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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Tuesday, October 6, 2026

KEEPING BUSY ;)))

 

When I cannot stitch I turn to my ever
favorite making of jigsaw puzzles....
Easy on the hands and good for 
my brain....

These "Paper Umbrellas" are a really
fun one to put together--
very challenging...

Here is where I have gotten so far..
I also am revamping my craft area so that I
can now do my Color Glue Booking....

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Tonight's Supper
Simple BLT's 
No muss, no fuss...

Take care and enjoy these lovely 
Fall days we've been given...
Hugs, Julierose
La Blageuse
(puzzling-things-out-euse)
;)))))



Friday, October 2, 2026

NEED I SAY MORE???

 

RESTING FOR A BIT....

Hugs, Julierose
La Blageuse
(recuperating-euse0

Thursday, October 1, 2026

GEISHA GARDEN "LITTLE", et al

 

"Geisha Garden" little is all pin basted
and ready to be my next hand quilt...

Such an evocative print..
💛💜💚💙
The reverse features little leftover
blocks and the rest of the  
Geisha print fabric...

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Here is the next little to be backed
layered up and basted:
"Itsy-Bitsy Spider"
I had a lot of leftover SPider
papers that I originally bought
from Missouri Star quilt Co. to 
make my eldest Grandson's 
Going Away to College Spider quilt;
and so, I decided to use up 
some of them...
I still have quite a pack left..
So another "Spider" piece will
be in the making...
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COL: September 30th--
Since all the rain, we have tons of
little mushrooms in our lawns...
I've even spied a squirrel 
feasting on one--
Who knew?????

and here is October 1st's entry:
Just a simple leaf floating in the wind......

Both DH and I are feeling a lot better today
 after our flu shots on Tuesday of
this week...we both had quite a 
reaction and we named Wednesday
as a "Lost Day"...
Just spent it mostly napping and
being generally crabby!!!
🐉👺👹
👾👾👾

I hope you all weathered the 
weekend Nor'Easter--
no damage here fortunately--
just a power outage which our
generator, "Jenny" promptly
took care of for us;)))))

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(welcoming-in-Autumn-euse)














Monday, September 28, 2026

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 
↴↴↴↴



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)









Tuesday, September 22, 2026

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)









Friday, September 18, 2026

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)









Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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)