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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.
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Thursday, April 2, 2020

MARU-GATA KIMMI, et al

  I finished the hand quilting on Maru-Gata Kimmi this morning...

      She is preparing for her Japanese Tea Ceremony (back)

 I just love these tea urns and tea pots.....↕↕↕↕↕

This fabric seemed so perfect for the backing...

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It is SUPER windy here this morning --
I am not a big fan of that constant sound...
So far, the highest gust up here at
The House on the Hill
was 22 mph...
Steady at 10-15 though...
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Here ↡↡↡↡ is my 
light blue box for RSC April

Along with some long paper strips from an old phone book..

I wonder what will emerge from these this month?

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And here are my first three 9" blocks for the KING SIZED 
Courthouse Steps bed quilt--

[Sorry for the darkish pix--very gray and cloudy here today...]
Truth be told
I began just sewing them willy-nilly together and they all
came out differing sizes (DUH!!)

So I have begun finishing those off onto the 9"
muslin squares adding strips
as needed...
a true Improv 

I am finding it hard to find old-fashioned or 
vintage looking florals and tone on tone
fabrics for this project...but, 
I think some tone on tone batiks look okay though...
{See the last white-ish strips above}

Anyway--fun figuring out for sure...

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And
Hoping you are staying safe (at home) and strong
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Multiple hand waving
Julierose, La Blageuse
(finding -fabrics-euse)