PICOTEE SPREE, et al

 

Three beautiful blossoms

and

more to come....

up top at least two more ready

to bloom; and on the base 

another one is starting

Such lovely shading 

and speckles 

on every petal;

and that light lime center...

It really lights up our room...

:)))))

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Meanwhile,

my tulip stems are

 very slowly emerging..

I am debating repotting them

 in a container with soil...

?????

[the other vase was a 

complete failure,,

with rot setting in...;((((]

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After much hemming and hawing

and

trying all kinds of solids and

various prints in blues and grays

and yellows

I came upon this 

scrappy sunflowers

 cut off fabric.

I decided on this for 

the border.

Sunflowers really 

stand for late Summer

in my mind....:)))

I know it is a completely different

"feeling" to the rest of the piece,

but I kind of like it...

I will let it marinate on my wall

for a while, so I can peek

at it going by and sitting

at my machine...

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In the meantime I am 

using "Go Baby" to die cut 

1.5" squares from scraps...

sorting them by color as best

I can--which with multi-colors

is not all that easy--

 as I am

sure you all know!! 

😟

AND...

I just received 3 "pencil boxes" from

Amazon and will mark them for

differing size squares:

1.5", 2" and 2.5" for

starters...

I have one more extra larger box 

{On top of the three}

which I plan to use for applique 

shapes--also die cut--and

ready to be fused...

I am attempting to re-organize 

my quilting life to fit my

physical limitations...

To move on....

💗

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It dawned pretty chilly this morning--

30 degrees with a brisk west

wind sweeping across our the skies...

I did my food shopping bundled up like

"Nanook of the North" as the winds

whipped through their parking lot right

off of the CT River...

[shocking food prices, I may say!!]

When I got home, after putting

groceries away and having 

a little mini-danish breakfast

treat with Tom,

we watched F1 (Formula One)

Practice One from Bahrain...

And so the 2024 Season has begun...

I hope you are all staying warm 

and cozy...

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(being-my-usual-cut-up-euse)

hahaha

"109 LITTLE SQ.S", et al

 

"109 Little Sq.s" is my little February finish.

.

It is hanging up in a little space by the

chimney in our side tv room;))))

This is really such a fun pattern to make;

I am going to be cutting little 1.5" squares,

as I sew other projects,

to make "seasonal" hangings for

this space...

This is the Autumnal version...

And

the first time I tried "diagonal 

cross-hatching...it came out

"so-so" but okay, I guess...

🙆

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PICOTEE AMARYLLIS

has decided to bloom overnight

for us...;))))

Right now it looks like a big, 

blowsy

tulip...

Here is a closer view of the bloom

I am excited to see how it will

fully open up...

I love those little reddish rims and

streaks on this one...;)))

You can see that there will be more

blooms coming, too...

I hope to be able to over-Summer

this one on my back deck and

have it for next year also...

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Really a chilly morning here;

only 15 degrees--

I find it hard to believe that

next week they've predicted

high 50's for us.  

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I am still persevering doing

just a smidgen of hand sewing

on my "Christmas Ojos #3" 

and doing one row every few days 

on my Granny Stripe Afghan...

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Sunday dinner will be"

 corned beef brisket-- 

first cooked in my little 

slow cooker --

and then basted with a 

homemade  bbq sauce

and placed 

in my oven to brown up.

Served with 

boiled potatoes and

 a carrot salad...and

half-sour pickles...

Y  U  M  ;))))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(resting-in-between-euse)

 

JUST A LITTLE SEWING, et al

 

A little taste of Spring 

in these

"Hugs and Kisses".

[again using leftover bits and bobs] 

I saw Wanda's quilt

she is making in flannels and

thought I'd give this pattern a

little whirl...

Thanks for the inspiration Wanda;)))

And

Speaking of Spring 

[which we are so looking forward to]

;))))

"Picotee" amaryllis is growing;)))))

Y A Y !!!!

I don't know if the stems are

usually this palest of greens

or not,  but the buds are

about to burst open...

I really had my doubts when 

it arrived in that

ghastly ghostly state...

I am so excited to see

 those blooms...

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And 
Saturday, while looking through

boxes, I found a cache of 

1.5" little squares;

they seemed to be colors of

Autumn....

I need a little wall hanging

 in our tv room

so I fashioned this

little piece today....

We have a loden green sofa

 and a deep dark burgundy one

in that room...

I thought these

colors would be perfect!!

There are 109 little squares

in this piece...

[I saw a similar layout on

Beth's "My Sewing Room"

blog...]

I will be adding another border--

perhaps 2-2.5" wide of another

neutral to finish it off...

I don't usually work with sashings

and --are they called "spacers?"--

but this was a nice little

learning process for me...

I will be making other

seasonal ones now that I

"get" the measuring....😂

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I was supposed to be getting

 a haircut today

B U T ...

has this happened to you?

💇

For years now I have had

a one(chin)length- bob

style which, because of my

fine hair, works really well...

Five weeks ago now

I came home with a chopped up

sort-of bob-ish style!!

VERY SHORT!!

AND 

feathered--

and

layered!!

I didn't ask for this and

just assumed she would

continue to style as before?

Did she get bored???

 

Why do hairdressers do this?

Was she not paying attention?

Aaaargh...

So I cancelled out today

giving myself another 2 weeks to

grow out a bit..

S T A Y  T U N E D.....

[And, anyone who knows me,

knows I HATE any kind of

confrontation....]

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We had a lovely visit from our

 daughter, Candice,

yesterday--

her take on the hair

debacle......

"But, it does look

okay Mom"  

Being nice, I'd guess...

S I G H 

Hugs, on another cold

Wintry day here

Julierose,

La blageuse...

(back-to-sewing-euse)