQM/Tt4eN-IaNtI/AAAAAAAAJu4/3RjNFxcFyZs/s640/natural+citrus+xmas2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWR0db4vaRw/Tt4eOyZDr-I/AAAAAAAAJu8/UI-JYWSBhwc/s1600/natural+citrus+xmas3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YWR0db4vaRw/Tt4eOyZDr-I/AAAAAAAAJu8/UI-JYWSBhwc/s640/natural+citrus+xmas3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;À medida que a escuridão avança, o frio aperta e a gravidez progride, os meus níveis de energia vão diminuindo — por isso, parece-me que as decorações de Natal vão ser bastante simples cá por casa. Há um ano, enalteci as virtudes dos &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/11/english-country-life-natural-decoration.html" target="_blank"&gt;passeios pelo campo&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;como fontes de elementos decorativos natalícios; este ano, chamo a atenção para as prateleiras do supermercado. Laranjas, limões e tangerinas são tão evocativos do Natal quanto pinhas e azevinho, não acham?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As days get colder and darker and my pregnancy progresses, I feel my energy levels going down — so I guess my 2011 Christmas decorations will be quite low-key. Last year I raved about the virtues of &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/11/english-country-life-natural-decoration.html" target="_blank"&gt;country foraging&lt;/a&gt; for natural christmassy elements; this year, I draw your attention to supermarket shelves. Oranges, lemons and mandarines are as evocative of Christmas as holly and pine cones, wouldn't you agree?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-1514464872262432719?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/1514464872262432719/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=1514464872262432719' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1514464872262432719'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1514464872262432719'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/natal-natural-natural-christmas.html' title='Natal Natural :: Natural Christmas'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-wjkwi796tHo/Tt4eNM80BQI/AAAAAAAAJuw/NB47_mEwDFA/s72-c/natural+citrus+xmas1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-2634429334336554474</id><published>2011-12-05T10:19:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-05T10:19:37.434Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clutches'/><title type='text'>Clutch de Botões :: Button Clutch</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lNpq1YXfefk/TtyZehotk-I/AAAAAAAAJuY/_NFOfSDQ9VI/s1600/clutch+botoes+sandra1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lNpq1YXfefk/TtyZehotk-I/AAAAAAAAJuY/_NFOfSDQ9VI/s640/clutch+botoes+sandra1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FPiVrQZNfzI/TtyZfm6rzyI/AAAAAAAAJug/apwPNsHHVZ8/s1600/clutch+botoes+sandra2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FPiVrQZNfzI/TtyZfm6rzyI/AAAAAAAAJug/apwPNsHHVZ8/s640/clutch+botoes+sandra2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cuFsnyTfAQ/TtyZhJqW7zI/AAAAAAAAJuk/EostiSVbtXA/s1600/clutch+botoes+sandra3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3cuFsnyTfAQ/TtyZhJqW7zI/AAAAAAAAJuk/EostiSVbtXA/s640/clutch+botoes+sandra3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Entre &lt;i&gt;quilt kits&lt;/i&gt; e preparativos para a chegada do bebé, tenho andado a terminar encomendas (lembrem-me para em 2012 começar a pensar no Natal em Junho!). Esta foi a &lt;i&gt;clutch&lt;/i&gt; de botões que acabei ontem à tarde.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In the midst of quilt kits and baby gear, I've been finishing the last orders (in 2012 I must start thinking about Christmas in June!). This is the button clutch I finished yesterday afternoon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-2634429334336554474?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/2634429334336554474/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=2634429334336554474' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2634429334336554474'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2634429334336554474'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/clutch-de-botoes-button-clutch.html' title='Clutch de Botões :: Button Clutch'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lNpq1YXfefk/TtyZehotk-I/AAAAAAAAJuY/_NFOfSDQ9VI/s72-c/clutch+botoes+sandra1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5344031146969556464</id><published>2011-12-03T17:20:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-03T17:20:47.458Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Queques de Chocolate :: Chocolate Muffins</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XBREBLt4BII/TtZXEe3Y17I/AAAAAAAAJs4/dcOGCO7TgvI/s1600/chocolate+muffins.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dda="true" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XBREBLt4BII/TtZXEe3Y17I/AAAAAAAAJs4/dcOGCO7TgvI/s640/chocolate+muffins.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Em tardes frias, escuras e chuvosas, nada melhor do que fazer um bolo. Há uns dias apeteceu-me comer &amp;nbsp;queques de chocolate — folheei os meus livros de receitas e acabei por fazer os queques &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Food-that-Celebrates-Life/dp/0701180331/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1322930846&amp;amp;sr=8-1-spell" target="_blank"&gt;deste livro&lt;/a&gt;. Pontos a favor: são rápidos e fáceis de fazer (aliás, é uma receita ideal para crianças). Pontos contra: são bons, mas não são excelentes. Se quiserem experimentar, a receita aparece&lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins-recipe/index.html" target="_blank"&gt; aqui&lt;/a&gt; (se bem que em medidas americanas).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;On dark, cold, rainy afternoons, there's nothing better than baking a cake. A few days ago I had a craving for chocolate muffins — I flipped through my recipe books and ended up making the muffins from &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Feast-Food-that-Celebrates-Life/dp/0701180331/ref=sr_1_sc_1?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;qid=1322930846&amp;amp;sr=8-1-spell" target="_blank"&gt;this book&lt;/a&gt;. In favour: they're quick and easy (in fact, it's the perfect child-friendly recipe). Against them: they're good but they're not amazing. If you want to give them a try, the recipe is &lt;a href="http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/nigella-lawson/chocolate-chocolate-chip-muffins-recipe/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt; (in American measurements).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5344031146969556464?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5344031146969556464/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5344031146969556464' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5344031146969556464'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5344031146969556464'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/queques-de-chocolate-chocolate-muffins.html' title='Queques de Chocolate :: Chocolate Muffins'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-XBREBLt4BII/TtZXEe3Y17I/AAAAAAAAJs4/dcOGCO7TgvI/s72-c/chocolate+muffins.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5564935228784756367</id><published>2011-12-02T16:25:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-12-02T16:25:41.931Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Shop Update :: Quilt Kits</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQ_0JV4bndw/Ttj7OqaDuEI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/urDNtaUf6ck/s1600/quilt+kit5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQ_0JV4bndw/Ttj7OqaDuEI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/urDNtaUf6ck/s640/quilt+kit5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfMlF5rOGHY/Ttj7RjS5D_I/AAAAAAAAJtY/ML3vdcRWoVU/s1600/quilt+kit6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NfMlF5rOGHY/Ttj7RjS5D_I/AAAAAAAAJtY/ML3vdcRWoVU/s640/quilt+kit6.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ct0FD0P4fsA/Ttj7TcTsIrI/AAAAAAAAJtg/DbiNu6ijDwE/s1600/quilt+kit9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ct0FD0P4fsA/Ttj7TcTsIrI/AAAAAAAAJtg/DbiNu6ijDwE/s640/quilt+kit9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pe_qTOe5q_0/Ttj7Uc5G3dI/AAAAAAAAJto/MyNsxeHCgpY/s1600/quilt+kit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pe_qTOe5q_0/Ttj7Uc5G3dI/AAAAAAAAJto/MyNsxeHCgpY/s640/quilt+kit1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mmpo-DsRqU0/Ttj7Vk9E0SI/AAAAAAAAJtw/Bbtv558xdkA/s1600/quilt+kit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mmpo-DsRqU0/Ttj7Vk9E0SI/AAAAAAAAJtw/Bbtv558xdkA/s640/quilt+kit2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EPtqCG11cU/Ttj7XBfQW8I/AAAAAAAAJt4/e2hdejbafzg/s1600/quilt+kit3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-8EPtqCG11cU/Ttj7XBfQW8I/AAAAAAAAJt4/e2hdejbafzg/s640/quilt+kit3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epg06hLt4iY/Ttj7YYJY3nI/AAAAAAAAJuA/vxNNNYMsdoE/s1600/quilt+kit4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-epg06hLt4iY/Ttj7YYJY3nI/AAAAAAAAJuA/vxNNNYMsdoE/s640/quilt+kit4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12NtvE0b4uM/Ttj7a1I42iI/AAAAAAAAJuI/mx-4_CppYBk/s1600/quilt+kit7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-12NtvE0b4uM/Ttj7a1I42iI/AAAAAAAAJuI/mx-4_CppYBk/s640/quilt+kit7.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QzxLudCQmMs/Ttj7cJXHjjI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/ckIwSkbnW-w/s1600/quilt+kit8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QzxLudCQmMs/Ttj7cJXHjjI/AAAAAAAAJuQ/ckIwSkbnW-w/s640/quilt+kit8.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Há 9 novos &lt;i&gt;quilt kits&lt;/i&gt; na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt;. Bom fim-de-semana!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;There are 9 new quilt kits in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;. Have a great weekend!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5564935228784756367?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5564935228784756367/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5564935228784756367' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5564935228784756367'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5564935228784756367'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/shop-update-quilt-kits.html' title='Shop Update :: Quilt Kits'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-DQ_0JV4bndw/Ttj7OqaDuEI/AAAAAAAAJtQ/urDNtaUf6ck/s72-c/quilt+kit5.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4865418593777253398</id><published>2011-12-01T10:39:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-12-01T19:00:06.418Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christmas'/><title type='text'>1 de Dezembro :: December 1st</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vU6-t5YPDtg/TtKmdNT0AvI/AAAAAAAAJso/gr0-Fy_1yf8/s1600/vintage+xmas+baubles.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vU6-t5YPDtg/TtKmdNT0AvI/AAAAAAAAJso/gr0-Fy_1yf8/s640/vintage+xmas+baubles.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Hoje é feriado em Portugal e muita gente aproveita para enfeitar a árvore de Natal. No norte da Europa, as pessoas acenderam a primeira vela de advento no domingo passado. A verdade é que estamos em plena época natalícia! Aqui por casa ainda andamos em pinturas e remodelações, mas espero começar a decorar a casa este fim-de-semana. E vocês, têm grandes planos para este Natal?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Today is a bank holiday in Portugal and many people use the day to decorate their Christmas tree. In northern Europe, the first candle of Advent was lit last Sunday. Truth is, Christmas season has begun! Here at our house we're still painting and re-decorating but I'm hoping to start making our home look more christmassy this weekend. What about you, have you got great plans for this Christmas?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4865418593777253398?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4865418593777253398/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4865418593777253398' title='23 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4865418593777253398'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4865418593777253398'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/12/1-de-dezembro-december-1st.html' title='1 de Dezembro :: December 1st'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vU6-t5YPDtg/TtKmdNT0AvI/AAAAAAAAJso/gr0-Fy_1yf8/s72-c/vintage+xmas+baubles.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>23</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7609144872802573103</id><published>2011-11-30T16:29:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-30T18:39:04.686Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>Flores de Novembro :: November Flowers</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9ItLhuCavA/TtZXOYfveJI/AAAAAAAAJtA/vgm6Ftw7z-g/s1600/hydrangeas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9ItLhuCavA/TtZXOYfveJI/AAAAAAAAJtA/vgm6Ftw7z-g/s640/hydrangeas.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amkvvW7PGvs/TtZXQHdQ1mI/AAAAAAAAJtI/1ODypavautc/s1600/paperwhites.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" dda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-amkvvW7PGvs/TtZXQHdQ1mI/AAAAAAAAJtI/1ODypavautc/s640/paperwhites.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;No domingo apanhei as últimas flores do nosso jardim.&lt;br /&gt;O limoeiro já veio para dentro de casa e está cheio de limões verdes e flores novas.&lt;br /&gt;Os &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-bulb-planting.html" target="_blank"&gt;narcisos de papel&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;despontaram.&lt;br /&gt;Não posso&amp;nbsp;acreditar que amanhã já seja dia 1 de Dezembro!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;On Sunday I picked the last flowers in our garden.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The lemon tree has been indoors for a month now and it's full of green lemons and new flowers.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;The &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-bulb-planting.html" target="_blank"&gt;paperwhites&lt;/a&gt; have already bloomed.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;I can't believe that December starts tomorrow!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7609144872802573103?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7609144872802573103/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7609144872802573103' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7609144872802573103'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7609144872802573103'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/flores-de-novembro-november-flowers.html' title='Flores de Novembro :: November Flowers'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-S9ItLhuCavA/TtZXOYfveJI/AAAAAAAAJtA/vgm6Ftw7z-g/s72-c/hydrangeas.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4831698778751562387</id><published>2011-11-29T07:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-29T07:53:00.086Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><title type='text'>Baby Single Irish Chain Quilt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tqKs6U7sKqo/Tsl2sj4IihI/AAAAAAAAJqA/CagfuS1HV0g/s1600/mini+irish+chain+quilt+moses+basket.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tqKs6U7sKqo/Tsl2sj4IihI/AAAAAAAAJqA/CagfuS1HV0g/s640/mini+irish+chain+quilt+moses+basket.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Estou precisamente com 7 meses de gravidez e cada vez penso mais no bebé que está para chegar... Hoje mostro-vos o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; que a minha mãe fez para a alcofa: um mini &lt;i&gt;single Irish chain quilt&lt;/i&gt; a condizer com a nossa &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/double-irish-chain-quilt-finished.html" target="_blank"&gt;colcha&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'm now 7 months pregnant and find myself thinking more and more about this baby that will arrive soon... Today I thought I'd show you the quilt my mother made for his Moses basket: a mini single Irish chain quilt that matches our &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/double-irish-chain-quilt-finished.html" target="_blank"&gt;bedspread&lt;/a&gt;!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4831698778751562387?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4831698778751562387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4831698778751562387' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4831698778751562387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4831698778751562387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/baby-single-irish-chain-quilt.html' title='Baby Single Irish Chain Quilt'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tqKs6U7sKqo/Tsl2sj4IihI/AAAAAAAAJqA/CagfuS1HV0g/s72-c/mini+irish+chain+quilt+moses+basket.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7639467469084469421</id><published>2011-11-28T10:10:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-28T10:10:57.663Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Crumpets</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rdqVbx09tg/TtNbfLR3iUI/AAAAAAAAJsw/LP8dq98lTYQ/s1600/crumpets.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rdqVbx09tg/TtNbfLR3iUI/AAAAAAAAJsw/LP8dq98lTYQ/s640/crumpets.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Crumpets&lt;/i&gt; são algo que só provei em Inglaterra. Uma espécie de panquecas mais pequenas, altas e fermentadas, são especialmente bons torrados e a escorrer manteiga e/ou doce. Fazê-los é fácil (apesar de demorar bastante tempo porque o lume tem de estar baixo) mas é preciso ter uma forma circular especial — na falta dela, usei o aro de metal que o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago&lt;/a&gt; usa para empratar os cozinhados deliciosos com que ele às vezes me brinda ao fim-de-semana. A receita que usei saiu no jornal de domingo e está disponível&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/8902742/Crumpets-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Crumpets are something I only tasted for the first time in England. A sort of small, thick, yeasty pancakes, they're especially good toasted and dripping with butter and/or jam. Making them is easy (although it takes a while because you must cook them over a gentle heat) but you must use a special circular mould — I didn't have one so I used the metal ring &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago&lt;/a&gt; uses to prepare his weekend gourmet dishes (rare but absolutely delicious). The recipe was published in Sunday's paper and is available &lt;a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/foodanddrink/recipes/8902742/Crumpets-recipe.html" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7639467469084469421?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7639467469084469421/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7639467469084469421' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7639467469084469421'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7639467469084469421'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/crumpets.html' title='Crumpets'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rdqVbx09tg/TtNbfLR3iUI/AAAAAAAAJsw/LP8dq98lTYQ/s72-c/crumpets.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7674039300715958879</id><published>2011-11-25T11:08:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-25T11:08:14.086Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Shop Update :: Quilt Kits</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_KL0nN2mSqU/Ts9nyEISwxI/AAAAAAAAJrA/-xshppEAhks/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_KL0nN2mSqU/Ts9nyEISwxI/AAAAAAAAJrA/-xshppEAhks/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OpYfVO1ArlM/Ts9n0sofHmI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/egfWr8l7k5w/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OpYfVO1ArlM/Ts9n0sofHmI/AAAAAAAAJrQ/egfWr8l7k5w/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NTlE3y7M49A/Ts9n1cGor8I/AAAAAAAAJrY/y89345m13Pg/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="436" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6PkckZVJNRc/Ts9n9z7wxKI/AAAAAAAAJsA/27ObS90sqWY/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha9.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-0H_FR76XM/Ts9oAtHx9EI/AAAAAAAAJsQ/20hmW3Qy0h8/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-f-0H_FR76XM/Ts9oAtHx9EI/AAAAAAAAJsQ/20hmW3Qy0h8/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha10.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GqE_OxX68yg/Ts9oBxNqVCI/AAAAAAAAJsY/gC0n1sfbrhk/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-GqE_OxX68yg/Ts9oBxNqVCI/AAAAAAAAJsY/gC0n1sfbrhk/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha11.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f5yVWjgvncg/Ts9oC_JCrhI/AAAAAAAAJsg/wiovNIvht6Q/s1600/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f5yVWjgvncg/Ts9oC_JCrhI/AAAAAAAAJsg/wiovNIvht6Q/s640/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha12.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Há novos &lt;i&gt;quilt kits&lt;/i&gt; na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt;. Dentro de poucos dias haverá mais uns quantos. Muito obrigada e bom fim-de-semana!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;There are new quilt kits available in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;. Over the next few days there'll be some more. Thank you very much and have a lovely weekend!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7674039300715958879?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7674039300715958879/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7674039300715958879' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7674039300715958879'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7674039300715958879'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/shop-update-quilt-kits_25.html' title='Shop Update :: Quilt Kits'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_KL0nN2mSqU/Ts9nyEISwxI/AAAAAAAAJrA/-xshppEAhks/s72-c/quilt+kit+saidos+da+concha2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-420147317397249944</id><published>2011-11-24T19:37:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-24T19:37:59.627Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>More Quilt Kits Coming Tomorrow</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2SYFO_Ep46E/Ts6Jt7fVb4I/AAAAAAAAJqw/OlZ6adf-vgw/s1600/quilt+kits+wip.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2SYFO_Ep46E/Ts6Jt7fVb4I/AAAAAAAAJqw/OlZ6adf-vgw/s640/quilt+kits+wip.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXamGdo6pI0/Ts6LIO9gUXI/AAAAAAAAJq4/cdWTV3IBeE0/s1600/posting+quilt+kits.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YXamGdo6pI0/Ts6LIO9gUXI/AAAAAAAAJq4/cdWTV3IBeE0/s640/posting+quilt+kits.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Amanhã a &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt; será actualizada às 11h da manhã (GMT) com 12 novos &lt;i&gt;quilt kits&lt;/i&gt;. E para a semana haverá mais!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt; will be updated with 12 new quilt kits tomorrow at 11 am (GMT). And there'll be more kits next week!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: 1- Constança Cabral; 2-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-420147317397249944?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/420147317397249944/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=420147317397249944' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/420147317397249944'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/420147317397249944'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/more-quilt-kits-coming-tomorrow.html' title='More Quilt Kits Coming Tomorrow'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2SYFO_Ep46E/Ts6Jt7fVb4I/AAAAAAAAJqw/OlZ6adf-vgw/s72-c/quilt+kits+wip.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5154316555493022585</id><published>2011-11-23T17:46:00.004Z</published><updated>2012-01-25T07:16:30.665Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step-by-step'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='baby'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Manta de Bebé :: Baby Shawl</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gxw_V7lEJHI/Tsl3CUfjeTI/AAAAAAAAJqI/gD3H9rNZbz8/s1600/manta+tricot1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gxw_V7lEJHI/Tsl3CUfjeTI/AAAAAAAAJqI/gD3H9rNZbz8/s640/manta+tricot1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWOHZyoYQ_w/Tsl3DJOdYNI/AAAAAAAAJqQ/y1D2JTsw-38/s1600/manta+tricot2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xWOHZyoYQ_w/Tsl3DJOdYNI/AAAAAAAAJqQ/y1D2JTsw-38/s640/manta+tricot2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Quando há uns tempos mostrei&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6236893313/" target="_blank"&gt; este xaile/manta&lt;/a&gt; que a minha mãe tricotou para o bebé, houve quem me &amp;nbsp;tivesse perguntado como tinha sido feita. Finalmente pedi à minha mãe as instruções — aqui estão elas:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Xaile/Manta de Bebé&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Tamanho final&lt;/u&gt;: 1 m x 1 m&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Fio&lt;/u&gt;: 10 novelos de 50 g&amp;nbsp;(para agulhas 4 / 4,5 mm) 100% lã&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; resto de lã em tom contrastante (para o ponto caseado)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Agulhas&lt;/u&gt;: 5,5 mm (para que a manta fique maleável, é importante usar o número de agulhas acima do indicado nos novelos)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Montar 5 malhas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tricotar em ponto jarreteira (sempre meia ou sempre liga), aumentando 1 malha de cada lado, a cada &amp;nbsp;2 carreiras, até ter chegado ao final do 5º novelo.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Diminuir 1 malha de cada lado a cada duas carreiras, até voltar a ter apenas 5 malhas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Rematar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Pespontar a toda a volta em ponto caseado.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A while ago I showed you &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6236893313/" target="_blank"&gt;this shawl/blanket&lt;/a&gt; my mother has knitted for the baby. Since some of you wished to know how it was made, I asked my mother for instructions — here they are:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Baby Shawl/Blanket&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Finished size&lt;/u&gt;: 1 m x 1 m&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Yarn&lt;/u&gt;: 10 skeins of 100% wool (50 g each) for 4 / 4.5 mm needles&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; &amp;nbsp; some leftovers in a contrasting colour (for the blanket stitch)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Needles&lt;/u&gt;: 5.5 mm (in order for the shawl to become soft and malleable, it's important to choose thicker needles than the ones the yarn calls for)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cast on 5 stitches.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Work in garter stitch (work every row as a knit row).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Increase 1 stitch on each side every 2 rows until you reach the end of your 5th skein.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Decrease 1 stitch on each side every 2 rows until you are left with only 5 stitches.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Cast off.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Overcast in blanket stitch.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5154316555493022585?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5154316555493022585/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5154316555493022585' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5154316555493022585'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5154316555493022585'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/manta-de-bebe-baby-shawl.html' title='Manta de Bebé :: Baby Shawl'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-gxw_V7lEJHI/Tsl3CUfjeTI/AAAAAAAAJqI/gD3H9rNZbz8/s72-c/manta+tricot1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8590448485115016238</id><published>2011-11-22T08:53:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-22T08:53:42.350Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Double Irish Chain Quilt :: Finished!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RAgkBW04wR0/Tsl2MHNB52I/AAAAAAAAJpY/gy_hH_HWBis/s1600/irish+chain+quilt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RAgkBW04wR0/Tsl2MHNB52I/AAAAAAAAJpY/gy_hH_HWBis/s640/irish+chain+quilt1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRTzjnODK0g/Tsl2N3fLY2I/AAAAAAAAJpg/X9SXyC1CsiQ/s1600/irish+chain+quilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KRTzjnODK0g/Tsl2N3fLY2I/AAAAAAAAJpg/X9SXyC1CsiQ/s640/irish+chain+quilt2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u6ZCZu8Olw4/Tsl2Pfju6CI/AAAAAAAAJpo/huO2URkUSOs/s1600/irish+chain+quilt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u6ZCZu8Olw4/Tsl2Pfju6CI/AAAAAAAAJpo/huO2URkUSOs/s640/irish+chain+quilt4.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4jqmm3B3Ex0/Tsl2Q6M2xkI/AAAAAAAAJpw/tTO4f5zSIG4/s1600/irish+chain+quilt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-4jqmm3B3Ex0/Tsl2Q6M2xkI/AAAAAAAAJpw/tTO4f5zSIG4/s640/irish+chain+quilt3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8MSV1gAbwg/Tsl2SrOhZuI/AAAAAAAAJp4/znHy1bNQ86Y/s1600/irish+chain+quilt5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-u8MSV1gAbwg/Tsl2SrOhZuI/AAAAAAAAJp4/znHy1bNQ86Y/s640/irish+chain+quilt5.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Lembram-se &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/4386983143/in/set-72157618002235108" target="_blank"&gt;deste&lt;/a&gt; &lt;i&gt;quilt top&lt;/i&gt; que a minha &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsquiltsalot/" target="_blank"&gt;mãe&lt;/a&gt; fez há quase dois anos? É um &lt;i&gt;double Irish chain quilt&lt;/i&gt; e está finalmente acabado! Foi acolchoado numa máquina &lt;i&gt;longarm&lt;/i&gt; pela &lt;a href="http://www.fathers-heart.co.uk/longarmquilting.html" target="_blank"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; (que me foi recomendada pela &lt;a href="http://imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Katy&lt;/a&gt;) e o &lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt; foi cosido à mão por mim. Estou mesmo contente por tê-lo na nossa cama.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Remember&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/4386983143/in/set-72157618002235108" target="_blank"&gt; this&lt;/a&gt; quilt top my &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsquiltsalot/" target="_blank"&gt;mother&lt;/a&gt; made almost two years ago? It's a double Irish chain quilt and it's finished, at last! &lt;a href="http://www.fathers-heart.co.uk/longarmquilting.html" target="_blank"&gt;Chris&lt;/a&gt; (who can highly recommended by &lt;a href="http://imagingermonkey.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Katy&lt;/a&gt;) quilted it on her longarm machine and I finished sewing the binding by hand. I'm really thrilled to have it on our bed.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8590448485115016238?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8590448485115016238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8590448485115016238' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8590448485115016238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8590448485115016238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/double-irish-chain-quilt-finished.html' title='Double Irish Chain Quilt :: Finished!'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-RAgkBW04wR0/Tsl2MHNB52I/AAAAAAAAJpY/gy_hH_HWBis/s72-c/irish+chain+quilt1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8783269212564215011</id><published>2011-11-21T13:10:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-21T13:10:05.620Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><title type='text'>Me @ IKEA Family Live :: Winter 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z-HFmac1nq0/TspH45a5B2I/AAAAAAAAJqY/UVsGLxZk7Qo/s1600/ikea+live+table+winter+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z-HFmac1nq0/TspH45a5B2I/AAAAAAAAJqY/UVsGLxZk7Qo/s640/ikea+live+table+winter+2011.jpg" width="528" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TwW_erN6wDw/TspIWeSTyUI/AAAAAAAAJqo/Ukhffjgpj88/s1600/ikea+live+table+winter+2011-2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-TwW_erN6wDw/TspIWeSTyUI/AAAAAAAAJqo/Ukhffjgpj88/s640/ikea+live+table+winter+2011-2.jpg" width="524" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/02/ikea-family-live-portuguese-issue.html" target="_blank"&gt;Passados três anos&lt;/a&gt;, eis que o meu nome volta a aparecer na revista &lt;a href="http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/en/" target="_blank"&gt;IKEA Family Live&lt;/a&gt;. Desta vez o tema não é a nossa casa, mas sim as minhas sugestões para decorar uma mesa festiva de Inverno. Espero que gostem!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/02/ikea-family-live-british-issue.html" target="_blank"&gt;Three years later&lt;/a&gt;, my name appears once more in &lt;a href="http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/en/" target="_blank"&gt;IKEA Family Live&lt;/a&gt; magazine. This time the spread isn't about our home, it's about my suggestions for putting together a festive winter table. I hope you enjoy it!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Tim Evan Cook for IKEA Family Live)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8783269212564215011?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8783269212564215011/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8783269212564215011' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8783269212564215011'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8783269212564215011'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/me-ikea-family-live-winter-2011.html' title='Me @ IKEA Family Live :: Winter 2011'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-z-HFmac1nq0/TspH45a5B2I/AAAAAAAAJqY/UVsGLxZk7Qo/s72-c/ikea+live+table+winter+2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6115043281951322466</id><published>2011-11-20T21:21:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-20T21:24:37.164Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Autumn :: Roasted Chestnuts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OgUH9oXPrG8/Tslp6KD4ZII/AAAAAAAAJow/Mu0eqf2C3wE/s1600/castanhas1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OgUH9oXPrG8/Tslp6KD4ZII/AAAAAAAAJow/Mu0eqf2C3wE/s640/castanhas1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kA21fjagMz8/TslqCHsf2qI/AAAAAAAAJo4/4iaqH5rtR5E/s1600/castanhas2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kA21fjagMz8/TslqCHsf2qI/AAAAAAAAJo4/4iaqH5rtR5E/s640/castanhas2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C5PaGa5gbcI/TslqOvHcr_I/AAAAAAAAJpA/dGn1r4AtVWU/s1600/castanhas3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-C5PaGa5gbcI/TslqOvHcr_I/AAAAAAAAJpA/dGn1r4AtVWU/s640/castanhas3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tvozPu4rogo/TslqVZV6pwI/AAAAAAAAJpI/XJ68We3V30c/s1600/castanhas4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tvozPu4rogo/TslqVZV6pwI/AAAAAAAAJpI/XJ68We3V30c/s640/castanhas4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apesar de não ser grande amiga de rotinas, vibro com rituais — daí dar tanta importância às estações do ano e a tudo o que elas representam. Um dos pontos altos do meu Outono é comer castanhas assadas, seja na rua (em Lisboa são vendidas em todas as esquinas de Outubro a Dezembro), seja em casa. Ontem assámos castanhas — distraímo-nos e ficaram demasiado tempo no forno, mas mesmo assim deu para matar saudades.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Although I'm not too keen on routines, I'm extremely fond of rituals — that's why seasonal pleasures resonate so much with me. One of the high points of my autumn is eating roast chestnuts, either in the streets (they're sold in every corner in Lisbon from October to December) or at home. Yesterday we roasted some — we lost track of time and overcooked them but even so they gave us a little taste of home.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6115043281951322466?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6115043281951322466/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6115043281951322466' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6115043281951322466'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6115043281951322466'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/apesar-de-nao-ser-grande-amiga-de.html' title='Autumn :: Roasted Chestnuts'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OgUH9oXPrG8/Tslp6KD4ZII/AAAAAAAAJow/Mu0eqf2C3wE/s72-c/castanhas1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4867826677295671616</id><published>2011-11-18T11:29:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-18T16:55:22.991Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Shop Update :: Quilt Kits</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gn_P3f-nexE/TsY4IE87PzI/AAAAAAAAJno/DzKO7FO--gw/s1600/quilt+kit1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gn_P3f-nexE/TsY4IE87PzI/AAAAAAAAJno/DzKO7FO--gw/s640/quilt+kit1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXvYhDh0Ll4/TsY4JngFd9I/AAAAAAAAJnw/VD_aW763NpI/s1600/quilt+kit2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lXvYhDh0Ll4/TsY4JngFd9I/AAAAAAAAJnw/VD_aW763NpI/s640/quilt+kit2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72JKU5RvBa4/TsY5IjI40xI/AAAAAAAAJoA/xOaxrc_3H_Y/s1600/quilt+kit4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-72JKU5RvBa4/TsY5IjI40xI/AAAAAAAAJoA/xOaxrc_3H_Y/s640/quilt+kit4.jpg" width="428" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5ePb5MNu3g/TsY5J26PluI/AAAAAAAAJoI/2XFrJowrBHg/s1600/quilt+kit5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z5ePb5MNu3g/TsY5J26PluI/AAAAAAAAJoI/2XFrJowrBHg/s640/quilt+kit5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdspPo0kWv4/TsY5MCu-PNI/AAAAAAAAJoQ/57Cv_MijR2Y/s1600/quilt+kit6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tdspPo0kWv4/TsY5MCu-PNI/AAAAAAAAJoQ/57Cv_MijR2Y/s640/quilt+kit6.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPtwqw4mvR4/TsY5OHI3rZI/AAAAAAAAJoY/zE8Ms_FmN68/s1600/quilt+kit7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-HPtwqw4mvR4/TsY5OHI3rZI/AAAAAAAAJoY/zE8Ms_FmN68/s640/quilt+kit7.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yCbuIMpWGkw/TsY5PUV-zuI/AAAAAAAAJog/tXYYyVNmMMg/s1600/quilt+kit8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-yCbuIMpWGkw/TsY5PUV-zuI/AAAAAAAAJog/tXYYyVNmMMg/s640/quilt+kit8.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhB9joCfZlM/TsY5l-RVXJI/AAAAAAAAJoo/D7CLU5PW_dc/s1600/quilt+kit9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" hda="true" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-zhB9joCfZlM/TsY5l-RVXJI/AAAAAAAAJoo/D7CLU5PW_dc/s640/quilt+kit9.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Minhas queridas leitoras,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Eis as notícias de hoje:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Ao longo das próximas horas (e dias) irei actualizando progressivamente a &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt; com &lt;i&gt;quilt kits&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Nesta primeira fase haverá dois esquemas/modelos: o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343983024/in/set-72157628125115148" target="_blank"&gt;Loxley Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (rectângulos) e o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343235747/in/set-72157628125115148" target="_blank"&gt;Lisbon Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (quadrados).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- As imagens acima são apenas alguns exemplos das combinações de tecidos que aparecerão na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt;. Algumas das combinações estarão disponíveis apenas para um dos esquemas/modelos, outras darão para os dois.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Por razões de &lt;i&gt;stock&lt;/i&gt; e de individualidade, as combinações de tecidos não se irão repetir com frequência.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Estou em pulgas para ver os vossos &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;e criei um &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/saidosdaconcha/" target="_blank"&gt;grupo no Flickr&lt;/a&gt; onde poderão partilhar as vossas criações. Também gostaria que lá incluíssem tudo o que tenham feito inspirado nas ideias, &amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;tutorials&lt;/i&gt; e receitas do meu blog.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Qualquer dúvida que surja pelo caminho poderá ser esclarecida no espaço de discussão do &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/saidosdaconcha/" target="_blank"&gt;grupo Saídos da Concha &lt;/a&gt;ou por email.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- Se quiserem actualizações em tempo real, podem sempre seguir a minha&lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saidos-da-Concha/44077797508" target="_blank"&gt; página no Facebook&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Mais uma vez, muito obrigada pelo interesse, entusiasmo e apoio!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Bom fim-de-semana a todas,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Constança&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;My dearest readers,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Here are today's news:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Over the next hours (and days) I'll be progressively updating the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt; with quilt kits.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- During this early stages there will be two pattern options: the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343983024/in/set-72157628125115148" target="_blank"&gt;Loxley Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (rectangles) and the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343235747/in/set-72157628125115148" target="_blank"&gt;Lisbon Baby Quilt &lt;/a&gt;(squares).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- The pictures above are just some examples of the fabric combinations that will be in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;. Some of these sets will be available just for one of the patterns, whilst others will be available for both patterns.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- For reasons of stock and individuality, these sets will change often.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- I can't wait to see your finished quilts so I've created a &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/saidosdaconcha/" target="_blank"&gt;Flickr group&lt;/a&gt; where you can share your creations. I would love if you'd also include there everything you've made based on any ideas, tutorials and recipes you've seen on my blog.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- Any doubts that come up along the way may be asked in the &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/saidosdaconcha/" target="_blank"&gt;Saídos da Concha group&lt;/a&gt; discussion forum or via email.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- If you'd like more updates, you can always follow my &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Saidos-da-Concha/44077797508?ref=tn_tnmn" target="_blank"&gt;Facebook page&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Thank you again for your interest, enthusiasm and support!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Have a lovely weekend,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Constança&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4867826677295671616?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4867826677295671616/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4867826677295671616' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4867826677295671616'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4867826677295671616'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/shop-update-quilt-kits.html' title='Shop Update :: Quilt Kits'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Gn_P3f-nexE/TsY4IE87PzI/AAAAAAAAJno/DzKO7FO--gw/s72-c/quilt+kit1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3467705294328446131</id><published>2011-11-17T15:57:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-17T15:58:54.547Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='guest blogging'/><title type='text'>Guest Post @ IKEA Live</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tSRUjboPmK8/TsUtM-hEGQI/AAAAAAAAJng/olx3O06QCBI/s1600/Ikea+Live+November+2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="442" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tSRUjboPmK8/TsUtM-hEGQI/AAAAAAAAJng/olx3O06QCBI/s640/Ikea+Live+November+2011.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Há um novo &lt;i&gt;post&lt;/i&gt; meu no Live, o blog da revista IKEA Family Live. É sobre tempo frio e &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; — se vos apetecer, podem espreitá-lo &lt;a href="http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/en/blog/cosy-quilting-37" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;There's a new post written by me on Live, the IKEA Family Live blog. It's all about cold weather and handmade quilts — if you feel like reading it, check it out &lt;a href="http://www.ikeafamilylive.com/en/blog/cosy-quilting-37" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3467705294328446131?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3467705294328446131/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3467705294328446131' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3467705294328446131'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3467705294328446131'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-post-ikea-live.html' title='Guest Post @ IKEA Live'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-tSRUjboPmK8/TsUtM-hEGQI/AAAAAAAAJng/olx3O06QCBI/s72-c/Ikea+Live+November+2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-860277839204570557</id><published>2011-11-16T09:22:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-11-16T09:24:50.417Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='step-by-step'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: How to Make a Quilter's Knot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;As instruções que escrevi para os&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;são praticamente um mini-curso de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt;. Hoje mostro-vos um pequeno extracto das mesmas — a parte em que explico como fazer um&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilter's knot&lt;/i&gt;. Este nó não só é ideal para acolchoar um&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilt e&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;coser um&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt;, como também é útil para coser à mão em geral.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The instructions I've written for the &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt; are almost like a mini quilting course. Today I'm going to show you a little extract — the part where I explain how to make a quilter's knot. This type of knot is perfect not only for hand-quilting and hand-sewing the binding, but also for hand-sewing in general.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0eQoDqez688/TsJa9tl1yoI/AAAAAAAAJmw/dteXmCAZAN8/s1600/IMG_1934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0eQoDqez688/TsJa9tl1yoI/AAAAAAAAJmw/dteXmCAZAN8/s400/IMG_1934.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Comece por passar a linha três ou quatro vezes à volta da agulha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Start by wrapping the thread around the needle three or four times.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3n5Qhfxc7l4/TsJbLlsrNgI/AAAAAAAAJm4/f3tTiU_gKew/s1600/IMG_1937.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3n5Qhfxc7l4/TsJbLlsrNgI/AAAAAAAAJm4/f3tTiU_gKew/s400/IMG_1937.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Com o indicador e o polegar, puxe a linha enrolada ao longo da agulha e a todo o comprimento da linha.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Using your index finger and thumb, pull the wrapped thread all the way down the needle and until you reach the end of your entire length of thread.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3CYOCBCeTnU/TsJbU6KihsI/AAAAAAAAJnA/CUmAIdzdM2U/s1600/IMG_1948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3CYOCBCeTnU/TsJbU6KihsI/AAAAAAAAJnA/CUmAIdzdM2U/s400/IMG_1948.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;No fim da linha ter-se-á formado um nó perfeito. Se for necessário, corte a cauda excedente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(é possível que tenha de treinar umas quantas vezes mas, assim que lhe apanhar o jeito, verá que é muito simples e rápido!)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You should now have a perfect knot at the end of your thread. If necessary, cut the remaining tail.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(you may have to try this a couple of times but once you get the hang of it you'll see how simple and fast it is!)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fIhLe5Lh06w/TsNyUzM7gNI/AAAAAAAAJnI/BfgM7e5bty8/s1600/IMG_1894.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fIhLe5Lh06w/TsNyUzM7gNI/AAAAAAAAJnI/BfgM7e5bty8/s400/IMG_1894.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DxLdjiAQxc4/TsNyfqNGcKI/AAAAAAAAJnQ/6QO27wa8MZE/s1600/IMG_1895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DxLdjiAQxc4/TsNyfqNGcKI/AAAAAAAAJnQ/6QO27wa8MZE/s400/IMG_1895.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WSfC9oXYr3A/TsNyp0HLNyI/AAAAAAAAJnY/6s1176nHnOI/s1600/IMG_1897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-WSfC9oXYr3A/TsNyp0HLNyI/AAAAAAAAJnY/6s1176nHnOI/s400/IMG_1897.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-860277839204570557?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/860277839204570557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=860277839204570557' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/860277839204570557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/860277839204570557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-how-to-make-quilters.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: How to Make a Quilter&apos;s Knot'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-0eQoDqez688/TsJa9tl1yoI/AAAAAAAAJmw/dteXmCAZAN8/s72-c/IMG_1934.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8495830379674139875</id><published>2011-11-15T12:17:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-16T13:37:57.577Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilt Kits :: Details</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iZfg2LcpWEs/TsJPsbGrEgI/AAAAAAAAJmg/4BunEykofec/s1600/loxley+quilt+kit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iZfg2LcpWEs/TsJPsbGrEgI/AAAAAAAAJmg/4BunEykofec/s640/loxley+quilt+kit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;exemplo de kit para fazer o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343983024/in/photostream" target="_blank"&gt;Loxley Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (rectângulos)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343983024/in/photostream" target="_blank"&gt;Loxley Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (rectangles) kit sample&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cdlFZdCZuLk/TsJPtOr7jZI/AAAAAAAAJmo/Rv66PMmUHpU/s1600/lisbon+quilt+kit.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-cdlFZdCZuLk/TsJPtOr7jZI/AAAAAAAAJmo/Rv66PMmUHpU/s640/lisbon+quilt+kit.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Exemplo de kit para fazer o &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343235747/in/photostream/" target="_blank"&gt;Lisbon Baby Quilt&lt;/a&gt; (quadrados)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/6343235747/in/photostream/" target="_blank"&gt;Lisbon Baby Quilt &lt;/a&gt;(squares) kit sample&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Muito obrigada pelas reacções positivas aos &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt;! Fico muito contente por terem ficado entusiasmadas e estou a fazer os possíveis por pô-los rapidamente na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Cada kit contém:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- tecidos para fazer o &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;top&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- tecido para o&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; binding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;-&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt; batting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (enchimento) 100% algodão com &lt;i&gt;scrim&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(estabilizador que permite acolchoar à distância máxima de 20 cm entre linhas de&lt;i&gt; quilting&lt;/i&gt;) da marca &lt;a href="http://www.hobbsbatting.com/our-products/heirloom-collection/" target="_blank"&gt;Hobbs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- tecido para o&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt; backing&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- duas &lt;b&gt;agulhas&lt;/b&gt; para &lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt; (curtas e finas em dois tamanhos diferentes), caso pretenda acolchoar à mão e para coser o &lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;b&gt;instruções&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;em português, impressas, detalhadas e com fotografias a cores&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(todos os tecidos são 100% algodão e foram lavados e engomados antes de terem sido cortados à medida)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ontem nos comentários surgiram algumas dúvidas, que vou tentar esclarecer agora:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Não tenho máquina de costura — é possível fazer tudo à mão?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Claro que sim, mas demora bastante mais tempo. Se quiser um projecto para ocupar os longos serões de Inverno, este é ideal. Se tiver pressa/for impaciente, uma máquina ajuda bastante.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eu quero um kit! Posso reservar já?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Ainda estou em processo de fotografar todos os kits que vou ter disponíveis nesta primeira fase. Espero tê-los à venda na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt; dentro de muito pouco tempo!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Preciso mesmo de um walking foot para acolchoar à máquina?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;Um &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;walking foot&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt; (se não me engano, em português chama-se pé de duplo arrasto) é muitíssimo útil quando se acolchoa à máquina (e mesmo para coser tecidos com alguma elasticidade). Graças a ele, as três camadas (&lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;top&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt; + &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;batting&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt; + &lt;/span&gt;&lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"&gt;) movem-se ao mesmo tempo, evitando assim pregas e tecidos deslocados.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;A alternativa é acolchoar à mão — demora algum tempo mas o resultado é ainda mais giro.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;É possível encomendar para o Brasil?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tenho tido alguns problemas com os correios brasileiros, por isso só faço envios para o Brasil em correio registado. Isso encarece bastante os portes, eu sei, mas infelizmente não tenho outra alternativa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Thank you so much for the positive response concerning the &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt kits&lt;/a&gt;! I'm very happy that you're excited about this new venture of ours and I'm doing my best to have them available in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt; very soon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Each kit includes:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- fabrics to make the quilt &lt;b&gt;top&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- fabric to make the&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;binding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- &lt;b&gt;batting/wadding&lt;/b&gt; by &lt;a href="http://www.hobbsbatting.com/our-products/heirloom-collection/" target="_blank"&gt;Hobbs&lt;/a&gt; (100% cotton with scrim: may be quilted up to 20 cm/8'' apart)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- fabric for the &lt;b&gt;backing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- two hand-quilting needles (short and fine in two different sizes), should you wish to hand-quilt and to hand-sew the binding&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;- detailed, printed instructions with colour photographs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;(all fabrics were washed and pressed prior to being cut)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yesterday in the comment sections there were some questions which I'm going to try to answer today:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I don't own a sewing machine — is it possible to do everything by hand?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Yes, it's possible but it does take some time. If you're looking for a project for long winter evenings, then this is it; however, if you are in a rush/are impatient by nature, a sewing machine can be a huge help.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Do I really need a walking foot to quilt by machine?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A walking foot is extremely useful when you wish to quilt using your sewing machine (and even when you are sewing fabrics that have a little elasticity to them). It makes the three layers (top + batting + binding) move along at the same pace, which avoids puckers and other odd situations. The alternative is to quilt by hand — it does take some time but the result is even lovelier.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;I want a kit! Can I pre-order one?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'm still in the process of photographing all the quilts that will be available in this first phase. I hope to have them for sale in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt; in the next few days.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Will you ship abroad?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Of course I will!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8495830379674139875?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8495830379674139875/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8495830379674139875' title='22 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8495830379674139875'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8495830379674139875'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-details.html' title='Quilt Kits :: Details'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-iZfg2LcpWEs/TsJPsbGrEgI/AAAAAAAAJmg/4BunEykofec/s72-c/loxley+quilt+kit.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>22</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-450700341999241858</id><published>2011-11-14T11:09:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-14T11:09:39.848Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilt Kits :: Coming Soon!</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o1_lsJs7pBM/TsAC9aRfDzI/AAAAAAAAJmQ/t2RXmFSUeIw/s1600/IMG_2054.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o1_lsJs7pBM/TsAC9aRfDzI/AAAAAAAAJmQ/t2RXmFSUeIw/s640/IMG_2054.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u2kZZ0U388M/TsADLgqrx0I/AAAAAAAAJmY/Lk4Omr0eq2s/s1600/IMG_2067.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u2kZZ0U388M/TsADLgqrx0I/AAAAAAAAJmY/Lk4Omr0eq2s/s640/IMG_2067.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Querem aprender a fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Não sabem bem por onde começar, que tecidos seleccionar,&amp;nbsp;onde arranjar enchimento de qualidade,&amp;nbsp;como comprar apenas a quantidade de materiais de que precisam de maneira a evitar desperdícios?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Não querem investir já em ferramentas como cortadores rotativos e bases de corte, nem perder tempo a lavar e engomar tecidos?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Não encontram um projecto simples mas útil, com instruções detalhadas e ilustradas, de preferência em português?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Eu posso ajudar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Brevemente terei disponíveis &lt;b&gt;kits completos para fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; de bebé&lt;/b&gt;. Nesta primeira fase haverá dois modelos (aqueles que aparecem nestas imagens): um de rectângulos desencontrados, a fazer lembrar os tijolos das casas inglesas, e um com quadrados regulares, a remeter para os azulejos portugueses.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Este tamanho de &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é ideal como colcha para uma cama de grades, manta para o carro, tapete de actividades ou até mesmo para pendurar na parede (quando tirámos estas fotografias ficámos cheios de vontade de ter uns &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; pendurados aqui e ali). Por ser relativamente pequeno, não exige um enorme investimento em termos de materiais nem de tempo. E as instruções passo-a-passo tiram todas as dúvidas que possam surgir ao longo do processo.&amp;nbsp;Por outro lado, já vem tudo lavado, engomado e cortado à medida — é só abrir a caixa e começar a coser.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Amanhã falarei mais sobre aquilo que cada kit inclui. Haverá combinações de tecidos para todas as preferências (eu gosto de todos os conjuntos!). Estou muito entusiasmada com este novo projecto — fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é mesmo especial.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Do you want to learn how to make a quilt?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Maybe you're not quite sure where to begin, which fabrics to pick,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;where to find a high quality wadding/batting,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;how to buy just the amount of materials you actually need in order to avoid waste?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You might want to wait a bit before you start investing in tools like rotary cutters and cutting mats and you have no wish to use up your precious time washing and pressing fabrics?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;You can't find a simple yet useful project with detailed instructions and lots of pictures?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I can help you.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Very soon I'll have available &lt;b&gt;complete&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;kits to make baby quilts&lt;/b&gt;. In this early stage there will be two designs (the ones pictured above): one featuring non-aligned rectangles (just like the bricks you see in English houses) and the other one featuring regular squares (which make me think of Portuguese tiles).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The size of these quilts makes them ideal as cot/crib bedspreads, car blankets, play mats or even to hang on a wall (when we were taking these photos we though how great it would be to have a few quilts hanging on our walls). Because is relatively small, you don't have to make a huge investment either in terms of materials and time. And the step-by-step instructions are sure to help you solve any doubts you may have along the way. On the other hand, everything is already washed, pressed and neatly cut — you just have to open up the box and start sewing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tomorrow I'll tell you what exactly each kit includes. There will be fabric combinations for every preference (I love all the sets!). I'm really excited about this new project — making a quilt is indeed something very special.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-450700341999241858?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/450700341999241858/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=450700341999241858' title='25 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/450700341999241858'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/450700341999241858'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilt-kits-coming-soon.html' title='Quilt Kits :: Coming Soon!'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o1_lsJs7pBM/TsAC9aRfDzI/AAAAAAAAJmQ/t2RXmFSUeIw/s72-c/IMG_2054.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>25</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5327610538997131404</id><published>2011-11-11T10:40:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-11T10:40:46.517Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='fabrics and trims'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Pre-washing Fabrics</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Omy0yDp3GFY/TrvNJZZzgEI/AAAAAAAAJhY/4SL-15OemA0/s1600/prewashig+fabrics.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Omy0yDp3GFY/TrvNJZZzgEI/AAAAAAAAJhY/4SL-15OemA0/s640/prewashig+fabrics.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A primeira coisa que faço quando compro tecidos é pô-los na máquina de lavar roupa. A questão de lavar ou não os tecidos antes de começar um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; (ou qualquer outro projecto de costura) é discutida frequentemente em livros e blogs — pessoalmente, lavo &lt;i&gt;sempre&lt;/i&gt; os meus tecidos antes de os utilizar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Pré-lavar os tecidos apresenta muitas vantagens: os tecidos de algodão encolhem sempre um bocado, por isso é melhor que encolham antes de estarem cosidos a outros; quando vêm das fábricas, os tecidos ainda têm restos de tintas e outros químicos, e uma simples lavagem elimina tudo isso; alguns tecidos, sobretudo os mais antigos, têm tendência para desbotar, por isso o melhor é fazer um teste antes de os pôr na máquina ou usar uma daquelas folhas que atraem a tinta.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Como já disse, os meus tecidos vão directos para a máquina. Depois estendo-os (mesmo que seja dentro de casa, situação que, neste país, acontece 90% das vezes) e passo-os a ferro enquanto ainda estão ligeiramente húmidos. Há quem os lave à mão, em água fria, mas eu prefiro lavá-los logo a 50ºC num ciclo curto (no caso de tecidos de algodão, claro). Se não quiserem que os tecidos desfiem, podem sempre chuleá-los ou cortá-los com uma tesoura de zigzag. Eu não faço nada disso.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The first thing I do after buying fabrics is to toss them into the washing machine. The question of whether or not to wash fabrics before starting a quilt (or any other sewing project) is frequently discussed in books and blogs — I personally &lt;/i&gt;always&lt;i&gt; wash my fabrics before I use them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pre-washing fabrics has many advantages: cotton fabrics always shrink a little so it's best that they do so before they're all stitched up; when they come from the mills they still have some leftover dyes and chemicals and a simple washing will eliminate that; some fabrics, especially vintage ones, have a tendency to bleed so you might want to test them beforehand or include one of those colour catcher sheets in the wash.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As I said, my fabrics go directly into the washing machine. Then I hang them to dry (even if it needs to be indoors, which happens 90% of the time in this country) and iron them while they're still a bit damp. Some people wash their fabrics by hand in cold water but I prefer to wash them in a short cycle at 50ºC (I'm obviously talking about cotton fabrics). If you don't want them to ravel you might zigzag or overlock the edges or cut them with some zigzag scissors. I do none of that.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photo: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5327610538997131404?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5327610538997131404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5327610538997131404' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5327610538997131404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5327610538997131404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-pre-washing-fabrics.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Pre-washing Fabrics'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Omy0yDp3GFY/TrvNJZZzgEI/AAAAAAAAJhY/4SL-15OemA0/s72-c/prewashig+fabrics.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-1170024560613347105</id><published>2011-11-10T12:29:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-10T14:19:52.570Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Equipment</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Para além de uma máquina de costura e de um ferro de engomar decente, há outro material necessário para fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;. Só um aparte: sou da opinião de que se deve comprar material de primeira qualidade: mais vale ir comprando as coisas espaçadamente, pesquisar bem e esperar por oportunidades, e saber que vão portar-se bem e durar. Por outro lado, o processo é sempre mais fácil e os resultados muito mais perfeitos e duradouros (assim como bolos feitos com boa manteiga e bom chocolate são sempre melhores). Acredito sinceramente que, em tudo, mais vale ter &lt;i&gt;menos&lt;/i&gt; e&lt;i&gt; melhor&lt;/i&gt;, do que o contrário.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;In addition to a sewing machine and a decent iron, there are some other things you need when you wish to make a quilt. Just a side note: I believe that you should buy first quality material: it's best to buy things &amp;nbsp;sparingly, to do some research and to wait for deals, and know that they will perform well and last longer. When you do this, the process is always easier and the results always better (just like cakes made with good butter and good chocolate are always superior). I honestly believe that in life it's best to have &lt;/i&gt;less&lt;i&gt; things but &lt;/i&gt;better&lt;i&gt; quality things, than the opposite.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XgFa3d7E7sE/Truwd4UQXhI/AAAAAAAAJhA/WbRPqS-72zw/s1600/quilting+equipment1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XgFa3d7E7sE/Truwd4UQXhI/AAAAAAAAJhA/WbRPqS-72zw/s640/quilting+equipment1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;1. régua: no mundo do &lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt; trabalha-se normalmente em polegadas e uma régua de acrílico comprida (a minha tem 8 1/2'' x 24'') é muito útil para cortar os tecidos com precisão. Por outro lado, estas réguas incluem transferidores, bons para quando se quer cortar fitas de viés ou triângulos de todos os feitios.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;2. base de corte: de um lado em polegadas, do outro em centímetros, estas bases de corte são usadas em conjunto com as réguas de acrílico e os cortadores rotativos. Deve comprar-se o tamanho maior que for possível.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;3. tesoura pequena: boa para cortar linhas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;4. tesoura de alfaiate: um dos mais importantes investimentos para quem cose é uma boa tesoura de alfaiate, grande e pesada. Desde que seja bem tratada e reservada exclusivamente para tecidos, durará uma vida.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;5. cortador rotativo: excelente para cortar os tecidos com rapidez e precisão.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1. acrylic ruler: a long ruler (mine is 8 1/2'' x 24'') is invaluable for cutting fabric with accuracy. It also includes lines in different angles so that you can cut bias tapes and all sorts of triangles.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2. cutting mat: inches on one side, cm on the other, to be used with a ruler and a rotary cutter. You should buy the largest mat you can afford.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3. small pair of scissors: for cutting thread.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4. dressmaker's shears: one of the most important investments a person who sews can make is a large, heavy pair of scissors. As long as you treat them well and keep them purely for cutting fabric, they should last you a lifetime.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5. rotary cutter: excellent for cutting fabric quickly and accurately.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8WnoZ5doy98/TruweviOnjI/AAAAAAAAJhI/fWLWqig0TdU/s1600/quilting+equipment2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8WnoZ5doy98/TruweviOnjI/AAAAAAAAJhI/fWLWqig0TdU/s640/quilting+equipment2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;6. alfinetes: eu gosto de alfinetes grandes e com cabeças de plástico, mas é uma questão pessoal.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;7. abre-casas: para quando é precido descoser...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;8. linha para a máquina de costura.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;9. pé calcador de 1/4": não é uma necessidade vital, até porque é possível usar um pé calcador normal para fazer costuras com 0,5 cm (1/4'' = 0,6 cm). No entanto, quando se está a seguir um esquema é importante usar as margens de costura indicadas ou, pelo menos, manter sempre margens constantes.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;10. &lt;i&gt;walking foot&lt;/i&gt;: para acolchoar à máquina. Este pé calcador faz com que as três camadas (&lt;i&gt;top&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;batting &lt;/i&gt;+&lt;i&gt; backing&lt;/i&gt;) se desloquem ao mesmo tempo, evitando rugas e outras situações indesejáveis.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;6. pins: I like long pins with plastic heads but it's a matter of personal taste.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;7. seam ripper: sometimes you really have to use it...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;8. all-purpose thread.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;9. 1/4'' foot: this isn't strictly necessary — you can get away with using the edge of your regular presser foot to sew 0.5 cm seams (1/4'' = 0.6 cm). However, if you're following a pattern it's important to use the seam allowances it tells you to or, at least, always keep them consistent.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;10. walking foot: for machine quilting. This special foot makes the three layers (top + wadding/batting + backing) move at the same time, which avoids puckers and other undesirable situations.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_l9DSQCpZWw/TruwfVXKo0I/AAAAAAAAJhQ/CWk8azyAR_o/s1600/quilting+equipment3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_l9DSQCpZWw/TruwfVXKo0I/AAAAAAAAJhQ/CWk8azyAR_o/s640/quilting+equipment3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;11. agulhas para acolchoar à mão: muito curtas e finas, também são úteis para coser o &lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt; à mão.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;12. dedal: eu gosto deste dedal de couro, mas um dedal normal de metal também resulta.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;13. linha de &lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt;: própria para acolchoar à mão, esta linha tem um revestimento (uma espécie de cera) que a torna mais resistente.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;14. alfinetes-de-ama curvos: óptimos para "alinhavar" as três camadas e mantê-las no sítio enquanto se acolchoa o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(ver utilização &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5577091677/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;15. ganchos para &lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt;: úteis para quando se cose o debrum à mão (ver utilização &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2941340696/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;16. caneta de tinta solúvel em água: boa para marcar as linhas para acolchoar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;17. fita adesiva: de pintor ou de caixotes, o importante é que seja larga e resistente. Usa-se para fixar o &lt;i&gt;backing&lt;/i&gt; ao chão quando se faz a sanduíche.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;11. hand-quilting needles: short and fine, they're also great when you sew the binding by hand.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;12. thimble: I like this leather thimble but you can use a regular metal one.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;13. quilting thread: for hand-quilting only, this thread has a special coating (a sort of wax) that makes it very hard-wearing.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;14. curved safety pins: great for "basting" the three layers together and keep them in place whilst quilting (see them in use&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/5577091677/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;15. binding clips: useful when hand-sewing the binding (see them in use &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2941340696/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;16. water soluble pen: good for marking those quilting lines.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;17. sticky tape: painter's tape or packing tape, it must be large and quite heavy duty. You'd use it to tape the backing to the floor when making the quilt sandwich.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-1170024560613347105?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/1170024560613347105/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=1170024560613347105' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1170024560613347105'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1170024560613347105'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-equipment.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Equipment'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XgFa3d7E7sE/Truwd4UQXhI/AAAAAAAAJhA/WbRPqS-72zw/s72-c/quilting+equipment1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-794794416902517643</id><published>2011-11-09T06:53:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-09T06:55:02.201Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Choosing Fabrics</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkHfHD2mulo/TrlfOINB3yI/AAAAAAAAJfw/7A39iQDl5EA/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkHfHD2mulo/TrlfOINB3yI/AAAAAAAAJfw/7A39iQDl5EA/s640/fabrics+for+quilts2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cuwYso2euc/TrlfQJLcLOI/AAAAAAAAJf4/STfeHJwvwUY/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-5cuwYso2euc/TrlfQJLcLOI/AAAAAAAAJf4/STfeHJwvwUY/s640/fabrics+for+quilts1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1jONYu02hOY/TrlfRQyAW0I/AAAAAAAAJgA/l4NmKQ4Nwcg/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1jONYu02hOY/TrlfRQyAW0I/AAAAAAAAJgA/l4NmKQ4Nwcg/s640/fabrics+for+quilts7.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6zj-zrwkvvs/TrlfSlcLs_I/AAAAAAAAJgI/p4iIYLN_X44/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-6zj-zrwkvvs/TrlfSlcLs_I/AAAAAAAAJgI/p4iIYLN_X44/s640/fabrics+for+quilts5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-llBxISPbc7c/TrlfcLzeqNI/AAAAAAAAJgg/bt-ZE55Bntk/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-llBxISPbc7c/TrlfcLzeqNI/AAAAAAAAJgg/bt-ZE55Bntk/s640/fabrics+for+quilts9.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xI-R7lvy2Bs/Trlns0OQSnI/AAAAAAAAJg4/EAsi-L7dXbc/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-xI-R7lvy2Bs/Trlns0OQSnI/AAAAAAAAJg4/EAsi-L7dXbc/s640/fabrics+for+quilts4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yVl2DiAmPP8/TrlfYibvi0I/AAAAAAAAJgY/3fBLfZE40d8/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-yVl2DiAmPP8/TrlfYibvi0I/AAAAAAAAJgY/3fBLfZE40d8/s640/fabrics+for+quilts8.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-McqzGdEQdVg/TrlffUW1BaI/AAAAAAAAJgo/aBro3bN-_yw/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-McqzGdEQdVg/TrlffUW1BaI/AAAAAAAAJgo/aBro3bN-_yw/s640/fabrics+for+quilts3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G8ZJ-Jav3y0/TrlfgBJu12I/AAAAAAAAJgw/RacSmvMbFXQ/s1600/fabrics+for+quilts6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-G8ZJ-Jav3y0/TrlfgBJu12I/AAAAAAAAJgw/RacSmvMbFXQ/s640/fabrics+for+quilts6.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;A parte mais fundamental na execução de um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; está na escolha dos tecidos. Em primeiro lugar, convém seleccionar tecidos da mesma categoria, ou seja, só tecidos de algodão, só sedas, só fazendas ou só flanelas. Isto não só dá coesão ao &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;, como facilita em termos de lavagens e de resistência das fibras e das costuras. Depois, há que pensar no fim a que o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; se destina. É para um bebé? Como vai ser o seu quarto? Os pais gostam de interiores tradicionais ou modernos? É para um homem de 60 anos? Para uma rapariga cheia de vivacidade? Ou para um casal que adora viajar?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Seguem-se as cores e os padrões. Se tiverem interesse em ler um pouco sobre a roda das cores, &lt;a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2009/03/quilt-along-part-2-color-basics-and-color-schemes.html" target="_blank"&gt;este&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;artigo e &lt;a href="http://quilting.about.com/od/colorfabrics/ss/color_quilts.htm" target="_blank"&gt;este&lt;/a&gt; artigo podem ajudar. Ou então podem fazer como eu e confiar nos vossos instintos. Em relação aos padrões, o ideal é atingir um equilíbrio entre padrões grandes, médios e pequenos. Eu gosto de misturar estampados figurativos (flores, bonecos) com motivos gráficos, de preferência monocromáticos (riscas, pintas, quadrados). Mais uma vez, faço aquilo que &lt;i&gt;sinto&lt;/i&gt; que resulta. Isto não pretende ser uma lição — estou apenas a contar-vos como o meu processo de escolha funciona.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;As fotografias que mostro hoje são um exercício: imaginei que iria fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; para uma cama de grades e escolhi combinações de tecidos em função de situações imaginárias: para raparigas, há os incontornáveis cor-de-rosa e azul-claro, mas também verde e violeta; para rapazes, tentei evitar flores e escolhi motivos gráficos em azul e verde; para pais convencionais, as clássicas cores pastel; para pais que não têm medo da cor, encarnado, amarelo e cor-de-laranja; para pais alternativos, tons de cinzento, mostarda, verde-água e verde-azeitona.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Feita a selecção dos tecidos, há que começar a cortar e a construir o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The most important part when you're making a quilt is choosing the fabrics. For starters, you must remember to stick to fabrics that have the same weight, i.e., quilting cottons, silks, wools, flannels. Avoiding mixing different weights gives the quilt coherence and helps with future washings and the way &amp;nbsp;fibers and seams will wear out. Then you have to think about who/what/where the quilt is for. Is it for a baby? What will the nursery look like? Do the parents prefer traditional or modern interiors? Is it for a 60-year-old man? For a very lively girl? Or maybe for a couple who loves traveling?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Then colours and patterns come into play. If you're interested in reading about the colour wheel, &lt;a href="http://www.ohfransson.com/oh_fransson/2009/03/quilt-along-part-2-color-basics-and-color-schemes.html" target="_blank"&gt;this&lt;/a&gt; post and &lt;a href="http://quilting.about.com/od/colorfabrics/ss/color_quilts.htm" target="_blank"&gt;this &lt;/a&gt;post are helpful. Or you can do as me and just trust your instincts. As for patterns, the best is to achieve a good balance of figurative prints (flowers, novelty) and graphic motifs, preferably monochromatic ones (stripes, spots and gingham). Again, I do whatever &lt;/i&gt;feels&lt;i&gt; right. This isn't suppose to be a lesson — I'm just telling you how my process works.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The pictures I'm showing today are a kind of exercise: assuming I was going to make a cot/crib quilt, I picked fabric combinations with imaginary people in mind: for girls there are the imperative pinks and light blues, but also greens and violets; for boys I tried to stay away from flowers and went for graphic prints in blues and greens; for traditional parents I picked the classic pastel colours; for parents who aren't afraid of colour there are reds, yellows and oranges; for alternative parents I chose shades of grey, mustard, mint and olive green.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Once you've got your fabrics selected, it's time to start cutting and putting the quilt together!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-794794416902517643?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/794794416902517643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=794794416902517643' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/794794416902517643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/794794416902517643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-choosing-fabrics.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Choosing Fabrics'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EkHfHD2mulo/TrlfOINB3yI/AAAAAAAAJfw/7A39iQDl5EA/s72-c/fabrics+for+quilts2.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-7498157698582374399</id><published>2011-11-08T11:06:00.003Z</published><updated>2011-11-08T16:31:13.008Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: A.P.C. Quilts for Anthropologie</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CsN3UQyKqY/TrkGXeNJAII/AAAAAAAAJfQ/KomyDNkIYBk/s1600/quilts+anthro1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CsN3UQyKqY/TrkGXeNJAII/AAAAAAAAJfQ/KomyDNkIYBk/s640/quilts+anthro1.jpg" width="544" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tXPABzZsgs4/TrkHlwYgr1I/AAAAAAAAJfo/Gpya5HI0i-I/s1600/quilts+anthro2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-tXPABzZsgs4/TrkHlwYgr1I/AAAAAAAAJfo/Gpya5HI0i-I/s640/quilts+anthro2.jpg" width="544" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Como se ainda restassem algumas dúvidas de que os &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; estão na moda, eis que acabo de receber o &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/en/uk/browse-catalogues/view-our-catalogue/page/viewcatalogue/" target="_blank"&gt;catálogo da Anthropologie&lt;/a&gt; e o que vejo eu? &lt;i&gt;Quilts&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;feitos em parceria com a marca parisiense &lt;a href="http://www.apc.fr/frfr/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;A.P.C.&lt;/a&gt;, a partir de restos de tecidos de colecções passadas. Se quiserem espreitar o processo de manufactura dos &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt;, vejam este &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpuDPJIYSI8" target="_blank"&gt;vídeo&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;As if there were still any doubts that quilts are the hottest thing right now, I've just received the latest &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/en/uk/browse-catalogues/view-our-catalogue/page/viewcatalogue/" target="_blank"&gt;Anthropologie catalogue&lt;/a&gt; and what do I see? Quilts made in partnership with Parisian brand &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/en/uk/browse-catalogues/view-our-catalogue/page/viewcatalogue/" target="_blank"&gt;A.P.C. &lt;/a&gt;using fabric remains from past collections. If you want a peek into the process of making these quilts, check out this &lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpuDPJIYSI8" target="_blank"&gt;video&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: &lt;a href="http://www.anthropologie.eu/uk/page/home" target="_blank"&gt;Anthropologie&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-7498157698582374399?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/7498157698582374399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=7498157698582374399' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7498157698582374399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/7498157698582374399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-apc-quilts-for.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: A.P.C. Quilts for Anthropologie'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_CsN3UQyKqY/TrkGXeNJAII/AAAAAAAAJfQ/KomyDNkIYBk/s72-c/quilts+anthro1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8090591926663441180</id><published>2011-11-07T09:07:00.002Z</published><updated>2011-11-07T09:30:20.714Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Made By Me</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apesar do meu grande entusiasmo, sou relativamente nova no mundo dos &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt;. Frequentei umas &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2943363325/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;aulas&lt;/a&gt; dadas pela Luísa (dona da loja &lt;a href="http://dotquilts.com/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank"&gt;dotQuilts&lt;/a&gt;) em 2008, fui fazendo umas coisas em &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3013205843/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;almofadas&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2659629028/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;sacos&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3965991518/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;cestos&lt;/a&gt;), mas &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; do princípio ao fim ainda só fiz seis. Hoje vou falar-vos um pouco de cada um.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Despite my enormous enthusiasm, I'm quite new to the quilting world. I was taught some &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2943363325/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;classes&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;by Luísa (the owner of the &lt;a href="http://dotquilts.com/index.php?route=common/home" target="_blank"&gt;dotQuilts&lt;/a&gt; shop) back in 2008, have used patchwork techniques to make a few things (&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3013205843/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;cushions&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/2659629028/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;bags&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/saidosdaconcha/3965991518/in/set-72157607533131360" target="_blank"&gt;baskets&lt;/a&gt;) but so far I've only made six quilts from beginning to end. Today I'm going to tell you a bit about each of them.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MMljIYqPLEg/TrbW3CYHjSI/AAAAAAAAJdY/ljDBw6CkH1s/s1600/quilt+Gracinha3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MMljIYqPLEg/TrbW3CYHjSI/AAAAAAAAJdY/ljDBw6CkH1s/s640/quilt+Gracinha3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQk-kL2cDWU/TrbW5IgO5II/AAAAAAAAJdg/pUwbr4yJNsc/s1600/quilt+Gracinha1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cQk-kL2cDWU/TrbW5IgO5II/AAAAAAAAJdg/pUwbr4yJNsc/s640/quilt+Gracinha1.jpg" width="482" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O primeiro &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/08/gracinha.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; que fiz foi para uma amiga que ia começar um doutoramento em Florença. Escolhi azuis e verdes, cores que associo a ela, e optei por um esquema de grandes triângulos rectângulos, enquadrados por um&lt;i&gt; border&lt;/i&gt; largo de um só tecido. O tamanho é de sala, ideal para ler, fazer sestas e estudar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;The first &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/08/gracinha.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt; I completed was for a friend who was going to Florence for her PhD. I chose blues and greens, colours that make me think of her, and went for a scheme of half square triangles framed by a simple border. I made it as a lap quilt, perfect for reading, napping and studying.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Iics24VCsH8/TrbYcVtjd-I/AAAAAAAAJdo/mytkhd6tgrI/s1600/quilt+helena2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Iics24VCsH8/TrbYcVtjd-I/AAAAAAAAJdo/mytkhd6tgrI/s640/quilt+helena2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwu3S2x6gMw/TrbYfbMK1oI/AAAAAAAAJdw/mdtRsLPUodw/s1600/quilt+helena1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nwu3S2x6gMw/TrbYfbMK1oI/AAAAAAAAJdw/mdtRsLPUodw/s640/quilt+helena1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Quando a primeira das minhas amigas anunciou que iria ter um bebé (uma rapariga, ainda por cima), soube imediatamente que lhe queria fazer um &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/09/baby-quilt.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Usei tecidos e um &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_charm_pack" target="_blank"&gt;charm pack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; da colecção Snippets da Moda para fazer uma colcha para a cama de grades.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;When my first friend told me she was expecting a baby (a girl, no less), I immediately thought that I wanted to make a &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2009/09/baby-quilt.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt; for her cot. I used fabrics and a &lt;a href="http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_charm_pack" target="_blank"&gt;charm pack&lt;/a&gt; from the Snippets collection for Moda.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ntcl0IZTGLM/TrbdtddKlzI/AAAAAAAAJd4/ZX2aTrKOYy0/s1600/quilt+jil+corrien3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ntcl0IZTGLM/TrbdtddKlzI/AAAAAAAAJd4/ZX2aTrKOYy0/s640/quilt+jil+corrien3.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OD7y5xN_G60/TrbdxlYWgEI/AAAAAAAAJeA/nwyCPFWPAjE/s1600/quilt+jil+corrien1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OD7y5xN_G60/TrbdxlYWgEI/AAAAAAAAJeA/nwyCPFWPAjE/s640/quilt+jil+corrien1.jpg" width="414" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O meu presente de casamento para os meus amigos holandeses foi um &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/05/cross-quilt-for-corrien-jil.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/i&gt;para a sala. Na altura eles tinham um sofá encarnado e papel de parede com motivos em cinzento, por isso achei melhor cingir-me a tecidos lisos e a um modelo de &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt; bastante simples. Usei cinco &lt;a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/kona_cotton/" target="_blank"&gt;Kona Cotons&lt;/a&gt;, que cortei em quadrados e dispus de maneira a que formassem grandes cruzes.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;My wedding present for my Dutch friends was a &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2010/05/cross-quilt-for-corrien-jil.html" target="_blank"&gt;quilt&lt;/a&gt; for their sitting room. At the time that had a red sofa and a wall papered in grey motifs, so I thought I should stick to plain fabrics and a simple pattern. I used five&lt;a href="http://www.robertkaufman.com/fabrics/kona_cotton/" target="_blank"&gt; Kona Cottons&lt;/a&gt;, which I cut in squares and laid out into large crosses.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T9sP90rQqsI/Trbfc5CWXqI/AAAAAAAAJeI/fU4l4oQhB60/s1600/quilt+filipa+rui2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-T9sP90rQqsI/Trbfc5CWXqI/AAAAAAAAJeI/fU4l4oQhB60/s640/quilt+filipa+rui2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PQMkcTFGKNs/TrbffeAlLYI/AAAAAAAAJeQ/hkNePi9aF8I/s1600/quilt+filipa+rui1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-PQMkcTFGKNs/TrbffeAlLYI/AAAAAAAAJeQ/hkNePi9aF8I/s640/quilt+filipa+rui1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é um óptimo presente de casamento, por isso quando a minha amiga seguinte se casou, fiz-lhe &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/05/triangle-quilt-for-filipa-rui.html" target="_blank"&gt;um&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;com triângulos em tons de azuis, verdes e beges. A ideia original tinha sido fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; de sala, mas &amp;nbsp;baralhei-me nas contas e acabei por ter de fazer uns acrescentos a branco. Eles usam-no aos pés da cama mas dá perfeitamente para uma cama de solteiro.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;A quilt is a great wedding gift so when my next friend got married I made her &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/05/triangle-quilt-for-filipa-rui.html" target="_blank"&gt;one&lt;/a&gt; in shades of blue, green and beige. The original idea had been to make a lap quilt but I got my calculations wrong and ended up having to add some white borders to it. They use it at the end of their bed but it should fit a single bed perfectly.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vs4TsD5FNrs/Trbg3CSFIpI/AAAAAAAAJeY/QFIKTbYiNOI/s1600/coin+quilt+nos1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vs4TsD5FNrs/Trbg3CSFIpI/AAAAAAAAJeY/QFIKTbYiNOI/s640/coin+quilt+nos1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xHtyYa5BRnY/Trbg39YytzI/AAAAAAAAJeg/-I8KcnwCTtk/s1600/coin+quilt+nos2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xHtyYa5BRnY/Trbg39YytzI/AAAAAAAAJeg/-I8KcnwCTtk/s640/coin+quilt+nos2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Segue-se o &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/coin-quilt.html" target="_blank"&gt;coin quilt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; de que tanto tenho falado nos últimos tempos. &lt;i&gt;Coin quilt&lt;/i&gt; é o nome que se dá a este modelo de &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;, também conhecido por &lt;i&gt;stacked coins&lt;/i&gt; ou &lt;i&gt;Chinese coins&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;(o esquema pode ter algumas variações). Comecei a fazê-lo motivada por um &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2009coinquiltpiecealong/" target="_blank"&gt;sew-along&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (muitas pessoas decidem fazer o mesmo projecto e vão partilhando as suas experiências&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;online&lt;/i&gt;) e a colcha está agora no nosso quarto em Lisboa (em casa do meu pai).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Next comes the &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/coin-quilt.html" target="_blank"&gt;coin quilt&lt;/a&gt; I've shown you recently. Coin quilt is the name of this pattern, also known as stacked coins or Chinese coins (the pattern itself can have several variations). I started it motivated by a &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/groups/2009coinquiltpiecealong/" target="_blank"&gt;sew-along&lt;/a&gt; (lots of people decide to make the same projects and share their experiences online) and it now covers our bed in Lisbon (in my father's flat).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R01GA1GmNmU/Trbi_qc7i9I/AAAAAAAAJeo/wzsg2jxKJ9o/s1600/swell+baby+quilt4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-R01GA1GmNmU/Trbi_qc7i9I/AAAAAAAAJeo/wzsg2jxKJ9o/s640/swell+baby+quilt4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I4frrZWJZ9k/TrbjCLFSiYI/AAAAAAAAJew/7ruEeE5DChw/s1600/swell+baby+quilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I4frrZWJZ9k/TrbjCLFSiYI/AAAAAAAAJew/7ruEeE5DChw/s640/swell+baby+quilt2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL4PFoVIPPA/TrbjDpti5XI/AAAAAAAAJe4/DIY9cOXczs4/s1600/swell+baby+quilt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CL4PFoVIPPA/TrbjDpti5XI/AAAAAAAAJe4/DIY9cOXczs4/s640/swell+baby+quilt3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--bMJGcp-EgM/TrbjGMJHBtI/AAAAAAAAJfA/Jvwty1SsxsM/s1600/swell+baby+quilt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/--bMJGcp-EgM/TrbjGMJHBtI/AAAAAAAAJfA/Jvwty1SsxsM/s640/swell+baby+quilt1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Por último, um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; que fiz em Março para a minha sobrinha bebé mas que ainda não tinha mostrado aqui. O tamanho é de cama de grades (90 x 120 cm) e os tecidos são todos da colecção Swell da Moda (excepto os quadrados usados no &lt;i&gt;backing&lt;/i&gt;). Tinha dois &lt;i&gt;charm packs &lt;/i&gt;postos de parte para um projecto especial e esta foi a ocasião ideal para os utilizar. Raramente gosto de todos os tecidos de uma colecção, por isso não sou grande cliente de &lt;i&gt;charm packs&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;jelly rolls&lt;/i&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;layer cakes&lt;/i&gt;, etc. (estou a referir-me a conjuntos de tecidos pré-cortados). Mas, quando se encontra um conjunto de que se gosta, não há dúvida de que todo o processo de seleccionar, comprar e combinar os tecidos para um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; fica extremamente facilitado e rápido.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Estou neste momento a trabalhar em novos&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt;, que espero poder mostrar-vos em breve. Tenho uma amiga que se acabou de casar, outra que está noiva, um bebé quase a nascer... e novos projectos em desenvolvimento.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;And finally a quilt I made for my baby niece&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;last March&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;nbsp;but hadn't shared it here yet. It's a cot quilt (90 x 120 cm) and all the fabrics are from the Swell collection for Moda (except for the pink gingham I used as backing). I had two Swell charm packs put aside for a special project and this was the ideal occasion to use them. I rarely like every single fabric of whole collection so I'm not a great buyer of charm packs, jelly rolls, layer cakes, etc. (I'm talking about sets of pre-cut fabrics). But when you find a set you love, there's no doubt that the whole process of selecting, buying and conjugating fabrics for a quilt turns out much easier and faster.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'm now working on new quilts which I'm hoping to share with you soon. I've got a friend who's just got married, another one who's engaged, a baby on the way... and new projects under development.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8090591926663441180?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8090591926663441180/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8090591926663441180' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8090591926663441180'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8090591926663441180'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-made-by-me.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Made By Me'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MMljIYqPLEg/TrbW3CYHjSI/AAAAAAAAJdY/ljDBw6CkH1s/s72-c/quilt+Gracinha3.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5734440595043669004</id><published>2011-11-06T10:13:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-06T10:14:33.850Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='seasons'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Autumn :: Apple &amp; Cinnamon Cake</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2znF0-Bi7as/TrZJVIs3kJI/AAAAAAAAJdA/a-I07-EvnVE/s1600/apple+cinnamon+cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2znF0-Bi7as/TrZJVIs3kJI/AAAAAAAAJdA/a-I07-EvnVE/s640/apple+cinnamon+cake.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQ-XExhApxo/TrZNl2uIokI/AAAAAAAAJdQ/vrWZf4fiU6E/s1600/apple+cinnamon+cake.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pQ-XExhApxo/TrZNl2uIokI/AAAAAAAAJdQ/vrWZf4fiU6E/s640/apple+cinnamon+cake.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Num fim-de-semana de Outono, nada sabe melhor do que um bolo de maçã e canela ao lanche. Há uns tempos uma vizinha minha deu-me uma série de maçãs Bramley da sua árvore e, em vez de doces e geleias, lembrei-me de fazer um bolo. Se também o quiserem experimentar, aqui fica a receita:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;Bolo de Maçã e Canela&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;u&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;250 g açúcar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;150 g manteiga&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;200 g farinha&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;1 c. chá de fermento&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;4 ovos&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;4 maçãs&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;canela em pó&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;1. Untar a forma com manteiga, povilhá-la com canela e cobrir a base com açúcar. Ligar o forno a 180ºC.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;2. Descascar as maçãs, cortá-las em fatias finas e polvilhá-las com bastante canela.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;3. Bater bem a manteiga com 200 g de açúcar até a mistura ficar cremosa e esbranquiçada.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;4. Juntar 4 gemas de ovo e bater.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;5. Noutra taça, bater 4 claras em castelo e adicionar-lhes os restantes 50 g de açúcar.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;6. Ir incorporando no primeiro preparado, alternadamente, as claras em castelo e a farinha (cuidado para não bater demasiado a massa).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;7. Colocar uma camada de fatias de maçã na forma, depois um pouco de massa, em seguida outra camada de maçãs, depois o resto da massa e terminar com as restantes maçãs (nesta altura pode achar que a massa é curta mas a sério que chega: o truque é alternar camadas grossas de fatias de maçã com camadas finas de massa).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;8. O bolo coze durante cerca de meia-hora mas, como todos os fornos são diferentes, é importante ir vigiando a cozedura. Não deixar cozer demasiado, sob pena de o bolo ficar muito seco.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;On an autumn weekend nothing tastes batter than an apple and cinnamon cake for afternoon tea. Some weeks ago, a lovely neighbour gave me a few Bramley apples from her tree and instead of making yet another preserve, I decided to bake a cake. In case you're interested in making one yourself, here's &amp;nbsp;the recipe:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;u&gt;Apple and Cinnamon Cake&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;250 g caster sugar&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;150 g butter&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;200 g flour&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1 teaspoon baking powder&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4 eggs&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4 cooking apples&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;ground cinnamon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;1. Grease the tin, coat it with ground cinnamon and cover the bottom in sugar. Preheat the oven to 180ºC.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;2. Peel and core the apples and cut them into fine slices. Sprinkle them with a fair amount of cinnamon.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;3. Cream the butter with 200 g of sugar until the mixture is white and fluffy.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;4. Add 4 egg yolks and beat them in well.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;5. In another bowl, beat 4 egg whites until they reach soft peaks and then beat in the remaining 50 g of sugar.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;6. Incorporate a spoonful of eggs whites into the cake batter, then some flour, then egg whites and so on. Be careful not to overwork it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;7. Place a layer of apple slices in the tin, then a layer of cake batter, then a layer of apples, then the remaining batter and finish with the apples (at this point you may think that you're a little short on batter but it really is enough: the trick is to alternate rather thick layers of apple slices with thin layers of cake batter).&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;8. Bake for approximately half an hour but since every oven is unique, do pay attention. Do not overbake it or else the cake will be too dry.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-style: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5734440595043669004?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5734440595043669004/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5734440595043669004' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5734440595043669004'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5734440595043669004'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/autumn-apple-cinnamon-cake.html' title='Autumn :: Apple &amp; Cinnamon Cake'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2znF0-Bi7as/TrZJVIs3kJI/AAAAAAAAJdA/a-I07-EvnVE/s72-c/apple+cinnamon+cake.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6418927818294676938</id><published>2011-11-04T00:38:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-03T22:39:24.491Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: How to Use a Quilt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nt491RafoDY/TrJ4K31R-iI/AAAAAAAAJcQ/vkYaIXGyPCI/s1600/quilt+cot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nt491RafoDY/TrJ4K31R-iI/AAAAAAAAJcQ/vkYaIXGyPCI/s400/quilt+cot.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;numa cama de grades&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;on a cot/crib&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(source unknown)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5FKX9Cj0Vk/TrGs-rw7q0I/AAAAAAAAJao/ubKftB0Z3fI/s1600/quilt+sofa.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q5FKX9Cj0Vk/TrGs-rw7q0I/AAAAAAAAJao/ubKftB0Z3fI/s400/quilt+sofa.jpg" width="351" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como manta para descontrair no sofá&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as a lap quilt to lounge on the sofa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.cassandraellis.co.uk/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iQPLMnxRxn0/TrFeY-oQJVI/AAAAAAAAJaA/ZkrmwiUNYks/s1600/quilt+mias+landliv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iQPLMnxRxn0/TrFeY-oQJVI/AAAAAAAAJaA/ZkrmwiUNYks/s400/quilt+mias+landliv.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como toalha de mesa&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as a tablecloth&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://miaslandliv.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharethejourney/3802620313/" title="BEACH IN WINTER by suejoy70, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="BEACH IN WINTER" height="407" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2441/3802620313_6e89ac96bb.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para olhar para o mar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;to gaze into the ocean&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sharethejourney/3802620313/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GnS1gwWjBS0/TrGtn4uF_2I/AAAAAAAAJaw/3sexbNLpKTA/s1600/quilt+sofa2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-GnS1gwWjBS0/TrGtn4uF_2I/AAAAAAAAJaw/3sexbNLpKTA/s400/quilt+sofa2.jpg" width="277" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para forrar um sofá&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;to re-cover a sofa&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/la/roundup/roundup-quilted-blankets-157891" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LfgTfqamUaU/TrJyB0gBtlI/AAAAAAAAJcA/ZTBsydGH0jk/s1600/quilt+love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LfgTfqamUaU/TrJyB0gBtlI/AAAAAAAAJcA/ZTBsydGH0jk/s640/quilt+love.jpg" width="468" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para namorar&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;to flirt&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://pinterest.com/pin/214198106/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OMJoWd_fcMU/TrGu0QkttvI/AAAAAAAAJa4/6e38uj6aTkc/s1600/quilt+wall+hanging.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-OMJoWd_fcMU/TrGu0QkttvI/AAAAAAAAJa4/6e38uj6aTkc/s400/quilt+wall+hanging.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como decoração de parede&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as a wall hanging&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/boston/artwork/how-to-hang-a-quilt-artisticallyboston-051328" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3IGgEpARnM/TrJwHoHNMOI/AAAAAAAAJb4/foKTKolSfow/s1600/quilt+picnic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="424" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-f3IGgEpARnM/TrJwHoHNMOI/AAAAAAAAJb4/foKTKolSfow/s640/quilt+picnic.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para um &lt;i&gt;picnic&lt;/i&gt; no jardim&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;on a picnic in the park&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.mywedding.com/blog/real-couples/real-engagements/travis-amandas-diy-picnic-engagement-shoot/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iESDPQ5JQ3M/TrG1kfRQ2CI/AAAAAAAAJbg/zPzjhrydA2w/s1600/quilt+swaddled.babylove.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-iESDPQ5JQ3M/TrG1kfRQ2CI/AAAAAAAAJbg/zPzjhrydA2w/s400/quilt+swaddled.babylove.jpg" width="356" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para embrulhar uma boneca (ou um bebé)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;to swaddle a doll (or a baby)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.purlbee.com/the-purl-bee/2010/6/18/interview-with-anna-maria-horner-about-her-new-book-handmade.html" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LQaN7wWDafA/TrJzPo8n3eI/AAAAAAAAJcI/jTWzDLCDvT0/s1600/quilt+headboard.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LQaN7wWDafA/TrJzPo8n3eI/AAAAAAAAJcI/jTWzDLCDvT0/s400/quilt+headboard.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como cabeceira de uma cama&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as headboard&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/275198/bed-and-bedding-projects/@center/277001/diy-decorating#/273531" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jkiCOS4-23Y/TrJ52qP0YoI/AAAAAAAAJcY/QDgeThLB_K8/s1600/quilt+beach.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="238" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-jkiCOS4-23Y/TrJ52qP0YoI/AAAAAAAAJcY/QDgeThLB_K8/s400/quilt+beach.jpg" width="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;na praia&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;on the beach&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.soulemama.com/soulemama/2009/08/handmade-home-beach-blanket-togo.html" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXtKjCR8mlA/TrG0_xBa1jI/AAAAAAAAJbY/ZzyKetAKZBM/s1600/quilt+baby+nap.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXtKjCR8mlA/TrG0_xBa1jI/AAAAAAAAJbY/ZzyKetAKZBM/s640/quilt+baby+nap.jpg" width="450" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;para fazer a sesta&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;for taking a nap&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;(&lt;a href="http://annamariahorner.blogspot.com/2010/02/this-very-moment.html" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fSQH833ENDI/TrG2YSIcYpI/AAAAAAAAJbo/S_EAdBJuVns/s1600/quilt+play+baby.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fSQH833ENDI/TrG2YSIcYpI/AAAAAAAAJbo/S_EAdBJuVns/s400/quilt+play+baby.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como tapete de actividades&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as a baby playmat&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/307183/seersucker-baby-quilt" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c_uPh_4ED9I/TrGrsk4rZBI/AAAAAAAAJag/-Hhc0eb-uCc/s1600/quilt+bed.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-c_uPh_4ED9I/TrGrsk4rZBI/AAAAAAAAJag/-Hhc0eb-uCc/s640/quilt+bed.jpg" width="444" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;como colcha&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;as a bedspread&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;(&lt;a href="http://purlbee.squarespace.com/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6418927818294676938?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6418927818294676938/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6418927818294676938' title='16 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6418927818294676938'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6418927818294676938'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-how-to-use-quilt.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: How to Use a Quilt'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nt491RafoDY/TrJ4K31R-iI/AAAAAAAAJcQ/vkYaIXGyPCI/s72-c/quilt+cot.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>16</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6076942415934078221</id><published>2011-11-03T07:16:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-03T07:16:07.542Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Contemporary Quilts</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Sejam executados por profissionais ou por amadores entusiastas, hoje em dia há &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; para todos os gostos. Os motivos geométricos tendem a ser mais simples (muitos quadrados e rectângulos, linhas paralelas ou por vezes assumidamente tortas), os tecidos lisos aparecem em abundância e há uma clara preferência pelo branco como elemento de base para o &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt;. Aqui ficam alguns exemplos:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Either made by professionals or enthusiastic amateurs, nowadays there are quilts for every possible taste. The geometric motifs tend to be simpler (lots of squares and rectangles, parallel or even wonky lines), there's a profusion of plain/solid fabrics and a huge taste for white as background for the patchwork. Here are some examples:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u2Ed0ztq24/TrFXNP_ZrUI/AAAAAAAAJZI/lMhYekkU6Ak/s1600/quilt+denyse+schmidt.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u2Ed0ztq24/TrFXNP_ZrUI/AAAAAAAAJZI/lMhYekkU6Ak/s400/quilt+denyse+schmidt.jpg" width="348" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://dsquilts.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Denyse Schmidt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PY9XyUX7yvs/TrGMxq1d16I/AAAAAAAAJaQ/7JZK_LHhxqA/s1600/quilt+amy+butler+solids.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-PY9XyUX7yvs/TrGMxq1d16I/AAAAAAAAJaQ/7JZK_LHhxqA/s640/quilt+amy+butler+solids.jpg" width="424" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amybutlerdesign.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Amy Butler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZoHIq4ObdLI/TrGN1v-nhlI/AAAAAAAAJaY/S6OqMR5XT1I/s1600/quilt+kaffe+fassett.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ZoHIq4ObdLI/TrGN1v-nhlI/AAAAAAAAJaY/S6OqMR5XT1I/s400/quilt+kaffe+fassett.jpg" width="396" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.kaffefassett.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Kaffe Fassett&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bmL0D2YE2vs/TrGwhefLcvI/AAAAAAAAJbA/X1OCRwGfvT4/s640/quilt+b+perrino.jpg" width="514" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bperrino.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Barbara Perrino&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6JPK-m7XCo/TrGMJVen9lI/AAAAAAAAJaI/Qmx76n9tnjM/s1600/quilt+fresh+lemons.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="458" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-b6JPK-m7XCo/TrGMJVen9lI/AAAAAAAAJaI/Qmx76n9tnjM/s640/quilt+fresh+lemons.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freshlemonsquilts.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Fresh Lemons Quilts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhGTZxrUL2k/TrFagKXEciI/AAAAAAAAJZo/z0NlyAsAD_o/s1600/5617069957_2c5c633973.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bhGTZxrUL2k/TrFagKXEciI/AAAAAAAAJZo/z0NlyAsAD_o/s640/5617069957_2c5c633973.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.redpepperquilts.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Red Pepper Quilts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K0Dnw0j1XC4/TrFZSm0X8fI/AAAAAAAAJZg/JiReCadS6yw/s1600/3244762941_854939d12c.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K0Dnw0j1XC4/TrFZSm0X8fI/AAAAAAAAJZg/JiReCadS6yw/s640/3244762941_854939d12c.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lesliekeating/" target="_blank"&gt;Leslie Keating&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lusummers/6259767935/" title="feathers by lusummers, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="feathers" height="640" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6167/6259767935_36d3e66084_b.jpg" width="528" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lusummers/" target="_blank"&gt;LuSummers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Quilting :: Contemporary Quilts'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0u2Ed0ztq24/TrFXNP_ZrUI/AAAAAAAAJZI/lMhYekkU6Ak/s72-c/quilt+denyse+schmidt.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-8644325604066201309</id><published>2011-11-02T14:25:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-11-02T14:25:55.993Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Old vs. Traditional vs. Modern</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Nem todos os &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; antigos são tradicionais e nem todos os &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; tradicionais são antigos. Esquemas como &lt;i&gt;log cabin&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;irish chain&lt;/i&gt;, &lt;i&gt;double wedding ring&lt;/i&gt;, todo o tipo de estrelas&amp;nbsp;e até mesmo motivos em &lt;i&gt;appliqué &lt;/i&gt;ainda hoje são trabalhados, e a escolha de tecidos pode conferir-lhes uma estética muito tradicional ou, pelo contrário, ultra-moderna. Por outro lado, encontram-se &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; antigos tão depurados ou com uma paleta de cores tão vibrante que não destoariam em qualquer interior contemporâneo. Aqui ficam alguns exemplos daquilo a que me refiro:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;We can't say that old quilts are necessarily traditional or that every traditional quilt must surely be old. Patterns like the log cabin, Irish chain, double wedding ring, all manner of stars and even appliqué motifs are still interpreted today and the fabric choices can make them look extremely traditional or very modern. On the other hand, some antique quilts look so understated or feature such vibrant colours that you wouldn't be surprised to find them in a contemporary home. Here are some examples of what I'm talking about:&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G6JYlXeh5eI/TrE7BVPOdKI/AAAAAAAAJXw/VRulaTwlA6I/s1600/quilt+log+cabin+1880-1900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="612" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G6JYlXeh5eI/TrE7BVPOdKI/AAAAAAAAJXw/VRulaTwlA6I/s640/quilt+log+cabin+1880-1900.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Log Cabin Quilt, Pennsylvania, c. 1880-1900 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/crafternews/5474690516/" title="Bright Furrows Quilt from Modern Log Cabin Quilting by CrafterNews, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Bright Furrows Quilt from Modern Log Cabin Quilting" height="640" src="http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5100/5474690516_0b8dbcffda_b.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bright Furrows Quilt, Susan Beal, 2011 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Modern_Log_Cabin_Quilting.html?id=e6eplcSVlIsC&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_fPxApr9XA/TrE6-_n-uLI/AAAAAAAAJXo/iGfGMtw9c94/s1600/quilt+flying+geese+1825-50_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P_fPxApr9XA/TrE6-_n-uLI/AAAAAAAAJXo/iGfGMtw9c94/s640/quilt+flying+geese+1825-50_2.jpg" width="610" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Flying Geese Quilt, Pennsylvania, c. 1825-1950 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagingermonkey/4435070584/" title="Fat Geese on a fountain by ImAGingerMonkey, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Fat Geese on a fountain" height="640" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2798/4435070584_96538376fd_b.jpg" width="480" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;French General Fat Geese, Katy Jones, 2010 (&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/imagingermonkey/4435070584/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Od4cToiT5E/TrE68DPvS1I/AAAAAAAAJXg/eUGMLYZ2LiI/s1600/quilt+floral+applique%25CC%2581+1850.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_Od4cToiT5E/TrE68DPvS1I/AAAAAAAAJXg/eUGMLYZ2LiI/s640/quilt+floral+applique%25CC%2581+1850.jpg" width="562" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Floral (appliqué), New York, 1850 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBHVGw-rPEo/TrFPfqVq2XI/AAAAAAAAJYg/EJSnmS0-fpc/s1600/quilt+little+leaves.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-sBHVGw-rPEo/TrFPfqVq2XI/AAAAAAAAJYg/EJSnmS0-fpc/s640/quilt+little+leaves.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Little Leaves Quilt (appliqué), Elizabeth Hartman, 2010 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_Practical_Guide_to_Patchwork.html?id=qtjOtgAACAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sjgeVjpiM7Y/TrE7GgnOtMI/AAAAAAAAJYI/Tlc96M_bsLU/s1600/quilt+triple+irish+chain+1890-1910.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-sjgeVjpiM7Y/TrE7GgnOtMI/AAAAAAAAJYI/Tlc96M_bsLU/s640/quilt+triple+irish+chain+1890-1910.jpg" width="632" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Triple Irish Chain Quilt, Ohio, c. 1890-1910 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloomandblossom/2476779705/" title="Single Irish chain gorgeousness made by my mother by Bloom and Blossom, on Flickr"&gt;&lt;img alt="Single Irish chain gorgeousness made by my mother" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3150/2476779705_4b378fd1fa.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Single Irish Chain Quilt, 2008 (&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/bloomandblossom/2476779705/" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FYoaov9wkLs/TrE7C66xJiI/AAAAAAAAJX4/1zUYD0TOZt0/s1600/quilt+rainbow+1893.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="576" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FYoaov9wkLs/TrE7C66xJiI/AAAAAAAAJX4/1zUYD0TOZt0/s640/quilt+rainbow+1893.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Rainbow Quilt, Pennsylvania, 1893 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wMATcJQ7iT8/TrE65tYWOPI/AAAAAAAAJXY/bnBPoxhFWYA/s1600/quilt+double+wedding+ring+1935-1945.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-wMATcJQ7iT8/TrE65tYWOPI/AAAAAAAAJXY/bnBPoxhFWYA/s640/quilt+double+wedding+ring+1935-1945.jpg" width="622" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Double Wedding Ring Quilt, Emma Hall, c. 1935-1945 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3jEKSP6e2s/TrE8KdCSlfI/AAAAAAAAJYQ/k4zalxex9og/s1600/quilt+amish+diamond+in+square+1930-50.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-p3jEKSP6e2s/TrE8KdCSlfI/AAAAAAAAJYQ/k4zalxex9og/s640/quilt+amish+diamond+in+square+1930-50.jpg" width="576" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Diamond in the Square (Amish quilt), Illinois, c. 1930-1950&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZF4HZ_CZI3Y/TrE8MUzIYcI/AAAAAAAAJYY/3wNN755EZU0/s1600/quilt+bars+amish+1909.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZF4HZ_CZI3Y/TrE8MUzIYcI/AAAAAAAAJYY/3wNN755EZU0/s640/quilt+bars+amish+1909.jpg" width="578" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;Bars (Amish quilt), Pennsylvania, 1909 (&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;source&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-8644325604066201309?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/8644325604066201309/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=8644325604066201309' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8644325604066201309'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/8644325604066201309'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-old-traditional-quilts.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: Old vs. Traditional vs. Modern'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-G6JYlXeh5eI/TrE7BVPOdKI/AAAAAAAAJXw/VRulaTwlA6I/s72-c/quilt+log+cabin+1880-1900.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-6220199825056113405</id><published>2011-11-01T09:18:00.000Z</published><updated>2011-11-01T09:18:55.593Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting :: What is a Quilt?</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Afinal o que é um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt;? Qual a diferença entre &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt; e &lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt;? E faz sentido utilizar estes termos em inglês?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Um &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;quilt&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; é uma colcha. &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Quilting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; significa acolchoar, seja à mão, à máquina (doméstica ou &lt;em&gt;long-arm&lt;/em&gt;), atando pequenos nós ou até cosendo botões em pontos estratégicos. Um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é composto por três camadas:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;top&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (a parte de cima), que pode ser feita de (1) pedaços de tecido cosidos uns aos outros (estes retalhos são os&lt;i&gt; patches&lt;/i&gt;, que dão o nome ao &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;patchwork&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;); (2) apenas um tecido (no caso dos &lt;i&gt;wholecloth quilts&lt;/i&gt;); (3) motivos em &lt;i&gt;appliqué&lt;/i&gt; (pedaços de tecido aplicados em cima de um tecido-base).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;-&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;batting&lt;/b&gt; (US)/&lt;b&gt;wadding&lt;/b&gt; (UK)&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;(o enchimento), a camada isoladora, que confere corpo e peso ao &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; e que, conforme o material utilizado (algodão, lã, &lt;i&gt;polyester&lt;/i&gt;), pode aquecer muito ou pouco. Normalmente usa-se um tipo de enchimento comercial fabricado especificamente para &lt;i&gt;quilting&lt;/i&gt;, mas há quem use flanela e quem recicle tecidos velhos, cobertores, etc.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;- &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;backing&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (o forro), que pode ser em &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt; ou não (normalmente usa-se apenas um tecido).&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Dá-se o nome de &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;quilt sandwich&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; a estas três camadas colocadas umas em cima das outras (&lt;i&gt;top&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;batting&lt;/i&gt; + &lt;i&gt;backing&lt;/i&gt;) para em seguida serem acolchoadas.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Depois de acolchoado, o &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é debruado com uma fita a que se dá o nome de&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;binding&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. O &lt;i&gt;binding&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;pode ser simples, duplo, cortado a direito ou em viés.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O termo &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;quilting&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt; também é usado para significar o &lt;i&gt;hobby&lt;/i&gt; e a indústria (que, por sinal, vale milhões nos EUA). Apesar de haver mantas de retalhos em todas as culturas, os &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt; tal como os entendemos hoje em dia são herdeiros de uma forte tradição anglo-saxónica — daí a terminologia ser em inglês e as medidas imperiais (é quase impossível escapar às polegadas). Se tiverem interesse em explorar a história dos &lt;i&gt;quilts&lt;/i&gt;, há dois livros de que gosto especialmente: &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;The American Quilt. A History of Cloth and Comfort. 1750-1950&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; e &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BY4wQAAACAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Quilts+1700-2010.+Hidden+Histories,+Untold+Stories&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=5dGuToubFZCVswazodEC&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA" target="_blank"&gt;Quilts 1700-2010. Hidden Histories, Untold Stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuDhARTIX1k/Tq-3Sc16c8I/AAAAAAAAJWw/O-yX8jCZpi0/s1600/quilted+patchwok+top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuDhARTIX1k/Tq-3Sc16c8I/AAAAAAAAJWw/O-yX8jCZpi0/s640/quilted+patchwok+top.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;patchwork top (quilted using a domestic sewing machine)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pjnWBnzVfxY/Tq-3TnGmg_I/AAAAAAAAJW4/E3LbF7eDPnM/s1600/quilted+backing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-pjnWBnzVfxY/Tq-3TnGmg_I/AAAAAAAAJW4/E3LbF7eDPnM/s640/quilted+backing.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;backing (quilted using a domestic sewing machine)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eft4_WTVBik/Tq-3URPZowI/AAAAAAAAJXA/0eVIplZlppc/s1600/quilt+sandwich.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Eft4_WTVBik/Tq-3URPZowI/AAAAAAAAJXA/0eVIplZlppc/s640/quilt+sandwich.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;quilt sandwich (top + batting/wadding + backing)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-leEA0rBf2m4/Tq-3VfrZvxI/AAAAAAAAJXI/4MxzCfWty7I/s1600/long-arm+quilting+top.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-leEA0rBf2m4/Tq-3VfrZvxI/AAAAAAAAJXI/4MxzCfWty7I/s640/long-arm+quilting+top.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;patchwork top (long-arm quilting)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygCWaGJE8Oc/Tq-3WIBlHcI/AAAAAAAAJXQ/Cd77ZuOAbDA/s1600/long-arm+quilting+back.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" ida="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-ygCWaGJE8Oc/Tq-3WIBlHcI/AAAAAAAAJXQ/Cd77ZuOAbDA/s640/long-arm+quilting+back.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;backing (long-arm quilting)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin: 0px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;What exactly is a quilt? And what is the difference between patchwork and quilting?&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;em&gt;A &lt;b&gt;quilt&lt;/b&gt; is a type of bed cover. &lt;b&gt;Quilting&lt;/b&gt; means stitching fabric layers together, either by hand or by machine (either domestic or long-arm), or even by sewing ties or buttons. A quilt is composed of three layers:&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- &lt;b&gt;top&lt;/b&gt; (the top fabric layer), which can be made out of (1) &lt;b&gt;patchwork&lt;/b&gt; (patches of fabric sewn together to make blocks); (2) a single piece of fabric (in this case we'd call it a "wholecloth quilt"); (3) appliqué motifs (fabric shapes sewn onto a fabric background).&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- &lt;b&gt;batting&lt;/b&gt; (US)/&lt;b&gt;wadding&lt;/b&gt; (UK), the filling, the insulating layer that gives the quilt body and substance and that, depending on the material chosen (cotton, wool, polyester), can be warmer or cooler. Quilters tend to use commercial batting sold especially for quilting, but some people choose flannel or recycle old fabrics, blankets, etc.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;- &lt;b&gt;backing&lt;/b&gt;, for which you can use a pieced cloth or a single fabric.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;A &lt;b&gt;quilt sandwich&lt;/b&gt; is when you place all these three layers over each other (top + batting + backing) to prepare them for the quilting step.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;After having been quilted, the quilt is finished with a fabric strip called &lt;b&gt;binding&lt;/b&gt;. Binding encloses raw edges and can be single, double, cut on the grain or on the bias.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;Quilting also means the hobby or the industry (which, by the way, is worth millions in the USA). If you're interested in digging deeper into the history of quilting, I especially like these two books: &lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_American_quilt.html?id=T5dQAAAAMAAJ&amp;amp;redir_esc=y" target="_blank"&gt;The American Quilt. A History of Cloth and Comfort. 1750-1950&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=BY4wQAAACAAJ&amp;amp;dq=Quilts+1700-2010.+Hidden+Histories,+Untold+Stories&amp;amp;hl=en&amp;amp;ei=5dGuToubFZCVswazodEC&amp;amp;sa=X&amp;amp;oi=book_result&amp;amp;ct=result&amp;amp;resnum=1&amp;amp;ved=0CDYQ6AEwAA" target="_blank"&gt;Quilts 1700-2010. Hidden Histories, Untold Stories&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-6220199825056113405?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/6220199825056113405/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=6220199825056113405' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6220199825056113405'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/6220199825056113405'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/11/quilts-quilting-what-is-quilt.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting :: What is a Quilt?'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-NuDhARTIX1k/Tq-3Sc16c8I/AAAAAAAAJWw/O-yX8jCZpi0/s72-c/quilted+patchwok+top.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-3603533201671558091</id><published>2011-10-31T00:25:00.001Z</published><updated>2011-10-30T22:26:55.152Z</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Quilts &amp; Quilting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cdmTDwehYvI/Tq2wGgEZbGI/AAAAAAAAJWg/V_xs2-Qb9SQ/s1600/coin+quilt+detail1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cdmTDwehYvI/Tq2wGgEZbGI/AAAAAAAAJWg/V_xs2-Qb9SQ/s640/coin+quilt+detail1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MK5_WUrw6fY/Tq2wI0towVI/AAAAAAAAJWo/MeHv1t4OVG8/s1600/coin+quilt+detail2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MK5_WUrw6fY/Tq2wI0towVI/AAAAAAAAJWo/MeHv1t4OVG8/s640/coin+quilt+detail2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Acredito realmente em fazer coisas à mão. Vale a pena o&amp;nbsp;esforço; vale a pena o&amp;nbsp;tempo; vale a pena o empenho. E um&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é das coisas mais especiais que uma pessoa pode fazer. Escolher os tecidos para o &lt;i&gt;patchwork&lt;/i&gt;, dispô-los de maneira agradável, cosê-los, acrescentar o recheio e o forro, acolchoar todas as camadas e, por fim, coser o debrum — todos estes passos levam a que cada&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; fique impregnado de emoções e bons sentimentos. Fazer um &lt;i&gt;quilt&lt;/i&gt; é fazer uma coisa para a vida, é pensar que será usado vezes sem conta e acalentar a esperança de que as gerações vindouras lhe darão algum valor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Apesar de já ter feito várias referências a &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/search/label/quilting" target="_blank"&gt;quilts&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt; neste blog, sinto que chegou a altura de lhes dedicar uma série de &lt;i&gt;posts&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;mais detalhados. Ao longo dos próximos dias vou tentar fornecer algumas explicações e fontes de inspiração sobre este assunto, com o objectivo de desmistificar termos e técnicas e na esperança de contagiar-vos com o meu entusiasmo. Vamos a isto?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;I really believe in making things by hand. It's worth the effort; it's worth the time; it's worth the commitment. And a quilt is one of the most special things a person can make. Choosing the fabrics for the patchwork, arranging them in a pleasing manner, piecing them, adding the wadding/batting and the backing, quilting all the layers and, finally, binding it all together — all these steps fill every quilt with emotions and good feelings. Making a quilt is making something for life, it's thinking that it will be used over and over again, it's hoping that future generations will look at it and appreciate it.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Despite the fact that I've often mentioned &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/search/label/quilting" target="_blank"&gt;quilts&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;in this blog, I feel it's time to dedicate them a series of more detailed posts. Throughout the next days I'm going to try to provide you with some explanations and inspiration sources regarding this subject, in the hope of demystifying words and techniques and of infecting you with my enthusiasm. Are you up for it?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-3603533201671558091?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/3603533201671558091/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=3603533201671558091' title='37 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3603533201671558091'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/3603533201671558091'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/acredito-realmente-em-fazer-coisas-mao.html' title='Quilts &amp; Quilting'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cdmTDwehYvI/Tq2wGgEZbGI/AAAAAAAAJWg/V_xs2-Qb9SQ/s72-c/coin+quilt+detail1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>37</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-1093524949586029282</id><published>2011-10-24T11:33:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-24T11:33:00.459+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><title type='text'>Pausa :: Pause</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaK5okYK98E/TqR6JO9Z7YI/AAAAAAAAJWY/sIFyEr1HJr8/s1600/calke+abbey.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaK5okYK98E/TqR6JO9Z7YI/AAAAAAAAJWY/sIFyEr1HJr8/s640/calke+abbey.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Vou estar uns dias fora — cá nos encontraremos para a semana. Até lá!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;I'll be away for a few days — we'll meet again next week. See you soon!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-1093524949586029282?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/1093524949586029282/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=1093524949586029282' title='27 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1093524949586029282'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/1093524949586029282'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/pausa-pause.html' title='Pausa :: Pause'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YaK5okYK98E/TqR6JO9Z7YI/AAAAAAAAJWY/sIFyEr1HJr8/s72-c/calke+abbey.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>27</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-263505919154315621</id><published>2011-10-23T20:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-23T20:47:27.430+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><title type='text'>Outono Português :: Portuguese Autumn</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xzFIURKyR_I/TqRc76HCfNI/AAAAAAAAJVw/bahpyo5RN1c/s1600/flores1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xzFIURKyR_I/TqRc76HCfNI/AAAAAAAAJVw/bahpyo5RN1c/s640/flores1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-btPxzK5WnJg/TqRc8yic3cI/AAAAAAAAJV4/NdFeGPESrXI/s1600/flores2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-btPxzK5WnJg/TqRc8yic3cI/AAAAAAAAJV4/NdFeGPESrXI/s640/flores2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kkz7m0uVRL4/TqRc-kc4u0I/AAAAAAAAJV8/iJrK89uT2do/s1600/flores3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-kkz7m0uVRL4/TqRc-kc4u0I/AAAAAAAAJV8/iJrK89uT2do/s640/flores3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5mGZzA2d1W0/TqRc_iKP60I/AAAAAAAAJWA/1cJT_w2nWPw/s1600/Mafalda+alfazema.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" rda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5mGZzA2d1W0/TqRc_iKP60I/AAAAAAAAJWA/1cJT_w2nWPw/s640/Mafalda+alfazema.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BSguK3fSkbU/TqRdADpVYOI/AAAAAAAAJWQ/jVQ4Yje8vJ4/s1600/Mafalda+alfazema+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BSguK3fSkbU/TqRdADpVYOI/AAAAAAAAJWQ/jVQ4Yje8vJ4/s640/Mafalda+alfazema+2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Uma ida de fugida a Portugal deu para ver como o Outono é diferente&amp;nbsp;em terras do&amp;nbsp;sul. Tudo é mais seco, até os tons de verde, o campo tem um cheiro doce e o céu é azul.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;[os arranjos de flores foram feitos por mim e o modelo é a minha amiga &lt;a href="http://miseenabyme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mafalda&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A short trip to Portugal gave me a glimpse of how different autumn is down south. Everything looks drier, even the shades of green, the countryside is sweetly scented and the sky is blue.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;[the flower arrangements were made by me and the model is my friend &lt;a href="http://miseenabyme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Mafalda&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-263505919154315621?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/263505919154315621/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=263505919154315621' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/263505919154315621'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/263505919154315621'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/outono-portugues-portuguese-autumn.html' title='Outono Português :: Portuguese Autumn'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xzFIURKyR_I/TqRc76HCfNI/AAAAAAAAJVw/bahpyo5RN1c/s72-c/flores1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-2615710532091388070</id><published>2011-10-20T22:43:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-20T22:43:33.425+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='ego'/><title type='text'>Me @ Time Out Lisboa</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIVeVfeqtvA/TqCVGku1PYI/AAAAAAAAJVo/ClTLWCjVQ9A/s1600/timeout+out2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" rda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIVeVfeqtvA/TqCVGku1PYI/AAAAAAAAJVo/ClTLWCjVQ9A/s640/timeout+out2011.png" width="486" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Na &lt;a href="http://www.timeout.pt/"&gt;Time Out Lisboa&lt;/a&gt; da semana passada. Foi uma grande surpresa para mim — muito obrigada, Catarina Figueira!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-2615710532091388070?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/2615710532091388070/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=2615710532091388070' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2615710532091388070'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2615710532091388070'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/me-time-out-lisboa.html' title='Me @ Time Out Lisboa'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-yIVeVfeqtvA/TqCVGku1PYI/AAAAAAAAJVo/ClTLWCjVQ9A/s72-c/timeout+out2011.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-946914105525742483</id><published>2011-10-19T09:42:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-19T18:06:58.333+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='other sewn goods'/><title type='text'>Nemo</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7HCa2S8hUw/TpyqUdVHjWI/AAAAAAAAJVg/o2CU5zOx-II/s1600/nemo1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426px" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7HCa2S8hUw/TpyqUdVHjWI/AAAAAAAAJVg/o2CU5zOx-II/s640/nemo1.jpg" width="640px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fxpk8-J6Stk/TpypMfn7C_I/AAAAAAAAJVQ/HHB9fybhp54/s1600/nemo2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Fxpk8-J6Stk/TpypMfn7C_I/AAAAAAAAJVQ/HHB9fybhp54/s640/nemo2.jpg" width="426px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QM1Gzvm1UPs/TpypNXosxRI/AAAAAAAAJVY/I93QHFt-9wE/s1600/nemo3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640px" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QM1Gzvm1UPs/TpypNXosxRI/AAAAAAAAJVY/I93QHFt-9wE/s640/nemo3.jpg" width="426px" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Recentemente fiz algo completamente novo e diferente: a minha interpretação de um desenho animado. Em causa estava o &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo" target="_blank"&gt;Nemo&lt;/a&gt;, personagem principal do filme de 2003 da Pixar, e uma &lt;a href="http://miseenabyme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;amiga&lt;/a&gt; que tem uma ligação especial&amp;nbsp;a ele. Procurei inspiração e instruções na internet mas nada encontrei — então fiz um desenho tosco de um peixe-palhaço e, com feltro, enchimento e dois botões, fiz o Nemo que podem ver nas fotografias. Se o voltar a fazer, terei de corrigir as barbatanas: é que o Nemo tem uma mais pequena do que a outra...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Recently I made something totally new and different: my own interpretation of an animated individual. In question was &lt;a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finding_Nemo" target="_blank"&gt;Nemo&lt;/a&gt;, the main character in Pixar's 2003 film, and a &lt;a href="http://miseenabyme.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;friend&lt;/a&gt; of mine who's got a special connection to him. I looked for inspiration and tutorials online but found nothing — so I made a rough drawing of a clownfish and using felt, toy stuffing and two buttons, sewed the Nemo you can see in the pictures. If I ever make it again, I'll have to adjust the fins: the thing that makes Nemo unique is that his right fin is much smaller than his left fin...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-946914105525742483?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/946914105525742483/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=946914105525742483' title='18 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/946914105525742483'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/946914105525742483'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/nemo.html' title='Nemo'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-J7HCa2S8hUw/TpyqUdVHjWI/AAAAAAAAJVg/o2CU5zOx-II/s72-c/nemo1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>18</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-858213541071585639</id><published>2011-10-17T10:39:00.002+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-17T23:41:05.731+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='quilting'/><title type='text'>Coin Quilt</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I1m1Gmsc8pU/TpRDP9iaF_I/AAAAAAAAJQ4/_z9apG2w9O4/s1600/coin+quilt1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I1m1Gmsc8pU/TpRDP9iaF_I/AAAAAAAAJQ4/_z9apG2w9O4/s640/coin+quilt1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvJh8Hjukls/TpRDQcHL3OI/AAAAAAAAJRA/vnPR1UIgfAA/s1600/coin+quilt2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-kvJh8Hjukls/TpRDQcHL3OI/AAAAAAAAJRA/vnPR1UIgfAA/s640/coin+quilt2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mykSQdagqZ4/TpRDRKG2WfI/AAAAAAAAJRI/zWh9Gcxkrco/s1600/coin+quilt3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mykSQdagqZ4/TpRDRKG2WfI/AAAAAAAAJRI/zWh9Gcxkrco/s640/coin+quilt3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;O meu &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/coin-quilt-binding.html" target="_blank"&gt;coin quilt&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt; está finalmente acabado! Comecei a cortar os tecidos em Março de 2009 e cosi toda a parte de cima (o chamado &lt;em&gt;top&lt;/em&gt;) ao longo desse ano. Depois mudámo-nos para Inglaterra e ficou esquecido numa prateleira.... até que há dois meses lhe voltei a pegar. Acolchoei-o e debruei-o à mão durante muitos serões e agora está pronto para ir para o nosso quarto em Lisboa. Um &lt;em&gt;quilt &lt;/em&gt;feito à mão é mesmo especial e o resultado compensa largamente todo o investimento que lhe dedicamos. Recomendo vivamente!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;My &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/coin-quilt-binding.html" target="_blank"&gt;coin quilt&lt;/a&gt; is finally finished! I started cutting fabrics back in March 2009 and sewed the top throughout that year. Then we moved to England and there it lay forgotten on a shelf... until I took it up again two months ago. I quilted and bound it by hand over many evenings and now it's ready to go into our bedroom in Lisbon. A handmade quilt is indeed something special and the result makes up for all the investment&amp;nbsp;one puts in it. I highly recommend it!&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos:&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-858213541071585639?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/858213541071585639/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=858213541071585639' title='31 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/858213541071585639'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/858213541071585639'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/coin-quilt.html' title='Coin Quilt'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-I1m1Gmsc8pU/TpRDP9iaF_I/AAAAAAAAJQ4/_z9apG2w9O4/s72-c/coin+quilt1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>31</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-2670635664071950495</id><published>2011-10-14T00:47:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-13T21:48:21.040+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='nature'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='domestic life'/><title type='text'>Autumn :: Bulb Planting</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5ECisOZ1_k/TpW6StdPsxI/AAAAAAAAJUg/jaRdmaZloOY/s1600/forcing+bulbs1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5ECisOZ1_k/TpW6StdPsxI/AAAAAAAAJUg/jaRdmaZloOY/s640/forcing+bulbs1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K7ChG7AOKvM/TpW6TXnq1lI/AAAAAAAAJUo/Paf1Gn4YNLY/s1600/forcing+bulbs2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-K7ChG7AOKvM/TpW6TXnq1lI/AAAAAAAAJUo/Paf1Gn4YNLY/s640/forcing+bulbs2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qHpRiwZalKE/TpW6UMi-LoI/AAAAAAAAJUw/jUmr4ZCZO1Y/s1600/forcing+bulbs3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qHpRiwZalKE/TpW6UMi-LoI/AAAAAAAAJUw/jUmr4ZCZO1Y/s640/forcing+bulbs3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2k1D_z9QrqQ/TpW6U1uBzZI/AAAAAAAAJU4/x80F8Se9BVs/s1600/forcing+bulbs4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2k1D_z9QrqQ/TpW6U1uBzZI/AAAAAAAAJU4/x80F8Se9BVs/s640/forcing+bulbs4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7jF8u7ZvoQ/TpdOKPFGtiI/AAAAAAAAJVA/Vk9rw-FSqAk/s1600/hyacinth+instructions.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-N7jF8u7ZvoQ/TpdOKPFGtiI/AAAAAAAAJVA/Vk9rw-FSqAk/s640/hyacinth+instructions.jpg" width="624" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Chegou novamente a altura de plantar bolbos, tanto dentro de casa (para florirem durante o Inverno), como&amp;nbsp;no jardim&amp;nbsp;(para florescerem na Primavera). Esta semana comecei com jacintos (instruções aqui em cima) e narcisos-de-papel. Há um ano foi &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/05/cronica-dos-bolbos-bulb-chronicle.html" target="_blank"&gt;assim&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;It's that time of the year again: bulb season has begun! You can now plant bulbs indoors (to bloom all through winter) and in the garden (for flowers next spring). This week I've started with some prepared hyacinths (instructions above) and paperwhite narcissi. &lt;a href="http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/05/cronica-dos-bolbos-bulb-chronicle.html" target="_blank"&gt;Here&lt;/a&gt;'s what happened last year.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)﻿&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-2670635664071950495?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/2670635664071950495/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=2670635664071950495' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2670635664071950495'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/2670635664071950495'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/autumn-bulb-planting.html' title='Autumn :: Bulb Planting'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-D5ECisOZ1_k/TpW6StdPsxI/AAAAAAAAJUg/jaRdmaZloOY/s72-c/forcing+bulbs1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-5638917216479218182</id><published>2011-10-12T11:55:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-12T11:55:37.989+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='knitting'/><title type='text'>Tricots de Bebé :: Knitting for Baby</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Od_43PMyGc/TpVukq0YJ_I/AAAAAAAAJRg/BNOI5bcYHNE/s1600/manta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Od_43PMyGc/TpVukq0YJ_I/AAAAAAAAJRg/BNOI5bcYHNE/s640/manta.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x3pO75PWDg8/TpVumA5AylI/AAAAAAAAJRo/LfCU2E6jKKQ/s1600/manta2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-x3pO75PWDg8/TpVumA5AylI/AAAAAAAAJRo/LfCU2E6jKKQ/s640/manta2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nisiyuMIXCM/TpVuoDbP2YI/AAAAAAAAJR4/2ypfbh5rIyo/s1600/saco-cama2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-nisiyuMIXCM/TpVuoDbP2YI/AAAAAAAAJR4/2ypfbh5rIyo/s640/saco-cama2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQ4KQCW0ZBM/TpVunfoUz1I/AAAAAAAAJRw/1ehv_7zVVPQ/s1600/saco-cama1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" oda="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OQ4KQCW0ZBM/TpVunfoUz1I/AAAAAAAAJRw/1ehv_7zVVPQ/s640/saco-cama1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Tenho a enorme sorte de ter uma &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsquiltsalot/" target="_blank"&gt;mãe&lt;/a&gt; que sabe e gosta de tricotar. E um bebé é a desculpa perfeita para procurar lãs e modelos e fazer experiências. Há uns tempos recebi estes&amp;nbsp;dois&lt;em&gt; tricots&lt;/em&gt; pelo correio: um xaile azul (adoro o pormenor do ponto de cobertor a branco) e um saco-cama branco. Ouvi dizer que já há mais alguns à minha espera...&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;I'm incredibily lucky to have a &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mrsquiltsalot/" target="_blank"&gt;mother&lt;/a&gt; who can and likes to knit. And a baby is the perfect exuse to look for yarns and patterns and to experiment. A while ago&amp;nbsp;I received these two hand-knitted things by post: a blue shawl (I love the detail of the white blanket stitch) and a white sleeping bag. I hear there are&amp;nbsp;more things waiting for me...&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;(photos: Constança Cabral)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-5638917216479218182?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/5638917216479218182/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=5638917216479218182' title='24 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5638917216479218182'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/5638917216479218182'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/tricots-de-bebe-knitting-for-baby.html' title='Tricots de Bebé :: Knitting for Baby'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-7Od_43PMyGc/TpVukq0YJ_I/AAAAAAAAJRg/BNOI5bcYHNE/s72-c/manta.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>24</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4736056715075392003</id><published>2011-10-11T16:55:00.001+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-11T18:15:06.613+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='food'/><title type='text'>Licor de Abrunho :: Damson Liqueur</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyx-rcqEiXM/TpRD48zunZI/AAAAAAAAJRQ/tsMtSgjCyyQ/s1600/damson+vodka1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyx-rcqEiXM/TpRD48zunZI/AAAAAAAAJRQ/tsMtSgjCyyQ/s640/damson+vodka1.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QRKAJ0IP8ds/TpRdRuDcaqI/AAAAAAAAJRY/gRyW_HP6LTA/s1600/damson+vodka2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" kca="true" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QRKAJ0IP8ds/TpRdRuDcaqI/AAAAAAAAJRY/gRyW_HP6LTA/s640/damson+vodka2.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;Às vezes ouvimos contar que as nossas avós e bisavós faziam licores em casa. "Extraordinário!", pensamos, "que senhoras industriosas." Pois hoje eu venho desfazer um mito: fazer licor em casa é facílimo. Há dezenas de receitas disponíveis (a minha edição do Pantagruel tem 18) mas no fundo trata-se sempre de deixar macerar a fruta em álcool, açúcar e especiarias.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;As duas fotografias foram tiradas com um mês de intervalo: é o nosso licor de abrunho, no dia em que foi feito e hoje. No Natal será filtrado e engarrafado — e bebido. O método é simples: meio quilo de fruta, 125 g de açúcar fino, raspa de um limão, um pau de canela e uma garrafa de vodka: tudo para dentro de um frasco grande e limpo (caso estivéssemos a viver em Portugal, teríamos usado aguardente). Agitar todos os dias. Esperar tês meses. Filtrar e engarrafar. O mais engraçado de tudo é que usei um frasco que a minha bisavó materna usava para fazer os licores lá de casa.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sometimes we hear our family tell tales of how our grandmothers and great-grandmothers used to make liqueurs at home. "How extraordinary", we think, "such industrious ladies". Well, today I'm going to undo this myth: homemade liqueurs are the easiest things. There are dozens of recipes available but deep down it all comes to letting the fruit macerate in alcohol, sugar and spices.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;The two pictures above have been taken with a month's difference: it's our damson liqueur the day it was prepared and today. By Christmas time we'll filter and bottle it — and drink it. Here's how we made it: half a kilo of fruit, 125 g of caster sugar, the zest of a lemon, one cinnamon stick and one bottle of vodka: all poured into a large, clean jar. Shake it every day. Wait 3 months, then strain and bottle it. The loveliest thing was that I utilised the jar my great-grandmother used to employ to prepare her own liqueurs.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;(photos: 1-&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tiagocabral" target="_blank"&gt;Tiago Cabral&lt;/a&gt;; 2- Constança Cabral)&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1283951137108775686-4736056715075392003?l=saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/feeds/4736056715075392003/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1283951137108775686&amp;postID=4736056715075392003' title='17 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4736056715075392003'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1283951137108775686/posts/default/4736056715075392003'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://saidosdaconcha.blogspot.com/2011/10/licor-de-abrunho-damson-liqueur.html' title='Licor de Abrunho :: Damson Liqueur'/><author><name>Concha</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01149886331153813631</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tyx-rcqEiXM/TpRD48zunZI/AAAAAAAAJRQ/tsMtSgjCyyQ/s72-c/damson+vodka1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>17</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1283951137108775686.post-4072603590852892688</id><published>2011-10-09T23:16:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2011-10-09T23:16:41.061+01:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='shop talk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='clutches'/><title type='text'>Clutches com Botões :: Button Clutches</title><content type='html'>&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_-46AgNsB8/TpIYgBbz0oI/AAAAAAAAJQk/09_xe5r9fNQ/s1600/clutch+preta1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-j_-46AgNsB8/TpIYgBbz0oI/AAAAAAAAJQk/09_xe5r9fNQ/s640/clutch+preta1.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwRBmDAGsdo/TpIYhAyod9I/AAAAAAAAJQo/IPc0-cD6hMk/s1600/clutch+preta2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="426" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WwRBmDAGsdo/TpIYhAyod9I/AAAAAAAAJQo/IPc0-cD6hMk/s640/clutch+preta2.jpg" width="640" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rV2k2GUcjsk/TpIYh_SuNfI/AAAAAAAAJQs/5kqkBHYm6aQ/s1600/clutch+preta3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-rV2k2GUcjsk/TpIYh_SuNfI/AAAAAAAAJQs/5kqkBHYm6aQ/s640/clutch+preta3.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vY45sak7sdY/TpIYi-xexMI/AAAAAAAAJQw/_rUNGAS6qfM/s1600/clutch+preta4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-vY45sak7sdY/TpIYi-xexMI/AAAAAAAAJQw/_rUNGAS6qfM/s640/clutch+preta4.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MeQHc7M5wFA/TpIYkIopNZI/AAAAAAAAJQ0/GUaMvrjSMwU/s1600/clutch+preta5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MeQHc7M5wFA/TpIYkIopNZI/AAAAAAAAJQ0/GUaMvrjSMwU/s640/clutch+preta5.jpg" width="426" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Após muitas, muitas horas a escolher a cor, o tamanho e a localização ideal de cada botão, posso finalmente dizer que há três novas &lt;i&gt;clutches&lt;/i&gt; disponíveis na &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;loja&lt;/a&gt;. Duas são feitas em linho grosso e cada uma tem mais de 100 botões cosidos a toda a volta (uma em tons de azul, a outra de castanho); a última é feita num algodão estampado com flores gráficas e tem 40 botões em tons de cinzento e preto cosidos apenas no centro. Estão as três &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;aqui&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;After many, many hours choosing the ideal colour, size and placement for each button, I can finally say that there are three new clutches in the &lt;a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/SaidosDaConcha" target="_blank"&gt;shop&lt;/a&gt;. Two of the
