Merry Merry, Hurry Hurry

Here are the two LC's for my twin grandsons in progress--the top and bottom strips are leftovers from Superheros prints....

And here are pix of my tree and various ornaments

The caned rocking chair is my Great-Grandmother's and our Santa sits in it wearing the hat every year to distribute gifts!!

My Mom's ceramic "NOEL" and my reindeer on the mantle

My "Little Drummer Boy" needlepoint ornament in my needlepoint days.... and

My sweetie and I having a bit o' wine to celebrate putting the tree up....

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and all the best to all

Julierose, La Blageuse

Ack--organizational (???) Edition

QUESTION:  Have you been here????


Well, I really just moved one little thing around in my sewing room--AND  within about ten minutes I had a whole lotta "stuff--scrapbooking, bookbinding, old yarn balls and books, books & mags galore" on every available surface AND the floor.   Not to mention the stash which still didn't get re-organized. 

 

Now, why did I do this --I am in the midst of finishing up the twins' lap quilts  but: after all....who can figure  it out:  the enigma of being a quilter??? Perhaps this book

 which I just got in the mail and read last night edged into my "pea brain" overnight and made me shashay in there and begin....I know what my New Year's Resolution is going to be for sure....get some kind of "fabric order"--so I can FIND THINGS!!!!!
YIKEERS!!!

YA THINK???????

This is what it looks like now--STILL a glop of fabric in various crates, bins, under-the-bed storage units...and so A-C-K!! 

At any rate--here are the two quilts (blue sewn together) and red on the quilt wall...

I am happy how they are turning out--n-o-w--how to set them off into lap quilts.....


Well, I did re-organize my scanty thread stash into this little handy rolling cart--I guess that's a start???

And so, mes amies, my little buddy "Bebe" bear  waves adieu for today...Julierose, La Blageuse

Fa La La La LA---La La La LA!....Shhhhh

After spending a wonderful day at my son's house (eating myself out-of-my-clothes for sure--but Yuuuum, really!!)
and:
holding and feeding and cuddling my new granddaughter,  Fiona; today I went to work on what're gonna be two lap quilts for my twin grandsons: WIPS...

 Now.. Gregory likes blue

And  Connor likes red--

I am using up wintry, christmas-sey and celestial and animal prints for the holiday side and then a superheroes large print for each backside.  Hopefully, I will get them done IN TIME!!

Log Cabin work is one of my all-time favorites; I started out using Mary Ellen Hopkins' "A Log Cabin Notebook #5" in 1991 and have continued with her really stress-free method--more or less "not to worry"--if they are not all the same size...do not fret.  I LOVE all her books--she has a no-nonsense approach and a super sense of humor....

What are your favorite types of blocks to make?  Also, another question..(I AM chatty-cathy today...) do you have a drop-in sewing table?  I miss mine since my new Viking won't fit into my old table....am kind of looking out for one that doesn't cost "to Mars and back"-(-did you see the launch today???) 

Best to all in our holiday hoedown stitch to the finish countdown...Julierose, La Blageuse