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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.
Showing posts with label Jelly roll stash. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jelly roll stash. Show all posts

Saturday, January 31, 2026

ROLLIN', JELLY STYLE THAT IS, et al

 

Here are all my Jelly rolls stacked up on
my ironing board--
the idea is, that I won't be able
to iron until I start sewing 
with them hahahaha;)))))!!

the 3 on the right are all batiks...
and all unopened as yet...

I began this morning with a few leftover
jelly strips from what must have been
a pack of 1930's repro prints that I
bought when my grandchildren were
al little 
(The oldest now is turning 26 this Nov.
my how time gets away from us)
I am planning some kind of 16-patch 
quilt; I am not sure how I will set them or
if I will add corner triangles...

These below were partial strips so I was
only able to get one block from each pair..
↨↨↨↨

Somewhere in my mind is the dream
that I may live long enough to see 
any great grandchildren 
that I may have
someday ----
and that these will be the start
of a baby quilt...
for the first one....
πŸ‘Ά
["I can dream, can't I?" ...file under
songs for all occasions.;)))  ]

AND
below are the rest of those 
leftover strips sewn in pairs 
hanging over my ironing board...

These will yield 8 more blocks as they are
full length...

At least it's a start, right?  
I am really pushing myself
to get out of this "no-sew-jo" 
state of mind...
πŸ‘ΉπŸ‘ΊπŸ˜žπŸ˜ŸπŸ˜‘πŸ˜’

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Here is the 2nd flowering of my
waxed amaryllis...

And my planted one has two opened flowers
left and one new stem about to burst into bloom.
This one got a little top heavy with FIVE
blossoms and began to list dramatically
so I propped the stem up gently with
a couple wooden chop sticks...

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It was one degree when I arose this
morning at 7:00 and has
now risen to 19....
This cold is slated to stay with
us throughout the coming week...
Fingers crossed we miss that
Nor'easter that is barreling up the
coastline toward us tomorrow!!
☃⛇

Hugs, Julierose,
La Blageuse
(Helga-is-back-in-business-euse)

















Friday, April 4, 2025

"BLUES IN THE NIGHT", et al

 

I've hand quilted 3 blocks so far and
I am working on the 4th (top L).

I am mostly working on these when
I find myself inexplicably awake
at 3 in the morning!! 
(hence the title).

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Here is a picture of how we put
our garden to bed 
last Fall for 
the winter 
months...

and now that our garden guy has
come and dug it all out and seeded this
spot with grass and covered it with 
straw...
Here is its state now--
We will be watering 2x/day until the grass appears...

He is due to return to finish off replanting the
strip along our garage that abuts the front
walkway...soon...
Meantime, one lone daffodil is
holding court there...

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Last Monday.....
I opened this old jelly roll of 
20 fabrics

and 
πŸ˜€πŸ˜Š
Here's what's happening!! 
πŸ‘€πŸ˜‰πŸ‘€

These box-ey blocks are 
really fun to sew
together...

I found 4 more jelly rolls that each have
42 strips and i will see if I can find 
easy, fun patterns with minimal
cutting to use them up....

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
For those of you who asked 
what's going on
With my "Dark Days"
K3N project..
????
Well it is up on my wall 
as is...
And after
I watched this Wednesday's
K3N YouTube video I 
gave one little star block
a try by hand...
and...
N  O  P  E  
it was a total mess...

SOooo, I decided to make my own
stars using Helga--and why not?
My poor hands just could not manage
doing all that...

The little star on the left is the
disaster result--super wonky !!!
the other two are machined...

I am planning on making a few more
and will be watching next Wednesday
to see how K3N attaches them...
(if I end up doing that!!).

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Very warm here this afternoon--66
and sunny--Tom filled our Garden planter
with stones and soil this afternoon 
after he got his ok from the MD 
this morning...
Now I am waiting for plants to
appear in our nursery--still a bit early
here on the southeastern
coastal area of CT...
I want to try tomatoes, lettuces
and a few herbs:
basil, tarragon and parsley...
We've placed it at the sunniest corner of
our back deck...One more layer of soil
will be added to give the plants 
plenty of depth...

[Tomatoes:  Brandywine,  Sungold
Lettuce: Buttercrunch, Green Romaine]

I hope your weekend will be a good one...
hugs, Julierose
La Blageuse
(quilting-&-star-making-&boxes-euse)