THE SAME...ONLY DIFFERENT, et al

 

My design wall has the two projects

I am working on with the exact same fabrics...

I find it amazing how different 

they look ;)))

On the left is another Ojos group 

that will be 5 blocks by 4 blocks--

a small table topper...

and Almost completed is

Criss-Cross next to them

on the right...

Below are :

The fabrics I picked out

from my cut-offs and strip scraps..

which I am hoping to use 

up for both..

I know 

I will still have leftovers which will

be turned into 

crumb blocks and

hopefully 

G O N E!!!!

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AND

↧↧↧↧↧

Snow Globe for my next to last

page in my Fabric Journal is

finished...

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Here is a sneak peek at what I will

be using for my January-June

Garden themed

slow stitching project.

 

It just came in the mail yesterday

from a Mill in Maine

More about this later.....

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I am happy to say that our tank set up for our new

propane generator has been approved today

by the Town building inspector...

Now to have it hooked up and 

the tanks filled...

:)))))

[Note: this has been in the works

since August...it seems to take

so long these days to get workers

on site to install anything!!]

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Tonight's dinner will be my

meatloaf and boiled

potatoes with a side

salad...

A simple hearty meal 

for this cold

day...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(fun-sewing-euse)

GOOD MORNING WINTER GREENERY

A little surprise this morning--just a dusting of white stuff....

                              It's so cold, I took these out my front
                                                 door;)))
Quite a difference from Summery rains....

So into my sewing room:

                                GREENERY↓↓↓↓ OF A DIFFERENT KIND 

Here are the beginnings of my RSC journey this year:

                                Little pile O' scraps.......

                                                 Ojos greenery
And

                           Nine patches...I snuck in one darker green..

                                                  A N D

                           Crazy little, wonky grayed-off greens...
                                          "Itsie-Bitsies"

I used my longer strips on Ojos; 
and then mediums on 9 patches; and
little cast offs on Itsie Bitsies.....
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SINCE I HAVE ONLY VARIOUS WEIRD CUT OFFS LEFT....

I am rustling through my stash to find little greens that may have
jumped ship to add to my paltry collection....

                                                      O R T S
So on this Wintry, gray day, I am thinking of green and gold 
Summertime days as I sew along...

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (dreaming of summer-euse)

PIECES OF MY HEART

Here reside: the tiniest little pieces of favorites from yesterday and today...
As you can see the pickings to make these Ojos are getting smaller and
the variety is getting low; but I am determined to "use them up".
And give me a lap quilt where i can wool-gather and look back; each fabric reminds me of my younger days...everything is so connected.............

Some Mom picked out and some my friend MaryAnn gave me (we used to 
get together and trade 1/4-1/2 yds for variety.....

I have used the leftover sky fabrics deliberately through out this project
as it seems to bring back memories....now why and how do certain fabrics
do this?  This is one of the things I love about using scraps and strings and
bits and bobs...;))) 💓💔💕💖💗

(singing "Sunrise, sunset, quickly go the days....")

Here

are

some

bits
and bobs
and cutoff

ends 
for 

the


corners....



I haven't as yet had to actually sew
some together to lengthen strips--but that is in my future....

and here is how the pink/blues look against my ISF and ISR darker
blocks.....I think it looks so much better than the long strips---
but I just 💟💞💝 those strips--they will be another project....probably a 
coins type....

so many years collecting fabrics...and these are just pinks, wine shades,
and blues....and I have whole lot of stacks of uncut left......a whole
wealth of heart-rending fabrics...and even if some are more loved
than others--when you use cut-offs, they all merge into a new whole
heart......;))) 
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And a TAH--DAH----here:

               Yes,  I finished Fiona's Sugar Plum Fairy Diamond Painting--
you cannot see the sparkle in this photo, but it just glimmers 
and shines...

Both granddaughters play in their outside Fairy Garden a lot--so this will
be for those long winter "inside" days to remind them of Summer Days
to come...

I have set up and begun Willa's canvas....hers tends to use
lighter colors--more of a pastel re-creation....
I am really enjoying diamond painting...I find it so calming....
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Chilly as it is today, Big Thom will be bbq-ing cheeseburgers and I will
fry up (don't you just love fry-ups???) green peppers and onions 
in x-tra virgin olive oil to top them.....
and we will simply have baked beans to go
with on nice Water rolls....(mouth watering here😉😋)....

Hugs from chilly CT,
Julierose, La Blageuse (Remembering times past-euse)