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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

IT'S THE BERRIES, et al

 

👹STRAWBERRIES UN-PICKING...👿

I began doing this hand quilting two days ago....
 B  U  T  .......
When I turned the pice
 over 
the whole backing was 
all bunched up!! 

This has never happened to me before...
👾
So this morning I began
taking out all the 3 rows 
I had done...
luckily I caught it early on...

I will be un-pinning next and re-ironing this piece and 
cutting out behind the appliqued pieces....

I think maybe that extra fabric
behind the appliques 
had something to do with it
And....
perhaps I wasn't careful enough 
with the pinning.?????

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Here is my interpretation of
#Hillside Heart Prompts for this
week--which are:
"Playful" 
and 
"Singing in the Rain"
{you can click to enlarge any pix}
It's an outdoor concert--
[see orchestra on the right]
and The tenor (L) 
brought his kitty 
with her umbrella 
to listen...
😂
Across the street 
these skaters are 
groovin'
to the music...
and don't mind 
skating in the rain...
😁💦
[that's my story and I am 
sticking with it haha]

These were difficult prompts
for me--it took me quite a 
while to even marshal
my thoughts into what I
would use from my
magazines...

I couldn't find any 
rainy day pix 
so I used my white 
gel pen to draw
 raindrops and puddles..
what fun!!!

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My Junque Journal's next pages 
are set up:



I put in quite a few journaling cards
so that I can take a little page prep
break....

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We are having a lovely, soft, and wet snowfall this
morning --
covering everything into
little mounds...
So pretty.....
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Tom is making his 
spaghetti sauce today
so no cooking for me...


😉😋😍
I will just toss a little side
salad for us to go with....
Y  U  M

Hugs, Julierose,]
La Blageuse
(ribbit-ribbit-euse)











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9 comments:

  1. Not able to finish any recent books--i just lost interest in the characters...mostly reading blogs....;)))

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  2. Must be something in the air because I've been doing more than my fair share of unpicking the past while. The border on the latest landscape has been giving me fits so I've decided to cut the entire thing off and simply bind it with some bias tape. After three tries, I think it's time!
    Love the roller blading illustration you found!

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  3. I've also had to rip out a lot of stitches on Alaska. Maybe it's the time of year?? After the holidays and we're tired?? Our snow was very fluffy and it's still snowing! This is a good day to stay inside.

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  4. 'Tis such a pain when the backing fabric bunches up while quilting. Preparing a quilt for quilting is my least favourite part of the process. You are having fun with all your pictures. I like how you resolved the rainy day prompt. Cool roller bladers, too.

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  5. Oh my, frustrating! I'm machine quilting a piece and holding my breath to try and avoid any bunching. Did you baste the berries in place? Enjoy the spaghetti.

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  6. Oh no! Sorry about the bunching on the quilt. Dinner sounds yummy. Enjoy the pretty snow.

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  7. The Hillside Heart prompt turned out great. It brought a smile to my face.

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  8. Sorry about the bunching. It's so irritating when it happens. Maybe iron and thread baste before quilting? Love your journaling, it looks like such fun.

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  9. I'm glad you caught the bunching before you got too far into quilting. You've been very creative with the journal pages as well. We had snow over the weekend and I made chili.

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