FINALLY, A FLIMSEY , et al

 

Olympic Curling has reached

the flimsey stage.

(Sorry for the tipsey photo--

I had to take it seated)

I had tried a red border 

out first,  

but that color looked 

like it would overtake

the whole piece. 

So, I gambled

that I would have 

 just enough

left of this really 

old  green fabric to 

eke out the borders

after using part of it 

in my  blocks...

Yes, just one little

piece left...

;D

I love that vintagey green

a lot...

AND....↡↡↡↡

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👀👀💃💘

Yesterday I received a lovely

"Squishy Package" in the mail...

From my good friend, 

Dawn

:)))) {click}

Look at these lovely purple

scraps --actually

big chunks!!

I had just mentioned that I

was lowest on purples and she sent me these...

Along with these two lovely patterns

that I will use for my new long term

project --

My Memory Quilt..

I am going to step out of my

usual "comfort zone" and

try a few of these blocks 

that will remind me of

my "growing up" 

years...

A sampler quilt, if you will.

and a Long Term project..

Slow and  {hopefully} easy...

I have never done a sampler

 before and

now seems like a good time to

just make "one" block at

a time, trying to hone

my skills a bit...

    [actually a LOT!!].

;000

 

[Check out her Farm Girl 

Vintage blocks--so so 

adorable...]

My title will be :

"Je Me Souviens"

(which means

I remember).

French was my first language..

and we only spoke French 

in our home

for the longest time..

Aren't these little bunnies

just adorable???

Thank you so much

Dawn for your

generous gift...

💋💜

I love it...

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This morning I wound bobbins

and I hope to clean out my machine

and change the needle before 

setting it up to machine quilt the

two Dolly quilts...

{ After my little nap, that is}

They are all pinned and ready

to be quilted...

I hope your day is a good one...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse 

(Full-after-homemade-burritos-euse)

😹

OLYMPIC CURLING PROGRESS, et al

 

I will be working on sewing

these blocks together;

I have decided no sashing, 

just

block to block.

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Also this week,

I tried improving a 6.5"

Maple Leaf block using

leftover mini charms and 

leftover chunks....

↧↧↧↧

This leaf must be ready to 

fall off the tree (ya think?)as one

of its leaves has been eaten

away by: maybe....

A squirrel??

👀😅

And I see that the stem 

has been also gnawed on..

(👾👾)

I used this chart:

Which I found helpful...

[But, uhhh, somehow still messed it up]

I am planning on making more 

6.5" or 12.5" blocks

while

trying to work through some of

my piecing issues...so I am

not going to "correct" this

block but rather leave it to show

where I am right now...

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I found this old watercolor painting

that I made a few years ago...

"My Dancing Piano"

I had such fun working on

this one, despite my meager

drawing abilities...

😉😹😼

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I am generally feeling better

this week; so I am trying to

get in a short walk a couple

times a day...

Yesterday, I got quite a long

workout at my 

👀 doctor's office which

is quite spread out!!

That's where I am 

this week...

💖

Hugs, on this sunny day

😸😎😊

Julierose, La Blageuse

(still-sewing-euse)

FEBRUARY FINISH--SOCKS, et al

 

I finally finished my 2nd sock

this morning...

👏👏👏

😁😁

they are SO SOFT 

and ROOMY.

💃

I purposely made them

in a larger than usual size

so that my sore foot

could have plenty of room...

with a long 

slouchey cuff to keep

my sore ankle warmed...

Ahhhhh

comfort

😇😊😍

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And here are all my

Olympic Curling blocks

ready to be sewn together;

I have cut back to 15 minute

stints at the machine...

so these will take a while

to trim up so that they

are all the same size.

Sewing all those circles on

the 10" background squares

has made a few of them a

bit smaller....

That's it 

from

 Our House on the Hill

on this

last day

 of

FEBRUARY

💖💝💘

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(keeping-those-tootsies-warm-euse)

OLYMPIC CURLING-- IN 30, et al

 

Phase Three for

Olympic Curling blocks

The interesting and challenging

thing is that the "CENTER" of 

these fabrics 

Will Not Show

when the next layer is laid

on over these--

just the edges...

Very counter-intuitive as

I am using (cut from file folders) 

circle templates...

⟲

then the following and 

LAST little circle

does show but also

gets cut when you

quarter these blocks

as below

👀↡↡↡

⟴

[click to see what I mean]

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I set my timer for 30 minutes

and stopped!!

THAT IS MY OUTER LIMIT!

This included finding and 

cutting fabrics for this round..

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WINTER BLUES

progress

[using up 2.5" sqs]

😇😇😇

I have four of six done...

{These blues are Willa's favorite color}

AND

I looked through my precuts

{charms and mini charms}

for purples (Fiona's fave color)

These groups of 6

will form the centers of 

Easter Dolly quilts for

my grandgirls...

AND

I think I have some cute

Easter egg fabric

👀👀👀

(somewhere!!)

 to surround them...

I haven't decided if they

 should be sashed;

but I am leaning

toward doing that...

[Also my good friend

 Lizzy at (click)

sent me the cutest bunny pattern

that I could either stitch or applique

for the other sides...

That is the plan so far....]

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FYI: I had a good report from my

ORTHO MD--

he was pleased

{and so am I}

So far, so good after

only 10 days since my epi!!

I am getting more pain free

hours and am able to

sleep better...

✌👏👏

That is the status right now...

Tonight for dinner it will be char-broiled

cheese burgers with 

tater tots

😻😸

🙋

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(making-progress-euse)

CURLING PROGRESS

Here are the first four

"E N D S "

{Like innings in baseball}

I plan to make 9 Ends

and since each game consists

of 10 Ends

The whole quilt put together

will be the tenth:)))

(clever, no?? hahaha)

My next step is to cut each of these blocks

into quadrants and sew them mixed up...

V E R Y  S C R A P P Y

(which makes me happy😁)

I found the pattern in this book:

And followed their

instructions..

(Click to enlarge)

.

There are a lot of neat

projects in here

including, but not limited to,

small ones.

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[Nann, here is what I've decided to

do with a lot of those 2.5 inch sqs]

↡↡↡↡

Just pulling all the blues for now.

{"Winter Blues"}

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 A little "pick-me- up"

from my Sweet Baboo

yesterday:

👫💝

I love those pink roses and

the carnations...

SO PRETTY!!

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Time to sit and rest now...perhaps

knit a couple rows on

the " takes forever" sock--

👻

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Happy-to-be-sewing-euse)