GRAY SUNDAY

 

My Sunday Journal page

to be 

finished 

later....

Is anyone else feeling 

blue, 

low, 

cut off, 

redundant?

Missing

HUGS?

It is coming up on one full year of 

isolation at Chez Holleran...

and at everyone else's, too..

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Meanwhile, 

[to counteract

this bit of wallowing

in rock-bottom-ness]

S O R R Y

about that;)))

👵

I am still spider-webbing

and quilting geese

and taking quick visits

to hexagonia...

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As my Mom always 

told me:

"This, too, 

Shall

Pass"

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I hope this Sunday 

will be a bright spot

in your week.

Hugs to you all

Julierose

La Blageuse

(climbing out of this valley-euse)

😷😷😷

😌 

WIP-ing

 

I have the left 9 blocks sewn 

together 

(but not in rows yet as

I will be re-arranging them)

And have begun on the next 

group of 9

If you click on the image

you can see that I am using

MSQco papers for stringing...

AND

strangely enough

it doesn't look like my scrappy

strings have diminished

at all!!

👀😧

Go figure!!

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This WIP 

is coming along,

but I am taking a

rest as my hands 

flared up from hand quilting...

It is coming along...

S L O W L Y 

but,

I knew this would be a long

term project when I began

and I am okay with that...

It is a pleasure to quilt these

lovely fabrics...

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Here is my 2nd fabric for my 

Hexagons

Project WIP

another long term one...

but such fun...

👵💗

An all-time favorite ;))

I have decided to USE

my special fabrics-

I mean What in the World

am I saving them for??

😦

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The sun has actually deigned to come out this Sunday..

With the snow on the ground 

it is quite cold still..

not up to even freezing as yet...

I hope you are all safe and staying warm

and having a sew-wonderful

Day.

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(WIP-ing-euse)

😷😷😷😷

 

SNOWY UPDATE & A THANK YOU

 

I got this cool surprise gift from 

Dawn ...

such an adorable little pouch

With a RED zipper..

AND

Hubby grabbed this part of the 

two part gift

↓↓↓

You can see he's

putting it to good use

;)))

A cute Boston Red Sox

mug rug...

So we are all decked out for

watching

the 

Spring Training

Red Sox games...

THANK YOU SO MUCH DAWN...;)))

We love these...

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I have begun a new diamond painting

for those of you who inquired:

This lovely girl....

And here is where I am

A lot of "confetti"

in this one

but

Very enjoyable--I love

the colors...

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AND...

I have been plugging along on my

"Wild Garden" 

spiderweb quilt...

[sorry for the dark photo--

it is snowing like

crazy outside

and a dark gray day]

I am planning on keeping going

until most of the strips are used up...

So this may turn into two pieces..

We'll see..👀👀👀

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So far we have had 4"+ of snow

more than was predicted,

actually...

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Tonight I have made a 

Shepherd's Pie 

for our dinner...

I used frozen corn

for the veggie in this one..

and i added a bit of tomato paste

to the meat and onion mix...

I often change this one up.

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Stay safe and warm...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

😷😷😷

WILD GARDEN

 

I have been collecting all the

"flowery" strings from making

my granddaughters'

(3 of them) quilts 

and 

started this spider web quilt...

Ummmm... 

{I thought I was straightening

out all my flowered strings 

but instead

this happened;))) }

↧↧↧↧

Pinks, purples yellows, and greens

with pink centers...

AND SO

💗

"Wild Garden" 

was born

;)))

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I began pinning it up on my wall

yesterday

↡↡↡↡

I do love to see these flowery

webs appear like

magic...

It is a very "wild" space with flamingoes,

and

hidden kitties, 

and a few bluebirds

flying by...

I really enjoy this kind of 

semi-scrappy sewing...

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For those of you who have asked

My recurrent cold is a bit better

today..

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Saturday's supper 

will be:

leftover pot roast, 

potatoes with 

gravy and

a string bean salad...

Stay safe and warm 

during these cold Wintery days

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Stringing along-euse)

HEXAGONIA-- HERE I COME

 

I began working on my

new hexagon hand project 

this morning ...

along with my coffee;)))

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[But first, I---

Dusted (on hands and knees to get those

pesky baseboards that hold all those

dust bunnies--ooof!!) 

and swept up my sewing room. ]

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I first saw these hexagons on a

Missouri Star Quilt Co. 

youtube video--

And I was just charmed by the fact that

your piece is finished in

a single sewing..

{Also, my blogging friend,

DEB  (click to see)

is making these for part

of her RSC project

this year. Hop on over and

take a look at her take

on these;))) }

The batting is layered inside and

the little folded binding holds

all 3 layers together...

I have prepped 

5 more:

I wanted to finish using the rest

of this French text fabric so that

it was really readable--

and this is the perfect 

setting for it, don't

you think? :)))

Here is the backing I will be using

for all the ones I make

↓↓↓↓

Definitely wishing for

Springtime to come...

Here is my little basket with all the

"necessaries"

so I can tote my project around the house

(I mean where else do I 

go these days, S I G H )

💘All ready 💘

👵

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I want to thank all of you

who sent me such encouraging

comments and ideas for my

Log Cabin dilemma....

I truly appreciate all of your

super kind comments...

👄👄👄

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I have a Roast beef 

(bottom round) cooking

in my Slo cooker;

and have peeled my

potatoes

for dinner tonight.

I will make my gravy 

right in the crock pot, so

it is almost one pan cooking..

I will add steamed string beans 

with almonds

as our side veg.

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We had another 3" of snow overnight

but everything seems to be melting

in our weak sunshine...

And so has my day begun....

I hope you are all well

staying safe and

😷-ed

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(visiting Hexagonia-euse)

A FUNKIFIED FLIMSY--FINALLY

 

Log Cabins are now corralled

into a 

FLIMSY

💃

Whoever said that log cabins

are a snap

WAS 

SO WRONG!!

Whoa, Mama!!

👵😢

I used all scraps and chunks

of fabrics in my stash for

this one and cut the logs

with my Accuquilt cutter--

BUT...

Uhhhh

I neglected to check

which way the 

BIAS

ran!

So a lot of the logs are bowed....

Plus, for some reason,

I didn't notice this until I began sewing

all the blocks together...

UGH

Then 

I had to trim all the edges

BUT......

this still left the insides

"bowing and scraping"!

And so it stays--

for

no way

will I

take this

apart and fix it...

(Nope, nada, 

no way Jose!)

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This will be a utility cover-up

quilt for our cool

evening tv watching...

(emphasis on utility!!)

👀👀

😂😂😂

And so it goes...

sometimes you win and 

sometimes....

not....

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Despite it all, I did enjoy making

this one and I do like the colors...

So, when you enlarge this one, 

people,

judge me not 

before you

make a cornerstone log cabin

yourselves ;))))

Hugs, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(warts and all-euse) 

GEESE IN THE SNOW

 

THE FIVE CENTER ROWS

of Night Flight

are done..

There are

six more rows;

3 on either side left 

to quilt...

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Here is the snow off of our deck...

So pretty on our cedars...

So far we've gotten about 6"

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Early Sunday dinner

was roast chicken with

all the fixin's 

😋😋

And

Tom is doing the clean up

for me...

💕👴😇 

I am starting to feel better

this afternoon...

my cold seems to be going away

Still taking it easy though...

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Tonight we will be watching the

Superbowl

(Did you know that

Tom Brady is 18 yrs older

than Patrick Mahones?) 

Should be interesting....

I hope you are all safe and warm

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

😷😷

 

MIGRATION MARINATION

 

"Night Flight" blocks--

30 of them

are up on my wall

waiting to be moved about

into their final places 

and sewn together...

They are in what I like to call

"Marination".

I will be looking at them

a lot as I sit and sew

(they are right above Helga),

and as I take fleeting glances

walking by my sewing room.

Usually this will spark

an idea for final 

placements...

AND

ALSO....

I want to decide on border(s).

I am thinking right now

that they need a small 

"Stop Border"

(perhaps echoing the

red in the centers to

bring them out a bit..

I stopped at the 8.5" 

measurement;

mostly because I totally

ran out of dark navy blues and

those blue-grays...

and also because, 

frankly,

I got SO tired of adding those

little squares to

the logs!! 

;0000

But on the whole,

 I have really

really enjoyed

this piecing

journey.

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I still have 30 other 

red and cream hourglass

centers awaiting

a new colorway

choice.

💁

I may just make them 

into a courthouse steps

sans the cornerstones...

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Here is a picture of my granddaughter

out by their firepit enjoying

the snow

[I couldn't figure out how to 

load the entire video he sent me...]

But you get the idea--

Some of us, evidently, look

at snowfall differently

;))))

Stay safe, stay warm and stay home

if you can

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse 

😷😷😷