A ROOM OF MY OWN...., et al

 

A reader asked to see my sewing space....

here is my machine area--with my design

wall behind...

I love how Helga 

[my Husquevarna machine]

sets into my sewing table;

I have tables on R and L;

the right one is an ironing station,

with my wooly mat and baby dry iron;

and on the left, I usually set up 

any block or project I am working on.

You can see by the dim light

 I could use

a good lamp!!!👀

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 Below is my cutting table that Tom made for me

from an old door nailed over a set of

drawers that his former school planned

to trash when they did rooms over--

He was lucky enough to grab it and 

I am so happy with its height--just right

for "shortcakes" (his nickname for me!!)

:))))

He also put up that shelving when we moved

in here many years ago now...

the black filing cabinet holds my "paper stuff"

for journal making--I will be switching

over to that craft after the Fabric Journal

prompts end in December...

Right now I cannot access all those

shelved items very well--

that is on my agenda when my back gets better

{What a tip up there!! 👿}.

Here is another shot of where I stand and rotary cut;

I just love my little spinning

rotary mat..

And

That old iron 

was my Grand-mere's. ;)))

 Can you believe that

she had to warm 

up three of them on her black

stove in order to iron...???

We have so many amenities 

that we take for granted,these days,

don't we??

I use her iron to stabilize my ruler 

while I am cutting...

it is super heavy and does the job

really well...

thanks, Grand-mere 👄💘

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Here is a better picture of my Fabric journal

work station...see the messy table???

I have a new lighted magnifier lamp that

enables me to SEE to THREAD

my NEEDLE!!!

{My eyes are olde, folks!!}

👀

My DIL says a mess is sign 

of a creative person....

maybe...????

I use SO MANY "little" things to

make these pages that I have 

also stored a lot

in boxes under this table 

and on the 

FLOOR, too...👀👺😁

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My ironing station (above), with its lowered

ironing board so I can sit and

iron, as standing for long periods

of time is still an issue for me...

My cart holds ironing needs and

also all my Go! Baby dies on 

the lower shelves.

{ignore that stained, old ironing 

board cover!!  I do-- hahaha}

SO everyone,

that is my little tour--

I hope you enjoyed it...

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Uhhhh...??????

Did you

Notice;;;;

??

I didn't include my closet shelves of

fabrics--just too messy to picture--

S  I   G   H  

💣💣💣 

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And finally;;;

Here are some 1.5" scrappy strips 

laid out for my

next "sewing for fun" during

my now 20 minute timed 

sewing sessions...

STAY TUNED ...;)))

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I hope your Friday is going well...

We watched Formula One Practice 

this morning from 9-10 while

we had our coffees; and

then we went for our walks at the

local sports field track....

I was able to walk 4/10ths

of a mile on the track!

YAHOO!!!

😂😎😅🙋

Hugs to all,

thanks for visiting,

👵💝😍💓

Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(sewing-room-pix-euse)

FINIS, et al

 

Winter Mushrooms

is finished;)))

(click to enlarge).

this one is really 

scrappy with a lot

of threads. 

 

The little Winter tree on the left

is some fun yarn I've had around

for yonks!! 

I see Snowflakes drifting 

 down under the Winter moon and

stars...

And...

I had to add my version

of a snowdrop 

 nestled there :)))

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I am also working slowly on

my Autumnal coins pieces--

None of the strips are the same

length (what was I thinking?).

So I have them laid out 

on my dining table to 

work on them...

and to finalize how to set

them together..

⇓⇓⇓⇓

The strips will all be 35" long

and there are five sections to sew

together...

You can see where I will have to 

trim up 3 of them...

But,  I find myself

I am re-enthused about this one...

💗

[Note to self: So, this is where 

all my Fall fabric scraps went!!]

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(happily-sewing-euse)

ORGANIZING FLOSS, ET AL

 

I spent the day organizing my

DMC flosses by colorways...

I like to wind them on these bobbins

so I don't have to have them tangle

up on me when pulling out the

skeins....

I have been winding a few each evening

for quite a while now...

I can also see at a glance what colors 

I am low on...quite a few,

actually...👀

And at the same time

I chose possible

colors for embroidering 

my Winter Mushroom piece

which I  "invisible basted"

this morning...

I don't have any "exact"

matching threads, but

will use these "close" colors

that I have on hand...

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I also pulled out my next UFO

to be sewn together into

a small coin type piece:

A N D ...

I've noticed that I seem to be

working in the same color family

lately... 

even my Autumn Ojos uses

this color family...

Does that ever happen to you?

Hugs to you all,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(winding-away-euse)

NUTCRACKER AND MUSHROOMS

 

My finished Nutcracker Lady

[I think this looks like a child's drawing!!

But I am just calling it Primitive hahaha]

👶😊😍

After all the tiny hand sewing on

this one, I decided to keep the

rest of this page simple. 

I had to keep on resting

my hands after I dealt

with such tiny pieces...

;000

These second sets of prompts, I feel,

were very challenging this month.

I wondered if I could even attempt them..

I am hoping that next month's will be

a bit easier...

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Here is the base for my

Winter Mushrooms that

I finished pinning 

this morning...

↓↓↓↓↓

I have to thank my good blogger

friend Lizzy at

[Gone2thebeach.blogspot.com]

for her research on

Winter Mushrooms...

And

for also 

GIVING ME 

this mushroom fabric 

--{💝 love love!!💝 }--

which I unearthed

from my "special" fabrics

stash.

At first, I thought I wouldn't be

able to use it in my Winter

low volume Fabric Journal..

because...

it was originally a bright orange--

Soooo----

I tea dyed four strips

to achieve this (hopefully) 

wintry, muted  feel to

the colors...

I love how they came out..

The bottom laces are from

an old fabric edging--

and are meant to be 

the "snowy landscape"

where my mushrooms grow...

Here is a little info on this type of

mushroom...from 

"My Growing Traditions" blog:

(and thanks to Lizzy's researching)

[click to read]

and so, my little page was born...

It needs to be basted in place and then

I will have plenty of room 

for further embroidering..

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We are experiencing much cooler

mornings--low 40's--now.

Beautiful sun-filled days and

cool nights..

Autumn has definitely arrived here...

And a few leaves are starting their

annual Fall color parade..

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We are so looking forward 

to this Sunday,

when my daughter and my

eldest grandson, Steven, 

will be coming for a visit.

We will be watching The

Patriots and having a bbq.

Tom will bbq burgers for us

and

I am making my 

German potato Salad 

and

Candice is bringing a 

Caprese Salad.

We haven't seen Steven in 

almost 1 and 1/2 years...

so it should be great to

catch up...

Enjoy this lovely time of year...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

[still-working-from-stash-euse]

CHRISTMAS NUTCRACKER PROMPT, et al

 

Our 2nd sets of prompts for the 

September Fabric Journal pages

are:

 "Nutcracker" and

"Winter Mushrooms".

Above  is my proposed base

for my version of a Nutcracker,,

[I must admit that I am not a big

fan of Nutcrackers--

to me they always

looked kinda scarey!!]

💂👿

So I decided to make a happier

Nutcracker person...

A Lady one :))))

under the Moon...

[Lotsa little pieces to baste down]

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As far as "Winter Mushrooms go,

I am still pondering that one...

😦😲

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Meanwhile, I have been 

continuing to hand quilt a bit

while watching the end of 

baseball

season...

my poor Red Sox are

in disarray this year...😭

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Hugs, julierose, La blageuse

(under-sunny-skies-euse)

UFOs AND OJOS

 

Since I only have 

5 more side blocks

to hand quilt on my 

Autumn Ojos---

I took out this Ojos which

is the next UFO in line

to be hand quilted:

↯↯↯↯

This is my 

"Summertime Ojos"

To be truthful, I had totally

forgotten it (gasp!!).

😨

It has been hanging in my spare room

closet just waiting and waiting....

So-----

This morning I set it up to be pinned

on my dining room table 

Here is the backing I have chosen to use--

Isn't it pretty?😍

I know that fabric was gifted to me from a fellow

blogger; but sadly, (ye old brain drain!!)

I cannot remember who that kind person was...

😭

At any rate--

I thank you 👄,as I really don't have

many BIG pieces that can be used 

whole for backings...

this is perfect because it is non-directional

and I love its hand-dyed look... 

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So this Summer, I have been

hand quilting the Autumn piece above

and

This coming Winter I will be working

on this Summer piece.  

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I have decided that I will NOT make

any new pieces, but rather work on

the UFO's in my closet...

An especially good idea

as I can only really sit for

15 min at a go these days

and 

truthfully, it drives me up a wall

to have to leave things in the middle!!

👿👺👹

There are only two really big

quilts hanging in my closet

 that I haven't donated: 

One is the Flying Geese

under the Moon; 

and the 2nd

is a huge log cabin in two 

big sections--just about King Size

(what was I thinking?).

All the other pieces are smaller in size...

I really want to keep the big Flying Geese

one, it just heeds binding--perhaps I

will be able to manage that as my

back heals more...

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I hope you are all enjoying these last

precious Summery days left to us...

A bit on the coolish side here, but

such beautiful blue skies are a treat.

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Ojos-ing-euse)

JOURNAL WINTER PAGES IN PROGRESS

 

"Snow Lady"

is my rendition for

the Snowman prompt

in

"Roxy's Winter Fabric Journal".

I decided to make 

a Snow Lady by 

adding a flower and a bead

to her hat...;)))

I may add some more snowflakes

across the top,

but for now I am done with 

working on this one...

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I set up the 2nd prompt--

which is

"Winter Landscape" 

this morning...

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Birches always make me

think of Winter...

AND SO....

For

this block base, I crazy

quilted fancy fabrics first

across the bare base page;

and 

then I 

laid the birches and little scene 

over that --finishing with that

lacey bit at the top...

all pinned in place.

I will

be basting it all down

and adding 

some embroidery

this week...

I like the cool effect of 

the crazy quilted background 

peeking through

this scene..

I hope your Sunday has been 

a good one; it is sprinkling

here and muggy outside ...

Setting up my Winter scene has

kept me cool inside...

A quiet 

57th Wedding Anniversary 

for us today..

hugs, Julierose, La blageuse

{stitching-Wintry-scenes-in Autumn-euse}

SEPTEMBER FABRIC JOURNAL PROMPTS

 

Prompts for September:

"Christmas Snowman"

& 

"Winter Woods"

Above is the first prompt

my Christmas 

Snow "Lady" base.

;)))))

I want to add a funky 

flower rosette to

her chapeaux

and some little charms....

I had fun putting this

one together this morning

and 

I sat here to baste it all down

this afternoon:

↧↧↧↧

On our front patio 

beneath our Pagoda umbrella.

This is the first day that it has been

cool enough

 

(and I was able) 

to

sit here in

my favorite little

reading, sewing or just

sipping "after lunch tea"

S P O T 

💖

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Our 57th Wedding Anniversary

will be this coming this Sunday.

I got a surprise "early" gift from 

my darling Tom

Isn't it pretty??

I just 

L O V E it!!

💋💖

It has a nice size dial for these

aging eyes....and is 

encased in rose gold..

my favorite of the precious 

metals...

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I had mentioned before that my poor

fledgling magnolia tree had lost

just about all its leaves

and didn't look too happy..

I wondered if it would even 

survive this drought! 

BUT

All it took was one inch of 

good steady, soft rain two

days ago and look what it

is doing....

👏👏👏

Putting on a little show of blossoms again for us...

A M A Z I N G!!

[You can see how our lawn has turned so 

brittle and dry--it crackles when you

walk on it,,,, ugh]

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Dinner this evening will be:

Meatloat, mashed potatoes,

applesauce and zucchini squash.

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Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(feeling better-euse)