MONDAY'S FOUR (CS)

                         As I make these every day from the same 
                             pile of 
                                    fabrics 
                        (pretty much, though a few additions 
                                            get thrown in as needed ), 

I am noticing how my ideas of 
"light" and "dark" change  every day....
and what goes [or doesn't go] with what....

                                          DARK⇆⇆⇆LIGHT

AND

and 

                         Here I added that tannish-print as a light 
                            Playing off of that brighter peach...

                    
                               I now have 33 blocks made...

These are all randomly sewn--
i am not trying to "match" up to any previous blocks I've made, 
as a matter of fact, I have stacked the finished ones in a box 
away from my sewing station...
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~ ~ ~ ~ waving 'neath cloudy and gray skies 

SO...........................{"wrap your troubles in dreams, 
                                  and dream your troubles away"}
                                                   😷💤😷
Julierose, La Blageuse (sheltering in place-euse)

FRIDAY FUN

                                  Next two Courthouse blocks      (night shot)

                  Some really old and vintage looking fabrics in here...
                           I love those faded roses and the paisley...
and ↴↴↴↴

   Here is a good example of fabrics I wish  had more of...but still have
a few strips left to use up...
I love that blue floral and the beige and the blue calicoes...
I am trying to sprinkle a few into each block along with my newer fabrics.

So, it seems, some blocks tend toward the more purple-y and 
others blue-ish and
yet others peachy and maroon-ish and 
pinks also...so VERY scrappy all over
 and in each block, too...

I have 27 blocks made so far...they are 9" unfinished...so I will now measure
the bed (it is king size) and try to figure out how many I will need...using
8.5" measurement...(that's right, right???);000
[Math-challenged moi]

That's all I made today-- there is a lot of thread
trimming and fabric trimming in making these-- 
so time consuming -- but fun, too...

Here is my table set up with cut strips:↡↡↡↡ I keep adding new ones...

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I was so tired--I slept for over 3 hours this afternoon--
and that is after 8 hrs last night!!   :'000.  
Did some catching up on "Zzzz's" for sure...

Hope this finds you all taking care and healthy

~ ~ ~ still waving --with mittens this time--it's cold--brrrr
Julierose, La Blageuse (Strip-sewing-euse)

COURTHOUSE STEPPING, ET AL

                                             Thursday's two Courthouse Steps.....

This one ranges towards



purples....







And 

This one is more muted  and vintage-y looking I think..

These two were started actually 

ON the 9" 

muslin square;

the last 22 were made and THEN 

put onto the muslin squares

with the last two rounds...

(if you understand?)

So today's take longer to make as 

I am really starting from the center

and working around.

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   EYE CANDY FOR YOU

↡↡↡↡

This is the 2nd year of our new Magnolia

that I got for my birthday last year..

I thought I'd better get a couple pictures before

the deer eat all the blossoms---

like they did last year ;0000

[It is about 5' 5" tall]

Thom just sprayed it with a deer/rabbit repellent.

Fingers crossed that will work...

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I also worked on my RSC blues today, but will hold off

until Saturday to post them...

Hope this finds you all safe and sheltering in place

as much as you can...

~ ~ ~ ~ 

from Julierose, La Blageuse ( hanging in there-euse)

MARU-GATA KIMMI, et al

  I finished the hand quilting on Maru-Gata Kimmi this morning...

      She is preparing for her Japanese Tea Ceremony (back)

 I just love these tea urns and tea pots.....↕↕↕↕↕

This fabric seemed so perfect for the backing...

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It is SUPER windy here this morning --

I am not a big fan of that constant sound...

So far, the highest gust up here at

The House on the Hill

was 22 mph...

Steady at 10-15 though...

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Here ↡↡↡↡ is my 

light blue box for RSC April

Along with some long paper strips from an old phone book..

I wonder what will emerge from these this month?

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And here are my first three 9" blocks for the KING SIZED 

Courthouse Steps bed quilt--

[Sorry for the darkish pix--very gray and cloudy here today...]

Truth be told

I began just sewing them willy-nilly together and they all

came out differing sizes (DUH!!)

So I have begun finishing those off onto the 9"

muslin squares adding strips

as needed...

a true Improv 

I am finding it hard to find old-fashioned or 

vintage looking florals and tone on tone

fabrics for this project...but, 

I think some tone on tone batiks look okay though...

{See the last white-ish strips above}

Anyway--fun figuring out for sure...

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And

Hoping you are staying safe (at home) and strong

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Multiple hand waving

Julierose, La Blageuse

(finding -fabrics-euse)

MARCH'S FINAL TWOSOME

                                               "POSEY" fliomsy for RSC March

                                                                   AND  ⇊⇊⇊ this flimsey↧↧↧↧

                                                            " VERTICALITY"

I am wondering what the new color will be for APRIL??? Aren't you all???

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Here's where I stand with my Courthouse Steps Wonkified blocks...

                    I have 22 done in three rounds of light/dark... 

No two are the same size--that should be a puzzle to get 
them together--but that is for later; 

I need to make some more hourglass blocks for more centers--
King Size beds take a LOT OF blocks...duh....;00000
I think I am crazee.....💃
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Is anyone else watching haircutting DIY videos???💇💇💇
In another week, Thom tells me that I will be cutting his hair...
What a brave soul he is--
the only hair cutting I've done is
trimming my own bangs...
my own hair is quite long--hmmmm
will I end up sitting on it by the time this is all over???
These are the burning questions flying through my brain ;000

[And did I say I want/need to know the color for April???huh? huh???]

Waving from here to wherever you may be ~ ~ ~ ~ 
Julierose, La Blageuse (isolating-euse)