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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.
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Showing posts with label "Sunrise. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

DECEMBER FINISH, et al

 

"Sunrise, Sunset" is all bound and
labeled now...I finished her
this morning...

Here are a few more shots:
The reverse and my little label 
[thank you, yes I will accept 
your applause that
I remembered ;)))]
😁
Full revere side shot ↟↟↟
I used both fabrics leftover 
from this side to 
make my binding yesterday...
And here she is 
resting on my Grand-mere's
old caned rocker in my
living room...

And some very special fabric cut offs 
I fussy cut specially:
the darling little girl in her bonnet

and
Another bigger one in the 1/2 sq triangle cut...

and
The pensive ladies, I call them....

I began this whole "Sunrise, Sunset"
hand quilting journey 
the beginning of last April.
So, 7 months' worth...

This has been, along with 
"Blues in the Night" a
really wonderful project 
using the same pattern in
different colors and 
orientations...

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We are awaiting a storm which may be a combo
of rain, sleet and some snow momentarily.  
Being right on the SE CT coast, 
we often dodge these big snow
events and end up with
mostly rain or sleet...

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I am now working on my daughter's 
Christmas bunting and have 3 more
little flags to finish up...
Hers will be much longer than mine, as her
mantel is 74" wide!! It is taking some
figuring on the length and tie offs to be
making this without having that mantel to
measure against!! 
And i am notoriously math-challenged.
Fingers crossed that it will turn out 
the right length!!
Here are the next three

and the final 3 I am working on below
These little flags are a joy to work on..😊😍
I get to use a lot of those special bits that have
been saved up over my quilting life...
The Snowman block has all been 
tea dyed by me...I love that color!! 
So vintage!! 
Depending on the final length
 I may have to come up
with another flag????
We shall see...I measured out
74" along my opened dining room
table and will drape it across the edge
of that to see how it will look...
Wish me luck!!💚
🍀🍀🍀🍀;)))

hugs from under our gray skies...
and rain spritzing down,
Julierose,
La Blageuse
(sewing-with-joyousness-euse)



















Friday, August 1, 2025

SUNRISE, SUNSET, et al

 

I chose fabrics and sewed up the 
backing for "Sunrise. Sunset"
this morning...
That golden paisley is the
Sunrise and
the fantastique animals
 are watching the Sunset 
and
getting ready for their 
nighttime 
rest....

This piece will have to wait for
me to cut batting and layer it up
as I am using my table for 
finishing up my 
Kawandi stitching...

I am moving along to the center--it is
getting a bit 
"humpy-bumpy: though ;(((
the batting inside seems to have
shifted around a bit...
I am hoping that the stitching will
just make it look like more
texture!! ????

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Supper this evening is leftover
bbq'd steak in a gravy-- 
a la Chef Tom--
served over mashed potatoes
and with steamed broccoli 
as our side veggie...

I hope your upcoming weekend is
a happy and productive one...
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Oh and BTW:
I have been down the Youtube
Rabbit Hole and
seen just so many lovely
projects--
S I G H ....
😕😖😔😓😒😏

[Who said they were only going to
finish WIPS in August?--Huh???]

I really really love💓 
Ann Wood's 
"100 Day Stitch Book Project"
If you click on this pix you can see her URL 
at the top so you can visit her site...
I am SOOOOOO 
Tempted...
She even shows a new-to-me 
method of putting the finished
fabric book together...
S I G H....
As you all know ....
My track record with long 
term projects is not a
good one, for sure--
{to put it mildly!!}

eg: "Dark Days" has been
abandoned as is and I will
bind it into a table topper
to mention one...but 
I did learn a lot...

S I G H...

Stay tuned to see if I can
not be tempted....?????

Hugs,
Julierose,
La Blageuse
(trying-to-stay-on-course-euse)






Thursday, July 31, 2025

SUNRISE, SUNSET= A FLIMSY

 

Finally a flimsy...

Here are a few of the little "fussy cuts"
in here:
Ladies...

Little bonnet fairy girl...

Little Pink bunny,,,

Baby Fairy girl...

I cannot get over how much difference the
pinks in this version of 
"Blues in the Night" made...
I shouldn't be surprised, but I am
at the totally different vibe...
And....

I want to make more of these to scatter
across the backing...

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I am resting my hands from slow stitching
on Kawandi-aka 
"Daughter of Dark Days"
  and Christmas Ojos
for a few days...
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Here are few funny notes from DH to 
remind me to get up and walk around:


and
The RULES:
(can you tell he was a teacher???hahaha)

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We are still in a heat wave here today--
no cool front or thunder storms in
sight as yet....
fingers crossed that we will be getting
the predicted relief...
S O O N....

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(resting-a-bit-euse)


P.S.  Don't you just Love this 
quilt by Terry Mangat I just saw
on Youtube???

What a perfect project for all my solids,
don't you think????
💖💙💚💛💜