Bonjour Sew Weekly!
Hello there Sew Weekly and a very happy and creative year to you!
My nickname is Grafik-Grafok, but my name (my real name!) is Celine Denizon and I live in Toulouse, South-West France and I love eating croissants for breakfast, but everything’s not true about Frenchies!
You can find out more about me on my blog and check all my pictures there : http://grafiketgrafok.blogspot.com/ (sorry it’s all written in french but I’m planning to do something about that!)
I was a little girl when I watched my mom sew and she was doing this like it was so easy! A seam here, a seam there, and done! Haha! I remember how disappointed I was the first time I tried sewing a simple garment… It wasn’t that easy. But I’ve learned patience along the way and now I’ve been (really) sewing for about 3 years.
Now, I want to commit to the Sew Weekly Community to push my creativity forward, I like to be thrown out of my comfort zone and try new things and new ways!
I so love sewing! Just like you! First I love beginning a new personal challenge, something that makes me wonder if I’m totally crazy or just completely wacky! Secondly, I just love how I can play with patterns, colors… and see all that little jigsaw puzzle going on and suddenly making a garment! Isn’t that magical? ^^ Haha! Love, love that!
Mmmm…. ok, there are things I hate too : I hate making a mistake three times in row… « Ok, don’t do it wrong this time! Don’t do it wrong this time! » and guess what? Yeah… did it.
Well, I came to the conclusion that I hate to unstitch.
My goals with regards to Sew Weekly for 2012? I’d like to become a real good sewer (yes it might take more than a year!), and I’m sure this will help, because I don’t want to disappoint you! And for once, I’d like to make clothes for me! Haha!
My biggest non-sewing goal of 2012: Go out more, less TV, spending more time in the kitchen and finally wear dresses! ^^
My favorite sewing/fashion blogs:
There are so many fabulous sewing blogs out there! Let’s see…
- http://selfishseamstress.wordpress.com/
because I love how she tells her stories ans shares moments. Plus : she makes so many cool things!
- http://www.freewebs.com/dragonflydesignsbyalisa/apps/blog/
because I’m so in love with her creations! - http://annwood.net/blog/
because I admire her creativity and technique. - http://wesewretro.com/
because I’m discovering things there! - http://www.trashplanet.blogspot.com/
because she’s exploring retro sewing too and she’s a lovely girl!
Interesting costume! I am curious to see your creations. Had a quick look at your blog and spotted some interesting costumes there as well. I didn’t have enough time to read the actual text – my French has got a bit rusty. I lived in the Normandy for half a year (and didn’t eat croissants for breakfast because Germans eat Müsli ;)) but that was a long time ago. Maybe your French blog will be a good excuse for me to read some French once in a while.
I adore your outfits so much, so I am really looking forward to what you create this year!! And I also adore that you are a colorist. That sounds awesome!
I can’t wait to see what you come up with this year! It read your post with a French accent to add a little authenticity to the whole thing.
@Djamila Müsli’s a good alternative! :D I’m so happy you came by my blog and I hope you’ll be able to read some more from time to time!
@Meg Thank you! ^^
@Gina : Ha ha ha! I’d so love to hear that!
A steampunk outfit and you are a comic colourist? How cool can you possibly get! (Yes, I’m a steampunk and comic fangeek…)
Haha Thank you Ruthanne! I’ve been working on my cool attitude for years now! XD