FEBRUARY FINISH--SOCKS, et al

 

I finally finished my 2nd sock

this morning...

👏👏👏

😁😁

they are SO SOFT 

and ROOMY.

💃

I purposely made them

in a larger than usual size

so that my sore foot

could have plenty of room...

with a long 

slouchey cuff to keep

my sore ankle warmed...

Ahhhhh

comfort

😇😊😍

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And here are all my

Olympic Curling blocks

ready to be sewn together;

I have cut back to 15 minute

stints at the machine...

so these will take a while

to trim up so that they

are all the same size.

Sewing all those circles on

the 10" background squares

has made a few of them a

bit smaller....

That's it 

from

 Our House on the Hill

on this

last day

 of

FEBRUARY

💖💝💘

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(keeping-those-tootsies-warm-euse)

HEXAGONIA HAND SEWING , et al

 

I laid out my first "Kismet"

hexagon rosette 

this morning.

I really love these fabrics...

💖💓

I will be resting and 

hand sewing on

this project 

this  

weekend...

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My "Olympic Curling"

blocks are sewn 

together and re-assembled

into squares...

↧↧↧↧

Now I need to decide just how

I will sew them together...

With or without sashing?

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And here are just a few

crumb blocks 

I made for fun

intended 

for a future project...

↡↡↡↡

I really enjoy making these

despite the total mess

they make of my sewing side

table...;0000

I discovered that these are about all of

the usable scrap reds I actually

have--red and purple are my

smallest color scrap bags...

I would much rather have a 

slew of crumb blocks than

just a bag of scrappy 

pieces.  

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I actually think I overdid 

sitting at my machine

this week and I am now

paying the price...

😢😬

I will have to just 

"STAY DOWN" 

for this weekend!!

And not even 

VENTURE

into my room--

;)))))(((((

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I will be hand sewing my 

hexagons and reading;

while my Sweet Baboo

will be making his 

Spaghetti sauce 

for our dinner.  

👴💏

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(stitching-in-hexagonia)

OLYMPIC CURLING-- IN 30, et al

 

Phase Three for

Olympic Curling blocks

The interesting and challenging

thing is that the "CENTER" of 

these fabrics 

Will Not Show

when the next layer is laid

on over these--

just the edges...

Very counter-intuitive as

I am using (cut from file folders) 

circle templates...

⟲

then the following and 

LAST little circle

does show but also

gets cut when you

quarter these blocks

as below

👀↡↡↡

⟴

[click to see what I mean]

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I set my timer for 30 minutes

and stopped!!

THAT IS MY OUTER LIMIT!

This included finding and 

cutting fabrics for this round..

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WINTER BLUES

progress

[using up 2.5" sqs]

😇😇😇

I have four of six done...

{These blues are Willa's favorite color}

AND

I looked through my precuts

{charms and mini charms}

for purples (Fiona's fave color)

These groups of 6

will form the centers of 

Easter Dolly quilts for

my grandgirls...

AND

I think I have some cute

Easter egg fabric

👀👀👀

(somewhere!!)

 to surround them...

I haven't decided if they

 should be sashed;

but I am leaning

toward doing that...

[Also my good friend

 Lizzy at (click)

sent me the cutest bunny pattern

that I could either stitch or applique

for the other sides...

That is the plan so far....]

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FYI: I had a good report from my

ORTHO MD--

he was pleased

{and so am I}

So far, so good after

only 10 days since my epi!!

I am getting more pain free

hours and am able to

sleep better...

✌👏👏

That is the status right now...

Tonight for dinner it will be char-broiled

cheese burgers with 

tater tots

😻😸

🙋

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(making-progress-euse)

CURLING PROGRESS

Here are the first four

"E N D S "

{Like innings in baseball}

I plan to make 9 Ends

and since each game consists

of 10 Ends

The whole quilt put together

will be the tenth:)))

(clever, no?? hahaha)

My next step is to cut each of these blocks

into quadrants and sew them mixed up...

V E R Y  S C R A P P Y

(which makes me happy😁)

I found the pattern in this book:

And followed their

instructions..

(Click to enlarge)

.

There are a lot of neat

projects in here

including, but not limited to,

small ones.

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[Nann, here is what I've decided to

do with a lot of those 2.5 inch sqs]

↡↡↡↡

Just pulling all the blues for now.

{"Winter Blues"}

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 A little "pick-me- up"

from my Sweet Baboo

yesterday:

👫💝

I love those pink roses and

the carnations...

SO PRETTY!!

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Time to sit and rest now...perhaps

knit a couple rows on

the " takes forever" sock--

👻

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Happy-to-be-sewing-euse)

OLYMPIC CURLING 2022

 

We have become enthusiasts

of Olympic Curling...

[This is the American Team]↖↖↖

Throwing...

Just fascinating....

Here is the 

House

And so

Using this as my

inspiration for

a new quilt project...

I started this:

↓↓↓

AT THIS STAGE IT IS THE 

"Bull's Eye" Block

But

I will add the final little

circle to mimic

the "Home" in curling...

👵😊😍

What fun!!!

Stay tuned..

Hugs Julierose

La Blageuse

(watching-Olympics-euse

SOMETHING NEW ??

 

I started with 

(16) 2.5" squares...

[I have way too many of these and

want to use them up]

And tried this slice and dice method

I saw on youtube's

"Wicked Spinster" video

Check out her vid for her 

wonderful tutorial..;))

Here's what I ended up

with...

I don't 💙 it

and 

I don't 👺 it...

S I G H 

(why do hers look so

much better than mine?)

But I made some more

just to be sure...

I don't know...

too random, 

too dark, 

just too, too

Messy looking?

I think...😐

Perhaps shifting them around may 

be the answer...

or just cutting them up and 

rearranging them?

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At any rate, I have put them aside

for now 

and will be working on

my "cut-off" 

1/2 sq triangles..

and they are all different sizes...

but I just want to have fun and

use them up somehow...for now.

Small little, short trials are 

on my plate..

Just great to be able to sit and

sew for a bit...

phew, this has been such

a long haul...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(baby steps-euse)

WALKING, et al

 

I am finally able to walk

for short bits...

Hurrah!!!!

Here is my Shadow Self

walking down our front path...

F Y I :

I had my epidural shot last

Tuesday afternoon 

and so I was pretty much

immobile until today.

{It was a LOT more painful than

I expected, but I got through it!!}

Shoes on, heavy coat and

S U N S H I N E 

compelled me to begin

my route back to walking...

It is so wonderful to be outside

and breathing in the fresh air

while MOVING around!!

:)))

Tom set up this chair for me

so that I can rest in between

my  short Jaunts :D

↡↡↡↡

Right by our front garden spot

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AND:

Hello fellow knitters!!

Look at how far I've gotten!!

I have reached the spot right

before I begin to turn my heel

on the 2nd sock of this pair...

E X C I T I N G !!

😀😊😍

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AND

I took out my little bin of

cut-off 1/2 sq triangles and

began to lay out  a little

fun zig-zag pattern...

Gosh, I love how it looks!!

So scrappy...

As soon as I can sit and sew

I will be putting them together...

AND

Here are some paired and ready to be sewn together...

I really am hoping to get these sewn

this weekend???I know I have

to go slowly, but I am very encouraged

after this shot--hoping, fingers crossed,

etc, etc...

👍👵💗

that I will continue to improve--

[It has been such a long 

7 months of pain

and distress...I truly

would not wish this on anyone!!]

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HERE IS...TAH-DAH

MY LITTLE BOX

which

has sat beside me all 

throughout this 

challenging journey--

AND 

here is what I've managed to

 hand sew:

👏👏👏

I had (luckily) pre cut

these with my Go! Baby

die cutter before this all

happened..

{These are in the "Kismet"

fabric line--which I love--

all peaches and maroons=

yummy!!}

So.....

I have quite a few

sewn and ready to

put together...

I want to cut more as 

I have still not decided

how I do want to put 

them together...

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I know I promised 

NOT TO BUY

ANY NEW FABRIC THIS YEAR,

S I G H ....

but, Tom, my Sweet Baboo,

💖💝💝

 convinced me to 

purchase this lovely 

Layer Cake to lift my spirits 

a bit...

↓↓↓

And it surely did!!

:)))

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This is where I am at right now...

I have to apologize if I didn't

answer all your wonderful good wishes 

and comments --I am hoping

to be back here with some things

to show you...more often now..

Hugs and thanks to you all,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(Thankful-and-moving-ahead-euse)