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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.
Showing posts with label Butterfly 4. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Butterfly 4. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

MOVING ON

 

                                             I began this Grief Cloth after Mom died, 
                                                        5 years ago now this past June.

I kept having to put it down and away in its box; for....
every time I picked it up it all rushed back...losing her....
my last parent; my Father died in 1997--way too soon....

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I have finally been able to add borders and have decided to work on this now...

The three hearts on the bottom are symbols of 
my Father (L), 
my Mother (R) 
and me in the middle as their only child...

At the top -----
the little heart flying away is me,
 "moving on" with my life without them....

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I am going to do embroideries in the white spaces;
some applique patching,
and add final borders 
for a little  picture to be framed.....

A Memory ; 
A Remembrance of our lives together,

and
NOW
 I am finding this to be heart-warming work..
                                         💗💗💗👪

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In other stitcheries:
I have begun my 4th butterfly--which will be all in greens...

Its body is a dark green
 (looks black here)
And I have added some french knots 

[Can you see my feet sticking out there  ;))) ]
                                        
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AND
Like the butterfly,
I am moving on....

Hugs to you all
Stay Safe
Julierose, La Blageuse (stitching-euse)






Sunday, September 6, 2020

PATCHING, et al

 

                                                        MY FAVORITE DENIM SHIRT...

Time for  a fix....


                                                                  This is a long tear....
                                       so I trimmed off the hanging threads 
                                                 and added some fray check to all the sides....

                                                        Before  I basted the tear  shut ...

                                            
Next:   
                                   I remembered this lovely fabric strip that Lizzy at 
                                                                  Lizzy at           
                                                        Gone to the Beach
                                                               sent me
                                                  in her packet of favorite fabric scraps....
                                                       thanks Lizzy so much...I am using them
                                                                in special places ....💕💖

                                               And then ,
                                             I  appliqued it on...
                                                            using my prepared 
                                                                       folded under seam method...

                                                                    A N D ...
                                                                 V O I L A !!              :)))

                                    My favorite Shirt can still be worn some more....😁🙋🙇
                                                                 File under "USE IT UP!!!

                                              I will think of you, Lizzy, every time I wear this...

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                                                           Early Morning on our deck....

                                                   I am deciding where to place the black
                                                                   Cross Stitches before I
                                                                         add any colors....

I decided on a single outline for now--
When I finish both sides,
I will see if I need a deeper line....

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It is so beautiful and cool out here
in the morning quiet...
I can just spy my lovely hydrangeas 
gently waving in the cool breeze....
Ahhhhhh...
What a lovely way to start my day....

And,
What is that lovely odor wafting in on the breezes??
So pungent...

I look over our east railing and spy this
bush covered in wild white roses...
Mother Nature's perfume....

I hope your Labor Day Weekend is wonderful
Stay safe
Wear your masks
Hugs,
Julierose, La Blageuse (mending-euse)