FRIDAY FROLICS

                                                    Here's Looking At You...

I am making progress on Nefertiti; I have about 1/4 left on the bottom

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I am back to hand quilting--as my finger has healed --thankfully--
enough for me to stitch; 
Last evening I flicked between Red Sox and Patriots games while 
hand quilting my legos...

I have two of those little rubbery thimbles; and one went over my sore
finger just in case...the green center vertical quilting is finished; and
I have set up the horizontal first middle row for the two
surrounding pink blocks for tonight...

So great to be able to do this once again...
AND
maybe Helga will be allowed
out of her "time out" this weekend..much chastened, I think (lol)!!

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On my pineapple quest, I've received many wonderful 
sources from you fabulous readers--thanks so much...

My first attempt at a free-form pineapple a la Lori's "Sweet Land of Liberty" (from Cheri Payne's unavailable pattern) is this set up of scrappy 
strips --all gleaned from my sorting this week: 

It was meant to be a Prim style piece I think, 

  BUT......

I am more of a flower-ey type gal;

So, I am making a Hawaiian 

Flowering pineapple...lol

{thanks Jacky (no blog)for that description of my choices}

I have yet to figure out the top green shoots....

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And speaking of flowering

Look what is still going strong...

I've been hand watering her most mornings as it has been 
mostly dry here..
a bit of rain day before yesterday, but still very dry everywhere...

I love love LOVE this deep rose/peach/cheddar/green combo on the petals...

Just cannot seem to get enough of it...  
            especially with that
                                       ruffle-ey edge...💕💕💕💖

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This morning is much much cooler with low humidity so I will be retiring
 to our back deck to relax and 
perhaps stitch on my legos a bit more...;))) or just maybe look at
the skies and wool-gather about that pineapple topping..
Hmmmmmm.... (Makes me think of my Grand-mere's Pineapple Upside Down Cake--so sugary and yummy with real whipped cream on top
..funny how the mind hops here and there, huh?)

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Friday night supper will be leftover sirloin steak sliced over a big green
salad...yum [while hubs will put his steak sliced into gravy over some
kind of carb --he never gains an ounce--not fair, is it??]
BUT....
No cooking pour moi...;)))))))))).

I hope you all have a terrific weekend...
hugs, Julierose (back to stitching-euse)

I LIKE NO 15

I have been doing a lot of this

since Helga's wayward needle did this↡↡↡

Sorting all the scraps I could find in various boxes, bags etc.--

I like that at least I was able to get something done!! 

But I have put HELGA in the corner for a "time out"!!! ;000
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I love this little pineapple block from Lori's  (Humble Quilts
sew a long last year.

                               I'd like to try to make one (w/o stars);

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And speaking of pineapples--here is another one from Audrey at
Quilty Folk--I really love that bottom swag-type u-shape....

for some reason I am wanting to make some kind of pineapple--

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Not much going on here this week, but I am surely grateful for our
AC...hot and very muggy once again...
I am doing my rain dance;000 hoping to get that moisture that
used to fall readily from our skies....

Joining Lee Anna at Not Afraid of Color for her weekly party of
"Likes"...

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (healing-euse)

TIME OFF? YA THINK?

Guess what?  
the sewing machine needle is faster than the hsnd-- D U H !!!
Later, Julieroze 

MORPHING

            Summer Snowballs decided to become Christmas Snowballs...
                [this pink border is washed out in the bright sun
                        it's actually a rosier pink more like the
                                mauve colors in the snowballs]

When I was rifling searching through my scrap baskets to make the
Tulip yesterday, I found these two strips of old Christmas birdhouses
and I thought: Well, why not--use it up...;))) so I sewed the strips 
on with raw edge applique and the change-up is complete...
                                    A FLIMSY--yay;)))

COLORS  APPEAR BETTER
         IN THE SHADE....

                       It fits my dining table nicely...48" x 25".........

And now I will pin muslin onto it--for hand quilting; and then 
I will tie on a Christmas backing fabric... 

And.............this goes into the "to be hand quilted pile.."

This was my sewing for this Sunday morning.. it is still 
                                    HOT HOT HOT
                                with a high dewpoint--

What happened to the "cool-down
weekend we were predicted?? 
We are in AC still 👀↓↓
                 [ohmygosh!!! our bill will be enormous$$$$]

I hope you are staying cool and having a joyful Sunday

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (making-do-euse)

NEW STRING FLING PROJECT

   I always have to have (it seems ;}}}) a string-strip project going.....

                            I love this tulip made with strings...

Do you remember my two baskets-- filled with scraps and strips??? 

Instead of sorting them out, I decided to just pull out the
colors I liked  today for this string TULIP...

I have had this book for YEARS, eons, a long, long time anyway....

                    And the picture on the cover-- and also the quilt that 
                        Audrey at Quilty Folk ,had made a while back,
                              got on my list of blocks to try...
So.....
I cut traced and cut out telephone book papers for the parts.....
and
here are the fabrics that I pulled out of those messy baskets....

(sorting is not my favorite way to take up my time anyway...)

                   Purples, pinks, mauves, blues and light hues...
                       the hand dyed purple strips closest will feature 
                          on the bases of the
                                flowers...
                                  {lots of pieces, right?} 

Four of these tulips make an 18" block...I don't know if I will make several
or just one,,, 
but for now    
I am really enjoying my latest scrappy string fling...

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It was humid here most of the day A G A I N!!!!! ;(((

But it has cooled down enough for us to take an evening stroll on the
next Town's boardwalk...

We are hoping for some cooling offshore breezes..

I cannot tolerate the humidity that has been with us---
it makes me feel nauseous and ill...
hard to find enough oxygen to breathe...

So AC has been our fare and 
I am so grateful for it...;))))

I hope you are comfortable wherever you are...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (stringing-again-euse)

PLAYING WITH LEGOS

I have begun to hand quilt the Legos strips; they are pin basted onto muslin;
so the quilting with this Presencia No 8 thread is easy to needle...

I am quilting every other block in a different orientation:  the two yellows
in the first row vertically and the middle pink horizontally..
the next row will be the reverse with the vertical in the middle and the two outside quilted blocks horizontally.

                                            I had to think ↑↑↑ lol
                                    about how I wanted this to look
                                         as all the blocks are
                                                    pieced vertically--

AND: this way I won't have to worry about matching quilting lines 
when I sew the strips together...

                             It has been "muy muy caliente" 
                               (very very hot) here, so these hot
                                             chilies remind me;  
                    but this morning the hot spell has broken a bit,
                     and the humidity is only 62%--what a break;)))))

                                         I sat out-of-doors↟↟💓
                         this morning on our deck to have my coffee 
                                   and do some quilting, taking advantage 
                                                 of the bright light...
                                   👩💗such a lovely way to start my day...💗

                                           These tiny shells↟
                                          remind me that tonight the 
                                           ocean breezes will allow us to walk 
                                              on the boardwalk and be cool.

[NOT like last night when the muggy weather made us exhausted..ugh!!]

Here is this morning's 6 am sky--the dark clouds being blown away by the approaching cold front..

Hope your weekend will be happy and filled with joyful sewing...
hugs, Julierose, La blageuse  

I LIKE NO 14: STRINGS AND THINGS

                       These baskets contain all my scraps...
                                 I need to separate them by color. 
I LIKE DOING THAT IN THE EVENINGS WHILE WATCHING TV....;)))

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                             This Daylily is finally blooming 
This is another really "liked" one:  I have ordered 4 more daylilies and
got a special coupon for 10 free...I cannot wait to see what arrives....
Stay tuned....

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Storms are arriving here...soon............we really need rain....
                Fingers crossed for beneficial rains...
                         I have been hand watering...

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             My little entryway herb garden: Basil and flat leafed parsley...
                   I am pinching off little bits to promote growth...
                               and drying the leaves for
                                                our Winter cooking...
                                Nothing matches freshly dried basil to my mind...
                                  Basil is my favorite herb followed closely by Tarragon

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And here's looking at you...↓↓↓↓

                   I finally have gotten to Nefertiti's eyes...
                          this is such a satisfying canvas....the colors are
                               beautiful  
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I am linking up with LeeAnna at Not Afraid of Color to add my positive
"likes" for this week...we love to say the glass in half-full.....;)))
Come and join in the fun....

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse 
( I am in the process of seeing what I actually have in my stash-euse)