I LIKE NO. 8

                  This old fashioned wall paper in my main bath--
                     it could be a quilt, don't you think?

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This quilt I made for my Granddaughter's 

High School Graduation--

[her "Going Away to College Quilt"]

And that happens today--

Already?? How did that happen so soon??

Titled:  "It's A Jungle Out There"

;))))

And here is the reverse side...

Holiday inspired...

Hope she'll like it...

Made in 2016...

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I like this setting for Ojos I saw online 

[sorry don't recall where]

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My new coffee "frother"

Makes my decaf

taste like heaven

Now, doesn't that 

just look👀👀

heavenly?

Yummmmmm

Hugs from Rainy SE CT 

Joining in with LEE ANNA

At Not Afraid of Color

Visit her blog for

more positive weekly fun

;)))))

Julierose, La blageuse (sipping-euse!)

ROSETTES, OJOS, & STARS

                         I found this lovely gray/silvery fabric in my Holiday
                                          Stash box for backing

                   I had just enough for 6 of my Christmas Rosettes...

                              this one is appliqued and.........

this one also, and.....

                                     Finally this one.....
             I have 3 left to pull papers off,  and then sew down....

I am thinking of alternating them with plain dark gray blocks to make
the length I need for a long dining room table runner...[This time
I will leave the center block unadorned to put holiday flowers on,
leaving the others in view]

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      Here are the 4 larger pink/mauve string blocks, and one each of:

yellows/golds,
                     blues,
                              and purples, 
                                                all from leftover strings.

This is beginning to look like the start of a  
rainbow  string quilt in progress...

I hadn't had this in mind, but I think
after sewing them together into blocks,
I will box them and go for it as I amass other missing colors...

The Desert Ojos here:  ↓↓↓

                                {Sewn together into blocks (top left)}
                                   are the smaller size Ojos and will be
                                       used for still another project...

I will admit (confession time!!) I STILL have strings left to use up--
I frankly got tired of making them for a bit, but have plenty of 
smaller sizes to make more yellow blocks....
aiming for four of each colorway...

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                  Here are the last four (of 8 in total) Maverick Stars 
                                  set up to be sewn.
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Today is a rest day for my shoulders etc...
so, I am reading on my Kindle 
and doing various household chores...

"Mud, Muck and Dead Things" by Ann Granger is the book 
holding my interest right now;she is one of my favorite authors...

Hugs on this gray Monday-- with rain approaching once again...

Julierose, La blageuse (wedging-euse )

SLOW DOWN--CURVES AHEAD

          Here is my "enhanced" fabric pull for my improv project...
                         I have added 3 more light "print fabrics"--
                           well, one is a bit brighter but
                            it fits in with my theme.....

I've cut 6.5" wedges and am going to make curves...as in Sherri Lynne
Woods' "Get Your Curve On" in her improv book...

I was leaning toward her  floating squares score, 
but I've done a lot of "square" works, 
and I thought this might be a change 
and a challenge for me...

I truly don't know where this is going:
no road maps, 
no GPS, 
no Atlas--
just kind of "off-road" meandering ....
seeing where this sewing will take me...

            Here's a closer look at the two new prints added on the left ,
and

                        that brighter one is at the top right...

I had to separate the lighter peaches and white as they 
are very close in color and difficult to tell apart....↓ far right below

I also have used bits and pieces--scraps; so I had to sew two colors together
sometimes in order to make up the 6.5" lengths...

Then I free-cut the wedges...no ruler at all ....they are all the same height,
but all slightly differing widths...

As I said, who knows what will come out of this...
We shall see....I am a bit hesitant, but going to try it...;))))

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (pondering-euse)

TURN DOWN THE VOLUME

                   So far, here are my choices for a low volume style improv....
            I wanted to just use solids, but I am incapable of not using prints it seems...
And I  don't usually choose all my fabrics ahead of time like this--but I
                                                      Need a change.....
                                 STAY TUNED
Hugs, 
Julierose, La Blageuse  (trying something new-euse)

I LIKE NO. 7

   I LIKE NO. 1:            Starting out here with the best lasagna
                                           I've ever made....
                               this recipe is courtesy of  BARBARA  (click)
                                            at  "Cat Patches" --

               When she posted her own "Overnight Lasagna" recipe
                               I had to try it....
                                       and here is my reason why: 

My daughter and son and their children came for a 
Sunday supper...about 7 years ago...
Lots of hearty appetites
would be seated at our table--
so I decided to make lasagna....
you know how that is good for a crowd, right??

;000 life always has surprises though waiting for you, doesn't it????

Well, the lasagna  came out all "soupy"--i mean really, really soupy
:(((

[And I know  I heard low voices saying just call it 
Lasagna soup-- 
which is hotly denied by all my children!!]

But,  my darling granddaughter, Cassidy, obviously seeing
how awful I felt  said.....................

"It's ok, Grand-mere--it still tastes GOOD!"  which was so sweet...

I've never made lasagna since that day.

Until, that is,  this week...deep breath..
 Barbara saying it's NO-FAIL....I put on my apron...

And she was SO right...

This recipe was SO GOOD, and it set up beautifully--

thanks Barbara for a life-saver and a very happy Hubster 
too ;)))  So win/win...

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I Like:          my Japanese Irises just about to burst into bloom...
                                        in my front garden....
                                                    AND

                                        my pretty Rhodie--
                             which we had moved it two years ago
                (a no-no I hear-- and it has looked yellow and sickly since.....)

                      But this year it has favored us with two pretty blooms--
                             so perhaps we have been forgiven...lol ;)))

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     I love watching "VERA" on Acorn tv....when I cannot sleep at night,
                        I tune it in on my laptop, put on my headphones 
                                       and watch until I
                                            get sleepy......
                    I like her feisty yet human character....
                                      an excellent series.....
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I like keeping track of moon phases
in my journal; and I try to draw
the moon freehand in its
various cycles daily....circles are
hard freehand, I find....but i keep
on trying......

                      MR. GOOGLE explains the various phases --fascinating...to me.....

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THANKS TO :  LEEANNA at LAPAYLOR 's "Not Afraid of Color Blog"...
for her weekly linkup...it's so wonderful to read everyone's positive thoughts.....

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (thankful-euse)

HEXAGONIA, et al

  I have made twelve of these :    ROSETTES........

and have used up all the leftover Christmas fabric in that line...
with just two additions of leftover reds....

Here are the two reds 

And four more....

I am planning on appliqueing them to Holiday themed background squares.....
the trick being to FIND a fabric that will pull them all together....

I thought B&W text immediately, but didn't like how it looked--so 
am searching my stash .....

Stay tuned for the final selection......;)))
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I am now doing a Star A Day with some precuts....(I have so many mini charms, charms, 
jelly rolls, layercakes--WHAT was I thinking.???
..well, I am trying to use them up....)

                                                          
 A Closer look at these STARS:

             

And:

I had previously  pre-cut all the central squares from a bigger landscape fabric
 and set up my  wonky stars with those gilded triangles...
so now I will set to sewing them together..

                       Here is my little tub of pieces at the ready;)))
                                           and no rotary work required for these
                            I can trim up the flippy corners with my scissors, Lizzy (;}}})
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And finally, here are my Desert Dreams Ojos ready to be sewn together...
no more usable pieces to string....only little bits--
which will go into some small improv pieces I am
working on....

I have kept the centers, this time, all in the same color family: yellows and golds; and 
pinks and maroons...I like this look--Again this may (hopefully) set with a solid
(gold or rose) fabric squares will become  a long, narrow table runner.....I love 
those and have made Christmas ones  for my daughter and DIL....
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                                               >>>>>S I G H I N G  H E R E>>>>

My heavy work with rotary cutters is going to have to end.  Really and 
truly............
Too many nights with aching shoulders , wrists and hands....
SO..........................
I am going to switch over to scissor work as much as I can...
and using my Go BAby dies
 and ripping...

and in that scheme of things, 
I want to try my hand at some improv work...

I have been re-reading Sherri Lynne Wood's "The Improv Handbook for Modern Quilts"
And although, for the most part, none of my quilts have been what is termed
 "modern", 
I will attempt to utilize her methods for some smaller pieces 
(I know all her stuff is really big, but maybe 
I can come up with some  smaller pieces?? ).  
And that is where I stand right now....

hugs, Julierose La Blageuse  (shifting-euse)

DIAMOND PAINTING PROGRESS

                   I've been working on my Diamond Painting:
                                              "ROSES" 
                              and it is emerging bit by lovely bit.

  [I have been  resting my arms and shoulders from rotary cutting....]

Here is what my work station in progress looks like...

You can see the empty squares on the canvas, 
my diamond drill pen placer,
and the little tray holding the drills. 

The canvas to the right remains  covered to preserve the glued surface
from any dust or debris ...
I only uncover a small square to work on at a time.

Here is the chart that lists all the colors and the number,
letter or symbol that
appears on the chart for each color...

                I have checked off each color as I kitted this one up
                      placing the each drill color into my little plastic jars 
                                      (beading jars, really) for ease of use .

            I really find this a most relaxing craft; and I love seeing 
each of the colors emerging...

(the colors match up with DMC floss colors)

I first found out about this craft on the "Stitcherista" 
Channel on YouTube...there are quite a few channels and videos about
diamond painting..
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I have finished up this small square area this morning; there is only 
approximately 1/3rd of the lower portion left to fill...

I will move onto a smaller piece next...before I embark on my HUGE
Nefertiti canvas that I received for my birthday...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (DP-ing-euse)