MONDAY "TO-DO'S"

My next Butterfly has come to rest

in my little embroidery basket...

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While resting from all things sewing for a few days...

I set up my August Journal Calendar

In my Altered  Book Junk Journal

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I've begun to decorate it....with cut outs and

dried out teabag papers & 

fun stuff...

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I used:

Sparkley Stickles 

and Distress Ink

as a start...

and sewed a little fabric ruffle for the page edge

such fun...

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And here is my Monday Morning design wall 

where my own

"Christmas in July" projects 

are awaiting borders

He's a-comin' ;)))

O Holy Night

I will be making border decisions on these two...

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This past week has been relatively quiet;

tomorrow will be a grocery run and

Wednesday I have a dental appointment.

This will be the first time I've come into any close contact

with anyone since early March --

and I am feeling a bit hesitant....;000

They assure me that every precaution will be taken...

But still......

Stay safe

Hugs from afar, 

Julierose, La Blageuse 

(in planning mode-euse)

S P A M on New Blogger--WARNING

this is just a warning note to all my followers:000

I have, since moving to New Blogger, gotten a lot of really 
bad  AND EXPLICIT comments from anon people...

i have set "no anon: allowed but they are getting through anyway...
So I have reverted back to Legacy blogger...

Just be aware....

Hope you are all doing ok  
Stay safe in all ways
Julierose, La Blageuse (spamming like crazee - euse)

HAPPY MAIL

I received this lovely package this week from 

"Quiltdivajulie" 

(I cannot figure out the linky --she is a 'blogspot" though)

Beautifully packaged and sorted strips and scraps

Lovely light blues...

Deep, dark reds

AND

TA-
DAH

Very Vintage Low Volume prints...

A huge assortment..

Aren't they just gorgeous???

Thank you sooo much Julie💖💖

What a grand gift🙇🙋

What a generous gift--🙌

all ironed and separated...

Right now, I am just gazing at them all and

petting them ..👏😉

this should get my "mojo" moving;)))

Hugs from afar...

Stay safe

Julierose, La Blageuse (grateful-euse)

BLUE BUTTERFLY & A STORY

My own version

(relying on the floss I had on hand)..

The most difficult part of these cross stitcheries 

is to make each side a mirror image of the other...

I "almost" succeeded...;000

A N D 

After a while stitching, those crosses

begin to move on their own (!!)

[I almost re-named this one "Poor Butterfly" as I had to

un-stitch a lot of the crosses that went all wonky..]

So, a real S L O W stitching project 

for sure...

My next {un-biologically correct} butterfly will

be all shades of pink.

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Here is my 4th of July Table topper

STAR SPANGLED

Working on this one reminded me

of a funny story my friend Deanna

(who was a music teacher) told me..

She was walking alongside her charges

during a 4th of July Town parade; 

And

when they weren't playing their instruments

she was to remind the boys marching along to wave their little flags.

BUT,,,

In the heat of the moment 

she called out

"Flag your flies, boys!!" 

O O P S E Y ..;000

Typical Deanna;))))

aka Mrs. Malaprop.

I love that waving flag fabric..

All the fabrics, except the white background,

came from a charm pack...

This was a quick and fun project...

And this has been the sum of my sewing over the past two weeks...

I am now at rest after my

Two-week stint:

Binding

"Whirling Dervish Act"

👯👯👯

I hope you are staying cool in this heat and humidity

Stay safe

~ ~ ~ waving my little flag ~ ~ ~ ;)))

Julierose, La Blageuse (resting-euse)

MONET'S GARDEN

Monet's Garden

Ready to hand quilt...

Some of you long-time followers will

remember my travails with setting this one up

a few years ago.

Here is a closer peek 

at some of these fabrics...

This was a long term project 

that I finally put together today.

Here is the reverse 

I can picture having tea in the garden

Two of my favorite fun fabrics...

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This will be my July-August 

hand quilting project...

Below is the lovely linen storage tote that

a friend of long ago made for me:

thanks, MaryAnn ;)))

I've wanted to work on a piece

with pretty fabrics 

for a bit...

It's way too hot and humid to work on the deck

So I am here in my AC 

deciding on a thread color...

Perhaps this one:↓↓↓

It picks up the border color and some

of the water-ey fabric in the hexagons...

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I am planning my next trip to "Hexagonia"

now....

Another "pretty" fabrics one....

Stay safe and stay cool,

Your mask-wearing 

friend...

Julierose, La blageuse (Hexagonia-traveler-euse)

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY

Freedom and Justice

FOR ALL....

~ ~ ~ Waving my flag ~~~~

Julierose, La Blageuse 

(pas des mots-euse)

FRANKEN CHRISTMAS QUILT

I trimmed up "Franken Christmas"

this morning ...

All hand quilted now...

Here is the reverse

with a VERY old 

fabric I've been waiting to

find the right spot to use

I just love this print...

Here is a close up⇊⇊⇊

Aren't the figures just adorable? 

Love the expressions...

and poses...

Next I made up my binding..

using leftover fabrics..

Bits of my favorite Jason Yenter,

red/green geraniums, and 

some textured green...

{For those who asked I began with 4.5" strips, straight cuts

(no bias cutting) 

and the ironed and folded in half...

I know I said I was done with binding for a while, but I do want to finish this one up;

It contains a whole lot of my crumbs of favorite fabrics in reds, and pinks..

the white strips are just a serendipitous addition...

And i love how it pulls all those varied blocks together...

Somehow more crumbs have

resulted...

they just keep on expanding...😱😲

This one was

Fun to make and fun to hand quilt, too..

I used Valdani thread in

variegated reds...

Hand quilting this one has kept me company on many nights when

I could not sleep...

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Lots of thunder, lightning and torrential rains

this afternoon...

And SO SO SO HUMID!!!

💇

I made piggy tails with my long hair to

keep cooler...

Stay safe, wear your mask..

😷

~ ~ ~ waving in the AC ~ ~ ~ 

Julierose, La Blageuse 

(still binding-euse)