BALLET LOVE

FIONA

FIRST BALLET CLASS PERFORMANCE

Total Joyous dancing  at 4 years old 

Hugs Julierose

La blageuse {Proud Grand-mere-euse ;;--))))}

HELGA'S QUILT-O-RAMA

Helga has been very busy this morning.....

She had to take a break though--only five more rows to quilt....
hopefully this afternoon.....
her back needs a cuppa tea...and a massage.....
;--))))

hugs, 
Julierose, La Blageuse (quilting-euse)

QAYG FLIMSY

TA DAH!!! Here is Cassidy's quilt (to be named later) ; it is quilted to the batting.

                   I love how the border frames these blocks--the colors worked out just fine....

Here is how the back looks right now--

I'll be tying the backing on soon

I've ironed all seams open and trimmed off extra batting at intersections....

NOW to add this to the back--the Christmas back that I always make for my grandkids'

quilts...

AND...they are almost an exact match in size--just enough extra for "take up" 

as I tie it on....

PHEW!!;--)))

They are now resting on my dining table and I am done (in!!  lol) for today...

Last evening the sky was so pretty right before sunset....

Lovely pinks, lavenders and palest of blues--just a whisper of gray....

against the darkness

settling in.....

hugs

Julierose, La Blageuse  (doing my happy dance-euse)

(DASTERDLY) DEER DESSERT ET AL

Aren't they lovely???

Well, read on.............mes amies

These  (Above) are all "before" the deer came through and

 this is AFTER ;000

Totally eaten...totally cut down....deer dessert!!;;000000

And so I am going to have to dig them up and either Winter them over inside in my backroom fridge or try them elsewhere....

On the quilt front....

I have begun quilting the top and bottom borders now--
HELGA does a nice job..;)))

Here's a closer looksee...Helga's walking foot edge was my measuring stick, so to speak lol

that's one down and one to go...then the side borders...

And that's a Saturday here; we walked on the CT River this morning and we will be having
BLT's with homemade oven french fries for dinner (I, will only be having a
BLT Salad...waaaah....still trying to whittle down my poundage....it is tough...

hugs to you all, (Go Sox, Red, that is!!)
Julierose, La Blageuse (quilting-euse)

FIREWORKS & QUILTWORKS

                                         HURRAH! HUZZAH! yay!!
                              (This display from the 4th off of our deck...)

this is what i am celebrating this afternoon:

The first half of the center is quilted--nothing fancy--just straight lines--
but DONE: ;)))

            Just two double  (semi  ;000) straight lines around each block....

Now for part DEUX...after some tea and a back break--perhaps later on 
today

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (celebrante-euse)

REMEMBRANCE

Remember my Grief cloth that I began after Mom died???? It is all hand embroidered now and
I wasn't able to "see" how I could set it--

I have decided to set my "Circles of My Life" around it,,,
a "moving on" piece...
this idea came to me early this morning as I was just awakening
from a deep sleep....
this will be my Medallion hand piece for the summertime
this year....

I have many more circles left and perhaps will add more rounds of my own
sun  dyed cloth squares that i made years ago...and more appliqued hearts
also....
Somehow this just "feels" right to me....rounds of life continuing
after mourning....flying out into the future, piecing my life back together..

hugs,
Julierose, La Blageuse (the next phase-euse)

DEER DESSERT

I am so happy that I took these pictures yesterday--
BECAUSE:
as of this morning the

deer have E A T E N all my lilies..even the buds have been chewed off....

This beautifully colored tigerlily hadn't even opened all the way    

thank heavens they don't like my Santolina--it is bursting with blooms...
it is very fragrant so perhaps that keeps them away...G O O D !!!!!

they also have given my basil a miss
;--))) 
I have pinched off the tops and
am drying the leaves inside--hopefully this will make the plants bushier...







As I haven't finished ANY quilts in June  :0, 
but rather  have been wrestling with 
Cassidy's quilt in progress...

(I have both long strips of 10 blocks each sewn together-
finally!!  And I also cut the batting and am ready to pin 
baste so that I can machine
Quilt As You Go those two sections.... 
And we have company coming this weekend, so I will have to wait
until I can use my dining table to do this first step....)


So,   
Today, I just thought I'd at least show you my 
flower "memories"...

I will be scrapbooking these pictures in my 2016
 Garden Journal.. 
I did some work  on that Tigerlily photo 
on a 12 x 12 page this afternoon....I had it enlarged to 5x7 and
I love how my new lens totally blurred the background...

I hope you will be having a wonderful Fourth of July weekend....


Hugs
Julierose, La blageuse ( sans fleurs-euse)