GATHERING, et al

 

Hello blogging friends, I am finally

starting to feel better...phew this 

has been a trip I wouldn't want

to repeat or wish on anyone...

I am working on "gathering" my

strength back...

At least now....

I am able to eat a bit more and 

I am not falling asleep every other

minute!! 

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As you can see above we are having an

unexpected  light Summer

shower;

 so good for our three patio tomato

plants on our back deck,....

With the projected heat wave

here through next Wednesday,

we can use all the rain we can get...

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Here is where I left off on my Christmas

Ojos quilting...

the central "greenish" blocks are all 

quilted and I hope to be working on the

red surrounding ones next....

[Sorry for the dark pix--very overcast

here this morning]

Taking things slow and easy...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(gathering-strength-euse)

APRIL STARS, et al

 

Dark Days,  my Coverlet of Comfort

now has Friendship Stars added to

the top...this was April's month-long

prompt from K3N on YouTube...

The moon was my own addition

as I do follow the moon's cycles

in my daily journal...

this coming Wednesday, May 7th,

we will get May's section prompt...

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My "Quackers" is now all sewn together

This is my latest machine-sewn piece; 

it seems that I need to have some

machine sewing while making the all 

hand-sewn Dark Days project.

A machine project

 just feels really like a good

alternate to all that planning

and hand sewing...

Here are all the little cut-offs

from Quackers:

This " Franken-block" 

will be the feature on the reverse...

I really used up all the "sewable" pieces..

so nothing to store this time...;)))

hurrah!!

👀💙💙👀

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and

Here is the start of my Christmas Ojos

quilting...

I am using a minty green 

perle (N0.8) cotton thread to

stitch the green center...

It is such fun to re-visit the leftovers

of my favorite older Christmas 

scraps...

[I can see part of a Jason Yenter

moon peeking out there...I just

loved his Christmas fabrics...]

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We are having a quiet weekend here

and watching Formula One 

racing from  Miami ...

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Supper will be leftover chicken and

rice casserole ,,,

Hope you are having a wonderful Sunday...

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(enjoying-stitching!!)

CHRISTMAS OJOS, et al

 

I've just finished stitching the center Ojos 

this afternoon....

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And:

L👀👀k what has arrived

at our Big Y:

We had them for breakfast this morning

[pronounced "push-key"];)))

They bring back memories of my 

Polish Aunt Sadie who

made them for us every year

before Lenten Season...

Our favorite flavor is 

Bavarian Cream...

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Candice brought me a lovely

Christmas bouquet--and

these are still in pretty

good shape:

Aren't those mauve-y pink roses

just beautiful...?

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We've just finished watching the final

Episode of

"The Crown"

and so, 

I've begun reading this:

And finding it quite fascinating....

A totally different point of view

on the Royals....

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I must take out my Bramble central block 

now that Audrey's next

prompt has come out.  

I need to begin 

to think about Borders, colors, and

1/4 sq triangle block corners....

I have kind of lost my way on this after

such a long break....

So I will be pulling out

my fabric stack

and seeing:

"Now, what was I thinking?"

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Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

CHRISTMAS OJOS QUILTING, et al

 

I began hand quilting my 

Christmas Ojos table topper

on Christmas Eve...

I just love hand quilting these

 ojos-type pieces.

So relaxing and easy

to see where to quilt...

And i love how they look 

all crinkled up with

quilting;))))

💖💕💓💝

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FYI for my Decluttering Amigas:

Now that my tables and cutting board 

are all cleared off--I can begin

to work on my glue booking

magazines today.

This will be my Day Three

as

my back needs a rest 

from reaching 

and

stretching 

and 

bending over.

OOff-Dah

:000

I will be paging through

 two bins-full of

catalogues,

magazines,

and 

Ads;

and culling images

 that I think

I can use in my 

"En Masse Journal",

"Color Glue Book"

and my 

"Anything Goes"

Glue book...

The only foreseeable problem here is

if I get distracted by

 little images 

I want to

 "fussy cut"!;)))

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I must say that after my clean-up

of stuff on my surfaces,

I kind of am "paralyzed" as to 

what to sew next...

The ideas just aren't flowing...

[Am I hesitant to "mess things up again"??]

There are:

No little pieces of fabric

out there

that say:

"Oooh, now I go

so well with 

that one--SEE???",

 etc.

Or

That box has the "project

 I so wanted to

finish"

...hmmmmm---

Sooooooo,

I am thinking that, for me, 

a "bit" of clutter 

is a moving force for any

creative ideas spring up...

[notice I say "a bit" not

a ton of it!!]

So I have already learned that 

about how I

like to work during 

this challenge.

It's all good...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(throwing-a-few-bits-and-bobs-around-euse!!)

:))))))))))))))))))))))))))))