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 :))))

↓↓↓↓

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)

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)