FIRST JOY DONE & DUSTED

 

My DIL Lin's

Banner is all packaged

up and ready to mail out tomorrow.

I finished the binding and

the label this morning....

Her birthday was actually the

22nd, but I just couldn't 

get it finished in time...

Here is the back view

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A really vintage scene

and her is the label--

just a simple 

inked message

set with a hot iron:

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I hope she likes it...

I am so happy to get this one 

in the mail...

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Next will be my daughter's 

JOY banner...

she is getting her new

Farmhouse style dining table

today and

it is a gray weathered wood..

I hope this will compliment

her decor for Christmas.

I need to layer it up,

pin and quilt it, and make

its binding.

Hoping to begin this week..

[If my sciatica doesn't 

rear up again...👾]

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And

On that sciatica front--

it does seem to

be getting better

fingers crossed!!

👵

And, also

the ankle/lower leg

is responding to 

icing and epsom

salts soaks..

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I hope you are getting in the 

mood for the 

upcoming holiday season...

We are still figuring out

who will be where and who

will come here and when

etc etc

The usual pre-holiday 

hullabaloo...

💃💃💃

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

(one-down-one-to-go-euse)

TURKEY DAY

 

We had a surprise visit from

my son and his family --

and "Lucy", 

their new puppy,

who is the sweetest 

thing;))💖💖,

this morning.  

We all enjoyed an

antipasto  platter of

goodies to hold us over

until our bigger Turkey meal

later on.

 

I played "War" card game with the

girls and we caught up on

family news...

Then they left for Lin's family and

their celebration...

It was really wonderful to

see them all...

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Our turkey went in at 1:30--

so the two of us

will have a quiet, 

celebratory

meal.

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I hope you are all enjoying this

special day of gratefulness.

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(thankful-euse)

JOY#3 FLIMSY

 

JOY #3 is on the right;

with all borders on--this

one will be for my daughter,

Candice...

How different No.2 (left)

looks from No. 3... (right)..

👀💃👀

I find it so fascinating how

you can skew the "look"

from Vintage/Whimsical

to Elegant/classy...

:)))

Here is a better look at the top

border...

Since this was a horizontal

one-way  printed fabric,

 I decided to

fussy cut this

 top border to

include the house.

And

This bottom one 

↨↨↨

to include  the Snowman and

decorated lamp posts

and decorated doorway..

[Again click to enlarge].

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Now I have to layer them up 

and decide how to quilt them...

and 

I have the backing fabric chosen...

I would love to hand quilt them..

BUT

I wonder if there is time

before Christmas???

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This morning we watched

Formula One (F1) Qatar Race.....

and Tom went out

and got doughnuts for us.

A VERY special only sometime

treat in this house...

😋💕😋

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Tonight will be cheeseburgers

with fried onions on toast,

with french fries...

SO.....

definitely not a diet day:))) :D

I hope your Sunday is a super one..

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

(JOY-banners-flimsied-euse)

TRIPLE JOY, et al

 

This 3rd banner will

be for my son and 

his family for Christmas

(click to see closer)

↧↧↧

I had some Jason Yenter

Christmas fabric

leftover that I included --

and this cute

border fabric

which was hiding in

my old stash...

I had been saving these

last two fussy cut

pieces for i knew not what!!

And they fit so well here...

:)))

Serendipity💖

⇊⇊

I had JUST just  enough

of that older Santa's

Workshop fabric to put on

the top and bottom...

I think Willa and Fiona will 

like that addition.

:)))

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I now need to add borders

to the 2nd banner 

which will be for

my daughter in her

new condo and for her

new dining table...

She has been having a 

bit of a tough time lately

and I hope this

will brighten her day.

This one is a little more

her style...

a bit

more elegant 

and

not so whimsical;)))

Here are a couple closeups

of the border fabric

I have chosen...

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I love this soft print...

I think it will 

look so sweet

with its snowy 

background...

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I have been sewing in 15-20

 minute intervals  all week;

prepping the next bit each time...

It is truly amazing how much 

you can do even in

short stints...

I am grateful that I have had

enough pain free hours

to sew  these

two gifts...

It was such fun searching through my

diminishing Christmas fabric stash and

coming upon enough little pieces to

make these.  I will certainly be making

more of this type of smaller 

project  in the future...

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AND NOW....

I will hope to get the two gifts

layered up for quilting...

[Mine (No 1) will have to

be the last on my list.

But I will hand quilt that one

during the post-holiday

season.....]

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Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sewing-happily-once-again-euse)

 

JOY - FUL # 3

 

Joyful Sewing:

"J"

is:

Windblown trees 

in the snowy landscape.

And 

And...."O" 

IS set up to sew next.....

[I removed that orange tray and 

set this one  up on my 

new design board...

so much easier to 👀

on that white background...]

I want to make at least three

of these for gifting with

the 1st one for us to

enjoy ...

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And here are a few quilts I saw

today online while

resting....

This one is from Pat Sloan's blog

↨↨↨

It was her block a day last year...

called "HOPE"

Isn't that pretty?

And I love this one:

⇓⇓⇓

I am "collecting"

pictures of 

blocks I'd like to make

{seeing as my sewing is

so limited right now}

for the future...

and Lastly

[but not least-ly ;D ]

↴↴↴

I love this hexagon setting...

💓

BIG rosettes 

that could be made into a 

tree skirt for a

 tabletop 

Christmas

Tree. 

I have been searching out

smaller items to make.

(ones that do not include

zippers 

or any fancy stuff!!)

👵

 

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I was able to walk

[cane aided, but still]

around the parking lot

circle at the Fields

where we go to

walk....👧

I am bound to be sore afterwards,

but I have to try to move more...

It was a glorious day; cool but 

it was SO good

to get out and about a bit...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

{En-JOY-ing-euse}

JOY TIMES TWO, et al

 

I started my 2nd Joy Banner

stoday...

I found that  bare trees fabric

from an old Ghastlie line

in my deep stash...

[click above to see the pretty 

snowflake batik

come to life]

:)))

And I set up

↓↓↓

" O "

 

{"O Tannenbaum" was

running through my

head while I set

this up}

I have this set up on an old plastic

serving tray with an orange pattern

so it looks a bit strange...

but it is more in the mint green

 turquoise color range...

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This morning, 

my 👴Sweet Baboo 👴 took

me for a ride to get out....;)))

BUT

unfortunately we spent 35 minutes in

a traffic jam because of road work

AND 

👿👹

because of 

those people who wouldn't pull 

over and wait--they had to

push their way ahead of

us all to the very end of the closed

lane--so

ANNOYING!! 

(comments deleted!!)

But a bonus was that 

our trees were in their

glorious Fall clothing

and just beautiful...

I felt my spirits rise

just looking at them...👵

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I got this lovely 

Amaryllis kit--

so tomorrow I will

get this planted...

How pretty is this one...

💖💖💖

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And.....

⇩⇩⇩

Here is my new setup

for printed cross stitching 

with clamp-on 

MAGNIFIER:

👀👀👀

So very much easier to see...

for this ancient one's eyes..

I am making slow progress on 

this piece....

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I want to 

thank you all 

for sending me good 

wishes

 for my recovery:

In that vein I

will report---

that

Today I was able to 

walk the grocery aisles

holding the cart without

pain--;))))

The only problem was

standing and waiting in line...

ooof-dah

that part still hurt!! 

But I think I am finally beginning 

to see improvement...

perhaps turning the 

corner...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Joy-euse)

THANK YOU, DAWN

 

Such a lovely bundle of

goodies came in 

the mail yesterday

for me...💖

from my friend

Dawn

who blogs at "relaxing robin"

blogspot.....

👀

A cute pocket mug rug with 

that adorable little girl 

on her cup

and

some hot chocolate

to sip...

👀

And  lovely Tula Pink

fabric --love those!!

And the cutest doggie 

memo pad,too.

👍👍👍

This totally made my day...

Merci merci merci,

💗💙💝

my good friend

for your thoughtful gift...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

{sippin'-and-pettin'-fabric-euse}

:)))

👯

JOY BANNER FLIMSY, et al

Here is my "JOY" banner

with added borders....

I used this VERY OLD 

fabric from my

stash for the

top and bottom 

borders

↧↧↧

I love this

"old-timey" fabric;

it has

the cutest little 

children  sledding,

building snowmen, and sitting

on huge snowballs...

;))) 

[click to enlarge

to see figures].

And for the sides, I used this lovely

gold-gilded pomegranate 

fabric--repeating

the few I used

in the words...

↡↡↡

I still have quite a bit

of that "pom" fabric left 

for another

banner, perhaps...

It took me 

most of the week to

do these, but 

they did get done!!

Now to layer it up so

I can hand quilt it!

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I moved my ironing

board down to chair

level so I could iron these

borders 

↧↧↧

{excuse that old, stained cover!!}

👾👾

You can just see the back of my 

lumbar cushion there.

I am STILL unable to stand for

any length of time

with this ongoing sciatica

that is still plaguing me;

so, the chair is the way to go..  

👹👽👺

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I had begun making this little piece

a few years ago and gave up on it..

👇👇👇

I would like to begin 

working on these blocks

in 2022.  [This picture

shows them

pieced and not appliqued.]

You readers know that I don't 

normally make lists--

despite the fact

that I am an avid "pen and ink"

journaler...😏

AND

that is because

for some reason lists 

make me feel stressed--

like they are some kind

of "deadline"

I have to meet.

[The little girl flying her

balloons is from Martha's

"Q is For Quilting"  blog]

I love that vintage look

and hope to rescue 

some of my really older

fabrics and finally use

them...

Well, anyway...

that is my little plan for now...

;D

After making the JOY banner 

I think that I will enjoy using

2.5" squares in this 

pixilated method

for my little Vintage Girl

project.

Hugs on this sunny Saturday

from the heating pad,

Julierose,

La blageuse

(bordering-euse)