FOUND: FOUR PATCHES & MOJO

                          I opened some storage drawers today and found a whole lot of 
                                                                        Four patches... 

                                                  These are leftovers from
                       The Curious Quilter's  postage stamp swap of a few years ago...

Somehow,  someone who was supposed to send 50 different squares ended up 
sending me all turquoise ones...

                                                    Some were all flowery 
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I have been away from my sewing since I came down with some sort of virus that has 
kept me under the weather...as a matter of act, on Thanksgiving, I was really
not feeling well...but with all my helpers we managed to put on a wonderful meal
and have fun, too...;)))))

                   So, I decided to sew a few together...groups of twelve...that seemed to mesh ...

Ironing all my seams open, as I prefer, in order to allow me to hand quilt more easily...and keep the
piece very flat....

                                    I still have 2 drawers full to try to put together...
                                    and these will be all scrappy as they do not match in any way....

SO.........................
where am I going with this, you ask???
Frankly, I have no idea...

I am just trying to get my sewing "mojo" back...
I had a little "talk" with myself and said "Just get in there and sew...."

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse  (back-to-sewing-euse)

SHAMEFUL & THANKS

                             CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS IS MY IRONING BOARD COVER???
I think it's time for a new one....duh....
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LOOK WHAT BARB AT wont-to-bequilter.blogspot.com sent me--a lovely glove to protect
me while rotary cutting...if you go to her blog, you can see how she had an awful accident
while rotary cutting...
(Thank you so much Barb, for thinking of me....I will be definitely using this)

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I am coloring this lovely colorbook page....so relaxing and fun....when not reading or quilting I turn to my coloring for relaxation....
And then......

I have this whole box of 4-patches.....left overs from a swap a few years ago....
now what to make with them all...that is the burning question for today......any suggestions
out there guys?????

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AND.....

Helga began acting up again this morning---- aaargh!!
So, I brought her over to my repair guy,Pete.
And of course, when I got her over there, she behaved beautifully...no chattering or skipping stitches...he had me stitch and looked carefully at the bobbin case, and the bobbins themselves...
Pete was very patient with both me and Helga....
AND
He came to the conclusion after an hour of test sewing, that my bobbins are winding too tightly
and pushing the bobbins out of size  so that they are too large.
so will be winding new bobbins differently...

Helga is now behaving very well..(I think she just wanted to get back at me for sending her 
away for 2 weeks...ya think???) ;0000
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I am planning on continuing with my baskets and
 figuring out all those 4-patches...that is..............
what to do with them...I think something simple like alternating squares....
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Hugs, Julierose (debating-euse)