SUMMER DAYS and THANKS, EM ;)))

 

"SUMMER DAYS"

is now a flimsy

hanging in my closet

until my back will allow

me to layer up and baste

with all that involved bending over.

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Meanwhile, continuing in my 

"Seasons'"  pieces...

Here is the start of "Falling Leaves"

["The falling leaves

drift by my window, 

the Autumn leaves

of red and gold..."

I  love that song--it

gave me the theme for

this one]

I Sub-cut String sections of 

leftover Autumnal Fabrics;

mostly, gold, yellow, browns,

oranges and 

a few light rosy colors, and

a bit of green ...

I saw this process on 

Aunt em's youtube (click)

Video--and was immediately

chasing a new squirrel...;)))

🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

I had NEVER thought about

subcutting with my 

Go! Baby 

die cutter.

And, using it I was

able to do a

bit at a time 

this past week...

Here are a few sewn strip parts...

This is my "take" on Em's  quilt

so far...

↡↡↡↡↡

I am not as yet sure

how I am going

to cut and sew these

together; [they are in

sections of four and just pinned

up on my wall--]

but, for now,

I can do a bit of strip

sewing in my wonderful

lumbar pillowed sewing chair...

*;)))

[And then, do my heating pad]

👍👍👍

I have chosen graduated solid

strip colors from my stash to use

as separators for the crumbs...

¿I don't know if you can tell that the 

shorter sections' solids are a shade

darker than the longer ones..?

I am only using my stash 

for these projects...

Em also has an Etsy shop 

as well as her blog with her 

original pattern for 

doing strip sets 

like this...

Aren't they neat?  I am loving

doing this project...

😊Thank you so much Em  💗👵

I will be doing more subcutting for sure...

***********************

In the meantime, I have been

doing some retail therapy...

I bought a Fat 1/4 bundle

of the  "Kismet" fabric line

after seeing Pat Sloan show it off...

on her YouTube channel...

👀😳😳😳👀

[I need another set of new fabrics

like a hole in the head!!--Butttt...

this is just SO gorgeous]

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A N D 

FYI for those of you who asked:

My new PT guy is so nice and

after yesterday's workout

I am only "normally sore"--

not about to go to the ER like

the time before...

So, things are looking up

here in the House on the Hill--

I hope this PT will take care of the

sciatic nerve problem...

I have seven more visits...

Thanks so much everyone for 

your good wishes...💖💖💖

mmmmmmwhaaa!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(crumb-stripping-euse)
 

FIDGITY-NESS

 

I have been sitting 

(with my lumbar back

support on my sewing chair)

and scissor cutting and sewing

strips together....

A few minutes at a time;

for as long as I am able

without my back yelling at me...

S  I  G  H   !!!

But at least I can sew a bit now.

:)))

I am using the same group 

(hah--mess of blues and yellows)

that I did to make my 

string/strip blocks...

************************

A week  later

this emerged....

↧↧↧↧

"Summer Days"

I was able in about five short

sessions to cobble these

blocks... 

(yellow groupings and

blue groupings)

into this piece...

(click)

I used the sailboat fabric strips 

as a memory reminder of when

we used to be taken out

in our friend's sailboat

many summer times ago..

And I used those little crumb 

strips  I had been working on..

(above) 

[It looks wavey--but I 

hope to quilt that out]

******************

I have a week off after last

Thursday's PT 

(which was a KILLER!!

I could not move for 

2 whole days

after that!!)

AND I am on 

just stretching 

exercises at home 3x/day...

until this coming Thursday...

When I will have a new therapist.

An unknown quantity..

Will he be a drill sargent?

😱😨

¿Quien Sabe?

👳only swami knows

for sure...

************************

So I am feeling a bit better

and making slow progress....

Many thanks to all of you who

wished me luck ;)))

👵

I am hanging in much as

I dislike the exercises...

they are working...

Hugs from my heating pad,

Julierose, La Blageuse

("..and a one and a two" 

ooff-dah")-euse