BUTTERFLY # 5, E et al

 

Purple Butterfly...(#5)

Begun

The circles are a dark purple

although the stitches look black

here....

Here is the Valdani 

thread I used...

I was able to sit out on the deck for an hour 

stitching right after noon

time as it got warmer than it has been.

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AND...

My hydrangea is turning rosey/beige.

I just love this color....

I will be trimming the hydrangea back again this

Fall as look at how it grew back!!↡↡↡↡

Like gangbusters!!;)))

Loving these floppy, mop heads...

Sooo pretty...

Dawn at "relaxingrobin.blogspot.com"

[I could not get the link to work!!] 

suggested that I make a

wreath with the flower heads...

She is SO crafty....;)))

I would love to try that...💕

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We are planning to have a fence installed 

to screen us from the neighbors' Big old, rusty Blue bus 

and

just a whole lot of junk left out

in their yard ...

We have a couple of fence installers coming

to give us an estimate today and

tomorrow...

We are aiming for 7 feet...

As you can see, their yard is RIGHT off of our tv room;

and during three seasons when those leaves come

down and the underbrush dies back, 

all we can see are old boxes, and trash...

Not a very inspiring view......

I hope we can get it installed before all that foliage

dies back...

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For this past week I have been experiencing 

"Quiltus Interruptus"

I got an SOS from my DIL that

Willa  and Fiona are in 

desperate NEED

of SNACK BAGS

for school...

So I made 5 for each...

[ I forgot to take photos before I wrapped and

sent them off this afternoon...];000

We had Cats & Sushi fabric, 

Telephones and cartoons,

Owlets and snow fabric

And Ghastlies with roses

(the last for Halloween time

or those days when they are feeling

super "Crabby" ) hahaha

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So that has been my week....

I am not that adept at making small items like these and

it took me quite a while to get going...

but, they got done;)))

I hope your week has gone well..

Tomorrow is

TGIF

Even though we are retired, we still

love Fridays...;)))👴👵

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse 

(back to Courthouse sewing-euse)

 

READY TO FLY, et al

 

LUNA finished  

on our deck yesterday

afternoon...

MY VIEWS:↡↡↡

                                                  Hydrangea in full bloom by our deck...

                                                                             AND

Maples turning....

The Seasonal cycle has begun in earnest.

AND

Here's what I am reading

This is pretty good...

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Here is my new diamond painting  thumbnail picture

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"THE WAVE"

 I love the colors in this one

A new start....;)))

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It is a gray cloudy Saturday morning here;

we are hoping for some

RAIN

for it is

BONE DRY

the earth is

so 

POWDERY...;000

Happy Weekend

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(starting anew-euse)

LONG ROWS SEWN (CS)

The 8 longer rows on my 

Court House Steps Scrap quilt

are finally sewn together..

This is where I started this morning with short rows of 6 each 

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If you click on the 1st photo above

you can see the 10 block rows end up on the floor...

👀👀

I call this Phase Two 

AND

done! ;)))

It took me 2 and one-half hours this morning

to sew two blocks on either end of each row...

So

8 long rows of 10 are sewn...

Now to sew the L O N G rows together..

BUT

I am taking a bit of a break before

tackling that....👵

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It is 72 degrees here today--a lovely warmish day

I am hoping to sit out on our deck for a bit...

Hope you are having a wonderful day

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse 

(resting-euse)

 

SEWING ROWS ON COURTHOUSE STEPS, et al

 

Three "short rows" (6 each)

sewn and trimmed

The next two rows are the Middle rows with all purple centers

I am attempting to work from dark to light

using the centers...

Here is the set up on my wall

I will be adding two blocks to both the top and

bottom of the 6-block rows to make up

the 10 block rows...

Since I couldn't set this up totally on my wall

this is my solution

Of Sorts....;000

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MEANWHILE....

We are awaiting installers for our new LG dishwasher..

they are LATE--no surprise there...

👿😬

Tom is on "HOLD"

with the usual annoying music...

trying to find out WHEN they are really arriving.

We have been without a dishwasher since end of July!!

And have had to cancel out our first choices

twice as they wouldn't have gotten one to us

until

DECEMBER

oh, and "if by then"...;0000

So, we have been up since 6:20 a.m.--

and we are stuck here

W A I T I N G ...

Don't you just hate that????????

Hope your day is going well

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(in-waiting-mode-euse)

 

UP ON THE WALL, et al

 

I began throwing (well, not actually throwing hahaha) 

these CS blocks up on my design wall..

I can just fit the 8 across rows,

 but not the other 10 block measurement...

Only 6 down so far ..

So, it's difficult to "SEE" 

exactly what is going on..

I had thought using all the dark bordered ones in the central portion 

would solve my problem, but as the photo shows there are 

significant amounts of turquoise centers to be dealt with

and I hadn't been able to see that in my small room

as I cannot stand far enough away...

.

[I find taking photos before I begin sewing  

really shows what is going on colorwise...]

So today will consist of  a lot of 

RE-ARRANGING

and photo taking....

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On the Diamond Painting front:

I've finished 

"Girl With Tear"

She was a fun project...

My favorite part is her swirley hair...

although, many very similar colors appear 

side-by-side making it difficult 

to discern the little  number codes. 

Next will be to find a frame...

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This morning we are on our way to leave off our Subaru

for servicing...so we are both going as Tom

cannot wait inside there these days...

Normally, we would stop for a breakfast out,

but not now--we haven't done restaurants

or take outs and don't plan on

doing so in the near future...

Take care people, stay safe, 

and wear your masks,

Hugs, Julierose,

 La Blageuse

(shuffling-euse)

BUTTERFLYING TO RIO

 

Green "Luna" type Butterfly

Awaiting its finish so it can

Fly out to South America

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Girl With Tear Progress

I have just this little bit left

to do...↓↓↓↓↓

The darker, grayish sections are

left to paint in...

I love her swirley hair here...

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And speaking of swirley hair, mine has reached epic 

length proportions now...mid back!! 

Not since I was a little girl 

have I had hair this long....

💇💇💇

Are any of you going to hairdressers?

I am still kind of leery...

But pretty soon I will be able to sit on it--

UGH!!

And the perennial questions:

 

WHAT STYLE?????????

And HOW SHORT?????

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It has been chilly all week long here...

this morning the early temp was 42

and now it is only 52...

AND

VERY windy 

out of the NNE;

it is kind of early for this cold weather here...

I hope your Sunday is a good one

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(slow stitching- & DPing-euse)

 

8 x 10

                                             Courthouse Step blocks

                                                                   In no particular order... 

                                                                        Just to check on coverage...

                                                                             8 blocks by 10 

                                                                                    blocks= 80..,,

                                                                          

Side view...

I have put the blocks in some kind of order by

piling them in "center hourglass" colors...

and

So, Dark purples, Light plaids,

Dark turquoise and

Light turquoise...

Of course, I don't have even numbers of each...

So, I will have to figure out a way to set them..

Either with the lighter colors in the forefront or the 

darker ones, or some

kind of variation...

Perhaps darker runs in the central portion and 

lighter ones on the edges?

Madam La Zonga "sees" these

on the floor somewhere

to set them up...🙍🙎🙏

It's mind-boggling!!!

P H E W !!

Hugs on a windy, sunny Saturday

Julierose, La Blageuse (pondering-euse)