A SHORT BREAK....

 

"Helena Hydrangea" is coming into bloom....

FYI: 

I am taking care of my husband after his 

carotid artery surgery last Thursday...

And

 I am dealing with my own

case of nasty "Thrush" 

at the same time...

So no sewing going on...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

[wearing-my-nurse's-cap-euse]

"SUMMER FANS", et al

 

In going through my stash, picking out destash

fabrics, I found these little fans hiding away in

my "blues" stack ....

{Oh my gosh, I had forgotten 

all about these

little cuties!!"}....

They just inspired me...

And.... 

I decided that everybody needs a "fan" in this

heat wave ;))) 

and so....

I picked some cool greens; went into my

greens little 

"bits and bobs" baggie; and

made some "strippies" to put 

between

my little blocks.

and for the 

1/4 corner arcs...

The only fabric that comes from a 1/2 yd stash piece 

is the final border.....

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And speaking of my stash...

I have been "halving" all my fabrics for donating 

to a few quilters who make donation quilts...

Since I am no longer able to handle making

big quilts I decided that 

I would give some 

fabrics to people 

who will use them...so

many can enjoy the fruits of their labors..

😍

And

I still have a lot left, believe me....

👀😮👀

I have gone through 5 major colors and

have four left from the 

color coded stacks

I had set up...

And....

[this does not take into account

any boxes or coordinating 

fabric lines that I have hoarded :

eg. my "Ghastlies" line

which I plan to use for my grand girls'

project in the "thinking stages"

right now ...etc etc!!!]

Plus I just got a lovely pkg from 

Quiltdivajulie of tone-on-tones

that is just amazing...

thanks you so much QDJulie

for your generous gift...

💝💖💓

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Since i have to be resting my hands from actual

stitching...I have set up the next two

pages in my batting book ready

to be stitched when I can....

This whole book uses just cut offs and scraps....

of favorite fabrics 

that I have accumulated a long time 

and want to remember..

It should be fun paging through this

book and seeing them all....

"Moonrise Over Water"

"Ocean Flower"

These are the next on my list 

to be worked on...

For now they are just resting on my little 

corner table....

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It is 91.2 degrees with a 

"feels like" temp of 101.8 out there...

[We are staying in our AC...]

This keeps on going "UP"-it is

now only 3:15p.m.--

At least the dew point has dropped

off a bit to 75--

Uhhh????

Did I say "dropped off"????

Imagine that, everything is

relative, I guess...

Stay cool everyone, and hydrate....

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(de-stashing-euse)

DAYLILIES TIMES 4...

 

So far, four of my daylilies have bloomed....

This mauve one is especially pretty,

I think...

this is the first time the lavender one

has bloomed for me...;)))

Here is my all-time favorite one...it has 20 or so buds on it

ready to burst into flower...

They are all in my front garden and along my front walkway...

We are expecting rain this evening so 

perhaps many others will follow suit...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sheltering-in -the-AC-during -this-heat)

BATTING BOOK CONTINUES.....et al

 

Pages 3 & 4 of my batting book journey:

I call:

"Japanese Autumn"

A closer look at my stitching around

these cut out and laid on circles...

Little vignettes cut from a favorite

older fabric...

I did more stitching on this page than the

facing one...

Here, I felt that the lovely cloth

spoke for itself and I didn't 

need to add anything more....

I am continuing to do two page

spreads

throughout this book...

Here is the beginning of the

next two pages

{5 &6}

pinned in place...

↧↧↧↧

The "roses" fabrics 

and the center piece of linen napkin

have been coffee dyed by me....

I will invisible baste all the pieces in place

before deciding on any stitching....

these fabrics "cross" over the pages...

with the double circle in the center...

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It is so HOT and HUMID

here again today....

I will go out for a short trip

to the post office to mail off

birthday cards to my twin

grandsons who turn 

21!!!!!!!!!

on the 13th of this month...

😨😯

How did this happen

so quickly?????

I will go.....

From car AC to

 P.O. AC 

and then back to

home AC...

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Tonight's menu is leftover

chicken and rice casserole

from Saturday's meal...

so no cooking...

😁😂💖

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Bageuse

(Staying-cool-euse)

 

FLOWERING SNOWBALL #2, et al

 

I finished up quilting the long straight rows 

this afternoon on 

Flowering Snowball #2....

I really like how "Helga" quilts....

and 

all those little squares of scrappy fabrics

really make this quilt...

Here is the really darling backing fabric  I 

used for this one...

:)))))

Now I have these two ready to be trimmed up 

and bound....

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Meanwhile:

I have begun my 3rd Meditation Scroll

using just scraps on my table....

this one is really long...

and I've used "cut offs" leftover from other projects

and a lot of reds,, greens, and purples...

This should keep me busy during

our tv nights.....

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We have had a super humid and

rainy day here...

Temp right now is 75.6 with a 

dew point of 75--

expecting more rain as the 

barometer is falling  off

a cliff...

as you can see here...

this is our new Ambien Weather Station.....

We are both "Weather Junkies"

and love to keep track of what is 

happening and to come...

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We had a wonderful 4th of July show here

as our neighbors had a  big 

fireworks display on the night of the 4th...

Take care and stay hopeful....

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse-a-bit-every-day)

FLOWERING SNOWBALL #1, et al

 

I've machine quilted all the long strip lines

on my 1st  Flowering Snowball Quilt...

It's now ready to be trimmed and bordered...

I really love this pattern...

and

I got to showcase

 the end of my favorite

"cherries" fabric....and

use a lot of those little,

scrappy squares...

I will quilt  my 2nd 

Flowering Snowball

{I like the pattern so much

I made another one!!}

over this long weekend...

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My magnolia has already

flowered this year; 

today I looked out and saw.....

New flower buds all over it--

at least 12 of them....!!!

I had no idea that it could or would flower

twice in one season...

:)))

Has anyone else had this occur???

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We are having a slow, quiet  day here.

I made Tortellinni Pasta Salad for

dinner early this morning and 

we've just finished off the rest of 

my minnestrone soup from 2 days 

ago for our lunch...

{um, followed by two chocolate

mint cookies--yum}.

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I hope you are all enjoying this

Fourth of July Holiday

It's a nice, long one this year.

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(machine-quilting-on-Helga-euse)

KWANDI CONTINUES....et al

 

I've been looking at my Kawandi sitting on my glass top living room

table and thinking---something is missing--something just doesn't

look "finished" to me.....

the stitching looks like "basting"...

And so....

I have begun adding more quilting lines, closer together across the top...

trying to follow the basting lines ....

there is no batting to "catch" knots  at the end of lines

so i have to carefully pull my needle through just the top layer to bury the knots...

or through turned under seams if possible...

It is already looking better to my 👀

I've started in the middle and am working 

my way out switching directions

to try to follow the basting lines--

I would like to make a larger purple 

Kawandi and this time would definitely 

use more and closer stitching lines

during the beginning....instead of

an afterthought...

Live and learn, huh???

This may not be in the original concept of

Kawandi, but it is in my own

"Style",,,,;))))

Pink Ojos is bordered and ready

to be layered

 As is:

My Little Baskets...

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Here is a snap of our Sunday treat

before our dinner of

Swedish Meatballs over 

Yukon gold potatoes--YUM!!

Rose Prosecco is my favorite....

💃

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A lovely, cool morning here saw us

taking a stroll down by the CT 

Riverside on the boardwalk....

how refreshing that was...

:)))))

Now to go

Out to finish my cuppa coffee on our

deck...

😍😎

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(Kawandi-continues-euse)