EAST-WEST DONE

   I decided to do straight  (sort of hahaha) .....
                            line quilting on my Autumn Snowballs.

I managed the 16 rows in this direction this afternoon....and 
Tomorrow I will be winding bobbins and giving my poor 
shoulders a rest... 
Hoping on Saturday to finish in the North-South direction 
through the centers
again...

This took me 2.5 hours...my walking foot kept on jiggling out of
place--I think the screw hole for the ankle has worn down 
through the years..I had to keep on tightening it...ugh....
Helga is aging, too, it seems...;000

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Thom and I went to Big Y food shopping this morning hoping that I would be able to
NOT HAVE TO GO on Friday, Saturday or Sunday-- as I always seem to be running out of
something or other...

Leftovers tonight---from last night's Taco dinner--we mix the seasoned meat in with some
rice and have re-fried beans and salad on the side..easy and good with a few
 x-tra shakes of  cumin and chili powder...YUM!! 

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (quilting-euse)

NOW, WHAT? {or UFO-OLOGY}

                          Remember my Autumn Snowballs quilt?

I began machine quilting it this morning.....

                       I did straight "holding lines down the print sashings

and then...

                               How am i going to quilt those blocks?  

Maybe just an all-over grid? (I only do walking foot quilting...)
or just tie the rest? Or hand quilt it? 
Hmmmm
I am tempted to handquilt around all the little snowballs...
(and "hello",,,,to another year's work?   hahaha)

So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I've laid it out on the dining room table to ponder
how to continue...

I love making quilts--it's really the finishing that I find difficult and
frustrating...any suggestions? 

Another grand pause has arrived....this is what happens when I try to 
finish UFO's....not the part I like the best....;000

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (wondering-euse)

SATURDAY SNOWBALLS

                                              Remember me from last April?

                   I am getting a backing together for this one...
                         finally...

           So far,
                     these are the fabrics I will be using...
                                bicycles, cupcakes, kitties...
                                      and one other fabric to be chosen...
                                        measuring as I go....

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I made Chinese Chicken Hoisin for  our dinner tonight...over rice...
really yummy...a long time ago I had ordered a real Chinese Wok
from Chinatown in San Francisco...it is amazing to cook in...
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Hoping you are out of the path of Dorian this weekend....

Hugs, Julierose (backing-euse)

RED???

           This solitary red block was going to be the end of this journey--

                    BUT....(isn't there ALWAYS a but???)

Now when I look at this, my eye is immediately drawn to the red;
and I don't know if I like this, 
or if it just stands out too much 
from the rest...

                  DAWN suggested I exchange the red with the top pink....

                                        What do you think?  

          I am not that crazy about the red near the two yellows...

(Is this going to become a "switcheroo" game? ;000) 
Plus it breaks up my pattern -- [S I G H ]

Perhaps I should make a peach block and just use the red on the
back by itself?? Or make the missing yellow and put it in that
slot on the bottom...

I thought this was O V E R?  But Noooooo....

These are the questions that fill your dreams....;0000
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In the meantime I will be working on more of these subdued
snowballs.....

                                                [All the while staring at the legos....!!!]


hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse {pondering-euse}

BLUE LEGOS, ET AL

Here is my first blue block of three......................

You know, you learn something with each project you make....
isn't that the truth??;)))

I can see that I have very FEW low volume fabrics in my scraps and in my
stash...Most are mid values or darkish or vibrant. Do you find that you always
gravitate to the same tones, or types of fabrics?  I am trying to do a 
stash inventory to actually SEE and KNOW (duh!!) what I have on hand....

I mean pinks are lightish to begin with...
but as I look at this on my wall 👀 👀 👀------

I see VERY FEW fabrics that are widely spaced and have white or off white
backgrounds... and my shelves are groaning with similar tonal fabrics...

[I don't count Black and White-- as they kind of stand out to my eyes]

Is it that I am just drawn to vibrant colors?  I keep saying that I
want to make a low volume piece...with the palest of tints....

I have very few plaids and just one little bundle of polka dots--I've never
used them...they are shoved WAY way back in the precut box....

Do you actively try to make your stash varied?  
this quilting gal wants to know ;)))))
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The 3 green/mauve-ish blocks have used up all my precut 3.5" squares...
This morning I die cut a few more solid greens and some more
 pinky triangles..

[Now,ladies,---- "which one is not like the others?    hahaha]

I guess I will be  making TWO pieces (ya think?)....

No way is that beige block going to play well with the first 3...
at least not for me...

The beiges will be set with my pre-cut batik triangles...

They will be "Autumn Snowballs".....

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And I am die cutting 1.5" squares from leftovers of these two
projects  for a postage piece in the future...keeping busy....

We are in the AC today--BECAUSE it is so MUGGY!! again!!

hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (wondering-euse)