PLAYING CATCH UP, et al

 

I've been slowly filling in all the blocks

that will finish on October 31st.

(see my little witchey-poo there at the end).

👻👻👻

I decided to add bits of fabrics to

 every other block or so to

make it easier on my hands for stitching

and now will be filling in the blanks...

eight of them left ...

then this will be ready to 

attach to my bobbin.

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This noontime, DH and I decided to 

sit out for a while in this

lovely sunshine-y day...

Our trees are really beginning to

show their Fall colors now...

this is the view from our front patio....

You can just see the edge of the ladder

Tom was using to reattach our 

front walk camera there on the left..

[N.B.He doesn't ever 

sit for very long!!]

and here he is checking it out 

and coming to sit....

You can see the brilliant trees 

behind him there...

and the many leaves that have fallen...

Autumn is my very favorite season...

;))))

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In between resting my hands from stitcheries

I've been working on this Charles Wysocki puzzle...

All that is left is that sky--so challenging...

You can see the few pieces left in my little

sorting trays at the top...

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Here is the "not so little" Little that I will

layer up and quilt next....

A few closer shots:

I used up a whole lot of my favorite 

Christmas fabrics in this one--

Some of them being Jason Yenter 

"In the Beginning" prints which I just

L O V E ....

and of course, roses and pomegranates...
This should be a fun one to quilt...

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I am also prepping my 2027 Hobonichi Weeks..

I have watercolored some of the extra 

"Notes" pages in the back...in my

usual fashion.

Doing this makes it more interesting to 

write either right on the spots or

around them.  Next I will add 

my little girl stickers on

all the pages--

I am still a Child at Heart, I guess...

😀💗💙💜😊

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I also fooled around with some leftover

threads for stitching--😂

what I call

my "scribble stitching"...

I will be adding beads to

use up my stash of old beads

collected through the years...

Couched in pink silk sari ribbon...on

some lovely silk fabric that 

QDJulie sent me...

(thank you so much💖)

Just some random, fun and easy stitching...

I have no idea where this is going

 but have thoughts of maybe a little fabric

book filled with similar ones for next year...

I've been trying to keep busy and 

I feel my hands are a lot better...

still being cautious though....

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

NEXT...et al

 

"Sunrise, Sunset" is next in line

for a long term hand quilting project...

I am beginning on the long coin strip center...

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Here is the final version of 

"Falling Leaves" 

A Flimsy now...

I decided to add just two more borders 

with cornerstones of the leaf fabric...

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And I finally finished my hand quilting on

"Christmas Ojos"

(Phew--lots of stitches here)

I love how textured it came out...

You can see all the stitching here....

😇😊😌😍

Now I have to find a good binding

fabric...

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Here is my little collection of

meditation spools on my buffet...

Five done now...

They are perched on my Grand-mere's old

cake stand and sitting on her

crocheted doily...

Those dried roses are from my last

year's bouquet from my

Sweet Baboo 👄💖

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Tomorrow my daughter and her family

will all be coming to share lunch with us

before they are off to college and/or

work for the Autumn...

Also, (one of the twins grandsons), Greg,

is bringing his new girlfriend

to meet us--hmmmmm

must be serious, right?

👫👌;)))

We hope to hear all about their

recent family trip to Brazil

for their cousin's wedding

celebration...💒

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(prepping-euse)

SUNDAY PREP, et al

 

I pin layered and pin basted my

Christmas Ojos table topper

this morning...

Here is the backing:

This one is my next hand quilting 

project ....

AND..

I also layered and pin basted

my smallish Easter table topper:

and here is the backing I sewed:

I used leftover K. Fassett strips and

the Easter eggs center...

Very pastel-ey and Springlike

I think...;))

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"Blues in the Night "

is all quilted and trimmed awaiting

a binding which I hope to make

this coming week...

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 and here is the reverse old tablecloth side

I just love that vintage look and feel that

the big stitching gives it...

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I've begun a new Helga project

[love my machine sewing]

It's a new scrappy one:

Using up the rest of my blue strips and

cut offs...

It is a "Duckworth" type of quilt..

Using my 

torn strips and scissor trimmed  as I go...

I have trued them up to 6" when they get

large enough...

with my 6" square ruler...

Here is the next grouping 

of six ready to begin

next to Helga...

I like this method as you even use

the little cut-offs as you go...

{Those little overhanging sqs

on each row}

I am really trying to use up what I

have on hand==

and in the process

I see that my blues stash is 

very LOW....

So if and when I get more fabrics

they will be blues...

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Here is our new "Stonescape"

area by the front walk 

and side of the garage

I like it--there are a few lilies that

I rescued and I will add more

bulbs to this area...

Hopefully the weed growth will be

blocked by all the stones...

We shall see...

We are aiming for easy care to 

enable us to remain in our home 

for as long as possible...

the grass loved the rains we've had

It is definitely springing up now...

I hope your Sunday is

a restful one...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(Ojos-stitching-euse)

CHRISTMAS OJOS, et al

 

Working on my Christmas Ojos piece

this afternoon; I noticed

that I am really running low

on my stash of 

Reds and Greens..

THEN....

the mail arrived

 and I

received

this lovely huge package

of these

↧↧↧↧

I won Sally's

 [click to visit her blog]

December giveaway

and all this yumminess !!

;))))))

A huge bundle of cut offs and 

strips all ironed and neatly

folded...

All reds and greens...

Thank you so much Sally..

💓

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My Peach Cactus is all bedecked with

a ga-zillion blooms

And more to come...

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I took out my "Christmas Puppies"

lap quilt today 

Christmas Coins setting...with

white bar separators...

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I will be continuing to work 

on my Christmas Ojos project 

a little each day...now that

I have a lovely variety of

reds and greens....

All that is left to put out is my little

collection of bottle-brush trees...

I have to decide where to 

display them this year...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(Ojos-ing-euse)