AUTUMN IN PLACE, et al

 

I just finished our Autumn Placemats and runner...

I decided on dark maroon borders ;

Again I had just enough of these two fabrics 

to make my single fold binding...;)))

[File under "use it up"]

😇

And here is the little narrow runner to fit our counter space..

The reverse of them all is that 

central check

print ;))) 

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And

Tah-Dah....

I have just finished 5 weeks 

of my Calendar of Life (COL0

embroidery project 

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Left block is the Full Moon Nor'Easter;

Center block: the bare branches 

and broken limbs;

Right block: represents winds still gusting

today and the ocean shells 

scattered on our beach

from the storm surge...

I am continuing to enjoy 

making each day's little

square vignette..

FYI: I trimmed my 1/4 yard piece

into two long panels so that I can

attach them to my big scroll when

they are done...

This one will take me 

through December.

I haven't as yet decided 

how to start and

attack my other pieces...to

complete the my year.

{If I last that long???}

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Tomorrow will be shopping day and we will

be getting our Covid shots...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-COLing-euse)

COL @ FOUR WEEKS, et al

 

Four weeks stitched already!! 

Last Fri, Sat, and Sunday...

Friday: trying to look around carefully to really "see"

in order to draw blocks for stitching;

Saturday:  Our old rotting apple tree in the backyard

dropping it's apples now in the winds...

Sunday: My last little pot of flowers fading on the

front stoop...

AND:

Today:  My own Autumnal Equinox vision:

Sari silk on the left for day and 

indgo on the right for night....

It has crossed my mind that perhaps I would not be 

continuing this daily exercise in stitching......

I am finding my way slowly into this project...

and seeing that I prefer adding some little

bits of fabric to these tiny blocks to work around

rather than just stitching with that white background!!

Some version of  that ubiquitous 

 "blank page syndrome"

 perhaps???

😱😰😮

If you will notice, as I moved on

 from the first week,

I added background "kantha-like"

stitching behind all the embroideries...

I like that look better than the 

starkness of "all white"...

This really is quite the "learning" 

process for me; 

not only of trying out different stitches 

but also of visualizing a daily

overall feeling or happening...

For now, I will be 

continuing this journey....

"One Day At A Time"

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I am working on hand quilting

my next "Little"---

"Bouquet de Fleurs"

Working the central portion first right now...

Strange feeling to be "big stitching" this one,

 while  trying to make smaller, tinier stitches

on my COL;)))...

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This morning was my early weekly food shopping

day--prices are only going up, up, up!!!!

so we, as usual, are making the

most of leftovers that we can....

Tonight's dinner will be leftover

Shepherd's Pie from Sunday along

with Ciabatta bread on the side and

applesauce...

It is a partly sunny, windy day here...

at least not as dark and gloomy

as it has been...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

AS I WAS SORTING...., et al

 

As I was working on sorting out my

fabrics early this morning....

I came across this central seafaring

fabric in Autumnal colors.....

and...

I was immediately 

struck by the idea

to make us placemats for 

the Fall Season...

Lighthouses, lobstahs (yum!) and

various sailing vessels...

What neat vignettes that reminded me

of our days on our friend's sailboat...

That did it!!!

😉😊😍

 I was off measuring,

cutting, further

foraging for side fabrics,

 and finally----  

sewing them right up!!

This small fat quarter that had been tucked away

for who knows how long, made perfect 

placemats for us...

Then, of course, I made a 

long, narrow runner to

go with them--

these will fit on our eating counter

perfectly....

Now to pin baste and 

machine quilt--that is for

tomorrow...and this weekend...

I just love it when this happens

Don't you????

😀😁😄😇

Needless to say, the sorting took 

(a sort of!) backseat....

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FYI: More COL blocks:

and their little stories:

We both so look forward

to our morning coffee---so,

yesterday I drew and embroidered

this block  ON THE LEFT in my COL:

We awakened this morning, the 18th, to still

more heat and humidity with overcast, dark skies--

What happened to the forecast of a cool, sunny day????

Huh??? Tell me that!!

Sooooo,

I decided to "steal the sun" for myself while

practicing my Satin Stitch...

Meanwhile.....

Going through my head was a song

from "Annie":

"The sun will come out tomorrow..."

🌞🌞🌞

The sun itself is cut from one of those little

pieces I leave under 

my sewing machine needle in

between starts of fabric..

.just a little "ort" cutoff..

And, I liked the idea that it

 was already quilted!!

Hugs, for a wonderful 

upcoming weekend

💛💛💛

Julierose, La Blageuse,

(stitching-away-euse)

COL UPDATE: 3 WEEKS, et al

 

Here are my first 3 weeks of the Calendar of Life [COL].

My DH likes this one a lot :))))

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All the butterflies in our dingle was the inspiration for this one...

And I like this one, 

plus I really enjoyed stitching it...

Driving by the marshes inspired this one...

And below is the cycle of our days...

they move in the same way, but all of them

have a different

color or feel to them....

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Something about Autumn urges me to 

get things sorted.....before

winter sets in every year...

SO......

I am still trying to sort out 

my paper crafting items

 and my fabrics. 

I also am 

organizing all my 

threads and needles,

pens and pencils--etc, etc--

all  garnered through so many

years of stitching, glueing and 

quilting....

As a result, my room looks 

like a whirlwind

🌀🌀🌀

hit it...

&&&&

Every surface is covered with

stuff waiting to be either discarded,

donated or stored for future use...

In Other Words:

ONE BIG MESS!!!!

So, the only constant is my 

Daily stitching on my COL....

I hope you are enjoying our brief respite

from the heat and humidity here...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(organizing-euse)

TROUBLES????

 Is anyone else having problems getting the "latest" posts in their Blogger feed?

                                               😦😧😥😩😪😫

I am not receiving ANY at all.  When I go to the old post and get to the blog I have to click on"Home" to find the latest posting....Any suggestions?  I went to settings and reset my gmail address for receiving posts--but still nothing...aaargh....also nothing pertinent in "Help" section!!

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse--(confused-euse)

WORKING ON COL{Calendar of Life}, et al

 

Here are my three efforts for Tues, Wed, and today--Thursday.

I am enjoying adding bits of fabric along with my embroideries...

on some blocks...I am striving to get smaller stitches--as 

opposed to the "big stitch" quilting I am used to doing..

Today (Thurs) is the leftover bit of Butterfly fabric.

We have been seeing a whole lot of butterflies flitting about

in our dingle which is full of late Summer 

Honeysuckle bushes..

Also, during the early morning, it seems just millions

of bees are seeking sustenance there, too...

you can hear the soft

buzzing when it is quiet...

🐝🐝🐝

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I finished my hand quilting on Sunny Days:

and here is the reverse

I now need to look for a good binding fabric...

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I have also finished the embroidery on

my "Grieving and Moving On"

piece honoring my parents' passing ,,

Every seam is hand stitched--no machine

work on this--- as it was a slow stitching 

project to help me deal with their loss...

I hand dyed the tan fabrics and sun-cynotype-

dyed  the blues with pieces of my 

maternal Grand-mere's crochet pieces

and

various ferns and leaves...

As an only child, all of us

 were very close and

I felt totally devastated 

as they each passed on...

 

The two hearts on the bottom 

are my Mom and Dad

entwined together forever--

And the top heart above represents me, 

having to move on without them...

There is a lot of satin stitching on 

this that

took me

this last 10 years 

to work on whenever I

actually could deal 

with working on it...

I now need to decide if I 

should add more to this

piece--...

I had thought of side

borders of hand woven strips

for how our lives were 

so deeply woven together..

I am still deciding...

plus it will need to be quilted...

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I am happy to report that my yrly 

"Wellness Exam" today was excellent..

So far, so good...

😇😊😍

I hope you are all enjoying this late 

Summertime.. while it lasts...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

"SUNNY DAYS" HAND QUILTING, et al

 

Here is my next "Little" to be hand quilted...

I began this years ago...I cannot even recall

exactly how long!!😦😟

I used cut-offs and scraps leftover...

I have begun in the central portion outlining the 

seamlines to begin with...

Using Perle 8 white cotton...

That central portion consists of many of my

favorite scraps sewn in "Chinese Coin" fashion...

And the reverse is a leftover piece of

one of my all-time favorite Japanese

fabrics...i love the facial

expression on these Geisha Girls...

I am only taking one stitch

at a time and turning

my usual quilting (2-3 stitches on needle)

into a "slow stitch quilting" process...

Tom and I, through the years, have been

lucky enough to have been invited to go

sailing with two of our sailboat owner friends.

This piece, by way of that, is a little

memory of those 

younger, enjoyable days on

the ocean with them....

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This weekend is the "Monza" Grand Prix

Formula One (F1) race--so I

will be able to do some stitching

on this while watching their

coverage...

Hugs from still humid 

and gloomy

CT today,

Julierose, La Blageuse,

(hand-quilting-euse)