DECK QUILTING, et al

 

Working slowly on hand quilting my little

pineapple table topper...

and

wool gathering out on our deck during

these glorious low humidity days...

SO 

"Dolce Far Nientie" 

:))))))

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My son with his doggie, Lucy,

sent me these pix of how he is

taking time to find a relaxing

reading spot:

Out in his canoe

scoping out the best 

resting spot for quiet time...

Lucy leading the journey...;)))

Ahhh, at last....

the perfect spot.

"Time out of mind" days.....

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So, not much going on sewing-wise on Posies

it's just too nice out to be in...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(stitching-and-dreaming-euse)

TJPCB JUNQUE JOURNAL , et al

 

I have been working on pages in my 

"Trader Joe's Pita Crackers Box"

Junque Journal  [ TJPCBJJ ]

the past couple days--

a little at a time...

Above I added a zig-zag-stitched 

sari silk ribbon along the edge

of that half-page...

And here is the following double page spread

that has 

journaling pocket cards...

On these pages,  I used distress sprays, glitter glues, 

old photos, stamps, and on the right page pocket

[bordered with gold roses washi tape]--

I did some encaustic (wax drips) work on a

prepped index card...

That was a fun experiment--I've never

worked with dripping wax from a candle

with my little mini iron before...😊

It was fun seeing how it worked..

I made four in total...

These pages took a few 

days to put together...

and I had

such fun working on them...

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Helga and I sewed 

the first row of "Posies sewn together

vertically and

machine appliqued the center circles...

Three more rows to go....;)))) then

I can put it together...

This is such a relaxing and fun

project.  I highly recommend 

Jan Patek's pattern which is still 

available on her website...

I chose not to add the stars on my version...

And I have yet to make any decisions about

adding the borders ...

I do like her narrow stop border and may

opt to also do that on mine...

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The heat and humidity has finally reached us

today--as you can see from our

Ambient weather station.

This little gem sits on the top of my bookcase to the right of

where I sit in my recliner in our side tv room...

We are real "weather junkies, both my

Sweet Baboo and I, and so we are always checking on

predictions etc.  We have the app that goes along

with this on our phones, so we can always keep

 tabs on our local weather...

😁😀😃😄🌂🌅🌇🌈🌊 

along with our local high and low tides....

It's the little things that make our 

lives wonderful, isn't it???

👫👯💑

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Since it is so hot today I am

cooking our supper in the  slow cooker:

....a lovely corned beef and

boiled potatoes with 

fried cabbage and 

steamed carrots...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(stitching-and-crafting-euse)

SETTING POSIES, et al

 

I worked on off-

setting "Posies" flowers 

this morning...

Next I will be 

appliqueing the centers and

then 

sewing blocks into rows...

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My latest hand quilting is 

an older small

piece I call:

"Pineapple Welcome"

I had buttonhole stitched

this pineapple in place and

will now be stitching around it...

It was a quick pinning job and then

out onto the back deck to begin

the first line of quilting...

I will be simply outlining the pineapple

with radiating lines using

some older 

Valdani variagated beige/cream

perle 8 cotton thread

I had leftover from another

project. 

I really love working on that Morris fabric

background --so soft and forgiving...

It was simply gorgeous 

out on our deck this morning--

coffee and bagels accompanied

us and then I began my quilting..

By 10 a.m. the humidity came in for

a while sending us inside...

later this afternoon the 

ocean breezes during the tide

turning kept us cool enough to 

sit out for our 

"Cocktail Hour"...

Tomorrow is forecasted to be rainy

but we shall see...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(working-on-small-UFO-

pieces-during-

June-euse)

POSIES, et al

 

I have all 12 Posie blocks sewn...

now to decide how I want to set them..

Here is the pattern setting:

Now, I definitely  am no fan of "stars"--

cutting or sewing--- etc...so...

I may just make 1/2 width plain bars to

offset these

blocks in the background white...

[the star blocks are the same width as

the leaf blocks in the pattern]--

OR

sash them with cornerstones...

i will leave these up and "tinker" for a bit...

And in the meantime I will bind

Lollipops while I am pondering ...

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Here is a closer look at the centers I chose:

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We will be watching Formula One (F1) 

racing in Monaco this weekend...

starting today with practice

runs 1 &2 ....

Hugs for a wonderful weekend...

sunny and hot here today...

we hear lawn mowers all

around us so will be

inside for a while...

hugs, Julierose

La Blaguese,

(pondering-euse)

"OH LOLLY, LOLLPOP..." et al

 "Lollipops" is all quilted now 

and 

Ready to be trimmed up;)))

↧↧↧

Here it is --

trimmed and 

ready to be bound--

with this light lavender binding...

Yes, another one in the pipeline now...;)))

Finally...

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Meanwhile, I have been sewing away

on "Posies"....

Her are the latest blocks

seven out of the final 12...

One more lavender to sew up and

then 4 in blue to be added,

And file under

"just made it"!!:

below↴↴↴↴

This is all that is left of my "leaf" fabric...

I will use these bits and bobs in my

Junque Journal as they are just

too special to be thrown out...

One of my all time favorite

fabrics is finally all used up!!

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Tonight's dinner menu will include:

 Beef oven roast with pan gravy

 and

mashed potatoes 

and 

petit pois in butter sauce.

We will be eating on the early side

as this is a big meal and we find lately 

that eating too late is 

not good for our

digestions...

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We are having very strong winds--

30+mph!!! and

it is "raining" leaves and 

pollen all over the place--it looks like

a hurricane aftermath out there on our deck!!!

It is also pretty chilly with that 

constant gusting north wind

blowing everything around!

A good day to be inside for sure!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(still-sewing-euse)

Note: edited to add pix of storm aftermath:

Clean up for sure, today.....

 

DECK DAY--CARPE DIEM, et al

 

Yesterday dawned warm and sunny

with cooling breezes here....

So....

Coffee and quilting supplies in hand

I went out and sat on my lounge chair 

AND....

Began working on adding more hand quilting

To "Lollipops"..

I just have these little squares (top and bottom--

six squares on each)

To be finished

and then the purple starry borders to be finished...

Little bit by little bit I am finally nearing the end...;)))

The bottom portion got finished yesterday and

just the top 6 remain...

So nice to see progress...

💃👏💜

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Today has dawned overcast and humid--

so I am glad that I followed the 

"Carpe Diem" mantra

("seize the day") 

yesterday and was able 

to relax and quilt...

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Later on today we plan to go to a garden center to 

find another shrub to replace our winter killed Holly

bush up front that shields us from oncoming

car headlights coming into our tv room windows...

That Siberian cold front really did a job on a lot of 

our bushes; but that specific one is the most

important...hoping we can find a super hardy plant...

On the other hand, the bottom of this one is

showing green growth--what to do? What to do??

[The whole top 7/8th is -- or looks dead!! ]

Since we haven't decided on just what to

replace (or not!!) this with, we've

tabled our trip to garden-landia...

😕😞😧

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-quilting-euse)

POSIES' PROGRESS

 

I had just enough of this old, old

leafy fabric left to make enough 

leaves for my four posies and

for four more flowers;

I machine raw-edge 

appliqued the leaves and stems.

Below are the two lavender

prints for the next four flowers...

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There will be two of each fabric and

I have my little corner 1.5" squares 

ready to mark up for sew-and-flip 

tomorrow...

Little steps at one time for me

these days..

and 

trying to set up for 

the next day's sewing...

Another green stem fabric

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This is the 2nd stem fabric I chose as I ran

out of the first one...

As I said, just using stash....

:))))))

Use it up!!!

;)))))

I also have this little coin strip that may come

in handy during the sewing together???

I am planning on using a mellow yellow 

for the flower centers--if I can find one

in my stash...

Pink, green,  lavender, and yellow

sounds good to me...

for a Spring-ey

vibe...💚💗💚💜

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sewing-15 min-here-15 min-there-euse)