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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)

AND SO, AUGUST ENDS, et al

 

I finished hand quilting (minimal)

on my 

Redwork Seasons 

wall hanging

yesterday,,,,

Now for binding...

You can see I only 

Big Stitched along the borders...

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And here is my first week of my 
Calendar of Life (COL)

Intuitive Embroidery..

The Full Corn Moon was on Aug 28th--

hence the golden circle whipped with

sparkley gold thread 

(can you see??);

This week our last Rose of Summer

dropped its petals 

and

inspired this block....

Our rose is left looking bereft

as it clings to our fence...

[taken through our backroom window..]

And today, 

I decided to incorporate some

of my cherished Sari Silk ribbon

leftovers by sprinkling them 

throughout this COL project...

Here is the first little offcut

piece...

I Kantha echo stitched all around after

invisibly basting the ribbon down...

I was able to get those tiny stitches

by using

my newly acquired 

tulip embroidery needles...

I am not affiliated in any way with this company;

but I have to say

 I L💜VE love love this needle--

and

would recommend it for 

working in small areas...

{FYI: that is my sewing pillow 

peeking out behind

the needle box}

:)))))

On my way out to the deck to

 drink my first cup of coffee

after going out early to get 

my yearly bloodwork done..

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(quilting-and-embroidering-euse)

CALENDAR OF LIFE (COL)--DAILY STITCHING, et al

 

Here are my first (and very tentative) 3 days for my

COL project [aka Intuitive Daily Stitching].

Day One-Aug 25th: just trying out needles and

perle 8 cotton threads; 

Day Two: Aug. 26th:Totally confused as to 

"just winging it" !!!!

{a total "mish-mash"!!}

but it is what it is and

I am leaving it...

and

Today, Aug 27th: Our house after the rainy days

we've been having...a little

vignette...

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As you can see, my stitches need to become

smaller, much smaller than my

quilting "big stitching"

YIKES!!!

😟😕😢

Well, tomorrow will be our

August Full Moon..

so that should be a fun one to stitch...

as I am marking each month's

full moon occurance...

And

I am finishing stitching over all the 

grid lines on this 1/4 yard piece.  

Since I am only used to embroidering 

OVER already laid down fabric--

as in my Roxy's Journals of

Stitchery fabric books--

I am finding these "blank spaces"

challenging --a bit intimidating,

if I say so myself ....

😥😦😧

.

Well, onward and 

hopefully

 upward we go...

👋👋👋

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching- COL-euse)

FLAMINGOS AND FROGS, et al

I finished binding my "Flamingo Ojos" this morning

after having my early morning cuppa coffee on our deck...

Here are the flamingos cavorting across the top row...

↯↯↡↡↶↷

😀😂😁

They were the "springboard" for these Ojos...

can you spot their little feet above?????

I wanted to use every last bit of that fabric;))))

And here are the cutest froggies on the backing fabric...

I just thought--how perfect to pair them up...;)))

I've had this fabric for quite a while and never really

wanted to cut it up--too neat as is;

so, a good choice to use with the flamingos...

[click to see the froggies]

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So, One more "little" done and dusted...

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I had showed you the embroidery grid

previously that

I am working on and,

[I bought it from Spoonflower; and

btw: I am  not in any way 

connected with that site.

Below is the info on it in case 

you are interested...]

And...

in case you haven't already seen

what I will be aiming for starting

in January 2027 on a daily basis of

one block per day.....

Below is a partial view of what 

Karen Turner's looks like

on her YouTube channel...

I just love the variety of stitches and how when you would

look back over the days and weeks you could see 

where you were...

and what you were thinking about...

I plan on featuring the "full moon" each month in

its own block on my version....

Can you just imagine a full year of these????

I am smitten💙💚💛💜...

😍

Also, just one little block per day does

seem doable...

So, presently I am working on a practice cotton piece

doing grid lines and then onto squares until

the first of the year to see how it goes...

Our weather has finally calmed down

and the DP is only 63--making

for a lovely coolish late Summer day...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(finishing-littles-and-planning-ahead-euse]

 

TALLY-HO, et al

 

This post is really a status record for me...

of my "Littles" waiting in the wings

for years and years!!

Above  is my next quilt top to be

machine bound...all pinned and

ready to go today, hopefully...

And....

Below is what I have left of the small pieces

I've made over the years in

various stages of being finished....

These four all ready to be quilted;

the embroidered one will be

hand quilted as my next project...

the others by machine, minimally...

AND

These SIX need to be backed and layered

and then put into the "to be quilted" pile...

They are pretty much small items that

used a lot of favorite fabrics...

I keep them on hangers on either side

of my stash closet to remind me that

I want to get these done this year!!!!!!!

Right????😉😇

This is next in line for binding ..

↓↓↓↓

I did some machine quilting on the longer vert. and

hor. seams on this Flamingo Ojos...not

my usual densely textured hand quilting..

Now, I need to make binding for it...

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I took stock yesterday and this morning

to see what I had and what I wanted

to work on....

I also 

[GASP!!--]

threw out the ones I don't

think worth the effort!!

Yes, I couldn't even see cutting them

up for anything else....

😱😰😯😮😭😳

Don't judge me too harshly...

My advancing years(??) are determining

what I still can and cannot accomplish

these days 

for....

{I am "olde"}

👵👵👵👵

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Today we will be watching the 

Netherlands Grand Prix Race

and I hope to do the final 3 hand quilted

lines on my Dresden table runner...

Then it can go onto the binding wait list...

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Dinner this gloomy, rainy, humid Sunday

later on today will be:

Meatloaf topped with chopped onions,

Boiled Russett potatoes

and two ears of 

steamed "Butter & Sugar"

corn on the cob...

YUMMY!!

I hope your Sunday is a 

good resting day...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(counting-out-day-euse)

P.S.  Edited later on...to add

Two more "Littles" finished today

"Pineapple Welcome" 

and

"Ocean Cabin"

below is the reverse

So two more done and dusted

:))))))))))

YAY