CHRISTMAS IN AUGUST-- FROM NANN ;))))

 

Just

 L👀👀K

at this SURPRISE 

box of goodies that

arrived in my Noon mail today!

:)))))))

Thank you so much, NANN :))))

{click to go to her blog}

💖💝💗

What a surprise:))))

🎄🎅

You folks have to 👀 it all--

First:

All these wonderful fabrics--a lovely variety...

from batiks, to florals to novelties..

these will be SO PERFECT

for my scrappy projects, Nann...

AND.....

Even More to come below, folks!!

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💜

Journaling supplies:

stickers, the cutest postcards, 

lovely pressed florals...

s i g h ....

my, my, 

how wonderful!!

;))))

AND

We are not done yet!!

there's even MORE:

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Great sewing notions for my 

fabric journals:

[HOLEY MOLEY]

I unearthed

gold and silver Ric-Racs,

cording, threads, and

decorated seam bindings

and even some tiny charms;

 all of which I had

totally run out of after using up

what was left in my Grand-mere's 

sewing box.

I really am at a loss to tell you how much this

generous surprise gift 

is appreciated, Nann..

THANK YOU SO MUCH..

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(petting-fabric-euse)

THURSDAY LEGOS/SLABS QUESTIONS

 

1st set up:

3 across, 4 down=12.

[all same width--

 but differing lengths]

?????

Any thoughts???

I would have to cut them into squares

to do horiz/vert setting

[And I do not want to cut 

until I am sure...]

You get the idea a bit

{as they are not cut obviously just

placed in those positions}

here

↓↓↓

I didn't think I would like

this setting at all,

but I do...

so the size of the cutting would have

to be a whole # as the strips

were cute originally at 1.5"

if I don't want half pieces.

Another one would be:

↧↧↧

This is my least favorite right now

and I would lose a lot of strips on 

this one in trimming...

?????

I also have enough strips 

to make 4 more...

Of course then there is the question

of sashings or not????

I am not in favor of breaking up 

the total scrappy look though...

{I am definitely a "Jumbled Julie"}

:))))

I am leaning toward

the horiz/vert setting--

at the moment after 

seeing these photos.

(Always interesting how

flimsies look in a photo

as opposed to in person.)

so I am in a pondering 

mode right now and

will be moving these

about over the upcoming

weekend before I decide.

I also will be making the 3 extras

while i am thinking...

[just to add to the confusion, right]

:)))

hugs. Julierose

La Blagueuse

(decision-making-euse)

BATTING BOOK, et al

 

"Strawberry Moon" page↑↑↑

I am starting to sew my pages together

in my batting book:

this photo shows the backs of two

pages sewn on the back of

what you see here...

[can you see the stitching?]

Then....I will

place these two 

together like so.....

↓↓↓

and whip stitch them together on 3 open sides

[top, side and bottom]

and----VOILA!!

A page with two sides sewn is born...

;)))

Here are two that I have sewn :

See how nicely they come together???

These are 

"Japanese Spring Moon"

pages...

Once I have finished stitching on pages,

I can then sew them together...

Here is "Strawberry Moon" 's

facing page that appears first

above on this post...

I started adding some beads

and sari silks ruched up to 

finish this one off...

It represents the ocean waves 

under cloudy skies...

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I am working to finish "Black Hole Sun" 's

"Won't you come

Wash away the rain?"

page...

The white stitching and silver beads  

are the rain--

and the blue chain stitches are

the emotional whirlpool...

Here they are together...

They are waiting to be sewn to the 

backs of finished pages..

(as explained above)

These are my "Summer Ocean Moon" two pages 

that I still need to stitch and

embellish further...

for now they are just basted in place...

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And in my Lego Project:

I now have 12 slabs --

11 on the wall here

↡↡↡

and 

I've begun to trim the 12th one  here

[approx'ly 11.5 wide and 12 long]

I still have a few 1.5" strips 

left--

We shall see what I can do with these...

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Not a whole lot of variety....;(((((

That container in the back

was overflowing

when I began...

So this is where things stand as of today...

I have taken the weekend to rest up and

hope to continue doing work on

both projects this week...

Hugs on a lovely coolish, sunny day

Julierose

La Blagueuse

(slabbing-and-stitching-euse)

 

SLAB-A-THON, et al

 

Ten of these slabs/blocks done

so far....

I have more to go in my "slabbing" spot below:

I have enough for for 3 more already sewn

into strips and

plenty of 1.5" strips ready to be sewn.  

No idea how many I'll end up with ...

😣

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On my Batting Book front:

"Won't you come

Wash away the rain?"

page is coming together...

S  L  O  W  L  Y.....

Resting hands today after

a week's worth of sewing...

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On the homefront--

My daughter, Candice, is coming down this

afternoon with her new "Friend" 

(Jeff, whom we've not met as yet)

  to go to a  Concert at McCook Point Park

this evening...

and they will stop by for a visit beforehand.

I went out this morning to market and

got some appetizers to serve.

Our weather has been really superb;

definitely deck sitting weather...

a nice change...

Hugs for a great weekend,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(lego-ing-euse)

PITA BOX JUNQUE JOURNAL, et al

 

I've had some requests to see more prepared pages 

in my fun 

Pita Box 

Junque Journal...

{I have two more boxes on hand with

one prepared with signatures and

ready to be decorated for next year}

These crackers are my favorites so

WIN/WIN

right????

:))))))

It's getting pretty "fluffy" isn't it????

(I actually removed the 5th signature,

which is the Christmas one, as 

the journal was getting to

 fluff-i-fied hahaha)

Here is a Summer Garden spread; 

The little collaged card 

on the left turns  over

for journaling...

[it is leftover from my scrapbooking days

and made into a little flip ]

T H E N....

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I couldn't resist making this page a 

"Black Hole Sun" page with a little

photo from my Batting Book's

fabric representation at the

top left. 

{click}

(I use my "Ivy" mini printer to

copy pix off my phone which

I got for my Birthday gift last year)

Here is the double spread:

These gals are swooning over Chris Cornell's singing...

:)))))))))

Here I've added all the lyrics...

using mostly white gel pen...

scattered on both pages...

[Sorry for the glare.....]

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A N D

Working on the 

"Wash Away the Rain"

lyric page in my Batting Book (BB)

on the facing page. 

This is the base "whirlpool" section

representing the emotions and

I will add the rain 

on top falling into it...

The background looks washed out here--

there is a lot more blue in the stripes...

so far I've used  two blue threads,

light and darker,

and two aquas...

one being variegated...

all in chain stitches...

This is about 1 1/2 weeks of

stitching so far.....and

it is far from being done...

I am enjoying the 

necessarily 

S L O W

aspect of making this page...

Hugs from a cloudy and humid day

(sigh, once again!!)

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching-and journaling-euse)

NOW WHAT?....LEGOS QUESTIONS...

 

I have 6 "slabs" made....

on my Lego journey...

(click images to enlarge)

The 1st two on the left are a bit

"bowed" as I didn't do any ironing

until the very end.

The next four I ironed 

EVERY

SINGLE 

seam as I sewed them

together--

and 

alternated the starting

point every few strips-

This gave me much better results...

;)))))

Now what??????????

So many ways to go....

End to end for a long table runner;

butted together as is; butted

together horizontal to vertical....

sashed????

etc etc...

And/or,,,,,

Should I make more????

My thinking is that I need, at the

very least,

 three more...

That would mean cutting

more 1.5" strips...

Here are some close ups of

cute little images:

Cute lady and dove

This little birdie and mushroom 

fabric: a leftover from 

you, Lizzy

:)))

Roses and houses

Older coffee-dyed Pear images...

Any Thoughts 

Anyone????

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I leave you with this lovely image of my burgeoning hydrangea...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(lego-quandries-euse)

 

"BLACK HOLE SUN" WIP...et al

 

"Black Hole Sun" batting page

in progress...

Here is the lyric I am 

interpreting:

↧↧↧↧

["Black Hole Sun , won't you come,

and

Wash away the rain..."]

I slow stitched the rain in the

gray section above 

to give it more texture for 

that lyric;

and

I couched golden silk ribbon

around the meeting of 

black hole and sun

which emphasizes the black hole

better, I feel....

And I  free-hand stitched

the title "Black Hole Sun"

around the top

↓↓↓

The facing page will be some sort of

rain and whirling eddy representation...

I am still thinking this through...

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Here are a couple of photo shots from

Youtube videos showing concerts 

with Chris Cornell performing

with Soundgarden...:

And

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And....

Here are my first two

rough lego slabs...

uncut and un-ironed

and just sewn together...

[and not all that straight either!!!]

;((((((

;))))

But I love the randomness

that comes out of 

my "cut-as-you-go" method.

[Approx 11" wide by 14"-16" long)

I plan on cutting squares--

and I am

still deciding on final sizing

for these.

It took longer than I thought 

to sew these together.

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Above is about 2 hrs work...

😣

I think this will be a 

l o  n  g

project...

And,

I do need to cut more of a variety

of 1.5" strips to work with.

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I am happy to report that our weather has

cooled down considerably and the

humidity leveled off enough early

this morning so we could have our coffee

out on our back deck...YAY!!

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

{happily-stitching-away-euse)