SENTIMENTAL SCROLL PANEL #6 PROGRESS, et al

 

PANEL #6 IS NOW:

 invisibly basted and all

those raw edges 

are whip-stitched down...

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You can see all the little stitches...

I used Sulky Cotton Petite #12...

I really have come to love this thread...

it really suits my stitching...

Now, it will be onto the filling in

with Kantha stitching...

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Here is our back deck after the freezing sleet 

compacted the snow  down....

It was almost up to the 

bannister level...

Tom shoveled a little pathway just in

case we have to get out that way...

as the front door is drifted shut 

as is our garage door...

We are awaiting our exhausted snow plow guy 

to come and shovel the front walk for us...

So today we are staying put here...

We know the roads are passable, 

but why rush out there?

Tomorrow I am planning on 

doing the weekly food shopping...

Tonight:

Tom will have leftover

Beef Stew 

and

 I will have leftover 

chicken soup...

I hope you are staying safe and warm 

in this bitter cold...

☃⛄

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-making-neutral-Ojos-euse)

HELGA'S RETURN, et al

 

Helga decided she wanted to work with little squares

first thing when she returned...

😂😁😀😄😅😉

Here is her first effort: below

:)))))

She is sewing beautifully...

We are all set up for the next round tomorrow..

we are trying webbing these rows...

Seems to work pretty well...

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Meanwhile I have set up my

latest "Sentimental Scroll"

panel

I have invisible basted all the collaged pieces

in place so I could remove the pins

Blow you can see the little dimples the

basting stitches make on the front...

I learned this method from a class I took long ago 

on Jude Hill's blog

[called then "Spirit Cloth" ].

Next in line will be for me to whip stitch all

those raw edges before I begin

the embellishment rounds...

And here are two of my favorite 

hand stitching helpers..

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I use this little wooden thread caddy to hold

and deliver my basting thread, 

and the thread magic keeps the threads

from tangling and knotting as much...

;)))

There is a little magnet on the top right

of the caddy  to park your needle....

I really love this great gadget...

💓💖💗

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On the amaryllis front:

Five huge flowers on the

top of the first stem are pulling

my flowers over..

I had to prop it up a bit...

and the leaves have decided to

lie down on the job!! 

They did this once before and then

righted themselves--but this time 

they look a lot lower!!!!

S T R A N G E ...

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So far no snow here--

I think that the storm 

is due to hit us overnight 

and most of Sunday

and Monday--followed

by freezing sleet...

☃⛄⛇

🌚

If you are in the path of this 

"snow-ma-geddon"

stay safe and warm...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(happy-to-be-sewing-with-Helga-euse)