TAH--DAH, et al

 

All Done 

👌👋😊

I'm letting it sit out there for a few days...

before I begin the next one that 

I received for Christmas..

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On the Amaryllis front:

My new one has

still not opened up:

It's been on the verge for a good

week now...

Waiting, waiting...

and

The rescued one is growing

but.....

see for yourself...

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V E R Y  S L O W L Y 

It looks like it's a

huge effort--

and perhaps it is....

;(((((

Meanwhile my Cacti have 

begun to bloom:

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A Lovely pink lined one

and

 

this pure white with a hint of pink inside and at the tip...

and

what looks like it may be peach with hints of pink, too...

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Keeping myself busy, I put down the base layers

for two more pages in my Junque Journal;

went food shopping, and made a new-to-me

stove top recipe for beef and noodles,

[I will report on how we liked it or not],

and pinned my now complete 9-patch

to its backing cloth...

I hope to be able to invisible baste it

to its backing tomorrow...

I hope you are all doing okay

these difficult days...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(sometimes-we-just-need-quiet-euse)

ZIG AND ALSO ZAG

                      This is my last entry for RSC February's oranges....
I hope to be able to find scraps for each month to be made into a 
Zig-Zag little quilt..I began with 5" squares that were leftovers from
various charm packs...I consider these scraps of a sort...;)) 

I am linking up with ANGELA at (click) for the  last day of February
and will be moving on to a new color for March...can't wait to see 
what it will be.....

This also served as a "prototype" for a large "SECRET" project that
I am making for the the remaining family member who has not as
yet gotten a lap quilt....????

I have most of the front Chevrons (aka zig zags) set up on my design
wall...
they begin with 10" layer cake squares....
and I have learned a few things:
if I sew the blocks in a two layered block: (2 from top and two below) 
they match so much better than sewing a long single row....

[Also that the contrast has to be high to get that effect (see center of
Orange Zig-Zag--see, not enough contrast there....]

And if I press all the seams open the joining is much neater....
since i LOVE 💓💓💓 ironing this is no problem for me
Pandora singing in the background;
opening seams and pressing them flat------
flat flat..so rewarding...
funny huh??? how I like doing this--
well
as a child growing up i used to plead to do the ironing--so
There You Go!!;)))

I haven't decided on how to quilt this or what the backing will be--
perhaps some leftover layer cake squares ;;;

[Wha??? You say???? A large quilt?? but, I thought you said
"No more big quilts, definitely!!" 
Well....in the realm of "Never say Never":-000]

A squirrel visited me from MSQ Co.----------------------
with the tutorial that looked so do-able...
and I was in a quandry anyway................
as to what to make that went together 
easily and was more modern looking....

that I caved...plus I HAD the layer cakes right here...
sitting on my shelf...It was :
Kismet, Fated, Meant to be.....
Had to be....

More on this later...much later as this will be a surprise
Christmas present...I should have time enough to make and
quilt this one--maybe in quilt-as-you-Go mode...we shall see...

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A blogging friend recently  asked me about my last year's Amaryllises....
Oopsey!! I forgot them in the dark recesses of my front hall
closet...ohmygosh.......;((((((
they were so dessicated looking when I retrieved them 
a couple days ago, but l👀👀k ⇊⇊⇊⇊⇊⇊:

I watered them and they are sprouting...whether they will deign to flower
after my shoddy treatment remains to be seen.....

this one bloomed a



brilliant deep red; 

and I really didn't believe that this one could be saved--but can you see
that little bit of green emerging?  Fingers crossed.....;)))) this was a
luscious white and pale green one...hoping, hoping, hoping....

The mosaic tray they are on is one that my Mother made...
she was so precise and neat, ;))))💖
never in a hurry or slap dash in any crafting project she made.

I am trying this year to "take a page from her book" and slow down
and enjoy the process...💕 I miss her a lot....

She and i would get down on the living room floor and spread out
my quilts together, smoothing them; and then pinning them;
 and we would have a "Tying Tea Party" with snacks---
around the big dining table that I use to this day....
good memories....

Hugs to you all, 
Julierose, La Blageuse (remembering-mostly -euse ) 

ALMOST....

                               Will they be pink, red, tipped with green or what?????
                                                        They are Almost
                                                                  ready to bloom....

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                                 Meanwhile this Amaryllis is Almost ready to emerge.....

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AND....................................

                             We are Almost packed --except for the refrigerated foods.....
                                             for Monday's trek to my son, Jeff's to
                                                        Celebrate Christmas on the Eve
                                                                 Our almost-Christmas get together

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Thom and I listened to Beethoven's 1st Piano Concerto this morning
(which I performed at 18--so many eons ago now as part of my
College audition) ;
and had a S L O W morning....
over coffee and cinnamon toast...
chit-chatting about our days at Hartt College...and relaxing.
Christmastime is made for memories....

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AND
A L M O S T 2019... another year in the books....
I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year..

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (almost, nearly, soon-to-be
                                                               celebrating-euse)

Oh and P.S.  Another "ALMOST:

I am doing a few more lines of hand quilting while watching the Patriots Game...
Two more side triangles and then 4 corners to be quilted on my "Pomegranates
in the Rain"...I will make this my priority for 2019....
linking to Kathy's Quilts