CUTTING EDGE et al

I have spent 1 hour + cutting this morning --
before the fibers got to me ! I did take an allergy pill, too.. but those ripped
lengths I used before the accurate die cutting got to me..

              Above are the strips using the solids I have on hand...

   AND using some of the remainders, I cut these↓↓↓                                          

I love my little 1 and 1/2" Accuquilt die.; 
it cuts a block of 9 squares with one pass...
there is no way I could do all these using my rotary cutter 
OR, for that matter, my scissors--at least not in what's left of my
lifetime hahaha...

AND
Here are the 3" squares also I die cut --all in the semi low volume range:

            I will most likely need some more, but this is
                   enough to get started on my
                               semi-low volume piece...
                                    my next project ,,,, 
                                                     some batiks
                                                             and some not:)))

This idea is still kind of percolating..
no pattern-- just some pix I saw 
on blogs and the internet and my new book 
"Unconventional and Unexpected" (or is it the other way around? 
anyway THAT one...)

I won't be able to judge what colors for those strips and squares until
I start putting this together...
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BUT (isn't there always a but??)

I need to sew these into blocks first: I am done using up all but two little
leftover batik triangles--phew--pretty good, I think ;)))💖💖 
Eight-One little snowballs..
And, I loved making them, every one...

I am still pondering how to set them....
keep them as is 
or play that switch and shuffle game?? 

They are pinned up there just as I finished them at the
moment........
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And this poor pineapple is languishing,,,,,,,,,,,kept warm by the
legos on one side and the snowballs on t'other...

                Until I decide on some kind of border or borders or 
                     even use it as a center in a a bigger medallion piece? 
A la Gwen Marston....hmmmmm

It looks all squished-in there doesn't it?  Poor baby.....;000 lol

And that plus the 3 finished legos rows comprise my design wall
this rainy Friday...

I have some thinking to do and some playing....

Hugs, Julierose La Blageuse (asking-euse)

PLAYING WITH LEGOS

I have begun to hand quilt the Legos strips; they are pin basted onto muslin;
so the quilting with this Presencia No 8 thread is easy to needle...

I am quilting every other block in a different orientation:  the two yellows
in the first row vertically and the middle pink horizontally..
the next row will be the reverse with the vertical in the middle and the two outside quilted blocks horizontally.

                                            I had to think ↑↑↑ lol
                                    about how I wanted this to look
                                         as all the blocks are
                                                    pieced vertically--

AND: this way I won't have to worry about matching quilting lines 
when I sew the strips together...

                             It has been "muy muy caliente" 
                               (very very hot) here, so these hot
                                             chilies remind me;  
                    but this morning the hot spell has broken a bit,
                     and the humidity is only 62%--what a break;)))))

                                         I sat out-of-doors↟↟💓
                         this morning on our deck to have my coffee 
                                   and do some quilting, taking advantage 
                                                 of the bright light...
                                   👩💗such a lovely way to start my day...💗

                                           These tiny shells↟
                                          remind me that tonight the 
                                           ocean breezes will allow us to walk 
                                              on the boardwalk and be cool.

[NOT like last night when the muggy weather made us exhausted..ugh!!]

Here is this morning's 6 am sky--the dark clouds being blown away by the approaching cold front..

Hope your weekend will be happy and filled with joyful sewing...
hugs, Julierose, La blageuse