THE HEAT'S ON, ET AL

 

Here's where you need to be today!!

Muggy yet again :

Temp not quite as high=79.4

but Dew Point is at 76--

murky skies with 

thunderheads looming...

Wouldn't rain be nice???

Where O where are you

Cold Front?????

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I spent the morning catching up on 

household chores and making these 

Twice baked potatoes

to go with our BBQ-ed

Steak dinner tonight...

Y U M !!!

I know this sounds ridiculous

but.....

I am so happy to be able

 to work around

the house once again

without pain most days...

😊

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I ended up machine quilting

Autumn Stars--with

straight lines on the vertical

and horizontal seams..

I will try to just hand quilt 

around the blue stars

but after doing just one yesterday

my hand seized up once more...

Soooo

back to wearing this

I will try a bit of handwork 

while wearing this, but just typing here

hurts, so it'll be awhile....

Here is where I am right now:

 

Here is that little bit of echo quilting

around the star points...

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Our 58th Wedding Anniversary

is tomorrow

[I know, don't ask!!]

and for my present Tom got me

this lovely item:

A Canon Ivy 2 printer that

prints photos off my phone

:)))))))))))

I am just thrilled with it!

It works so well and the little

photos are 2"x3"

just perfect for my 

Junque Journal pages...

He got a new laptop with

a wonderful 15" screen...

Great for our aging 👀👀.

I hope your Sunday is a cool one

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(catching-up-euse)

SEVEN SWANS A' SWIMMING, et al

 

Now, what in the world????

hmmmmm

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[Click to read today's poem]

It will give you the 

total "skinny" on

this one ,,

Oh DAWN

how do you think up 

these poems???

😁😵😸😸😸

So funny!!

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I decorated my Christmas

Wreath with smaller 

fused items

yesterday...

Now I don't know how to 

stitch them--as that fusible

may be sticky??

Any ideas....??

(This pattern is from BETH

at youtube: "My Sewing Room"--

I love her tutorials...)

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This is my "Home is Where

the Heart Is" which

for Christmas I re-name

"I'll be home for

Christmas, you can

count on me..." 

(humming that each time I

walk by it...👄💖💖

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Here is another cutie quilt

that 

I would love to try out"

Isn't it just adorable--

with the palm tree blocks

and all?

It would be a great memory

piece commemorating 

our cruises to 

the Caribbean...

💝🚢🚢🚢

This is from 

JENNY

at Romany quilting blogspot

So cute...

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AND...

This whole morning we were

fighting with our clothes

washer that was determined to

OVERFILL

????

Why, I asked naively...

👵

Tom's been putting laundry in

for me and he 

(OOPSEY 👀👀)

loaded bed sheets, jeans 

and sweatshirts

all in one heavy load!!

Ahhh, NOPE!!

 

Needless, to say we have

been unloading sopping

clothes and wringing them out

over our back deck balustrade.

We finally unplugged 

LA MACHINE 

👿

And separated the load 

into 3!!! 

Lesson learned??

(He still says, 

"but 

why not??

 it SHOULD 

be able to handle it!!" )

And so it goes...😂😂😂

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I am not complaining--

as he is

making his spaghetti sauce

and meatballs for our dinner...

that certainly evens it

out for me...

hahaha,,,

I hope this run-up to 

Christmas is

a fun time for you

and that you are not 

getting too stressed out!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(humming-carols-euse)

HEXAGONIA-- HERE I COME

 

I began working on my

new hexagon hand project 

this morning ...

along with my coffee;)))

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[But first, I---

Dusted (on hands and knees to get those

pesky baseboards that hold all those

dust bunnies--ooof!!) 

and swept up my sewing room. ]

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I first saw these hexagons on a

Missouri Star Quilt Co. 

youtube video--

And I was just charmed by the fact that

your piece is finished in

a single sewing..

{Also, my blogging friend,

DEB  (click to see)

is making these for part

of her RSC project

this year. Hop on over and

take a look at her take

on these;))) }

The batting is layered inside and

the little folded binding holds

all 3 layers together...

I have prepped 

5 more:

I wanted to finish using the rest

of this French text fabric so that

it was really readable--

and this is the perfect 

setting for it, don't

you think? :)))

Here is the backing I will be using

for all the ones I make

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Definitely wishing for

Springtime to come...

Here is my little basket with all the

"necessaries"

so I can tote my project around the house

(I mean where else do I 

go these days, S I G H )

💘All ready 💘

👵

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I want to thank all of you

who sent me such encouraging

comments and ideas for my

Log Cabin dilemma....

I truly appreciate all of your

super kind comments...

👄👄👄

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I have a Roast beef 

(bottom round) cooking

in my Slo cooker;

and have peeled my

potatoes

for dinner tonight.

I will make my gravy 

right in the crock pot, so

it is almost one pan cooking..

I will add steamed string beans 

with almonds

as our side veg.

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We had another 3" of snow overnight

but everything seems to be melting

in our weak sunshine...

And so has my day begun....

I hope you are all well

staying safe and

😷-ed

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(visiting Hexagonia-euse)