"ANGELS WE HAVE HEARD ON HIGH"

 

I finished binding and

labelling my 

Christmas wall hanging...

"Angels We Have Heard on High"

one of my favorite Christmas carols.

This was part of a Jan Patek pattern

that I machine appliqued...

and hand quilted

I love that my little angel

is made from Tom's Pj's ;)))

I don't have many fabrics that

are usually used in "Prim" pieces;

so he's one pair down--- hahaha.

I also have been making a secret gift for 

someone special

here is a sneak peek at the back

I just fell in love

with this Vintage fabric...

Isn't it neat???

So evocative of happy times....

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And staying with the Christmas theme today

I began making some little Christmas trees

I am using Amy Smart's

(Diary of a Quilter)

method....

These are such fun to make..

she's right, you can't

just make one...;)))

💝💝💝

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I have also picked up my next butterfly

[now that my "to be mailed"

gifts are done]

and am working on it slowly...

I hope you are all enjoying your long weekend,

getting some sewing in, and 

staying safe

😷😷😷

Hugs from afar,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(getting in the "spirit-euse")

APPLE PIE A DEUX

 

Tom cored the apples

and I

Peeled them

and

Put the pie together to bake

Our little Holiday Eve

fun together....

HAPPY THANKSGIVING 

FROM OUR HOUSE

TO YOURS...

💑

Hugs from afar,

Stay safe, distanced

and masked

😷😷

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Cooking-euse)

BUTTERFLY WORKS

 

Hand Quilting finished on this one

AND 

on

This one, too...

So, tomorrow I can begin machine quilting 

the holding stitches on the 

 long border rows along

the Snow Geese strips 

and the borders...

I just quilted around each butterfly

and then the Snow Geese centers

by hand using DMC #8

Perle Cotton threads.

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We are about to watch the final segment of

"Roadkill" on 

Masterpiece Mystery...

I hope you all had a wonderful

weekend...

Hugs from afar,

😷

Julierose, La Blageuse

(quilting-euse)

FAIRY LIGHTS TREE FINISH

 

I did enjoy working on this

small canvas....

And now I am moving

onto a much larger

AND

 a vintage Christmas illustration one....

↧↧↧↧

It uses 39 different diamond

colors which I sorted

and numbered and put 

into my little square bead boxes 

this afternoon.

I am excited to be working on this one...

the diamonds are Square---

So,  this feels a bit different from

the round ones I was using

on Fairy Lights.

But the process is the same...

only I find that I have to place them

MUCH more slowly to get them

straight in their little boxes!!👀

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And since it is still November for at

least a few more days,

 I include a picture of

my Starry-Eyed Jack 

in place in my living room...

He resides on the end of my 

Grand-mere's old bureau...

Held with my little tiffany lamp and 

the little picture of my

Godfather, Uncle Julian,

(my Mom's brother)

with his beloved dog, Briney...

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We awakened this morning to 20 degree weather

and breezy conditions...

VERY

C O L D !

I hope you are staying warm and safe...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse 😷

(slowly hand-stitching geese-euse)

GOOD MORNING ALL

 

Early Morning Light

View from my window 

while sipping frothed coffee...

[FYI : you can see our new fence 

blocking out that old blue bus and

junk all over neighbor's yard...;)))]

I love how the bare trees

lace across the morning skies...

Sunrise on another day....

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Look what I found at early morning grocery shopping

yesterday...

↧↧↧↧

A lovely red/mauve Christmas Cactus

to add to my meager collection...

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Today I hope to begin hand quilting

Fiona's Purple Butterfly...

Hugs from afar,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(grateful for another day-euse)

PIN IN PLACE

 

GG's dolly quilts are now

layered up and

ready to pin.

AND

JACK 

has binding sewn on front and

pinned over to the back..

And

is ready to be 

sewn down...

I will be using black thread

and 

doing a zig zag machine finish...

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On my journaling front

here are a few prepped pages...

I call this one my 

"Faux-bo-Hobo"

as I am using an old 

Hobonichi Weeks

and ignoring the

planner page set up.

I glue in images, stickers

and 

watercolor these pages.

And..

Here are two Junk Journals

I've begun putting together:

they include fabrics sewn 

on papers

and random pages to be

bound in ....

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Finally,

I managed, with Tom's help to

lift and pour the big bag of soil

for me,

to finally finally

re-pot my two

Christmas Cacti...

My Mom made this mosaic tray and

the woven Christmas cloth

is one we bought on our

trip to Germany in 

1989.

(Omgosh-31 years ago now!!;000)

I will be turning this cloth over in

December as it reverses

to deep red with white figures...

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So far today, it is partly sunny

but very chilly only 49 degrees (F)

at 11 a.m.

The rest of my day will be

R E S T I N G ...

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

Pinning-euse

(It's as important as ever to wear your masks, my friends)

HELLO DOLLIES

 

The two dolly mini quilts

are now officially

"TOPS"

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I will be winding bobbins this afternoon

and resting my arms after

yesterday's contortions

at my yrly mammo 

💃

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And another gray, rainy day here...

and only in the low 40's..

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Tonight's dinner will be:

Pan fried pork chops 

with onions,

twice baked potatoes,

(in the oven now for the first baking)

and tossed salads. 

AND (sigh):

Various household chores

to be finished...

And

That's my day here ;()

Hugs from afar, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

(in my bubble-euse)

 

GG'S MINIS

 

Here are the bases

of the two Butterfly 

mini quilts...

Willa's (L) 

is into "blue"

and 

Fiona's (R) 

is into "Purple".

You will notice (I am sure) that there

are a couple little "baby" geese...

flying behind the adults....;)))

😂🙆🙆

My embroidered butterflies 

were just shy of 8.5" and 

so I had to improvise...

I am hoping that the 

white fabric surrounding each

butterfly will "quilt out" from

being pulled up with

my stitching...

Or

perhaps that's just the wind

helping them  soar...

;)))

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I want to make these dolly 

quilts rectangular..

So I will be searching for some

appropriate fabrics to

make a narrow "stop" border on the sides,

and deeper top and bottom 

borders...

Right now they measure 15.5" ;

not quite big enough to cover 

an American Girl doll..

Plus I prefer rectangular

quilts.

That is what I accomplished 

yesterday and today...

Hugs to all on this dark, 

rain-filled and

gloomy day...

Julierose, La Blageuse

(happy to be able to sew-euse)

BUTTERFLY MINIS

 

I've been sewing blue 

Snow Geese

to go with the blue butterfly

for Willa's

American Dolly quilt.

(I just need to sew it all together...)

This will be part

of her Christmas present...

I finished the geese strips 

this morning...

AND 

I have Fiona's 

Purple Butterfly and 

Snow Geese

Christmas Dolly quilt 

all ready to be sewn tomorrow.

↧↧↧↧

I think this is a good use of my

Butterfly embroideries...

The Butterfly blocks were an almost 

perfect 8.5" square;

I used the same pattern format 

that was in my Starry-eyed Jack 

to feature the embroideries...

I hope they will like them...;)))

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sewing-euse)

BUTTERFLIES, ET AL

 

I am working on the 

Black outlining of

my next butterfly...

I am mostly using the 

half-stitch method...

crossing on the way back...

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We interrupt this post 

for the following important

message:

TA-DAH:

My husband cut 2"

 off my hair this morning!!

He did a great job;))

[And tell me,

why have I been spending $50+

for a haircut????]

💇💇💇

I have not gone to a hair salon since

the shut down...

And

I am not ready to go yet...

Especially with cases on

the uptick now...

Plus .......

I had been searching for a new

hairdresser for over 6 months

before Covid hit--

since my old and trusted

one--who knew my

hair's foibles---

 moved away

😢😢😢😢

I don't want to go to an 

UNKNOWN

Salon

now.

I am thankful and 

lucky, too,

that my DH

can and will do this

for me;)))))

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And so, 

back to regularly scheduled 

posting.....

here is what my 

"Stress Sewing"

finished...↑↑↑↑

All the EXTRA

2.5" squares from

a swap 3 years ago...

made into 

strips of six each...

I may try to 

"Waffle, Waffle"

them

😂

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AND.....

I have made quite a bit of progress

on my 

"Fairy Lights Tree"

Diamond Painting...

just those lower rows

to be finished...

I hope your are all feeling a wonderful

sense of relief and joy today...

I know I am...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(So Thankful-euse)

HALLELUJAH

                                  

                                          BIDEN IS OUR NEW PRESIDENT ELECT.....

                                                            👍👍👍👍👍

                                                           Hugs, Julierose

                                                                La Blageuse

                                                               Thankful-euse;)))))

PAPER, SCISSORS, GLUE

 

I started my new glue book this morning...

These are the first two spreads...↑↑↑

I am reverting back to my first

loves:

💝💝💝

    PAPERS,

SCISSORS,

and 

GLUE.

I cull magazines 

for random,

but meaningful 

images.

(click to read)

AND

then I will add more images

until 

I see that it

expresses what I am feeling

at that moment.

Today I worked on my dining table...

I find this kind of "play"

just so relaxing;

and it helps me to de-stress

during these unstable times...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

{cutting-and-pasting-euse)

STITCHING GEESE

 

I've  begun hand quilting

Starry-eyed Jack...

After much deliberation I decided

to use black DMC #12 thread..

to out line my geese...

I got 8 of the 20 done before

my hands began to hurt...

Not bad....

On the reverse side,

The geese will be circling 

around the Full Blue Moon

Can you see the stitched geese 

heading up there?

[click to enlarge]

the quilting is harder to see on this side

but it is a subtly toned side anyway

so, I am happy with it...

Some of the quilting will not go all the way

 through to the reverse. 

But enough to hold it together securely...

i am thoroughly enjoying quilting 

"Jack"  by hand...

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For those of you Diamond Painting enthusiasts

Here is a picture of my next project:

"Fairy Lights Tree"

The only picture that I have of it is this thumbnail

print on the side of the canvas...

{click to enlarge}--

and here is a closer look at the top left portion

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There is a ton of  "confetti"

(aka lots of color changes)

So 

Slow Going....

I am anxious to get to that 

lower turquoise portion..

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Sunday Supper is:

Pot Roast in the Slo-Cooker

with gravy and potatoes; 

and butternut squash spirals 

with maple syrup...

It is very chilly and gray for our first Sunday 

of the change back to EST 

so darker than usual early on

😢

Enjoy your Sunday

don't forget to V O T E 

and wear your mask--for 

It IS NOT over...!!!

😷

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(hand quilting-euse)