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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Thursday, October 20, 2022

RACE CANCELLED, et al


RACE CANCELLED 
instead:
One table runner
and
⇊⇊⇊⇊

Six placemats

My Race quilt came out wide at the top and
narrow at the bottom and the strips
were all bowed--
as you can see on the runner to be above!
Even though...
I was super careful not to STRETCH
the strips; it turned out to be 
a disaster anyway!!
I will make the above instead...

And so it goes...

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Here is the Fabric Journal challenge for
this month:
A fabric envelope
with a little fabric card
for Christmas.

I used teeny scraps to outline
the envelope and
an old button with a piece of
Sari Silk for a tie...
[click to read the greeting]
I really enjoyed making these...

So, I am done for this month--
as the next 2 prompts were
so similar to others that I
didn't want to do them...
Here is the envelope's
lining:


(my book, my choice, right?)
They were Christmas Scene
and Winter Scene.  
Been there, done that...

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The 2nd Honey Bun and Christmas
Scraps I have on hand are going
to be my "Christmas Web".
No more Race quilts with pre-cuts
for me!!
πŸ˜’πŸ˜–
Here is the start

AND

here is how far I've gotten as
of today:

The first web done
↧↧↧↧
I wasn't quite sure if I'd like
that old fashioned button fabric for
the kite shapes, 
but I do like it with all
the Christmas fabrics...
Such a fun block to make up...

[I am using Missouri Star's Spider Web 
papers to sew on..].

I am loving the strip and scrap 
piecing...
and
Sometimes piecing 
small bits together
to make long enough ones..

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I've put on my Nurse's cap as Tom is
has been under the weather with a
bad tight cough and tight chest.
MD put him on anti0biotics, so we
hope they will clear him up...

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(Stripping-euse)
Um, not really--😁 












Sunday, October 16, 2022

TO THE RACES, et al

 
Here is the start of my first
Honey Bun "race" quilt...

Since I cannot do handwork, I
thought I would try some
machine stitching.

I have two of these Christmas 
themed Honey Buns in
my stash

And
I sewed these green and white "stopper" colors
to the ends of all the fabric strips
as in this Youtube video from:

Here are the waste cuttings
⇊⇊⇊⇊

From my
Accuquilt die strip cutter.
I cannot fathom hand cutting
all these....

I will use them to tie 
around gifts this
Christmas
πŸ’š
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My daughter, Candice, turns
55 today--
Here she is with her
daughter, Cassidy.

Where have the years gone???
She is having brunch with her four
children at noon and
then traveling with friends to
a concert...
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,
my darling girl....
πŸ’–


Hoping this finds you all happy and healthy
Hugs, Julierose
La blageuse
(racing-along)






  








Thursday, October 13, 2022

WINTER CABIN --ONLY ALMOST DONE....

 

My Winter Cabin 
page is 
ALMOST,
BUT NOT QUITE---
 finished....
πŸ‘Ή

My hands are very tired 
and so sore from
stitching-- so I will be taking
time to let them rest..

There are a few little areas
to be stitched down that
will have to wait...

I HATE πŸ‘ΏπŸ‘ΏπŸ‘Ώ 
having to stop
when it's JUST 
about done...

But if I don't, I will
be out of commission
for a long time...

[Old Mr. Arthur-ritis
CAME TO VISIT!]

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We have a heavy rain watch
in effect for this afternoon
and evening with a 
Southeasterly wind
and temps in the mid 60's.

We do need the rain
********************************

Tom helped me to make my chicken and rice
casserole for tonight's dinner--
he did the chopping and the
dishes..πŸ’‹πŸ’—
He is a gem... 

It will be a good
meal for a rainy, 
damp evening...

I hope you are all enjoying this last 
gasp of warmer weather..

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(resting-euse)






 

Tuesday, October 11, 2022

WINTER CABIN PAGE , et al

My 
Winter Cabin  base page
is pinned in place for
basting...

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This morning I sewed my 
Autumn Coins together;
it is 40" x52"
Even just this size was a
stretch for me...
Now I need to cut batting,
backing and layer up for
pinning...

Tomorrow I will [wrestle] πŸ‘Ί
uh....tackle the batting which
I have laid out to rest on
our living room floor overnight...

One thing each day is how
I am rolling now...
πŸ‘΅πŸ‘Œ
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My Melange blocks are slowly
coming together...
just a few more seams
left to sew...
I am happy that I added the
yellow blocks...they really
spark it up, I feel...

AND...
I have put legos away to marinate...
they just don't look right to me...

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(sewing-away-euse)






 

Sunday, October 9, 2022

GINGERBREAD PROGRESS , ET AL

 
My little Gingerbread House
in the snowy woods
is almost done...
[click to enlarge]

I used my own tea dyed fabric for 
the body of the house; a leftover
scrap from the tree fabric; and the
blue/green Jason Yenter fabric
for the ground and the top right
that I've been featuring throughout
this Fabric Journal.

The little lolly-pops are
yo-yos I made and then 
filled with French Knots and
detached French Knots
for the stripes! 

The lacey piece along the eaves
is from an old crocheted piece of
my Grand-mere's...
And
Those four green-striped buttons
are snail shell ones I found on
an Etsy site...

I still have a bit more to add 
here and
there.
I think I need to learn more
embroidery stitches...
more on that later....

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Now for the Winter Cabin?????

Here is a picture I found on 
Pinterest
that I may try to use for
my Cabin...

I think that I could use 
this style of cabin...
without losing any sleep over it
 hahaha ;)))

A little background here:

When Tom and I were first married, we 
lived in the Massachusetts Berkshire Hills
in a rented apartment...

My daughter Candice was born 
there, so the 3 of us
hiked Greylock Mountain and 
walked just about everywhere
taking turns pushing our 
English pram that we 
bought 2nd-hand and 
re-furbished..
Such wonderful days....

 We often saw a lot of A-Frame
homes there and thought 
we would
love to live in one.

That never happened for us, 
so this
will be our dream A-Frame 
and lovely reminder of our 
early married years..
πŸ’•πŸ’ž
πŸ‘ͺ

Enjoy your Slow Stitching Sunday
and Happy thanksgiving to 
my Canadian friends!

hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(decorating-euse)






Friday, October 7, 2022

FABRIC JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER, et al

 
October prompts are:
"Gingerbread House"
and
"Winter Cabin",

Above is my base 
for my
Gingerbread House
pinned in place. 
 
I have yet to figure out 
the fancy decorations.


I am not working very quickly
as I am still recuperating
from my Covid booster
and flu shots... they really
hit me hard...

But I am coming around
and able now to eat a bit...

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I have just one Rose bush left that
made the trek here from 
our former home:

I need to tie it up on our
new fence...

poor straggling thing.
 ;(((

I t did give a beautiful
pink display this Summer
despite our drought conditions...

Here are some little rose hips 
↓↓↓↓
I think they are so cute...
I don't know if I could cut them to
use in a vase inside?
I don't want to damage the
plant though...
does anyone know???

Then, here is one of our Nellie Stevens
hollies very full of berries this year:
I just love hollies...and this variety
doesn't attract deer--
Thankfully.
:))))


I hope you are having a really 
good weekend my friends.
πŸ’š
Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(resting-euse)















Tuesday, October 4, 2022

"ARASHI"-- LEGO STYLE SEWING

 
My 1st "lego-style" block.

I used leftover 1.5" strips
sewed end to end to end--
[ad infinitum!!]
cutting as I went.

Yesterday I took the long strips and
precut them randomly into smaller
sections...

This enabled me, this morning, to
just sew 2 by 2 and then 4 by 4 --
adding bits that I needed to
reach 11" +/- in length...

Since I want my blocks to be 10.5" 
(unfinished) I am sewing my strips
about 11" to be trimmed up
as needed...

And,
I will be cutting more strips to
add to the ones on hand now...

I will call this "ARASHI"
the Japanese word for
grey or stormy.

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Up on the other end of my design wall
are the "Melange" blocks being
sewn together bit by bit...
[Thanks Cathy for your encouraging words]
πŸ’•
For some reason, I like them
set horizontally rather than
the usual vertical layout...

This will be a nice little lap quilt--
I may have to make 
another and gift them to 
les grandgirls!!
:))))

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And so much for not starting 
any new projects, 
Uh--nope!!

But, [I rationalize],
I am doing the coins and the 
Autumn Ojos which are
UFOs, too...

Sewing together slowly...
and

Ojos only has three
blocks left to hand quilt.

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Today was a wind-lashed rainy day
for us here...
also
Tom and I both
got our Covid Booster and flu shots!
So far no reactions...

DONE
:))))

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse
(UFOing-and-sewing-euse)