THURSDAY TOTALS

                     Luckily, I saved this one square for my Merry Month of May...
                   this is for the 13th and will be doing today's block later....

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                                             Four new 16-Patch Squared ....
                             I love how those leaves in the top left one
                                just came together--
                                   totally serendipity....;))) 
                                      12 of these done...

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And something beautiful to raise your spirits as it did mine;)))⇊⇊⇊

                   Here is the Mother's Day and Birthday bouquet my son
                       and family sent me....
                           I love those little white roses 
                                  and the snapdragons...;)))


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                    I now have 63 Courthouse Steps made.....
                      (7 by 9 = 63 ) which doesn't even come close
                        to covering even just the
                          top of our king bed....

                             I have put these on a bit of a hold ----
                               while I set up to quilt the SIL's 
                                 "Sailing into the Future" quilt
                                    I hope to set up Helga for
                                      quilting tomorrow, and work on it through
                                           this weekend...

  I want to get  this off of my dining table and get it D O N E!!!

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We, at least, have a nice sunny day today (not even thinking about
the storms headed our way for tonight and tomorrow!!); 000
I hope to take a little stroll around my yard to see 
what is going on (if anything)
with my various little garden spots...

I hope you are staying safe ---

~ ~ ~ waving while walking~ ~ ~ ~ 
Julierose, La Blageuse (deciding on quilting-euse)

FORWARD ON A FRIDAY

                  All pinned and ready to either machine quilt or tie....
                                      Decisions, decisions..........

Since I threw my back out this morning ;0000 
{note to self: don't drop soap in the shower!!} 
I will have time to decide.....

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Last two Courthouse Steps for now--they number 58:

                             Really reaching into deep scrap stash
                               and using some of Wanda's (click) 
                                   lovely strips she gifted me.

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                            ↟↟↟  Yesterday's Merry Month of May  ↟↟↟
                                                    block-a-day

                                  Today, I set one up but I couldn't
                                      sit at the machine to sew it ;000

                                                 Here is the set up of today's :      ⇓⇓⇓⇓⇓

It is a lot brighter than the other ones....

    

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Here are the next  two   "In A Square 16-Patch"  blocks

      I am working on....

[For those of you who asked how I used a jelly roll to make these....

Those squares are cut from sewing two long jelly strips together

then cutting that pair in half; and then sewing into four;

 and finally, then cut into 2.5" strips...

for the 16 patch block

The 8" squares are then cut diagonally 

to be sewn on on each side]

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Here is the result...

I am going to be calling this one:

"Garden Stroll"

I feel the corners above look like

garden stepping stones...

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I guess I will be resting and icing my back today...

Thom is cooking spaghetti sauce for me....

:)))))))))))))) YAY!!

Be careful and stay safe now

~ ~ ~ ~waving under gray and cloudy skies~ ~ ~ ~

Julierose, La Blageuse (ouchey-euse)

FUN IN MAY

                    Here are the next three Courthouse Steps blocks...
                             These are taking much longer as fabrics
                                    have been pared down a bit and so........
                                           decisions take longer...

Before I was really whipping through block making, but now, maybe 
one a day...and I also had to cut more muslin squares and more triangles
for hourglass centers...

So far, I have 52 made up....all different...I have them all stacked in a pile
off to the side....
the burning question is will they all play well together?
?????????????????????????????????

                         And I have begun a new block-a-day project for the : 
                                            " Merry Month of May...."

                                       Here are the first two....⇣⇣⇣⇣

                      I will try to make one each day so that I  will have 30 blocks
                                   to make up into a lap quilt on May 30th......

                      Another easy-peasey and enjoyable project....

I hope your weather this Saturday is as pretty as ours is...nice and
sunny--if still a bit chill-making with the winds off the ocean.....

~ ~ ~ ~ waving from my recliner after lunch....

Julierose, La Blageuse (Fun-sewing-euse)

RSC LAST APRIL SATURDAY, et al

     Two Ojos...One Doorway to Spring... and one hourglass strippy
                  and
                     that's all
                          that's left of my light blue scraps....;)))

Plus, of course, my continuing work on this ↧↧↧↧

                   I have almost finished stitching the blades on
                                   this 2nd Dresden,,....
                     And I have one more Dresden left to work on.
[and..................
Here I was thinking that I would be watching the Red Sox 
games and stitching away...
I guess not....]

Come over and visit Angela at (click) super scrappy to take a peek
at what we have all been doing this April of the light blues...

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and, 
Here are the latest four Courthouse blocks...
My long term project...

                         I have been slowly adding some Old Golds
                            and a few peaches, too.

It has been slow going as I have been down with a little cold, but am
feeling much better today (thank you for all your good wishes).

Here are some close ups for those who asked to see the fabrics
larger--(you can double click to get really close)

I had to cut more muslin squares this week; and I will have to 
order more
muslin for the backings...

These are definitely so, so 
                                     ↯↯↯
                                      "S C R A P P Y"
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Stay safe 
Enjoy the weekend as much as you can....

Julierose, La Blageuse (~ ~ ~ waving from my shelter-euse)

HORRAY FOR TWO ON A SUNNY DAY

                                             Fabric choices are getting less varied
                                 these two are quite similar...............

I've added that  bit of warm brown calico I found..... and that
leaf-ey batik....and the narrow music fabric that I love....

       You can see how narrow that lovely ↟↟↟ Japanese iris print is 
                             I am using 
                                             E V E R Y   B I T up ;))))
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The sun came out this morning and although it is still cold, it
is heartening to see sunshine...;)))--- even if it is only peeking out
now and then among the scudding clouds...
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I have developed a little cold here; and so, 
I will be resting more today...👫😷 


Stay safe and sheltered:
~ ~ ~ ~ waving 'neath the sun  Julierose ;)))