LAYERING-- SCHMAY-ERLING, et al

 

Here is my first panel for

"Home is Where My heart Is"

with the background in place.

I've taken a lot of time to 

have a little "think" about how 

to add anything else to this.....

My first impulse was to just

leave it be...

For years I have been saying

"Why cover up lovely fabrics" when

presented with a collage challenge....

But....

I decided that if I am EVER

to learn anything about layering

I should see what I could add and

still have it remain meaningful to me...

Here is how it stands right now...

with my additions pinned in place:

It has taken me many iterations to get to this result....

So much pinning and unpinning...

😔😕😒

 I added more to the fancy dishes theme

and the mushrooms...

I really love that red teacup fabric and it was

difficult to cover any part of it up

But...

I did...

[layering, right?]

right side

and

left side,

across the bottom areas....

here:

Along the right hand side, more mushrooms

and butterflies...

On the left side another butterfly and 

more fabric across the top...

including my little blue,

fabric ruffle...to pick up

the blues in the main image...

I still have that central pink spot

and I may just kantha stitch it into 

swirling cloud shapes...

Now that all the background is in place

[I cannot believe that this is 

JUST backgound!!]

I will be adding more embroidery and 

beading...

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Below is my "heart" panel with the 

addition of a central butterfly and

 the needle and pins embroidered

with  glass beads as pin toppers...

I have also begun outlining the figures...so they

will stand out a bit more...

Here is a little closer look at the butterfly and

pins and needle...

I really wanted to do more stitching

on this today, but my hands 

have told me to S T O P !!

That is my progress on these for now....

I think a few days rest is in order...

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse.

(Happy-Halloween-euse)

HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS, panel 2 begun

 

"Home is Where My Heart Is" 

panel No. One is now

all basted into

place -- 

My sentiment 

will be stitched  

across the top pink, dyed,

vintage napkin.... 

and

hopefully all in my 

own handwriting..

Then:

I've begun Panel No. 2

Pretty much basted now, so that I can 

finish the embroidery 

[needles and pins 

around 

the little circle in 

the Heart].

The two folk arty figures represent

Tom and I --💕;)))

Both panels will have more added,

but it's a beginning...

F Y I.....

I got the heart transfer for embroidery

from here:

Mine is a bit different, but the main 

idea comes from 

Jessie Chorley's 

transfer included in

this book...;)))

I decided to "couch" my old

silk sari ribbon piece to outline the

heart rather than satin stitch it--

as she did;

I satin stitched  around 

the little circle shape...

For the Bow outline 

at the top of the heart

I used woven running stitch...

and I 

kantha stitched

the inside...

I will be adding a button in that 

little circle part of the Bow...

The rest of the fabrics are 

bits and pieces from

my small cuts stash...

Next: 

Needle and pins embroidery...

I am thinking that dark gray-blue DMC

floss will be good...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(working-on-panels-euse)

BIND THY TIME... et al

 

Here is my 2nd " little squares"

ready to be bound...

I backed it with this which is almost

Christmassy...;)))

I hope to finish binding and add the 

hanging straps over this weekend...

I also finished and sewed on the binding

for my two lego placemats...those I will 

be finishing on my machine..

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I've finished all the little squares

in

Gathered Blessings...

Now for the cross stitched borders...

Here are the last two blocks I finished

this week...

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this is up next for my embroidery...

I may just do red all the way through

and I don't like that yellow tinge

around the edges--so may try to use my 

Inktense pencils to change it...

try to make it green or gold maybe...???

Any suggestions???

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Good wishes for a great weekend

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(binding-euse)

MONDAY'S REDWORK PROGRESS, et al

 

I am working my way to through November right now...

Here is this morning's two-threads'-worth.

I am finding backstitch a bit difficult 

these days.....

So there are a few little "hitches"

in my lines...but I am not taking

them out....

[Trees are not that symmetrical

anyway--that's my story and

I am sticking with it!! :)))) ]

Each block is taking me 

3-4 days to finish up.

S  l  o  w

 stitching.

Someone else has asked where I got this

sampler

↴↴↴↴

Here is the info....'))) hope that helps...

I think this one is just adorable made up into

a little wall hanging...💓😊

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This morning dawned warm again so we

are off to the boardwalk that runs by the 

Connecticut Riverside...

A lot of boats of all kinds make their

way out to sea coming down from

the Mystic Marina and are just

beautiful to watch.....

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-stitching)

HOME IS WHERE MY HEART IS, et al

 

Here is my scaled down version of 

"Home is Where My Heart is":

Now 8.5/11" +/-.

I have the top third invisibly basted in place and I

will be removing the pins as I baste the

rest this week.  

I have left room for embroidery this time...

Here is a little close up of the pretty

tea cups across the bottom:)))

I do drink a lot of tea so I thought it

would feature in this panel...

The second panel I prepped will

be for embroidering the title--

so, I have just used a collage of

low value fabrics. 

They are

basted in place,

but I need to cover

 the seams with stitching...

before I set up the sentiment...

A couple of pieces feature in the

house panel also..

I don't yet know what the 3rd panel will be...

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I had two small lego pieces leftover

and decided to make them into

placemats with this lovely 

book background fabric:

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And 

Here are the next two pages in my 

Junque Journal to be written in...

the pink card on the left flips over

for journaling...

The back of this facing page reveals

a large journaling area...

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It is a super beautiful day here,

warmer temps and sunshine

definitely a deck day...

probably one of the last

of this year...

Enjoy💓

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(stitching-euse)

STITCHING GREMLINS, et al

 

Remember me?????

"Home is Where My Heart Is"

Well, it now looks like this:

Home is where My Heart WAS!!!!!

↧↧↧↧

I HAD to take it all apart as the sheet I was using for the backing piece

keep stretching and bunching up no matter how much I sewed it down...

It had a lot of "Polly-Wolly-Polyester" in it I guess...

:((((((((((((

Noooooooooo!!!!

I just could not make it behave--so I ripped out all my stitching--

yep until 1 am last night👽👻👹!!!

I could not see continuing on fighting it like this...

This time around I will use a

 solid COTTON

backing 

or a linen...

LIVE AND LEARN!!!

Here is a picture of that  offending sheet:

{bad sheet, bad sheet}

S  I  G  H  

What a total nightmare and waste of time...

BUT...lesson learned

Mr, Sheet has gone out in the recycle

today...;;;HAH!!!

Take that!!!

So, 

I put all the bits and pieces and various

off-cuts into a big container to await my

next attempt--maybe not too soon...

S  I  G  H...

Random sewing is not as simple as it looks 

👀👹👀

BUT...

I am not giving up

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Now for some happier news:

I finished the August

block-- 

Sunflower-- 

yesterday....

Now I will start on Mr. Squirrel

who is September...

I am catching up 

slowly but surely...

My stitches are not perfect, but

they are getting better as I go along...

')))))

Here is the project photo included

with the kit...

SO.....

Only four more blocks and then

I can do the x'x borders, add some 

little beads (included),

and then make it into a wall hanging...

Just sewing with two long lengths 

of thread per day

yields good results 

and doesn't

seem to impact my hands...

;)))))

I hope you are all enjoying these 

last mild days before

Mr. Winter blows in...

I do look forward to seeing

snow each year; last year

we only had a 

few flakes of it...

;((((

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

[getting-over-myself-euse]

QUIET DAYS, et al

 

I have made some progress on my

embroidery project...

S  L  O  W  L  Y...

I've finished May, June, and July--

And am now working on August...

I only do two thread lengths per day

to save my hands from cramping...

Stopping in the middle of stuff is totally

new to me--I always have pushed on

to "finish" whatever--but 

time does bring changes and

I am trying to S L O W myself

down...

I had begun this piece with the thread

that came with the kit--so, as some of you

who are "eagle eyed" can spot--

that thread had a very "orange cast" to it.

I don't like that for redwork--so I 

 switched to a better red:

DMC Perle cotton ( 8)

Color 902:

a lovely deep, dark red...

↓↓↓

Can you see?  Can you see?

The little heart-shaped flowers are

that deeper red that I am using...

I like my choice so much better...

:))))))

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The other project I have worked on is

a "Spine-ish" catalogue glue book

which I plan to use to practice 

collage and layering--which seems

to be very very difficult for me to

grasp.!!! 👺👿👀

The idea of covering up lovely

pictures--

( or pieces of fabric for that matter)

doesn't seem to make any sense to me...

So this is a concept 

I am experimenting with in

this new gluebook I've concocted.

I took a mail order catalogue and

folded each page to the middle and

glued it into place and then

used washi tape reinforce 

each spine area:

Here you can see the pages are now 

half-sized vertically and have 

washi tape for strengthening...

It is a clothing catalogue and the

pages are just as they came to me;

I will be adding my own collages over them..

It should be challenging to see what to

cover and what to leave in place...

Nice change from starting with 

all-white, plain pages.

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Tomorrow morning, Tom and

I are going for our senior flu shots...

and hoping that we don't have any 

reactions...;((((

We have an appointment for 11 a.m.

Soooo

I will be preparing everything for

our dinner ahead of time just

in case I start to feel funky...

👽👽👽

I will be making my Chinese Chicken Hoisin

in my wok over steamed rice...

This is one of our favorite meals...

Take care and enjoy this long weekend

ending with Columbus Day...

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(stitching-away-euse)