SUNDAY'S SCRAPPY STORM , et al

My dining room table is somewhere underneath all that stuff!!;)))

I have pulled out all the scraps and cut-offs I could find and

laid them all out here ...

Here's a view from the other side of my table 

looking into my dining room,,

It's a good thing we are not expecting any company for dinner

anytime soon....hahaha...

.

It took me 2-3 days to gather everything and

try to put stuff in "like" piles for use...

The rectangle in the midst of all this bounty

is my new slow stitching project;

an "assemblage" of sorts--

I really don't know what to call it...

I have been watching "Railway Cottage Studio"

on youtube and here is a camera shot

of her work in progress:

It looks so very different from mine..but I  am using it as an

idea springboard to try to make my panel wall hanging..

.

She has collected a plethora of thrifted vintage table scarves, 

French fabrics, and old needlepoint canvases...

among tons of other things which, of course, I don't have...

But you can see how this 

idea "called my name:--))

collaging with fabric instead of papers....

Be still my 💓!!! 

I am giving this a try just for fun...

There is a small side wall between my tv 

room and my dining room that needs

something....I am hoping

this can be it...;))

Below is just the very beginning of my 

"base" layer which I've only laid out

on an old piece of bed sheet....

Nothing is pinned in place and I cannot

tell you how many times things have been moved about!! 

Just auditioning everything before I pin it all in place

and then baste it all down...by hand...

{this picture is kind of "washed-out in color, 

it is much more vibrant--

today is a gray day and the overhead light

changes the colors way too much!!}

It is:

Pretty much all cherished fabrics 

trying to live together ....

And...

See that dark brown, old piece of velvet ?

It came as a remnant from my

 Grand-pere, who worked in

the Norwich Fabric Mill and used to bring 

cut offs to my Grand-mere for her sewing..

It has been sitting in my stash FOREVER!!

I will need to iron it and cut only what I need

for that spot --hoping I'll still have a bit leftover....

.

I HAD to put that in  for sure...

💝

I am calling this"

"Home is Where My Heart Is"

Here are a few houses that made it

through the culling process:

That ribbon , again washed out, is really a lighter greener green...

and

Midway on the right is this homestead...with that green

washed out also--my phone doesn't like greens, I guess!!

and, lastly,

This home, which I think reminds me of the residences 

we saw on our Big Trip to Italy...

had to go in, right?

It sits, 

amid a bevy of owls, my coffee dyed pear,

and the cheery sunflowers...

with a bit of Old Italian lace and

lovely old trees..up there in the 

left hand corner...

A lot of the fabrics are culled from 

various Cathe Holden prints

that I purchased a while back...

And I am using a total mixture 

of old and new...

I will tell you this, it 

takes courage to CUT INTO a lot of

these....👀😕😔👀 that I have

hoarded over the years...

{and actually I am ripping whenever I can

to get those frayed edges

that I really want in this one}

Right now, I keep on changing out 

[and putting back in!!]

small bits and bobs ==

But, I do  

have to make a decision

that it's ok as is

at some point....

For, of course,

I realize that 

I can always add

on embellishments--

sort of crazy quilt style, with 

fancy stitching and a few yo-yos and 

hexagons scattered about...

I hope, when it is basted, I can roll it

up and take it wherever I want to 

sit stitch on it...

But for today, it

  is resting.

But, what fun to use all these precious

memory-laden fabrics....;)))

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Tonight's menu is:

BBQ'D Bourbon marinated steak tips, 

home fries and salad....

and some Prosecco 

beforehand...😂😇😉

Hugs, 

on a gray 

and rainy afternoon--

Julierose, La Blageuse

(amidst-try-outs-euse)