WINGED STRINGS PROGRESS, et al

 

I got Winged strings together...

I used almost all the cut off scraps to make

that center coin strippy--

I had to take the bottom row off to re-sew

so the blue sashings would match on

either side of the coins...

That was the tricky bit 👀👹!

Here it is vertically:

I think it will look great on my

dining room table with a

pretty centerpiece.

Now to find a backing and layer

it up for pin basting...

This is such a lovely pattern

and really fun to make--um...

now that I have that 

squaring up ruler figured out.

😉😀😁😂

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I am making minnestrone

soup for our supper tonight.

A rainy-day special ;)))

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I'd love to make some of these:

↓↓↓

or maybe these....

or these

↧↧↧

or these little "Posies" 

SO CUTE;)))

↴↴↴↴

I think any one of them would make a nice

Fall quilt...

[I gave my Fall quilt to a friend a

while back and need to replace it...]

I hope you are having a wonderful 

weekend...

Hugs,

Julierose, 

La Blageuse

(pondering-euse)

 

SLOW PROGRESS, et al

 

I am hand stitching around the blue

background stars --slowly..

(the blue is SO much more vibrant

in person, 

but as it is so DARK 

out today

I needed interior lighting which

has washed it out a lot)

I can only do one every other 

day or so...

But....

The binding is all sewn on and

I have 5 more stars to finish up.

In progress....↟↟↟

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It is pouring, teeming rain here this morning

and weather says it will be with us

all day long...

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In other news:

We got our flu shots last Monday and

when we got to CVS--they told us they

had run out of Covid shots..and

they had no idea when they

would get more...

👿

Seeing as they do walk-ins (!!!)--

(so why make an appointment???)

we will be going to our 

primary physician's office

for the Covid shots...

I hope you are looking forward to

a nice weekend...

TGIF everyone;)))

💙

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse)

SCRAPPY "WINGED STRINGS", et al

 

Since I've been away from sewing,

I've been sorting by color what is

left in my stash...

AND at the same time--

haunting Youtube,

watching sewing

videos...

for some inspiration...

I saw a gorgeous block on 

Beth's "My Sewing Room"

YOUTUBE video tutorial

and I knew I just had to 

try one:

But first things first--

I have to confess that I've never been

really good a squaring up 1/2 square

triangles...nope--just could not get my head

around the ruler--

😕😖😗

Yesterday I finally, finally

[gosh, after ALL these years]

figured it out and decided to use my 

blues-ey scraps to make this block.

Here it is laid out ready to be sewn

I must admit it took me a while to

figure out that layout--went

back and forth from Beth's video

for sure...;)))

And

TAH-DAH

Here it is together:

I really L💙VE it!!

Thank you Beth for the great

inspiration and tutorial

💙😇

Here is a photo of her block:

So pretty...

I am calling mine

 "Winged Strings"

I will be making a few more

S  L  O  W  L  Y....

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It is such a beautiful, sunny day

today; I plan to sit outside and

read and relax...

Tonight will be bbq'ed cheeseburgers,

on toasted bread, with

tater tots [and broccoli for me].

Fall is just around the corner--

time to take out my 

Autumn table toppers

and such...

I was hoping to have Autumn Stars

quilted and ready to hang--but it will

have to wait until next year...

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(Stringing-along-euse)

 

MONDAY'S SCRAPPY SEWING, "FA-LA-LA..."

 

I found some old red strip sets and some leftover 

KF green squares and decided

to make us a couple of Christmas Placemats and

a table runner...FOR US.

Mat #2

↧↧↧

they are slightly different as I only had a couple

of Kaffe squares that I felt would work colorsie.

These are in the first stage and haven't as yet

been trimmed up.

And .......

with the leftovers from these

leftovers 😂---

I made a really scrappy table runner

to go with them...

Bits and pieces, cut-offs etc...

very hodge-podge for sure...

but fun to make...

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And...

I have been  

S L O W L Y

stitching the binding on Autumn Stars

I can only do about 1/2 of a side at one sitting

every few days...

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This is the first day I have allowed myself 

to do any kind of sewing work...

My hands are starting to recover, 

so I will be taking a few more

days' rest before trimming 

these placemats and putting them 

together--just to be sure...

And, 

I plan on raiding my Christmas box 

for the backings and bindings...

It felt so good to sit and sew a bit...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(Christmas-sewing-euse)

THE HEAT'S ON, ET AL

 

Here's where you need to be today!!

Muggy yet again :

Temp not quite as high=79.4

but Dew Point is at 76--

murky skies with 

thunderheads looming...

Wouldn't rain be nice???

Where O where are you

Cold Front?????

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I spent the morning catching up on 

household chores and making these 

Twice baked potatoes

to go with our BBQ-ed

Steak dinner tonight...

Y U M !!!

I know this sounds ridiculous

but.....

I am so happy to be able

 to work around

the house once again

without pain most days...

😊

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I ended up machine quilting

Autumn Stars--with

straight lines on the vertical

and horizontal seams..

I will try to just hand quilt 

around the blue stars

but after doing just one yesterday

my hand seized up once more...

Soooo

back to wearing this

I will try a bit of handwork 

while wearing this, but just typing here

hurts, so it'll be awhile....

Here is where I am right now:

 

Here is that little bit of echo quilting

around the star points...

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Our 58th Wedding Anniversary

is tomorrow

[I know, don't ask!!]

and for my present Tom got me

this lovely item:

A Canon Ivy 2 printer that

prints photos off my phone

:)))))))))))

I am just thrilled with it!

It works so well and the little

photos are 2"x3"

just perfect for my 

Junque Journal pages...

He got a new laptop with

a wonderful 15" screen...

Great for our aging 👀👀.

I hope your Sunday is a cool one

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(catching-up-euse)

"BLUE MOON, YOU SAW ME STANDING ALONE....", et al

 

Here's my "smudgey" image of that 

beautiful, ginormous

Blue Moon...

Tom and I went out to view it and

I tried to snap a pix with my phone...

It was cloudy here as you can see...

[File under Songs for all occasions--

Tom tells me 

the song is in the key of Eb];))))

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Here is a cute pix of Willa on her 9th

birthday showing off the glue book

I made for her as part of her gifts:

This girl has the best smile, she just

lights up a room....;)))

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Here is my Nellie Stevens Holly putting

out tons of beautiful red berries

the big plus with this shrub is that

the deer won't eat it at all!!

I just love it...

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Can you all believe that it is 

Labor Day weekend already?

My daughter's three youngest 

have returned to

college and so,

another school year begins.

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I have no sewing to show you as

I haven't done anything this

past week...

except

re-organize and de-stash...

which, I guess is "something"

after all...;)))

I wish you all a wonderful 

long weekend

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

{ How many songs with 

Moon in the title do you know?}

(humming-them-euse)