ANOTHER SMALL FINISH

 

I was able to utilize the leftover

binding from Willa's quilt for

my table topper;))

So this makes 3 small finishes for January...

[sorry for the dark pix--cloudy again!!]

👌👋👍

YAY ME!! 

Here is the reverse of

"I've Never Been To Paris"

I've been hoarding this large

flowery piece for a while now...

It almost fit perfectly--just had to add

a bit on either side...

This table topper is now all 

machine stitched along

either side of the long straight seams...

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Next up for my own 

UFO challenge in 2023

IS:

"Sunny Days"

It is pretty big,  so I will

tie this one

Here is a close up of that 

lovely watercolor print

The top part of Ojos are 

lighter blues and yellows and

the lower section is rich, deeper

blues and bright yellows...

Just like the shifting skies on

a Summer Beach...

I managed to use cut offs 

to separate the sections on this one.

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Now for a couple days' rest....

{and perhaps an afternoon nap!!}

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(movin'-those-UFO's-euse)

UFO: "I'VE NEVER BEEN TO PARIS"

 

This is an older UFO-- a table runner..

It has many scenes from France and

Paris in bits of leftover fabrics...

All layered and ready to be pin basted...

The  3rd OJOS down contains a 

charming French girl cycling...

[click to enlarge]

Here are some of the charming scenes

along the sides:

↶↶↶↶

These are all on either side of the

central blue-ish OJOS

I thought the strip below this scne

 looked like 

watery waves...;)))

A lovely windmill --

Could this be Arles???↑↑

A lovely rural scene...

I really recall enjoying making

 the long side strips

sewn on muslin strips; I began in the

centers and worked up and down

placing the French countryside scenes 

here and there...what fun😊

And

I used up a whole lot of very old

fabric from my early 

quilting

days...

I think this one will be hand quilted:

{with a few vertical and 

horizontal holding 

lines done on the machine}

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I still have a whole lot of

smaller project UFO's in 

various stages of finish.

This one called my name 

today and it is ready for

pin basting on my dining table 

sweater blocking mat...

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The sun is actually out 

this morning again--

yesterday it lasted until

noontime and then those

clouds massed in from

over the ocean...

AND

It is 44 degrees...

N I C E !!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse 

(Je-besoin-de-finis-euse)

[SP??? I am forgetting my

French these days with

no one to speak with since 

Mom passed ;((( ]

TWO JANUARY FINISHES, et al

 

Fiona's reading quilt,

bound and labeled

below↶↶↶↶

AND

Willa's reading quilt

and her label

↧↧↧↧

I used their favorite colors

for the borders and bindings.

I thought this fabric was really 

cute for the labels...;)))

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I have also been working 

on my "Down the Garden Path";

and I have added stitching along the

rocks on the path and

some beading on the 

turquoise sari ribbon.

↡↡↡↡

I am working my way down the 

fabric getting background patches

sewn down.

Here is a lovely scrap that I

coffee dyed along the right side that

I  used the buttonhole stitch on...

varying the width....

This is a leftover from my 

Crazy quilt that was 

originally all white...

We get our next prompt on the

1st Wednesday in February.

I will continue to outline the rocks on 

my path and to sew it down.

I think you can see the stitching here...

I still have a lot of background edges

to be anchored down...but

I don't want to add much more

until get the next prompts...

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We actually got to see the sun shine

for about 3 hours today, but the clouds

continue to come in and the wind

is whipping up this afternoon...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(resting-a-bit-euse)

DOWN THE GARDEN PATH, et al

 

This week,

I added a little stone wall and

the garden gate--

it is an old gate

and therefor, a bit wonky--

;)))

with grasses and

little florets on either side...

I used my Inktense Pencils to

dye a bit of green background

for the grasses...

[click to enlarge]

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This afternoon I cut and sewed

binding strips for both

Crumb quilts

↶↶↶↶

the next step will be to

iron them in half; 

then I will trim up the two 

quilts for binding.

I used leftover border fabrics 

alternating with raspberry for 

Fiona's and used a light blue

for the alternate in Willa's. 

I would like to get these finished

by the end of January---

but It all depends on how

my back reacts...

👿

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After walking two days in a row, 

I took today off to rest my back...

And

It has been another dark and gray

and rainy

day here...

I am hoping to

see the sun tomorrow...

but not holding my breath...😞

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(bit-by-bit-euse)

QUILTING and DOWN THE GARDEN PATH

I just did straight line vertical quilting

on Willa's lap quilty..

after setting up my machine and

the quilting I had to take a 

couple days off...

before tackling Fiona's quilt...

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Here is my Down the Garden Path snippet 

roll in progress.

I have the base pretty well covered

and did the first prompt 

which was "Wildflowers"...

I decided to work vertically so that

I could also use it as a 

wall hanging...

I finally figured out how I wanted 

the "Path" to flow...

I cut the stones fabric on the bias

so I could could get little curves...

And

the little yellow flower on the bottom

right is part of an old window shade

pull that my Grand-mere made...I

just added some French knots in 

variegated yellow thread...

My wildflowers are definitely of

the "fantasy" variety ;)))

Our next prompt is:

 "Garden Door"

or

"Garden Gate"

I am struggling to figure out 

how to do this one...

and have kind of put it on the

back burner to think about

it.  Or just not

do it at all...👀

I have more work to do still

on the backgrounds along the path--

I m thinking of adding grasses....

and more greenery about the base of

the trees...

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Mr. Sun has finally come out today...

we took a short (for me!) walk

on the field path--it was

really great to get out in the 

fresh--though brisk -- air! 

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(traveling-down-the-path-euse)

 

CRUMB QUILTS and MORE

 

Fiona's Crumb quilt 

all layered up and ready for

pin basting...

Here is the close up of the border"

I love how this goes with the 

lavender strips....

AND...

Here is Willa's

all layered and ready for

pin basting....

and

a close up of her border

One of my favorite

(I've been hoarding this one!!)

prints...

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Later on...

they are both pin basted and ready to

be machine quilted...

Tomorrow i will set up my machine

for quilting and work on these two

and my Ojos which is also ready

to be quilted...

I was going to hand quilt the Ojos--

but my hands are really 

sore these days with all my other projects 

on the go...

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↡↡↡↡

Here is my first addition to my 

"Slow Stitching"

Just a small bit of greenery using up

some of my 

my lacey pieces left over from my

Crazy Quilting..

I want to add embroidered stems and

little leaf-ey things...with

fantasy wildflowers 

and

do something with that 

sky piece at the

top... 

I left the bottom of the ruffled sari silk open 

so that I will be able to begin the next prompt

there...

AND...

I have all these pieces leftover

I want to use them in this 

"Down the Garden Path"

fabric snippet roll...scattering 

them along the way...

I won't be  buying anything for this

project,

but trying to use up what I have

on hand.

Nicki Lee's "Raviolee Dreams" 

is the etsy site

where I purchased the lace bits

many years ago...She

really does beautiful work...

i have quite a pile of them:

↯↯↯↯

The pinks include a mauve-y shade

which I love...

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I am continuing on knitting 

my facecloths in the

evenings while watching 

the tube...

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Another rainy and dark gray day here...

will that Sun every come out?????

Hugs from under my bumbershoot,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(quilting-sewing-euse)

VOLUME THREE: DOWN THE GARDEN PATH

 

I finished the base of my 

"Down the Garden Path"

for

#Roxy's Journal of Stitchery

Volume Three...

[she posts on YouTube

every Wednesday]

The first prompt is:

"Wild Flowers"

I have decided

to stitch 

vertically 

for more of a wall hanging

unrolling from my bobbin

like so--

I have pinned up the extra

length for ease of working..

Now to add the first prompt

which is

"Wild Flowers"...

and maybe some kind of sky-like

cloud formations?

This project continues

through June of this year...

with two prompts per month

{I don't know if I will be

able to stay caught up as

the cloth is quite large to

cover...}.

Stay tuned...

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Cold as it was this morning --

in the low thirties with a WNW

wind---we went for a short

walk to the field

and I managed one circuit.. 

As one says: 

"Better than nothing!"

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse)

 

JANUARY CRUMBS

I finished sewing Fiona's Crumb lap

quilt center with the lavender bars;

AND

Here is Willa's 

With the pale blue bars.

Here they are together--

the same 

only different:)))

and use up some of the tiniest

bits I have found..

Now, 

I only have to add borders

to make them wider

and backings 

to make them into small

lap quilts...

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These are my month's 

crumb piecing...

I will try something different

for February in my attempt to

whittle down my crumbs and

cut offs...

👀

BECAUSE...

I have cut offs and strips and

crumbs from the 1980's when I

first began quilting and wanted

to "SAVE" all the odd pieces...

but never used them much...

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Another gray and rainy day here

I made us a meatloaf

for dinner  along

with what will be mashed

potatoes and gravy...

A good supper for a 

cold, raw

day...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-crumbing-along-euse)

 

JUST BECAUSE....

My progress on the purple

themed crumb blocks...8 more blocks to

finish before adding 

separator strips

in lavender...

********************

I had thought I was going to do the next 

Slow Stitching for Roxy's

Journal of Stitchery--

But if you look here on

my design wall below:

[click to enlarge]

↧↧↧↧

On the right, you can see the Slow Stitch

fabric snippet roll I made a

couple years ago...

This next 6 month's stitching is

just really a larger version of

a garden snippet roll---

and I had enough

trouble putting this one together

as I recall ;000

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

And on the left is my next UFO:

My Mourning piece for my 

Mom and Dad's Passing...

❤

Mom has been gone for 7 years

now (I cannot believe it!!)--

and it is time to finish

this one up.  

It is all hand stitched--

and free cut...

even the squares are hand 

stitched together--

It took me about 3 years

to add the embroidery which symbolizes

their passing (two hearts on the bottom

left with rootlets growing into the earth.

I kept having to put it away as

it made me SO SAD...)

AND

My moving on into the

Circle of Life on the top right..

❤

I used a lot of the methods I learned

in an online class with Jude Hill...

So....

 I want to back this and hang it in

my sewing space....

Next up is to find a suitable backing...

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I have also set up a Rainbow Glue Book

for myself as I find this work so 

relaxing and I 

L💙ve

to cut paper and glue...

AND IT IS EASY!!!:))))

I used a simple composition

notebook, gluing two pages together

and sealing them with Washi Tape

for strength...

Below is that result:

A rainbow of colors along the

edges denoting

what color images to glue 

on each page--

  

There are

three pages for every color--

but blue has four

💙💙💙💙

(I Love Blue )

And the back pages will be

 Black & White Images...

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So, between the above projects

and my Garden Embroidery

(I am waiting for some 

needles to come in the mail

to begin)

I should have more than enough to

keep me busy....and give myself

the variety I need to choose

from every day...

***********************

I hope your New Year is going well,

we loved the holidays, but are happy to

get back to what passes for normal

around our House on the Hill...

👫

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Doing-my-own-thing-euse 😊)