HELLO DOLLIES

 

The two dolly mini quilts

are now officially

"TOPS"

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I will be winding bobbins this afternoon

and resting my arms after

yesterday's contortions

at my yrly mammo 

💃

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And another gray, rainy day here...

and only in the low 40's..

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Tonight's dinner will be:

Pan fried pork chops 

with onions,

twice baked potatoes,

(in the oven now for the first baking)

and tossed salads. 

AND (sigh):

Various household chores

to be finished...

And

That's my day here ;()

Hugs from afar, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

(in my bubble-euse)

 

GG'S MINIS

 

Here are the bases

of the two Butterfly 

mini quilts...

Willa's (L) 

is into "blue"

and 

Fiona's (R) 

is into "Purple".

You will notice (I am sure) that there

are a couple little "baby" geese...

flying behind the adults....;)))

😂🙆🙆

My embroidered butterflies 

were just shy of 8.5" and 

so I had to improvise...

I am hoping that the 

white fabric surrounding each

butterfly will "quilt out" from

being pulled up with

my stitching...

Or

perhaps that's just the wind

helping them  soar...

;)))

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I want to make these dolly 

quilts rectangular..

So I will be searching for some

appropriate fabrics to

make a narrow "stop" border on the sides,

and deeper top and bottom 

borders...

Right now they measure 15.5" ;

not quite big enough to cover 

an American Girl doll..

Plus I prefer rectangular

quilts.

That is what I accomplished 

yesterday and today...

Hugs to all on this dark, 

rain-filled and

gloomy day...

Julierose, La Blageuse

(happy to be able to sew-euse)

BUTTERFLY MINIS

 

I've been sewing blue 

Snow Geese

to go with the blue butterfly

for Willa's

American Dolly quilt.

(I just need to sew it all together...)

This will be part

of her Christmas present...

I finished the geese strips 

this morning...

AND 

I have Fiona's 

Purple Butterfly and 

Snow Geese

Christmas Dolly quilt 

all ready to be sewn tomorrow.

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I think this is a good use of my

Butterfly embroideries...

The Butterfly blocks were an almost 

perfect 8.5" square;

I used the same pattern format 

that was in my Starry-eyed Jack 

to feature the embroideries...

I hope they will like them...;)))

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sewing-euse)

BUTTERFLIES, ET AL

 

I am working on the 

Black outlining of

my next butterfly...

I am mostly using the 

half-stitch method...

crossing on the way back...

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We interrupt this post 

for the following important

message:

TA-DAH:

My husband cut 2"

 off my hair this morning!!

He did a great job;))

[And tell me,

why have I been spending $50+

for a haircut????]

💇💇💇

I have not gone to a hair salon since

the shut down...

And

I am not ready to go yet...

Especially with cases on

the uptick now...

Plus .......

I had been searching for a new

hairdresser for over 6 months

before Covid hit--

since my old and trusted

one--who knew my

hair's foibles---

 moved away

😢😢😢😢

I don't want to go to an 

UNKNOWN

Salon

now.

I am thankful and 

lucky, too,

that my DH

can and will do this

for me;)))))

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And so, 

back to regularly scheduled 

posting.....

here is what my 

"Stress Sewing"

finished...↑↑↑↑

All the EXTRA

2.5" squares from

a swap 3 years ago...

made into 

strips of six each...

I may try to 

"Waffle, Waffle"

them

😂

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AND.....

I have made quite a bit of progress

on my 

"Fairy Lights Tree"

Diamond Painting...

just those lower rows

to be finished...

I hope your are all feeling a wonderful

sense of relief and joy today...

I know I am...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(So Thankful-euse)

HALLELUJAH

                                  

                                          BIDEN IS OUR NEW PRESIDENT ELECT.....

                                                            👍👍👍👍👍

                                                           Hugs, Julierose

                                                                La Blageuse

                                                               Thankful-euse;)))))

PAPER, SCISSORS, GLUE

 

I started my new glue book this morning...

These are the first two spreads...↑↑↑

I am reverting back to my first

loves:

💝💝💝

    PAPERS,

SCISSORS,

and 

GLUE.

I cull magazines 

for random,

but meaningful 

images.

(click to read)

AND

then I will add more images

until 

I see that it

expresses what I am feeling

at that moment.

Today I worked on my dining table...

I find this kind of "play"

just so relaxing;

and it helps me to de-stress

during these unstable times...

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

{cutting-and-pasting-euse)

STITCHING GEESE

 

I've  begun hand quilting

Starry-eyed Jack...

After much deliberation I decided

to use black DMC #12 thread..

to out line my geese...

I got 8 of the 20 done before

my hands began to hurt...

Not bad....

On the reverse side,

The geese will be circling 

around the Full Blue Moon

Can you see the stitched geese 

heading up there?

[click to enlarge]

the quilting is harder to see on this side

but it is a subtly toned side anyway

so, I am happy with it...

Some of the quilting will not go all the way

 through to the reverse. 

But enough to hold it together securely...

i am thoroughly enjoying quilting 

"Jack"  by hand...

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For those of you Diamond Painting enthusiasts

Here is a picture of my next project:

"Fairy Lights Tree"

The only picture that I have of it is this thumbnail

print on the side of the canvas...

{click to enlarge}--

and here is a closer look at the top left portion

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There is a ton of  "confetti"

(aka lots of color changes)

So 

Slow Going....

I am anxious to get to that 

lower turquoise portion..

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Sunday Supper is:

Pot Roast in the Slo-Cooker

with gravy and potatoes; 

and butternut squash spirals 

with maple syrup...

It is very chilly and gray for our first Sunday 

of the change back to EST 

so darker than usual early on

😢

Enjoy your Sunday

don't forget to V O T E 

and wear your mask--for 

It IS NOT over...!!!

😷

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(hand quilting-euse)