EARLY DECEMBER PROMPT, et al

 

"Snow Globe"

is our first Fabric Journal prompt

for December. 

I think today's gray gray skies 

had a lot to do with my background

choices...

All the basic pieces are pinned in

place and ready to be stitched 

down before any embellishing

is begun...

 We are getting both

of December's 

prompts earlier than usual so that

we will be able to assemble our books

before Christmas..

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On my machine sewing front:

Since I have been sorting

 my string scraps  I 

decided to sew them

together...

I saw this on Cathy's 

sane and crazy blog 

and

fell in💞

with it:)))

I am naming mine:

"Criss-Cross"

AND...

I am also adding to my  stash

of Ojos blocks using the cut

offs from my Criss-Cross 

project above:

I am calling this one :

"Orange You Glad" 

(a little humor there--

actually, very little--hahaha)

😁😀😂

I am fortunate to have tons of scraps

so these two projects can

move ahead easily...

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We are having pretty steady 

25-35 mph winds and

rain this afternoon--

It gets so dark so early now, too.

Tea time for me before

our left over roast beef dinner

from yesterday...

No muss, no fuss...

👫💕

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I plan to write out my 

Christmas cards tomorrow and

take a sewing rest day...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sipping-tea-euse)

 

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

May you all have a wonderful Day!

My "Turkey-Lurkies" send

you all the gift of

Thankfulness..

Dawn,

 Jackie, 

(now sadly passed away-

RIP Jackie we miss you) 

and I all had such

fun making these...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(So-thankful-euse)

                                                 

PICK-ME-UP, PUT-ME-DOWN PROJECT

 

This small bundle of 

"Tilda" fabrics

started me off....

they are really so lovely....

A while ago I made this batting book

using Anne Brooke's method 

(which you can find on

her YouTube channel)

↧↧↧↧

Three signatures of two pages each 

whip stitched together along the bindings

made this little booklet for

slow stitching...

Working in a book format 

already sewn together turns

out to be quite different... 

Here is the "Tilda" spread I am

working on ...

I have tacked all the fabrics down and begun

to kantha stitch on the right hand page...

the most difficulty I have encountered is 

sewing right up to the binding...

On this spread, I went right across that binding

and found it much easier to manage...

This is the first spread where I used my

tea-dyed fabric for the background and

bits and scraps and some stitching.

I plan on using more of it throughout

this little slow stitchery book..

I can go back and add more anytime if

I wish..

or

Get an idea flash;)))

This pick-me-up-put-me-down

[PMU-PMD] project fills 

in the times when I feel like

doing some stitching but have

no definite project in mind...

or any UFO's I want to work on!!!👿

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I hope you are all ready for  our

Thanksgiving Holiday here

in the USA...

We will be traveling to my daughter's home

to meet up with our whole little family.

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse)

"...And It Shook like a Bowl Full of Jelly"

 

My Olde World Santa

I finished him up yesterday...

I added: Kantha stitching, French

Knots, Snowflakes...and a bit of

stitching on the leaves....

[click to enlarge]

Across the lower portion

I have placed a 

"Belly Band"--

(hence the quote from 

"Twas The Night

Before Christmas")  

😄😁😄

This Belly band is a strip that allows you to

place either journaling cards to

write on or Christmas cards

or whatever you wish

behind it..

↧↧↧↧

You can see that it is just

attached on either side so you

can slide things behind it...

I had this small portion of a 

Debbie Mum fabric left

that i thought was just perfect;

 I Kantha stitched it after

strengthening it with Fabri-Flex.

This Belly Band was 

November's monthly challenge

which I hadn't as yet done..

So...checked off now;)))

I plan on making my own journaling 

cards and using them as my

version of a 

"December Daily"

writing spots to highlight

this year's holiday season

and

perhaps I may

also add

some favorite cards...

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Today is a very cold and windy

day here with a westerly wind

whipping up the rest of the 

leaves on our lawn..

A good day to use our treadmill.

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(slow-hand-stitching-euse)

NEVER SAY NEVER...

Old World Santa

I know, I know, I said NO MORE 

fabric pages; BUT this is 

what happened this morning.,,,,

I was putting my Christmas fabrics

away and sorting them out--

and 

I saw this little Santa 

and he somehow

got left out on my table...

I was thinking that I might use

him in a tabletopper???

He is just so adorable....

Then.....

I went online to YouTube-- as you do--

just to see

what prompt I was missing, 

you know? 

👀😁😂

And, of course, the prompt

was:

"Old World Santa".

How could I ignore

this serendipitous event???

I ask you...????

AND ALSO....

Two days ago I finished reading

this book; and I must say I

didn't really enjoy it-

[which is surprising 

as I've always loved 

P.D.James' books !!]

PLUS--look 👀that title--👀;)))))

So I did what I usually do with 

nice hardcover books

that I won't read again--

I took the "guts out"

and prepared it for a future

journal...

A paper filled one...

I figured that I would turn it into a 

little Junk Journal...

I strengthened the spine with a nice

piece of linen and glued in fabric

on either side...

I planned to use it as a 

"December Daily" 

Junk Journal...

B U T....

After I heard the prompt by

our wonderful "enabler"

Roxy ;)))))

It is now destined to hold 

my Old World Santa and

any other prompts or

ideas of my own done up in

fabrics...

S I G H ...

It is a pretty small book with a tiny spine

so, it will just hold just maybe four

pages...

This is my "pinned in place"

base page on a lightweight piece of muslin

for ease of sewing...

[I am avoiding really

heavy fabrics this time]

Just simply two fabrics and my

Santa...💗💋

It really just fell into place...

😊😌😍

and I love it!!

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I will have to really pace

myself and take my time

to rest my hands, which are

in pretty good shape now as 

I haven't done any hand

sewing for a while --

but

from experience 

I know

that 

THAT

can change 

in an instant....

So as my title states,

Never Say Never 

has come to pass for me...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

[Fabric Journaling-again-euse]

 

AUTUMN FIRE [picture heavy]

 

Our sunset time is now 4:36

I took this shot just before

the sun went down....

The leaves definitely looked like

they were on fire...

[click]

and here is

Our front entry way lit up

with my stained glass lamp to

keep my teddies company...

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Here is my first Fabric Journal 

bound together

↧↧↧↧

This is the Winter one--

with a hard cover and a ribbon tie;

inside front cover and 1st page ↟↟

pages 2 & 3↻↻↻

 

pages 4 &5 ↑↑↑

and 

6 &7↟↟↟

and the final page and inside back cover

the owls form a back pocket..

I really like how this came together; 

when I bound it  today...

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I have also finished the 

soft cover Christmas 

Journal,

⇊⇊⇊

Below are the pages...

there will be more prompts, but I have decided

that my books are done;

as my hands are very tired

 from all

this sewing...

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Meanwhile, my 2nd 

Christmas Web sewing is 

coming along...

I have 3 more complete blocks to

finish up...

These will be the centers of lap quilts

for my granddaughters...

whether i get them done in time

for Christmas, I really don't know...

but i am going to try!

WISH me luck;)))

Hugs from my fiery skies,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(still-webbing-euse)

HAPPY MAIL

 

When I came home just after

my root canal, I saw

a package waiting for me....

It was happy mail from

Cathy ;))) 

[click to go to her place]

I had mentioned that I was getting

low on reds for my Christmas web quilts

and she generously sent me a nice

bag of strips to help.

Thanks so much Cathy ;)))

You can see that I've begun my

2nd little quilt  below

using some of those reds.

↴↴↴↴

What a luxury to have such a

wide choice...

This sure helped to perk me up!!

💓💖💗

😍

For those of you who've 

kindly asked, I am feeling a 

lot better today..

💃

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(webbing-away-euse)

Christmas Web, et al

 

the first part of my Christmas Web

is sewn together...

Um--I had a teensey problem 

with the meeting points on one 

of the whole webs

↯↯↯↯

See how the fabric buckled up?

I obviously sewed too close to the

edges or the fabrics stretched...

So I pinned it so that

it matched correctly,

 ironed it well,

turned it over and sewed on

the crease, and it straightened 

out enough for me to

say "it'll quilt out!".

Y A Y!!

;))))

I have just begun working on the 

second square... 

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It's taken me a while to continue

to post here, as I had

a root canal this past Monday

after my dentist began a crown

and saw my tooth was badly

cracked and the root infected.

Hoping this procedure will allow

me to keep the tooth--an

upper back molar...

No promises--I will go back to

get a permanent crown in a couple

weeks after my mouth etc. settles down.

S I G H...

I am starting to feel better today

thankfully...

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The Fabric Journal prompts for November

came out this morning:

They are 

"Christmas Bird"

Here is my base page pinned

in place...I love that old-timey

picture that I found in my stash.

The two side pieces are some more

of that leftover jelly roll race

that was called on account of 

bad "bowing out"!! :)))

😈😡😨

I am happy to be using up 

even those little cut off bits...

AND

the Second Prompt is

"Winter Bird"

I fussy cut this chickadee--my favorite

Winter bird at our feeder--

flying through the background 

snow fabric and over

Winter houses, a snow flower, and trees...

I may have to add some lacey bits, too.

I am excited to invisible baste these

in place and begin to embellish...

as i can do that seated in my

recliner on my wool mat in

my lap....

The monthly "challenge" is a fabric

"Belly Band" as in junk journals...

[FYI: A narrow piece of fabric 

attached at either end so you can

slip a card or whatever behind it]

I haven't decided about that as yet...

But am thinking perhaps an old picture

of our family dressed for 

Winter in my Grand-mere's

back yard in the snow.... ???

These challenges are getting more

difficult each month...

but I am thoroughly enjoying

this project...

I hope this finds you all healthy and 

happy and sewing away--

Gosh, not long 'til Christmas, huh?

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse 

[chewing- carefully -euse!!]