USING-IT-UP-SEWING PROJECTS, et al

 

Blue Charms is all layered up,

pinned, and ready to be quilted.

I've used up all of my long-hoarded

peacock feathers fabric...

I've kept all of my very favorite

fabrics after the de-stash;

and now I will be using them...;)))

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Here is the Scrappy Log Cabin

flimsey:

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I decided that a center-matching

red border would contain

this one nicely...

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And here is my latest progress on

the Pavement blocks; they are

in no particular order, and in fact,

I am not sure I like them all

that much right now...

I am hoping that more blocks

will help....????

Since I am working with scraps and

chunky leftovers, doing any

kind of an even number of

pinks, yellow, and greens

is really not possible.

I did pull some other lighter

pinks from my pink bag,

and a few more greens, and I

will try to add them to the mix.

  

Each pair, if you want to match them up,

require {8} 3.25" cut triangles.

(I need that extra little bit--

.25 of an inch--

 to get the blocks to measure 

4.75" inches);

the centers are 3.5" squares.

&

?????????????????????'s

Should all the yellow centers

 be lined up together

and all the greens etc.???

Or staggered?? 

OR...

Should all the corners 

be the thing

to match?

What are your thoughts??

👀😕👀

YIKES...

I guess trying to figure this

out before all the blocks are sewn is

next to impossible...

At least for me it seems to be...

And so I will continue to sew these

up until I run out of leftover

scraps....

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We had a rainy morning and now

the sun has come out to make

it VERY humid 

Here is a shot of our weather station..

When that Dew Point climbs up into

the 70's our AC goes on and we

GO INSIDE>>>

I hope you are getting some sewing in today...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(debating-euse)

FRIDAY FLOWERS, et al

 

My belated birthday present

from Jeff, Lin, and

the girls--

isn't it just gorgeous?

I thought it was a mini petunia--

but, as you can see, it

 is a 

"Calibrachoa".

It requires full sun for at least

6 hours a day and plenty

of water;

but no dead-heading is

necessary!!

Here is the tag in my

Altered Book Junk Journal

I drew at little mushroom for company

and then added some cut out mag pieces...

I put the care tag on this page

so I can remember what it is...

Here is a close up of these lovely blooms.

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In other sewing news..

I have finished my 12 

scrappy Log Cabins:

They are just put up on the

order I finished them--

willy-nilly--; 

and

most likely I will want

 to re-arrange them...

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Here are the Pavement blocks

I've finished so far:

↶↶↶↶

I am liking that "spark"

of yellow in there so far...

I cut more yellow, darker pink,

and green blocks and

triangle corners this

morning. 

These will be my

weekend sewing...

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Tonight our dinner will be my

Chicken and Rice casserole

which is all prepared and ready

to go into the oven at 4 pm for a 

5:30-ish meal...

YAY

No 4'oclock prep!!

😇

I wish you a happy weekend 

from under

our partly cloudy skies

and growing humidity...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sewing-happily-euse)

WEDNESDAY'S WALL

 

Here are my current projects...

My log cabins,

(3 more to make of these)

my blue charms, 

Autumn charms, and the new

pavement blocks on the 

far right....

Here is a closer look

at the newest scrappy 

stash-busting for

chunks  pavement blocks:

↴↴↴↴

I am using up a mix of:

yellows, pinks, 

and greens for these.

They are another really 

fun block to make...

:)))

I saw them on Cathy's 

"Sane and Crazy" blogspot

and wanted to make some...

[like right away!!]

👀😆👀

In re-organizing my stash--

[which now has been interrupted

yet again by making another 

new-to-me block !!:))) ]

--hahaha--

I came across those green

Jan Patek fabric leftovers,

and some gifted pinks, 

and my small yellow

chunks leftovers...

I have never done this color combo before

so we shall see how they turn out...

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And here we all are at the

SUMMER SOLSTICE

already....

Here is my DIL and my two grands--

Fiona (L) and Willa (R)

enjoying these fleeting Summer days...

and here is my son Jeff

(can you tell he just finished

teaching for the year??)

Happy times with family outings

and many more ahead...

They all visited on Father's Day

and we had a lovely time of it;

plus my daughter also came down

to join us...

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We are hoping to have a BBQ get-together

in July...everyone is checking the schedule..

Ahhhh

"summertime summertime

sum-sum-summertime"

Oh yes!!

;)))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(enjoying-sewing-time-again-euse)

 

BASH THE SCRAP STASH!

 

Here's a peek underneath my

side table near Helga--

Multiple scrap bags...some

sorted into colors, 

a lot not!!👿

I got a bit tired of working with charms

yesterday, so this morning

I decided to try to 

"Bash the scrap stash" a bit.

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I pulled these out for a start

into light and darker colors:

they are mostly strips and

smaller pieces

And here is what I am doing with them:

↴↴↴↴

I am making some totally random

log cabins with the centers

all red and on point...

This is just really mindless 

and relaxing sewing--

as I am sewing them on a fabric

foundation which is an old 

pillow case cut into 7.5" squares...

I am just grabbing and sewing--

no over thinking or 

"matchey-matchey-ing"

;))))

[if that isn't a word, 

it should be-- haha].

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This afternoon Tom and I will 

be watching

Formula One (F1)

Canadian Grand Prix

practices 1 & 2...

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Sunday, Father's Day,

Candice will be coming

for lunch with us...

Always look forward 

to that💖...

Hugs to all

Julierose, La Blageuse

(still-scrappy-after

all-these-years-euse)

BLUE DIAMOND CHARMS

 

I used up almost all of the blue 

"unearthed" charm squares.

This may not be the final setting,

they are just up there as I

finished them...

I feel

that the darkest blue one

should be in the center...??

And

you may have noticed that 

the top center one has one 

different square--that's

all I could find of those--

I guess the 4th one 

is M I A ;)))

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Next--

I will be re-arranging them 

in their final setting, and sewing them

together along with the Autumnal

ones I've also finished...

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What I have left of those

magically appearing charms

[👿👹👺]

are:

Black on White and

White on Black,

(quite a few of those)--

along with a couple

purples, browns,

and grays...

It will be a challenge to use

these up...I may just use

the B&W and W&B together

in alternating squares...

perhaps with a solid sashing?

I just don't know...

I will have to count them up to

see how many there are

before deciding to keep them

or donate them...

I do like this method 

of sewing charms;

and I can see a lot of

other settings

could be used, too. 

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My marigold seeds are

springing up--but are

still too small for transplanting...

I need to plant my sunflowers

and

Money Plant seeds next.

[back allowing!!]

Hoping your skies are blue

and the sun is shining...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-sewing-charms-euse)

SUNDAY SEWING---SOMETHING NEW TO LEARN

 

When Tom unearthed the extra

charms, I thought I would try out

"strip inserting" after seeing

Beth Shibley's 

Youtube video

detailing her method. 

[find her at

"My Sewing Room" ]

So, I pulled out the few

leftover browns and yellows,

for an Autumnal look,

and cut a leftover multi-

colored fabric into 

one inch strips...

This is my "practice piece".

I will be adding borders to make

it into a table topper --

hoping to find leftover jelly

roll strips for that.

[Continuing in my 

"Use it up or

donate it" mode]

✌👌👍

Meanwhile, I found quite a

few unearthed blue 

toned charms that

I really liked.

So.... I cut a 

very old batik fabric into

one inchers and I will

make a larger piece 

using those throughout...

↴↴↴↴

Here they are all pre-cut &stacked up--

ready to be sewn at my leisure

this coming week.

[You can just see the insert strips 

behind them.]

I am looking

forward to putting this one

together as there are at least

four of each pattern--

which is perfect if I want to 

put the same fabric 

into focus in the strip-outlined

square as above.

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Sunday supper will be:

Tom's family favorite homemade

spaghetti sauce...yummy--

along with crusty garlic bread...

Enjoy your Sunday

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(learning-new-tricks-for

this old-dog-euse)

 

ALTERED BOOK JUNK JOURNAL (ABJJ)

 

I altered this old, used cookbook

first by removing a lot of pages;

I chose this book as the illustrations

within are just lovely.....all in the

same manner as this cover for

each recipe...

 I used washi tape 

on all the page edges 

to strengthen them. 

And

I will be adding fabric tabs

as I finish pages...

😅😇😊😍

Here is my title page:

It is a very busy junky 

mish-mash one;)))--

with writing in any blank spaces

willy-nilly--as the

spirit moves me of if I

think of some little thing on the fly...

I altered the title word 

"FOOD" 

with the cut out letters for

"Spring" and "2023".

The 1st spread above is in progress:

Includes two flips--one (R) being the

seed packet for my newly planted

marigolds and the other (L) a little

collage tab,  they both 

have writing spaces

on the backs...

↓↓↓↓

Here is the reverse side of the Marigold

seed packet detailing when I planted --

and there is another tabbed tag inside

the top pocket for more writing space.

I am also using magazine images along

with coffee dyed papers.

A little bit of everything--a fun way

to get out of that "perfection" mode 

I so often find myself trying to

achieve.

On this page, I've begun decorating with:

A torn, uneven, collaged paper flower with

a button center that I sewed together

on Helga ;)))

and here is a little closer look:

I added Stickles for some sparkle

and sewed a paper ruffle for the stem..

all colored using distress inking...

I have more torn paper flowers

to be sewn together

for some future pages...

I find this kind of playing

with paper, glue and scraps

such a relaxing pastime..

so satisfying for me ;)))

I may not write every day, in here,

[I do that in my Hobonichi Weeks Journal]

but I will add bits and bobs 

of 

what is happening

the rest of this year...

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The sun is FINALLY shining, at least

for now, as we are told that the

smoke may return in fits and starts

later on today and throughout the

weekend.  

It seems that those

Canadian wildfires are still not

contained...they cover

 such a huge area--

so that is not surprising..

Enjoy your weekend:

Stay calm and relaxed...

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

[Paper-crafting-euse]

TABLETOP HOP, et al

 

My first table topper is finished...

"Green Days"...

I was able to use up old bindings

on this one, too...

Here is the back:

[Photo washed out--colors are a lot more vibrant]

You can see the patched together bindings

that I used leftover from my bigger

quilts for the grandkids'

"Going Away to College" 

quilts...

;)))

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 And

Here is the 2nd finished topper:

I decided to use leftover black & white

binding strips which I sewed together

Here is the reverse which shows the cutlery

fabric and the binding fabrics, too...

Plus, I figured out a little helpful

way to fold the binding corners--

 so I didn't need to get up

and go to my big ironing board

↧↧↧↧

Why didn't I think of this before??

All I know is that the longer you

make quilts the more you

learn

 even after

some 40-odd years of

makings...

😊💖😊

Both toppers are approximately 

24" square...just perfect for my

square table in front of

our fireplace 

(photo 1 above)

and I used up the end of my

Charm Squares

Y A Y!!!

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Now I will be moving onto

leftover layer cakes and

jelly rolls.

This way there is not a whole lot of

cutting going on as my hands 

have really been playing up after

I rotary cut...

This has been a good chance to

try out a "new-to-me" block

also; and I plan on picking

another block that I haven't

tried before as I move through my

"stash bashing"...

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Three full bags of fabrics went out

yesterday to "Hartsprings"-- 

[my charity of choice around here

as they will come and pick 

up your donations ]

along with leftover

Project Life scrapbooking cards.

It felt so good to see them go

to a worthy cause...

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Soooooo,

this weekend I will have to 

re-organize what's left of my 

1/2 yds. and Fat Quarter fabrics

after my 2nd round of 

de-stashing...

And

I plan to do another 

de-stash

round for the

Autumn pick-up...

Who knew how many fabrics I had

collected over the years?????

There were a lot of surprises 

in my closet shelves.

And

I haven't even taken down the 

storage boxes yet....

😟

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I hope your upcoming weekend will be

a good one...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(bashing-my-stash-euse)