LAYERING UP, et al

 

Here are the first 2 Summer placemats

 ready to be

layered up for pin basting..

on my dining table..

and...

the 2nd two

We are in need of placemats, and I had

these cute fabrics and some leftover

jelly roll strips [from the--you remember--

jelly roll debacle hahaha].

So i decided to pair them...

I especially love the little doggies on the

bottom one...💚💚💚

Lastly, next in line for pin basting

is this Crumb Table topper

Another really fun way to use those crumbs

up and improv a bit...;)))

And last, but not least....

↴↴↴

My Christmas table topper which

has been languishing for ages

needs a backing and batting.

So it will be next in line...

I have ordered batting 

for this last one and am

waiting for it to arrive in the mail....

I am getting my "Littles" all pin basted for

Autumn quilting...

AND

"Posies" is still resting on my

design wall waiting

for a new fabric that I bought to arrive.

The fabric is a little strewn blue floral

type to go with the petals...I really

didn't have anything in my stash that

came close to being in the "mode"

I wanted....

I haven't bought any fabric in ages...

WOW Prices are certainly up!!!

$$$$$$

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In the meantime, I am continuing to make 

my little neutral Ojos and the stack is

getting larger...

As a result,  my sewing station looks like

a tornado hit it!!!!

😍😧😬

Here are the latest two in progress...

Doing my telephone paper sewing...

↓↓↓↓↓

Such relaxing sewing, I think.

:)))))

I don't know what I will end up

doing with these, but they are a fun way

to use up my leftover neutral strips...

and keeps those bags of leftovers

from mounting up...

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We are staying inside this afternoon as

the temp has risen; but, we were able to sit

out on our deck this morning 

for our wake-up coffees...so nice...

💑

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(prepping-"Littles"-euse)

WHAT'S IN THE COOKIE TIN? , et al

 

I can tell you it's not those cookies--

they are A L L  gone....

Y U M M M M 😁😂😃

In keeping with using my stash and leftovers....

I am making my favorite Ojos in just whites,

off whites, and low volume colors

--all my cut offs and leftovers

from sides of quilts, bindings, etc...

All on 4" square telephone book papers...

I really do like this kind of sewing--

almost, but not quite "mindless"

and so relaxing...

😇😊😌

I want to machine sew, but I am not in the mood

to be able to decide on a project these days...

and so, this type of sewing is just perfect...

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Below is my final binding project for

this year...

My Christmas Ojos is 

all set for me to use this year....

Here is the "Plum Pudding" 

fabric background which really 

shows the dense quilting...

I 💓how this came out and also that lovely fabric....

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Below is a photo of my secondary work area where I

do my fabric journals and hand stitching...

Talk about "stuff"---right???? 

I mean it is almost

always messy for sure!! 

I am working on a little Christmas project for our

holiday decor right now...

BUT

more about that later on....;))))))

I've gathered all my bits and bobs with leftover Christmas 

fabrics alongside my three cabinet 

drawers full of threads

here to the left of where I sit --

so as to be easily

accessible...

I am still having to be very careful about

 how much I actually sew and for how long

these days...but I am stubbornly refusing

to give up...

I hope to get to hand quilt 

 a couple more  sashings

on "Sunrise, Sunset" tomorrow...

Those plus the borders are all

I have left to do...

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With the advent of these colder gay

days, and early darknesses

I decided that I needed to pull out my

brilliant colored Kawandi  

to brighten things up....

Here it resides on my cocktail table:

"Sunset over the Ocean"

is my first Kawandi project--

I really love how it came out...

AND...

FYI:

I purposely pulled the side edge few rows

of threads tighter than usual to give it a 

"wave" look for the ocean feel....

↷↶

You can see that effect here. 

What fun this was to make...

I plan on making a ]nother Kawandi i

n the New Year

for my dining table...

I hope you are all managing to stay warm

on these colder days and enjoying your

sewing projects...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

( humming-"Sleigh bells ring, 

Are you listening?

In the lane 

snow is glistening? "-.

..euse)