LOLLIPOP FLOWERS et al

 

I have finished the hand quilting 

around the basket of Lollipop Flowers...

I have a question  from a newbie (moi)

appliquer

for all you appliquers

out there:

I haven't quilted the navy basket itself, 

and I don't know if it would be

a good thing to do????

Or not????

I think it looks kinda puffed out with all 

those stitches surrounding it...

??????

What do you recommend???

If I would quilt it, 

I think I would use 

a darker thread

and not the creamy white....as

I love how the basket pops

against the background.  

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Here is the first page of 

my January all hand sewn

"#Roxy's Journal of

 Stitchery Volume 9"

in progress....

[We are to take a well-loved book 

each month for 6 months and make

a little library of volumes...

Isn't that a fun idea????]

😇

First double page spread below...

The book I chose to use for this little 

booklet is "Snow" by John Banville--

one of my favorite mystery reads and

perfect, I thought for 

January's volume...

I used the white sari silk to 

represent snow drifting;

the dotty fabric will become

embroidered snowflakes;

the netting is from part of an

old tablecloth of my

Mother's;

and the little house represents

our home....

I will be dotting the sari silk with 

those white Mikuyu beads...

I am still stitching it all in place...

just a little at a time...

Below is the cover for this little volume...

I wove this little piece quite

a while ago...

and.....

I've attached it to some more of 

the remnants of the blue

dress my Mom made me for

the back cover....

All the pages and the cover are backed with

soft flannel for ease of sewing...

 and here are both the inside cover pages:

I am working on being able to embroider words that

are LEGIBLE!!! Not so easy...

On the inside of the front cover 

is a little pocket to hold any little

photos I may take in January documenting

snowfall using

my little Canon miniprinter...

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A N D ....

HELGA is all packed up and ready to go for her

"Spa" treatment this coming week...

While she is gone, I plan to "deep clean" 

all around and beside her normal spot...

SOOOO DUSTY!!!!!!

Yikes!!👺👹👻

Full of these dust bunnies

🐇🐇🐇🐇

for sure.

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Sunday Supper

at our house tonight will be :

My special Chicken and Rice Casserole

one of our favorite meals...

I prepared it early this morning

and will just pop her into the

oven for 1.75 hrs .....

I love not having to cook @ 4 pm...

💗💓💞

😁😂😄

I hope you are all enjoying your Sunday...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse)