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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.

Thursday, August 21, 2025

RAIN, et al

 

Isn't that something--that I had to take a picture of it finally raining!!
πŸ˜“πŸ˜’πŸ˜πŸ˜•
We got all of 1.07" overnight here--look at our straw lawn there;
that shows just how dry we've been... We seem to be in a little
space that never got any rain --except perhaps .01 here and there
once in a while all this Summer...so this was an "event" for us...

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Itsy-Bitsy Spider is all together 
and
awaiting a border --
(N.B.--this was a challenge to sew the sections 
together with all those seams!!)
and 
my other latest project.....
Falling Leaves right next to it on my 
design wall...is still waiting a decision
on borders or not or what????
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And....
"Christmas Ojos" 
only has 3 more blocks for me to
hand quilt left!! πŸ˜‚πŸ˜„πŸ˜…πŸ˜‡

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I pulled out this old UFO
and am now in the process of choosing
a backing and then layering it up
for my machine quilting pile...
It's been around for so long I cannot
even recall if I named it or not???
I used all my little leftover 1.5" sqs 
for this one...it needs to be finished...

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Sorry about not answering your comments 
on my last "Itsy-Bitsy" post--
😭😒😱
your comments all had gone to spam--
(thank you Blogger!!πŸ‘Ώwith no notification!)

But thanks to my sharp-eyed friend 
Who emailed me about this SNAFU,
I went into "Help" and was able
to fix it (I hope!!) --
If your comment doesn't show up,
let me know would you?
Thanks;))))

Hugs, Julierose
La Blageuse
(quilting-away-euse)







9 comments:

  1. Doing more stitching than reading these days....

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  2. Ahh… refreshing rain. Love seeing your design wall and workspace. You stay plenty busy! All such colorful fun.

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  3. I am so glad that you got a spot of rain.Every little bit helps especially during a dry spell. You have so many wonderful projects in the works, Julierose. You are staying super busy. Sounds like you are nearing a finish on Christmas Ojos. We got rain yesterday; it cooled things down to the mid 80's . LOL but I will take it. Happy Thursday. Hugs

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  4. Some rain at our house would be photoworthy, too! It has been a hot and dry summer. Your spider quilt top is lovely, and I love the UFO, too! My favorite quilts are full of scraps. Will you hand quilt it?

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  5. Yay for the rain! Glad you finally got some...over an 1" is pretty significant. You've got some nice projects going, Julierose. Your pretty close to a finish on the older UFO you just pulled out.

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  6. Your lawn looks like the ones in our area. We finally got a nice rain day before yesterday but it's not enough.
    I like your Falling Leaves just as it is and it really doesn't need a border (at least IMHO, which isn't all that valuable).
    I'm glad your scrappy little quilt is having its turn in the sun - it's so pretty!!

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  7. Your projects are really coming along nicely. I glad you finally got some rain. We got .7" yesterday which meant I could finally do some weeding. The ground had been like concrete and weeding was a struggle. The weeds got away from me due to the very hot and dry weather.
    Pat\

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  8. I know what you mean about rain being an event. Both of our storms this week were at night so I couldn't take any pictures of it. You have lots of color in all of your projects, very pretty.

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  9. Rain was rare here this summer too and we've been told to get used to it. Loved seeing your Spider on the wall like that so pretty, Julierose. And I love the quilt with all the little squares...I need to get cracking on some blocks like that. I worry though if I could keep them straight enough these days. My eye is not getting more accurate with age, LOL.

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