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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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Sunday, September 6, 2020

PATCHING, et al

 

                                                        MY FAVORITE DENIM SHIRT...

Time for  a fix....


                                                                  This is a long tear....
                                       so I trimmed off the hanging threads 
                                                 and added some fray check to all the sides....

                                                        Before  I basted the tear  shut ...

                                            
Next:   
                                   I remembered this lovely fabric strip that Lizzy at 
                                                                  Lizzy at           
                                                        Gone to the Beach
                                                               sent me
                                                  in her packet of favorite fabric scraps....
                                                       thanks Lizzy so much...I am using them
                                                                in special places ....💕💖

                                               And then ,
                                             I  appliqued it on...
                                                            using my prepared 
                                                                       folded under seam method...

                                                                    A N D ...
                                                                 V O I L A !!              :)))

                                    My favorite Shirt can still be worn some more....😁🙋🙇
                                                                 File under "USE IT UP!!!

                                              I will think of you, Lizzy, every time I wear this...

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                                                           Early Morning on our deck....

                                                   I am deciding where to place the black
                                                                   Cross Stitches before I
                                                                         add any colors....

I decided on a single outline for now--
When I finish both sides,
I will see if I need a deeper line....

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It is so beautiful and cool out here
in the morning quiet...
I can just spy my lovely hydrangeas 
gently waving in the cool breeze....
Ahhhhhh...
What a lovely way to start my day....

And,
What is that lovely odor wafting in on the breezes??
So pungent...

I look over our east railing and spy this
bush covered in wild white roses...
Mother Nature's perfume....

I hope your Labor Day Weekend is wonderful
Stay safe
Wear your masks
Hugs,
Julierose, La Blageuse (mending-euse)