STARRY STARRY NIGHT

                            MY LATEST DIAMOND PAINTING EFFORT..

And  I just finished:
WINTER ROSES:

I love how it turned out; but......

it was a difficult piece as the little drills kept wanting
to pop off...

and I've been re-- situating them and using my rolling pin to 
push them back into place...(not good)...;(((

I am going to have to seal this one..before framing...
and I am researching the best sealer glue to use...

As I am still a neophyte in diamond painting, I guess "live and learn"
is my motto...

I have noticed that the little round drills (using on Starry Starry Night) 
are MUCH easier to place and seem to have more sparkle to them...and
they are staying put very well....I am thinking that the Winter Roses canvas
didn't have enough or the right kind of glue on it...and am wondering how you
can tell...i won't be ordering from that company again until I know....ya think??

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Terri's Butterfly is coming along....sort of.........

Now to find the ensuing round--nothing seems to "go with" the style and type of 
fabrics in this so far...;((( [sigh]

and I don't have even a smidgen of that peach flowery one...{big sigh}

And no other peach-ey fabrics on my shelves seem to fit... (too many sighs)

I wanted to pick up that round's color somehow...

Well, I still have to dive into the boxes and bags on my upper shelves...just
maybe I'll find something.....wish me luck...;**)))

I am using just my stash, not buying new fabric...so this may just have to be on hold
for a bit...
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Warmer temps today--in the mid 40's here--so all the snow melted overnight...
Rains on the way....this evening and tomorrow....more grayness....

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On a much happier note.....♬♬ 
I came across a "String-along" on LORI'S  (click to see her blog)
 today..for 2019...
I am definitely going to do this.  I am not really good at doing "--alongs" of
any type,,,but this kind of sewing is right up my alley..;}}}💃😄
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Have a wonderful weekend peeps💖...I'll be watching the Patriots on Sunday 
(we have buffalo wings and coleslaw planned --an impromptu picnic so to
speak)...and a 
LOT OF "BOXED" STASH SEARCHING....ooff-dah.....

HUGS,
Julierose💜, La Blageuse ( searching-euse)

A QUIET MOMENT....

Rocky Neck State Park boardwalk....it is squalling here right now...
                               our first real
                                                           snow....so pretty 

                     Kota knows what to do when it snows....;))) awww what a sweetheart ...

And so does she....

Enjoy this quiet, hushed moment in your busy day.....;}}}

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (Awed-euse)

FLOWERY GIFTS

                                       I RECEIVED THESE LOVELY GIFTS FROM
                                                       Barb  (click to see her latest post )
                                           Thank you so much, Barb--
                                                       and the burning question is
                                                                      will I be able to WAIT???

                                                AND.........they are squishy, too...;--*}}}

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My cactus is just about ready to burst into bloom....hopefully....

Last year it got to this point and the buds all dropped off...maybe I over-watered? I am
being stingy with the watering this year.....

AND a new Amaryllis has been added to the "Surprise Amaryllis" here:

  This is really a good North light window to bring them into budding...
                                         The red potted one is the new white....

                    I cut branches from our trees and stake them with fabric selvages....
                                  as they get pretty tall and floppy when in bloom....
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My new little fairy lights along my bare (I want to make a mantel cloth this year) mantel..

The photos are of my son and daughter and their children...along with a couple cards...

As you can tell, I am not really decorating much this year....just a few little things to
brighten up these gray afternoons...
we often sit here to have a late afternoon glass of wine....
and as it is just off the kitchen, I can keep a watchful eye on what's cooking...;)))

The picture above was a wedding gift for my MIL long ago; and it is from France...
we had it re-framed and we just love it...
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I did another bit of sewing on Butterfly this morning while the plumber
is replacing our shower faucet--(drip drip drip all night!!)

AND.................of course (!) he found no separate valve for shut off........
so,
 we are without water during his work on this..
and..................
He has to cut a piece of our wall out to reach the pipes....(oh noooo)

Isn't it always something??? 
I will be hanging some quilt over the new entry
door to the pipes, i guess...
perhaps my Butterfly will land there to keep
Georgie Porgie company--remember him?

He hangs in State over our toilette.....(I wasn't happy about the crooked blocks --but then
maybe they are pretty apt as a lot of politicians are...well, maybe a bit bent??) ;0000
The Sweetie Man loves it and insists on leaving him there...????

And so, my pretties, I leave you with wishes for a good sewing day....
hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (1.5" block sewing-euse)

FLITTING AROUND

                   
                                                          More BUTTERFLY rounds....
                                                     on my S L O W Holiday project
                                                    I am only working on this one thing...

The Left border 4 patches have been sewn together (I had to use just a 2-patch to make the
length on the side....) but not yet attached...
And the right side ones are to be sewn tomorrow.

                                                     I need to rest my hand as it is

                                              Sore from cutting strips and sewing.....so done
                                                                           for
                                                                         the day...;000


.After this, my next decision will be  whether to stay with the dark green garden fabric strips  or not--
Adding borders a bit at a time....20 minutes of  sewing/cutting  intervals...then resting
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This afternoon I will be watching the Patriots v. Miami Dolphins--(we are Patriot fans here).
And maybe indulging in a few Cape Cod Chips--ya think??? lol

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Here is my surprise Amaryllis--the package gave no indication as to the color.....

Looks like I may get 3 {;))) } flowers from this one...it sits on my bookcase right next to my tv
watching recliner...
The tag does show red--but then, all the tags were a generic representation
of an amaryllis..with no name or directions...fingers crossed ...a surprise is nice...right? 

Hugs,
Julierose, La Blageuse... (go Pats-euse)

BUTTERFLY PROGRESS

                                        Butterfly Garden has begun to come together.....

I am thinking that I want to make this a Medallion center...

I don't have anymore of the 1st round flowery fabric left...so will try to find some-
thing that will pick up that peach-ey color....

Madam Zalonga forsees a lot of "Stash Diving" in your future...;*-}}}

hugs on a Sunny Sunday in CT; but very cold brrrrr..........

Julierose, La blageuse (stash searching-euse)

BUTTERFLY DREAMS

I REMOVED THE BATIK STRIPS, THINKING THEY WERE TOO GEOMETRIC AND
A BIT ON THE HARSH SIDE :
                                                              See ...      ↡

                                                                Not my style at all....
Soooo....
Instead I put that peach flowery print around and then FOUND more of this surrounding print
in my greens pile...I had forgotten that I had MORE--what a nice surprise....;))):
                                                        ↡                                   ↡

And then,
I added that Dark green flowered print (above on the bottom)
                                     YES!!!      that's more like it.....                                                 
                             
 --I will continue the rounds with those two for a bit in courthouse steps style...
                                       (So much for taking a break from sewing, huh?)
and this is.........
My story (and I'm sticking to it!!) :

I was trying to nap, as I hardly slept last night...and this butterfly vision kept swirling around in my brain--I just knew the 1st look wasn't what I truly wanted...just not right...too stark...pretty batik
and nice colors but just not ME!! And I want to make it pretty...;))))))
So,
Now: My lovely butterfly is surrounded by a garden...🌷🌹
How lovely is that thought....especially in this really cold weather  brrrrr....
Hugs, 
Julierose La blageuse (and....I dream of quilts-euse)

WINTER BUTTERFLY and ROSES

                                                         Terri (click to visit her)
sent me this lovely paper pieced butterfly as her giveaway  winner.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, TERRI, I JUST LOVE IT 
I would like to learn paper piecing this coming year...so many pretty blocks....
AND 
I have put the first set of borders around it ;
and will be playing off of that small bit of orange
on its body...
I've put up some trial fabrics to see what I may do...

.

We'll see how these go (or not)....I love that flowery one...a lot.....

AND
somehow, in my mind (those strange corridors with so many doors..lol) it goes with
this:as perhaps for the reverse side...

                       the leftovers of my Geisha Prints for a Springlike setting and
                                               also not finished ....
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Here is another project that I want to continue to work on...I don't recall just what I had
in mind even...but I found it wrapped in the above piece...it fell in my lap and
called my name....;))))

                     
AND
I found (yay-- after a LOT of searching)
some more of that Geisha Faces fabric you see above on Etsy
and plan to make some more of these little arcs in the NEW YEAR
(my gosh!! 2019--just imagine!!) .

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My Winter Roses are really coming together--to me this is looking like a Renaissance painting...

Here you can see the sparkle of the little drills:

Each one is carefully placed and sticks to the stickified (is that a word, no? Well it should be haha)
canvas....

such lovely colors

I am so loving this craft....it has definitely become one of my
                                                 <<<<<<<<<FAVORITE THINGS>>>>>

("When the bee stings, when the bug bites, and I'm feeling blue,
I simply remember my favorite things, and then I don't feel so bad.." apologies for
the paraphrasing. lol)..
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On the Holiday scene, I got gifts for Willa and Fi today and finished my gifts to be mailed out
around the 10th...
AND
I hope you are all giving yourselves some quiet time during this busy
Holiday Season...I am settling myself down to read for at least one hour a day...

My latest gem is:
"Divind Inspiration" by Jane Langton...
isn't the title just PERFECT for this time of year?
And it is such a great, fun read..
.her detective, Homer Kelly, is so funny and
likeable...
I highly recommend this entire series...
I just finished "Dark Nantucket Moon" by her--also amazing..
If you got to the end of this VERY WORDY post of mine....

I COMMEND YOU 💓💕💚;)))

hugs, Julierose (DP-euse).