FRIDAY FLOWERS, et al

 

Our Magnolia has flowered out!!

I love the color variations in each bloom...

The deer came last night for dessert 

and ate the lowest blossoms 

scattering the petals

beneath....

And,

My Bleeding Hearts

are about to come into flower

The original two plants were a gift

from a friend and now

have spread all around my

hydrangea...

they are just so delicate and lovely...

and Hydrangea has finally

come into the bud stage...

We had cut it back a lot last Fall

Here are some of the dried flower heads

from last year:

They are on my Grand-mere's antique

pie plate...in front of our fireplace...

Just lovely dusty rose colors...

I am looking forward to culling more 

blooms from this year's crop;)))

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Here is my finished and quilted 

April Dark Days block

I stitched around all the star points and

then did kantha running stitches in 

the darker borders keeping the 

threads on the darker side...

I didn't add anything else on the border sections

[ K3N suggested in her this week's prompt to 

add star constellations...]

as I felt this cloth was busy enough and I also

wanted to keep that  "darker" feel...

This is my Friendship Star (which is our prompt for April) with the 

hourglass center representing long time friends...

As you can see everything is "big stitched"...

And this is where it will be attached to

the first 3 sections...

I hope your weekend will be a wonderful one...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(quilting-Blues in the Night"-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

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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...

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