THIS, THAT AND THE OTHER

  "This":         TAH_DAH  : Swiss Crosses is all quilted....
                 And I love  💗💝💟 how it came out 
                                       now for borders....
                                         red, I think

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"That":

Little South West Ojos
flimsey--



I love these
colorways...so
warm ;))))

                                           Flowery Ojos....

                              this one is more old-fashioned with those
                                         florals and smaller prints....

I love making these both on paper and on muslin
squares......
                    I can see more of them in 2020 using up scraps...

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And the "Other":

An off-the-cuff way to use up 2.5" pre-cuts 
that I am swimming in...

      

                     The start of a long table runner with leftover precut B&W squares....
                                             for my dining room table....

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This is what my design wall looks like this morning..BUT.......
But wait a minute..

What, you say?? And Where is Red/Pink??

Well, it is hanging in the "time out" closet until it decides to un-warp itself!!!!!!!

           (Evidently, It went through a "Black Worm Hole")

Evidently, (duh) someone cut the long strips unevenly and all the bias
edges decided to pull to one side...very skewed....at warp speed....
SOoooooooooo, break time.....
Enough already...S I G H 

[One bright sunbeam is that I DO like the Christmas Doggies}

                                        See what I mean?  
That is not just uneven pinning on the wall, it is out of "true" 

I will have to rip out every vertical seam and try to straighten out the
strips...and, to be honest, I am just not up for it...now....💁💩 💩(!!)

This has been nothing but trouble...woe and trouble...
and it is my OWN fault...
but I have learned something: I do know this but evidently
I don't practice it:
                         Trim everything EXACTLY-- FIRST (DUUUUUH) .  

No fudging on long strip sewing....

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I am really pushing myself to get back into my sewing room and
find my lost "joy" in sewing....

And: I need to pull out another piece that
is ready for quilting in the evenings...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (searching for mojo-euse)

HEXAGONIA, et al

  I have made twelve of these :    ROSETTES........

and have used up all the leftover Christmas fabric in that line...
with just two additions of leftover reds....

Here are the two reds 

And four more....

I am planning on appliqueing them to Holiday themed background squares.....
the trick being to FIND a fabric that will pull them all together....

I thought B&W text immediately, but didn't like how it looked--so 
am searching my stash .....

Stay tuned for the final selection......;)))
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I am now doing a Star A Day with some precuts....(I have so many mini charms, charms, 
jelly rolls, layercakes--WHAT was I thinking.???
..well, I am trying to use them up....)

                                                          
 A Closer look at these STARS:

             

And:

I had previously  pre-cut all the central squares from a bigger landscape fabric
 and set up my  wonky stars with those gilded triangles...
so now I will set to sewing them together..

                       Here is my little tub of pieces at the ready;)))
                                           and no rotary work required for these
                            I can trim up the flippy corners with my scissors, Lizzy (;}}})
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And finally, here are my Desert Dreams Ojos ready to be sewn together...
no more usable pieces to string....only little bits--
which will go into some small improv pieces I am
working on....

I have kept the centers, this time, all in the same color family: yellows and golds; and 
pinks and maroons...I like this look--Again this may (hopefully) set with a solid
(gold or rose) fabric squares will become  a long, narrow table runner.....I love 
those and have made Christmas ones  for my daughter and DIL....
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                                               >>>>>S I G H I N G  H E R E>>>>

My heavy work with rotary cutters is going to have to end.  Really and 
truly............
Too many nights with aching shoulders , wrists and hands....
SO..........................
I am going to switch over to scissor work as much as I can...
and using my Go BAby dies
 and ripping...

and in that scheme of things, 
I want to try my hand at some improv work...

I have been re-reading Sherri Lynne Wood's "The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilts"
And although, for the most part, none of my quilts have been what is termed
 "modern", 
I will attempt to utilize her methods for some smaller pieces 
(I know all her stuff is really big, but maybe 
I can come up with some  smaller pieces?? ).  
And that is where I stand right now....

hugs, Julierose La Blageuse  (shifting-euse)

DESERT DREAMS OJOS

                 I've begun working on these tiny little string pieces.....
                          I have moved on to my 
                               smallest squares of papers now
                                              only 3.5".

                           Along with these leftover triangles 
                        (from a failed Broken Dishes project...)
                         which make perfect corners for my 
                                        Desert Ojos...

I just cannot seem to stop making these string blocks, people!

I keep on telling myself ............
it's time to move onto another project--

                              and then, BAM! 💫💣👀👀

I sit down at my machine and those little squares 
just jump under my needle..

                         Perhaps this "EYE" has cast its spell over me.
                         It sits on my shelf overlooking my machine....

[Conjuring up images of Desert Palms, 

Oases, Arabian horses,

shimmering sands....]

And so it goes....

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse (dreaming of desert nights-euse)