Mother Nature's Spectacular Rainbow of Colors

Strange weather here....this is a view out from our back deck tonight....

About 1 minute--then pouf--gone.  The trees look surrealistic, don't they??? 

(Just a note-----  I got Bonnie Hunter's newest book "Scraps & Shirttails II" today in the mail.  Instant gratification peeps; I want to make ALL of these quilts....so scrappy and such great instructionals.  )
:-))

Julierose, La Blageuse (Weather watcher edition)

WINDY WEDNESDAY-BLUE-SY DANCIN'

Here's the top 1/2 of my "Blue-sy" quilt which I sewed totally as a "Leader & Ender" project:

(Here's a little tip: File Under" DO NOT START A QUILT WITH ONE MACHINE AND THEN.......
SWITCH TO ANOTHER PART WAY THROUGH!!)  BUT, ever the optimist, I am following Mary Ellen Hopkins' advice:  just center the smaller square on top of the larger one and stitch away--it'll all come out in the end....ROTFLOL...let's hope anyway:

A very scrappy, old fabric look here....like my "at home" look (heh heh);

And here is my new little project as Leader&Ender --they are little babies...I {heart} them:

"Bebe's got a new Bowtie":  yummy cheddar prints and dark flower & fruit prints...got lotsa these babes out in sets. 

Am happily  quilting away on my "Diamonds are Forever" hexie--I think I've forgotten how to hand quilt tho'--it's been so long..

Time to do my "Rain Dance" (not a good visual-- LOL)--it is soooo dry here--we are in a constant "Red Fire Alert" here in SE CT.....  see y'all later...Julierose, La Blageuse

Wha's Up With Blogger????

SORRY folks, I wasn't aware that anyone couldn't view my blog--I "think"  I have addressed that problem...let me know Rosemary if you can read this and comment....Thanks  Julierose, La Blageuse, (definitely not a techno-Grand'mere!!)

HAPPY HOLIDAY

Fiona sends her happy, Hoppy Easter Bunny to your house from ours.....
Julierose, La Blageuse

Tacet Thursday (Floral Edition

Julierose, La Blageuse

Blues-ey Tuesday Design Wall

This is only one possible setting--it kinda fades in and out:  from Bonnie Hunter's "Blue Ridge Beauty" pattern in her "Leaders and Enders Book; (I sewed this entirely during other projects using that method.)  I may shift the blocks around again--it is a tricky setting....

Here is my sewing station:  All set to sew more hst's and 4-patch pieces together.....tryin' to keep busy after a difficult visit with my Mom today in the Nursing Home....

AND  tonight I will be hand quilting my hexagons while watching tv with Tommy...(and perhaps a lil' glass of vino will be in order--ya think?).

Julierose, La Blageuse

HAPPY BATIK BORDERS IN HEXAGONIA

I found this very old Batik in my pile and pulled it out today just because it was brown, but I think I really like it:

What do you think? Kind of "garden-looking" for my flowers....

I like ithe way it gathers all the shades of brown and lets the flowers pop out even more....

Like here --- and

here...I really tried all different colors and was really frustrated and  not finding anything that looked good.  I think this leafy batik makes me very happy.  I tend to buy fabric not for specific projects, but because they "speak" to me....how about you?

Now, I am going to handquilt this one--and I promise -- no more "Diamonds Are Forever" until it is totally done....Julierose, La Blageuse

 P.S.  have you been following the brouhaha about fabric designers?  Astounding, disappointing and unbelievable, I feel.  Especially for "scrappy" quilters.....