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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.

Thursday, October 3, 2013

OH, AND NEED I SAY MORE.....:----)))))


                                      Our budding pianist.....Fiona & I....what fun .......
                                       "Grand'mere, play "Twinkle" again.......................

                                              Willa Rose......applauding us, of course!!

                                                  Julierose, La Blageuse-Grand'mere

HEX-IN-A-BOX & MOM

They are jumping out of the box!












I am in hex-a-gonia once again..........................


THIRTY-SIX OF THESE.....















TWENTY-FOUR OF THESE (So far....)






















JUST THREE OF THESE HYBRIDS ......AND............................
IN THE BOX--These few ready to be sewn.....(there's been a lot of playoff games on tv!!!LOL)

I pretty much only work these at night; hubster is intent on his DX-ing (shortwave radio stuff vocabulary!)
and we both are watching the playoff baseball games with great interest.  We are both avid Red Sox fans and want to see which team they will play Friday night!

As far as my "Monet's City" hexagon piece, I am looking through my stash (so un-organized am I) for
a similar landscape piece to surround these babies.

On a personal note: I went for my weekly visit to see Mom @ nursing home yesterday and found her needing a haircut; as she is unable to tell the resident visiting hairdresser just what she wants, I took her down and explained ---[she wants a weight line in the back (tapered through to the neckline), cut up over her ears in front and bangs.  She just always wore her hair very short and people don't believe that at 94 she still shuns any kind of "product" in her hair--comb n' go!]

  I felt it was a good visit--a lot of her abilities are waning, but her feistiness isn't one of them! (ROTFLOL) She is still a "pistol"--as the family always called her....I won't go into detail here, but it is very difficult to see your Mom fading....

And so, the hubster had vacuumed, dusted, done laundry by the time I came home---Phew!  What an absolute sweetheart.....I sat on our deck and looked at the view for quite a bit...thinking......

As always, Je suis: Julierose, La Blageuse

Friday, September 27, 2013

"FLU- SHOT- ARM" EDITION


WELL, they're all sashed and up on my wall--BUT: yesterday the hubster and I got our annual flu shots....my left arm is useless for now.  Last night I could not get comfortable at all so was
up at 1, 2:30, 3:15, etc...aaargh!!  Of course, hubby had no reaction....and so it goes....

Anyhoo....that is my excuse for its not being together....okay...here is how two of my favorite blocks came out:


I just love that fussy cut little sailboat--perfect for Sea Glass--you can also see the sort of tie-dyed sashing I finally chose ....

And another block I like is this one:

That little sea flower poking through....this is really a different type quilt--very low value and scrappy  from a distance despite some of the brighter spots....I am hoping that the final borders will be able to pull it together better--right now it seems kind of "blah" to me....

Or, too busy or just....something off...I hope to be able to sew these blocks together tomorrow--if my arm allows me to work (just trying to lift it is quite painful...poor baby...[lol])
Perhaps some little "sea themed" appliques at the sashing junctions?? So far no ideas seem to work...maybe I need to not "LOOK AT IT" so much...really, sometimes I just get so intense about things....{sigh}....

I will hook up tomorrow with RSC13 light blue as I think the sashings do contain a very pastelly (is that a word??) type of blue.
  
For now I am your Julierose, La Blageuse  


Sunday, September 22, 2013

SILENCE OF A SUNDAY (TO DYE FOR EDITION)


(SUNSHINE)

(&....SHADOWS) ....."GOOD-BYE Basil CLOTH.........."

julierose, la blageuse (dye-euse)..






Friday, September 20, 2013

WONDER WOMAN WOVEN WALL (RSC13, also)


REMEMBER ME??? Well, finally!  All those handwoven-torn-strip blocks are together and I have added some in stampings and some raw-edge applique flowery hats:

(Sorry for the blur--my camera just wouldn't cooperate this morning).  the Stamps are from my collection that I used when scrapbooking and the flowers are
fussy cut from scraps....Here is a Wonder Woman....

I WAS going to sew it on the machine as it is huge--but I am going, instead, to try out some kantha-like stitching--as this top is applied to a light backing already, I am only adding a backing--no extra batting so it should be very easy to needle through....
Here it is laid out on my dining room table...I am still in a quandry as to the finishing binding or edging--but I will ponder that as I stitch underneath in the coming cold Winter weather.....








Now onto basting....not my favorite thing as I find it hard on my back!

Now you can see where all my pastel blues went...since it is really all tron up scraps, I am posting this on RSC13 tomorrow as my week's entry also (this is not cheating, right?????(LOL)....

Hopefully, I will get this one off the table before Thanksgiving comes--yikes!!  

Hugs to you all
Julierose, La Blageuse


Monday, September 16, 2013

WHAT'S IN THE BOX???


                                A Pretty Round Box--there used to be
                                 Chocolates in there--(but we won't ask
                                    what happened to them--will we!)

My latest hexagon project resides inside, with my fave scissors and thimble....

I've been making some progress while watching the Red Sox  do
what no one predicted....WIN and win some more---yayayah!

Here's a close up of the little sections..no name as yet.pondering as I stitch......

Have a serene rainy Monday everyone,

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

Saturday, September 14, 2013

A "BOO"-TIFUL, BOUNTIFUL GIFT


I received all these wonderful HALLOWEEN fabrics in the mail today from Stephanie--
A gift out of the blue...such a generous and wonderful gesture....she saw my "Boo Night" post and decided I had to have more of these fabrics....isn't she amazing?  
You should visit her blog "Kwiltzbystephanie"  and see the work she does; absolutely fantastic....;
MEANWHILE--LOOKY here.....
THESE:  and


These cuties and, wait, wait for it ...................still more --


   Thank you so much Stephanie;

 I can't wait to make some other cute wall hangings for my grandchildren.  Or wait.....maybe a Halloween lap quilt...or....well....my mind is whirling.....
Hugs Julierose, La Blageuse