BRAMBLE BLOOM # 1

 

No matter what I've put onto

this, it just doesn't thrill me!!

So here it stands...

and may stay except for a little stop 

border perhaps in turquoise...

We are linking up with 

Audrey at

to show our progress

Or

in my case..

the lack thereof....👿👺

Here is one thing I've tried but

ended up not liking

Maybe just too dark????

I just don't know......

Working in someone else's

format is not that easy

for me....

And with scrappy cut offs also...

Am I whining??? 👀

😒😕😢

[Well, I guess a bit...]

I look forward to seeing how the other

participants are doing...

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

( still-trying-out-things-euse)

MONDAY MURAL, et al

 

WIPS = scrappiness ;)))= Happiness;))))

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and here are the first of my lovely

Bleeding Hearts

blooming by our deck steps...

they say

 "Spring"

 to me...

💗💕💓

From one little plant that a

friend gifted me they have

spread out underneath

my hydrangea

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You can just make out a few of the little

budding leaves on the hydrangea....

We had cut it back [drastically!!]

last year,

but hardy soul that it is,

it is making a nice comeback...

I am waiting to plant my marigold seeds

until Mother's Day--

[my birthday this year]

💃😍😎

You just can never be sure about 

freezes here in SE CT...

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It has gotten really warm--74.7 degrees

at 2 p.m. and the humidity

has begun to climb--60 now...

We were able to have our 

coffee on the back deck 

after our walk at the field...

this morning...

I went ALL the way around 

AGAIN!! ;)))

👫

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Tom mowed the lawn for the 

first time and did all the edging!!

Phew--tiring when you're not

used to it!!

{and are 85!!}

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We will bbq burgers tonight and

have them with a salad...

time for a little respite nap...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-scrapping-after-all-these-years)

GLUE BOOK PROMPTS, et al

I prepared 100 glue book

 prompts following

"Caroline on the Hillside" 

on Youtube's journal along...

The first two 

prompts 

I pulled 

were:

"YOGA "

and

"PINK"

I know--who does yoga with high heels? 

😀😁😂😃😄

But I think this lady looks like

she is doing a yoga pose 

[hahaha]

fun fun fun....

and I love that pink fan...

The pink is the peony 

flowers 

which surround her...

Here is my ring of little circle prompts:

On the reverse of each circle

is a word [or words]

for me to use to set up my pages...

I am using this cut down

Seed catalogue for my

glue book adventure...

I cut this down and glued two-three pages

together to make them stronger...

and

here are the 1st two pages

for the prompts:

"Grand-mere 

and Mother"

I found and

copied a very 

old photo of my Grand-mere

holding my Mom as an infant...

this 

 flips over for a writing spot

on the reverse side...

for memories...

[there is that little tab on 

the right to turn it over]

I gessoed the pages white

and

added sparkle spray...

to cover up the catalogue's 

printed pages...

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Our Sunday night supper was:

scrambled eggs, 

little link sausages,

and toast with 

grape jelly for Tom

and Apricot preserves

for me...

Y U M!! 

It is a rainy night here--hope it

quiets down as my

daughter is flying off for her 

New Orleans

week's 

vacation at 3:50 a.m.!!!!

👹👺

EARLY BIRD special!!!

💃💙🐦

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(gluebooking-euse)

 

FLOWERING, et al

 

My magnolia tree has really bloomed beautifully this year;

I noticed that as the blooms begin to fade, they

turn a peachy color on the edges--so pretty!!

And so far no deer have eaten my blooms;)))

More flowering:

I have begun making another

snowball piece--

this time using cream flowered

fabrics for the snowballs...

I love this different look;)))

and

Here are the first two of a new

flowery "109 Little Squares" piece...

↧↧↧

Using cut offs [1.5" sqs]

 of flowered fabrics

for the crosses in this one...

It must be Spring in the air that makes me

  want

to use these

flowered fabrics...;)))

💚💛💜💙

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We had a lovely, sunny day here; now

the skies are clouded over in

preparation for the coming rains...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(cutting-flowered-fabrics-euse)

FINALLY, FINALLY A FLIMSEY--a short addendum

 

I decided that I needed some kind of border on this one....

I had used up almost EVERY tiny bit of this

lovely cherry fabric; 

one of my

favorite fabrics of all time....

I found it curled up in my binding leftovers box....

[a Jan Patek fabric]

NOW....

 all I have left are these

two little "bits"

⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓

I had to cobble together what was left

of that original binding fabric to make

the fabric  

S  T  R  E  T  C  H

around the perimeter;)))

👺👹👿

AND.....

you can also see that I had to cut

the wider strips in half to

make it around....the

last two sides....

P H E W !!

BUT....

I do love how this sets off my

"Scrappy Snowballs".

💙💚💛💜

File under: 

"Making Do"

💋💘

Hugs, from sunny CT,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(using-it-all-up!!)

SCRAPPY SNOWBALL FLIMSEY, et al

 

It's a FLIMSEY;))) 

YAY!!!

This will fit my square cocktail table in front

of our fireplace.

💘

[dark out today--the green borders

are much brighter in person]

There are two little snowy owls

 and some crows lurking

in there..;)))

Can you find them????

I loved making this...

what fun...;))

I pinned all the intersections

[PHEW] 

but really, 

that made" most" matchings 

a lot easier and better in 

the end result.

💚💚💚

 I may make another one 

with print snowball centers...

I was inspired by

 Cathy.

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Here is another flimsy:

"109 little squares" #2;

it just needs borders.

↧↧↧↧

This is exactly like the one I made for

the small wall over our tv...

except this time I used red cornerstones...

for a bit of a brighter look...

I have 4 more sets of four

of these all sewn

and  ready to

put together some way...

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 A N D

Here is a variation

that appeared magically;))

on these little  25-patch blocks:

With a little white cross in the center...

Isn't this just darling???

It was just "serendipity;

as I was setting up the rows --

and running out of cut 1.5"-ers--

this fell into place...;)))

I will be making more in this style...

I really like working with these 

scrappy squares...

all cut from leftovers...

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AND

I only have 4 more small blocks left to quilt

on my Christmas Ojos and the borders...

S L O W but S T E A D Y

wins my race these days...

hugs on a windy, gray Sunday, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching-away-euse)

SQUARING UP, et al

 

I am using up my 2" squares 

along with

5" squares for

"Snowballing"

[Note: it feels cold enough

to make snowballs here!!]

I found this pattern at 

Susies blog...

she has a lot of really neat

patterns and easy ways to

make them...;)))

I am loving how this

 is coming out...

Just a really fun project...

I may make more and 

turn them into

a long table topper...

💃

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And, I put together another 

one of these

just for more

fun sewing...

💙💜💛

This one uses 1.5" squares 

and

strips...

I just need to add R&L 

sashings...

This is the extent of my sewing

since my last posting...

I've been darting in and out of my room

and just sewing for short intervals

at one time...

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Here is a picture of Tom's new

Weather Station...

He is still in the process of

setting everything up...

It has just begun to rain here in

earnest as you can observe

in that little rain drop in 

the center...

and only 44 degrees outside..

another chilly day here...😢

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Easy Peasy dinner tonight:

Egg salad sandwiches

and Tater Tots...

No muss no fuss....👌😂

I hope your week has gone well

and that you managed to get some

fun sewing time in...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

[setting-up-another-2" sqs-project-to test-out-euse]

SUNDAY STITCHING, et al

 

One stitch at a time; I am using a large ,

easy-to-hold needle and not loading

it up--but just taking one stitch...

Slow but doable for me these days...

I work on 1/4 block at a time and do 

take 2-3 days off in between so as to not

strain my hands....

Here is my quilting "best friend"..my

little needle threader--this allows me

to use a bigger thread :

[DMC Coton Perle thread No. 8;

Color B5200--

a lovely soft, white...

perfect for my bigger stitches...]

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My little angel--a gift from a close,

now sadly departed, friend when my

Mom passed...stands guard over my Mom's

garden dish planting...which I just 

repotted....

AND

You can just see how my waxed

amaryllis is doing behind it--

(or not !!)

just behind my planter...

Its green stems are 

S  L  O  W  L  Y

pushing up...

Still hoping for it to take off--

so far, no luck!!!!

👽

I am hopeful that even if it

doesn't come all the way up,

I can take off the wax and  re-pot

the bulb for next year...

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Yesterday we brought up a 

gift for our daughter, Candice, for

her new home--

A new electric lawnmower...

At 56 she is a first-time solo

home owner and needs 

to learn to take care of so many things...

Here is "Dad" demonstrating---

and 

here is Candice 

doing her first "run";)))))

That first corner is a tricky one;)))

😁😂😍

Note that she is wearing her Winter coat--

it was so VERY COLD

and more like November than April...

We warmed up after 

with hot coffee and 

bagels with cream cheese.

Y U M ;)))

So much for her to learn 

about oil heat,

de-humidifiers--

electric bills etc etc...

all on her own....

as a new home owner...

Hoping to get her settled in

and comfortable soon...

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It is raining again here and the winds

have come up again...

A gray Sunday, made better

by watching the Red Sox, who in

the 5th inning have pulled out

ahead 3 to 2....;)))

GO SOX!!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(resting-on-a-Sunday)

HAS SPRING SPRUNG?, et al

 

It was so lovely to sit out on our deck

for the first time since the last

warm day last Autumn...

Our trees are budding out...

some pale minty green and

others red

at the tips...

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After putting together a

 Shepherd's Pie for our

dinner this evening, 

laundry, and re-potting 

this plant...

I sat out and read for an hour

before lunch..

Lovely blue blue skies and

silence...

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I cut some daffodils and one forsythia spray to decorate 

our dining room table on my French Spring table topper.

and 

Below is the lovely hyacinth that my son and

DIL brought me for Easter out on our deck

glass-topped table

budding away to beat the band...;)))

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And 

Here are the next two "Pineapple Express"

blocks....

I am so enjoying the making of these free form pineapple blocks...

and 

using up all those leftover triangles and strips...

and

I am mixing in batiks along with 

regular fabrics on these..

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Shepherd's Pie about ready to come out of our oven

in 10 minutes--to be served with a side

of applesauce and soft rolls...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(enjoying-the-gift-of- a- warm-sunny-day-euse)