BLOOMS AND BUTTERFLIES, ET AL

                      My favorite Iris finally bloomed in our light rain last night..
                   Just love all those ruffle-y bits...and that tinge of yellow..

                       My Japanese Iris are also coming out:

                  And they are quite a different shade of purple-y blue
                                             aren't they???
Here they are juxtaposed ;you can see the two distinct
shades here         ↴↴↴↴

                                                     ;)))) 
I love those little yellow, thin bud wrappings--like tissue papers...

                And:      Tah-Dah- my one peony BLOOMED
                                   looking like vanilla ice cream....
                                                     !yum!

And here is one of my embroidered butterflies to accompany
the flowers..:

 I was out on our deck yesterday working on finishing 
                                this one's
                                      black outlines...
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I finished adding the right side sashes to my BAD project ⇊⇊⇊

   I chose a Moda Basics Grunge in a taupe with gold shots...

Below is a close up of one of my favorite blocks↡↡↡

         This fabric seemed to blend with all the blocks pretty well..

So I cut the rest of the sashings and cornerstones...↴↴↴↴

        the cornerstones  is another Moda Grunge-y one in a pink....
                              
I have never done cornerstones before, so this will be a challenge
putting it all together for me....[fingers crossed]

Today I  sewed the blocks in their final layout rows 
to prepare for tomorrow's cornerstone rows: ↡↡↡

                 Can you find the block I made a mistake on????? 

Somehow, I mis-measured and made it too small...probably on a 
day that i was feeling especially low....;0000
                                         [Hint: it was on the May 24th...]
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I will end here with my lovely Rhodie all  in bloom⇟⇟⇟⇟

             That pink-y violet is a lot more intense in real life; 
                           Our gray skies here today
                                  have toned it down a lot....

We had replanted this on the 
front left corner of our house two years ago 
and then wondered if it would
even "take"-- it had gotten pretty big for transplanting...
Last year we had no blooms and it had 
yellowed, wilting
leaves...
                               Quite a comeback!!;)))

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Tonight we will eat my homemade minnestrone soup 
{this time I added some Cannellini beans to the mix} 
and garlic bread...
I hope you are all staying safe 
Difficult times....
Julierose, La Blageuse (staying busy-euse)

LITTLE THINGS MEAN A LOT

Here
is
Fiona's
"Nature"
Placemat...



and

                                           Here is Willa's....."Frozen" one

                                      and here is the reverse side of both....⇊⇊⇊

                                            Isn't this the cutest print?
                                   I spent my morning making these for my grandgirls ;))))

Things that can be FINISHED right away....
are always good and so rewarding...;))))

I will be mailing them out tomorrow...

[I was a bit disappointed with the "Frozen" fabric quality--definitely not up 
to usual standards...I am hoping that it will hold up to washings okay....]

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                            Here are yesterday's and today's BAD (block-a-day)

                                 I couldn't resist using the little pony fabric...;)))
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Our day started with rain, then just cloudy skies and now the sun is making a
valiant effort to emerge....

I hope your MEMORIAL DAY has been as peaceful and safe as ours has been...
~ ~ ~ waving my little flag in commemoration

Julierose, La Blageuse ("little things mean a lot"-euse)
                                                                             
                                                                             

                

BASKETS AND SNOWBALLS

                    The bottom 3 blocks are this weekend's works.....

I have been slowing down to allow my back to heal and taking 
frequent rests from sitting at my machine....

Today I was able to prep 6 more handle parts to prepare for some
sewing later on this week....

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And here are the           ⥥⥥⥥⥥

next two 

Merry Month of May
 blocks....




And the following three
 so that I am  now caught up to today's block

                                         so 18 of these done so far...

12 more to go for 30; and on the 31st, I hope to have received the 
sashing fabric I have ordered; although these days, who knows???

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Tomorrow I have to go food shopping, so it will be an early wake up call for
senior hours; hoping I can sleep tonight.....aren't we all just so weary these
days????

Stay safe-- despite the many openings this week;0000

Julierose, La blageuse ( weary-euse)