A little surprise this morning--just a dusting of white stuff....
It's so cold, I took these out my front
door;)))
Quite a difference from Summery rains....
So into my sewing room:
GREENERY↓↓↓↓ OF A DIFFERENT KIND
Here are the beginnings of my RSC journey this year:
Little pile O' scraps.......
Ojos greenery
And
Nine patches...I snuck in one darker green..
A N D
Crazy little, wonky grayed-off greens...
"Itsie-Bitsies"
I used my longer strips on Ojos;
and then mediums on 9 patches; and
little cast offs on Itsie Bitsies.....
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SINCE I HAVE ONLY VARIOUS WEIRD CUT OFFS LEFT....
I am rustling through my stash to find little greens that may have
jumped ship to add to my paltry collection....
O R T S
So on this Wintry, gray day, I am thinking of green and gold
Summertime days as I sew along...
Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (dreaming of summer-euse)
We've been looking out into this lately...
No deck sitting today, I fear....
Lunch, anyone?
Isn't this just so sad looking?
Heavy wet snow breaking limbs and felling trees...
Tell me,
Did someone Upset Mother Nature..?
And....
I hear another Nor'easter is on its way....
With more of this and also strong winds....
O Spring where art thou??
{Still resting...and restive!;000}
hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse-- snowed-in-euse
Here is my orange block "one" for the RSC13 I've joined. See those tiny "broken dishes"...well......I have decided to make a block I have never tried before each month--so this is March's...
Ya see, the Easter Bunny (aka darling DH) got me the Accuquilt die for this block. So, willy-nilly, I began cutting those little triangles; ok so far; then--I sewed them together on the "long" side: uhhhh: uh-oh--now I have hst's--how did this happen (perhaps if I read the instructions?) but no, I soldier on; so I flipped one over the other with diagonals matching and cut them across the seam --voila! Teeny tiny broken dish pieces--chips, really--talk about your seam allowances...yikes! I pressed them to death! Steam & all--I wasn't about to throw them out--only had a few small pieces of these fabrics I love...and all that labor....
Here's the SIZE they should have been--only one cut & a lot fewer seams--it seems!! Ack...well, I am now sewing correctly, but am keeping those lil babies--even though they are not perfect (to say the least!)
I decided to try to balance the saturated oranges by adding this cool Nile Green color...I have four of these babes!
It feels Southwestern or ancient to me...hmmmm, am trying to come up with a name: Raindance, Long Ago?, Sacred Visions?, Lost Worlds?, Ceremony of Thanks.... what do you think????
Snow, snow, and more snow--about 6" so far this morning! Where are you Spring? Why are you dragging your sandal-clad-tootsies? Not even a tip of a daffodil to be seen...
I'm doing a Raindance myself and hoping for some warmth and melting...
Julierose, La Blageuse
Up on my wall right now: this bunch of leftover HST'S I found tucked away in a baggie from eons ago!! They are kinda uneven (duh); they were my first attempt at HST work. Guess I gave up and put them away--but I am pressing (hah) on with them for fun! It took me about three days to figure out how to sew them together (rip-it, rip-it, 3x's--all 86 of them! Yikes!!)
That navy&brown leafy print was one of my very favorites. I don't plan to makeup any more HST's -- just use what's on hand...fun--but a little frustrating, too..
Here is our "cedar monster" after the "big snow" we had. The weight of all that icey snow finally broke it in half! I hate to lose cedars--they are so pretty...
As you can see, I haven't gotten much further with my Houses 2 little scene. I am having a really hard time figuring out how to border it --or not--so "up on the wall" pinning and un-pinning various fabrics and then just looking.....
I finally made my binding for Blues-ey yesterday and after all our errands today, hope to true-up the quilt and sew the binding on it...and so it goes, baby steps for right now....hugs from Julierose, La Blageuse
