L'autonne progress, et al

 

All sewn together and ironed and

up on my wall waiting until after

the holidays for maybe borders and

finishing;  as is 

Natale--both of these are waiting

until after our upcoming

"busy busy days" leading

up to Christmas.

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I will be concentrating on Bramble QAL

which I have just begun to 

baste Jude Hill style;

AND

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I will be armchair traveling 

to 

HEXAGONIA

;)))

I have picked up my hexagons in progress

from long ago and will be working

on those in the evenings....

The present color is turquoise..

Here is what I am aiming for:

Saw this online at 

"Superscrappy.blogspot,com"

Such a lovely arrangement--

mine will not be that big--but I just love that

rainbow (RSC) effect...

this will be long-term project...;)))

Hugs on a chilly day, brrr,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(armchair-traveling-euse)

WEBBING, et al

 

This morning I  took the 

Old Italian L'autonne blocks down and stacked  

webbing.....

I have only ever webbed two rows 

at one time before--

this is the first time I've done

a whole piece...5 rows across

by 6 rows down...

I have the first run across done!

Tomorrow I will finish sewing

it all together.

A bit unwieldy to handle, but I like

how well the blocks stay in their

order and go together...

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A N D ,,,,

My center for Bramble QAL is still

just basted down

Hoping to get it sewn this week....

once my energy level rebounds

from the holiday...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sewing-again-euse)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hugs, 

Julierose

La Blageuse

UPDATES, LIFE , et al

 

Here is how I will be rotary cutting from now on...

So far this is working really well for me...

This is really an amazing safety

gadget....worked very well for me...

[I have no affiliation with this company]

just really like it...

It has enabled me to finish up

↓↓↓↓

My Old Italian blocks

 all

trued up now...

;)))))

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Bramble QAL is basted in place

ready for me to begin my

embroidery with the

chosen threads...

And

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I took out my 

Dancin' Turkeys

that Dawn and I

made a few years ago...

(she no longer blogs--sadly..)

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Meantime, 

we are prepping for our Friday 

gathering:

I will be making baked ham, 

and green bean casserole;

 and my daughter, Candice

is bringing mac and cheese

casserole; my son, Jeff 

 and DIL, Lindsay

 are bringing:

veggie appetizer plate and a 

chocolate cream pie (yum!).

We will serve a cheese board,

Tom's cocktail meatballs

and chips and dip ...

Festivities will begin at noon

giving us here plenty of time

to set tables up  etc.  

We are so looking forward 

to our gathering...

it's been a long while....

Seven years since my Mom passed

and we've hosted 

any holiday gatherings...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(holiday-fun-euse)

BRAMBLE RAMBLE

 

Here is my third iteration of 

my Bramble centerpiece...

all pinned in place.

I began here:

With this enlarged sketch

Then went to here

↧↧↧↧

Using the "clay bowl idea" in my mind...

B U T

Somehow it just didn't work for me....

Sat and thought and fingered

through my fabrics that I had pulled

for a week while my thumb healed...

And so I ended up completely

pulling the orange bowl and going

for this:

H E R E...

:))))

Much better...

;)))))

I free cut everything--ditched the templates--

and just went for it...

by 👀👀👀

I thought the deep blue bowl was a

better choice with those purples

that I had in my stash pull...

And instead of the original aqua stems

I had cut....

I went for this "old gold"

piece of leftover that was sitting

on my table...

I cut down the number of flowers 

from 9 to 7...,

trimmed down the background

yet again with ruler, pencil line,

and scissors...

[note well--no rotary cutter!!]

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I plan to do "raw edge applique"

by hand as

I did on my fabric Journals last year...

using various stitches

and threads, perhaps even 

some beads...

At least that is the plan for now, but

as you know these "best laid" 

plans can change...

Hugs from under my parapluie

this Saturday morning..

Julierose

La Blageuse

(scissoring-away-euse)

AND SO IT GOES...

 

i peeked into my sewing room early this

morning and found this message

from "My Sweet Baboo" ;))))

I so miss just sewing.....;(((

Anyhow...

Here is where I left off with

Audrey's Bramble QAL

I was figuring out the clay pot  size 

and

how the little florets would fit...

I had folded the right side of the background

as i think the piece was too wide...

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Meanwhile ......

I am making us shrimp and rice for

dinner tonight--only

DH will be having leftover

steak on his rice with

gravy....he is not a 

shellfish eater at all...

I am using my lovely rice cooker that

was a gift from my piano students

one Christmas 

long ago....

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Here is my "waiting for my

books in the mail"

delivery reading....

And

Here is a little comic I saw on 

another blog [I cannot recall whose ;(((( ]

that really pictures this time change

situation for us:

And perhaps for some of you, too....

We are still hungry at the wrong times

and nodding off early....

S I G H....

With this I will sign off for a while...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(waiting-waiting-waiting-euse)

 

GLUE BOOKING, et al

 

Working in my "En Masse" glue book....

These are  the first two "Fashionista" pages--

all fussy cut images from magazines....

AND

I have set up the next two

I decided to back these with cut out

typescripts......for a 

different look....

Below, in the same

En Masse Journal are

two finished pages:

S H O E S

And

HANDS,,,,

[click to see larger]

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I am also working in my previously prepared

Junque Journal pages 

while my thumb heals...👍👀

The purple rose washi tape

holds a little "flip out"card for writing

on the reverse...

Below are more prepared pages:

Here is the full two-page spread of this one

My pinky is holding a flip out 

and

there are two writing cards on the right side

held in place by a "Belly Band" 

across the page....with my

face stamp decorating it...

I do so love putting these pages together;

using labels, junk mail, magazine images,

stickers -- etc ,etc.

Whatever is on hand....

So far I have documented 

each day in November....

I do keep a regular daily 

written journal in my Hobonichi

Techo , but sometimes I feel the need

for images.....

and gluing!!

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In the meantime---

I am doing a lot of these:

↓↓↓↓

from my favorite collections below

I do one each morning with my first

cup of coffee .....

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You may or may not be seeing much

quilting here for a while for

obvious reasons; but

I am going to try out scissor cutting

and see how that goes....

[DH has threatened to take away 

my rotary cutters---hahaha]

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(happily-gluing-euse)

"CRANKY-PANTS" DAYS , et al

 

Does ANYONE like these time changes??

[Fall Back/Spring Ahead]

My son and DIL are both teachers and

they dread this week as everyone, including

the teachers, find themselves 

sleep-deprived, 

hungry at the wrong times,

and generally irritable! 

As do we all....

A N D 

I think it added to my doing this

yesterday afternoon:

O  U  C  H  !!!!!!!!

YUP--my first-- and I sincerely

hope the last--rotary cutting

accident!! 

I was cutting fabric for stems and

my ruler slipped; the cutter 

stayed on its course and 

sliced into the lower part of my 

thumbnail right through to the quick...

👽

WHAT A MESS!! 

👽

I am okay though, thankfully;

just bandaged up and unable 

to use that hand until that

nail begins to heal up...

S  I  G  H  

It seems every time I start 

some new project, 

something happens

to me!! 👹

So, if you don't see any "Brambling"

for a bit here----

that is the reason. 

 

I will leave you with the caveat: 

to be very careful and cautious

using that rotary cutter.  

I may switch over to scissors...

YA THINK?????

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(waiting-to-heal-euse)

 

"NATALE" IS A FLIMSY

 

" N A T A L E "

[pinned up in place where it will hang]

I finished sewing the borders on this morning....

I think this Kaffee Fassett print sets off

the many red blocks well for this

Christmas wall hanging...

I see 👀 fir boughs decorated with little 

glass flower balls...

near Mr. Moon

↴↴↴↴

A festival of Christmas lights....

Here it borders the haloed Angel

⇩⇩⇩⇩

38" x 31" 

Perfect for my dining room wall.

I have laid it out on my dining table ready to be layered:

I took it off my design wall so that I could

pin up my Bramble project WIP.

Now to pull my Christmas box down

and find fabrics suitable for the

backing and binding...

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I am still adding more blocks to "L'Autonne"

Here on the right....in progress

It will be 5 x 6 blocks...when done...

I have the next blocks cut 

and ready to go...

I just love making these blocks

from start to finish...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

{still-happily-making-euse}

SUNDAY "BRAMBLING" or is it BUMBLING ALONG?

 

Here is my little idea sketch...

for

Audrey's "Bramble QAL".

I did 3 or 4 different ones and

chose this as my finalist.

Sort of, little burgeoning crocuses

in a clay pot...

[or is it crocusii?]....

Way different from my normal

pieced projects style...😐

THEN

I realized I had to enlarge it!! 

HUH!!!

👺

And this is where my 

"Perfectionist" brain took over

for two  whole days 

[and nights, I might add!!]

I pondered how to do it....

I knew there was the graph 

square method to

size up and all

but it didn't appeal to me....

too painstaking and time

consuming...not fun 

And I am determined to

have "fun" while learning in this QAL!

Then, as I sat staring out the

window not seeing really.....and

sipping my morning coffee....

I thought :

Oh, why not just freehand

the thing....

draw it bigger by eye--

how bad could it be--

??????????????

💁😉

Then I decided 

Just Do IT!!

It's just paper after all

and isn't this the whole

OBJECT of this QAL?

So.....

I drew it on an 8x10 

piece of copy paper

by eye....👀👀👀👀

pretty quickly, not trying

to overthink, it

like I normally do...

Understand....

I am in no way any kind of artist,

so I closed off any idea of

exact reproduction and 

WENT FOR IT!!!

My "loosey-goosey" interpretation....

Here are the relative sizes:

I have a whole new respect for 

quilters who see an old quilt and

then reproduce it and 

make templates....

Next 

I will figure out 

the basket ==

so both sides

match up...

Oh, and I found a container to 

store everything in:

"My Bramble Box"

1st hurdle overcome...

Y   E   S!!!;)))))

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DH is out for his daily walk--

i am now trying to figure out what to make

for our supper;

Isn't life just full of decisions--

big, medium and small ones???

We had DH's spaghetti last

evening and there are noodles

leftover, so I may fry them up 

with onions, garlic, herbs

and throw in some shrimp for

my meal.  

A definite "gibblot";))))

He says he will use

the rest of the leftover sauce and

meatballs over rice --

just enough for one...

We often "do our own thing"

for dinners...

I am so lucky to have such a

wonderful husband who likes

to cook 💕💖💘

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At noon, we will be watching

the Brazilian Grand Prix...

That's the story so far today;

I hope your Sunday is

a wonderful one....

Hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

( relieved-now-euse)

P.S.  is anyone else feeling like a 

"Cranky-Pants" with this time change over????

We definitely are👿