GARDEN?? et al

 

This Caladmium (?sp)

came out after our 6"+

of rain the other day...

I love love love

those colors...

It appears that perhaps

more leaves will be

coming out.

Y E S !!

I don't know if they should be taken in

over the winter months--

they are in a clay pot right now...

It took all summer for them to bloom--

or leaf out...;))

AND....

↧↧↧↧

and I took some cuttings

from my old Hoya plant

early in the summer--

and they have really taken pretty

well outdoors on my shaded

front stoop...

they will definitely come in for 

Winter...

***********************

It seems that I have taken a big step

backwards on my PT !!

😰😰😲😭

this weekend 

So

I am on

Rest and a few stretches only..

You know, pain is no fun!!

D U H !

**********************

At least the Dutch Grand Prix 

will be broadcast on "F1"

channel tomorrow and Sunday; 

so that gives me something

to watch and look forward to...

 I am hoping against hope

that PT will solve this

sciatica problem...

;(((

Hugs, julierose

La blageuse

(resting-euse)

WHEN TIMES ARE TOUGH...

 

                                                              The tough eat chocolate...

                                                              ;))))

                                                             👴👵

                                   Tom went food shopping for us today

                                    and brought back this "feel good"

                                                      treat for me...

                                           What a sweetheart 💑

*****************************************************

                                     No sewing today; just reading

                                          Hugs, Julierose,

                                            La Blageuse....

                                              [resting-euse]

                                                  

AUTUMN BOUNTY , et al

 

Autumn Bounty 

string blocks...

pinned up on my wall.

I am still working with leftover 

strips and orts in my

orange, green and brown

scrap bags...

They don't seem to get smaller!!!

😳😳😳

This pear fabric was the 

springboard for these blocks...

This will be my September hand

quilting project as soon

as I can get the

blocks together and layered..

 

Such a pretty fabric

↡↡↡↡↡

I love its soft

painterly texture....

')))

************************

FYI: I am still going 

through PT sessions...

hanging in there--but am still

having painful bouts...

Yesterday's session left me 

unable to walk without pain

👾

Soooo, 

This morning, Tom drove me to 

the Clinic for my annual

blood tests..

ugh...

[I hate not being independent !!]

I am very fortunate that he 

is such a sweetheart;)))

💕💕💕

***********************

I put Falling Leaves on the shelf

for the time being as I really

am limited to how much I can 

actually sit and sew...

those long rows are a bit

much to handle right now...

****************************

So, what do you do when you are

sidelined like this???

💁👵

Hmmmm...

Perhaps do a little bit of

fabric enhancement?

I hope to be able to hand quilt this

lovely fabric in the near future...

I am pondering threads

while I sit and sip my morning 

coffee....

The colors I am leaning toward all

seem to be in the Autumnal mode...

*****************************

I hope you are staying safe,

avoiding close contact, and 

wearing your masks inside--

the variant is out there....

💀👹👾

Hugs, 

Julierose

La Blageuse

(sidelined-euse)

HEXAGONIA--FINISHED, et al

 

This Hexie project just

fits my cocktail table

in our living room...

;))))

This depression era 

cake plate was my Grand-mere's

I love how it looks on top of

my Hexagon topper...

************************

Today I had PT again...

with much better results...

in that my PT guy 

now gets what is going

on with my severe sciatic

problem...

I had a flare up after the previous

PT course of exercises--

not fun!!

I know it is a long process and

am hoping that this 

revised course of exercises

and massage and stim

will help...

*******************

I have been doing bits and pieces of 

sewing on my 

Falling Leaves project:

Amazing what some 15 minute

sewing sessions can achieve...

I am still cutting solid strips with

Go!Baby cutter in darker colors...

*****************************

Meanwhile,

 we are hunkering down

for the hurricane that will 

be bearing down on us on Sunday.

We are in a hurricane warning area...

😱😥

  

The latest is that the eye of the storm

will pass right over us here on

the CT coast...

👀😵👀

We have extra gas for our generator

and extra water and food....

and are hoping for the best...

We are in an area full of towering older

trees...so if the winds are bad

we worry that the trees will

come down....

************************

If I am off line for a while,

we will most likely have lost

power....

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(fingers-crossed-euse)

 

SUNDAY DECK STITCHING

 

Today dawned cool and dry

So,

We took our coffee out on

the deck.

Then...

I continued sewing my 

hexagons together...

I have just 

three more to add and my 

table topper will be finished..

↧↧↧↧

I am doing the easy whip

stitch on these. 

This is my preferred way

of joining hexagons...

Very relaxing sewing...

 

and I  use my little clips

to hold the seams in place.

I am happy that I can

showcase this lovely

bird and flower print

in these larger hexies...

with this surround of 

what's left of my blue 

Roses

*********************

I hope your Sunday is restful

and relaxing...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse 

(visiting-Hexagonia-euse)

 

 

SUMMER DAYS and THANKS, EM ;)))

 

"SUMMER DAYS"

is now a flimsy

hanging in my closet

until my back will allow

me to layer up and baste

with all that involved bending over.

*********************

Meanwhile, continuing in my 

"Seasons'"  pieces...

Here is the start of "Falling Leaves"

["The falling leaves

drift by my window, 

the Autumn leaves

of red and gold..."

I  love that song--it

gave me the theme for

this one]

I Sub-cut String sections of 

leftover Autumnal Fabrics;

mostly, gold, yellow, browns,

oranges and 

a few light rosy colors, and

a bit of green ...

I saw this process on 

Aunt em's youtube (click)

Video--and was immediately

chasing a new squirrel...;)))

🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾

I had NEVER thought about

subcutting with my 

Go! Baby 

die cutter.

And, using it I was

able to do a

bit at a time 

this past week...

Here are a few sewn strip parts...

This is my "take" on Em's  quilt

so far...

↡↡↡↡↡

I am not as yet sure

how I am going

to cut and sew these

together; [they are in

sections of four and just pinned

up on my wall--]

but, for now,

I can do a bit of strip

sewing in my wonderful

lumbar pillowed sewing chair...

*;)))

[And then, do my heating pad]

👍👍👍

I have chosen graduated solid

strip colors from my stash to use

as separators for the crumbs...

¿I don't know if you can tell that the 

shorter sections' solids are a shade

darker than the longer ones..?

I am only using my stash 

for these projects...

Em also has an Etsy shop 

as well as her blog with her 

original pattern for 

doing strip sets 

like this...

Aren't they neat?  I am loving

doing this project...

😊Thank you so much Em  💗👵

I will be doing more subcutting for sure...

***********************

In the meantime, I have been

doing some retail therapy...

I bought a Fat 1/4 bundle

of the  "Kismet" fabric line

after seeing Pat Sloan show it off...

on her YouTube channel...

👀😳😳😳👀

[I need another set of new fabrics

like a hole in the head!!--Butttt...

this is just SO gorgeous]

 ***************************

A N D 

FYI for those of you who asked:

My new PT guy is so nice and

after yesterday's workout

I am only "normally sore"--

not about to go to the ER like

the time before...

So, things are looking up

here in the House on the Hill--

I hope this PT will take care of the

sciatic nerve problem...

I have seven more visits...

Thanks so much everyone for 

your good wishes...💖💖💖

mmmmmmwhaaa!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(crumb-stripping-euse)
 

FIDGITY-NESS

 

I have been sitting 

(with my lumbar back

support on my sewing chair)

and scissor cutting and sewing

strips together....

A few minutes at a time;

for as long as I am able

without my back yelling at me...

S  I  G  H   !!!

But at least I can sew a bit now.

:)))

I am using the same group 

(hah--mess of blues and yellows)

that I did to make my 

string/strip blocks...

************************

A week  later

this emerged....

↧↧↧↧

"Summer Days"

I was able in about five short

sessions to cobble these

blocks... 

(yellow groupings and

blue groupings)

into this piece...

(click)

I used the sailboat fabric strips 

as a memory reminder of when

we used to be taken out

in our friend's sailboat

many summer times ago..

And I used those little crumb 

strips  I had been working on..

(above) 

[It looks wavey--but I 

hope to quilt that out]

******************

I have a week off after last

Thursday's PT 

(which was a KILLER!!

I could not move for 

2 whole days

after that!!)

AND I am on 

just stretching 

exercises at home 3x/day...

until this coming Thursday...

When I will have a new therapist.

An unknown quantity..

Will he be a drill sargent?

😱😨

¿Quien Sabe?

👳only swami knows

for sure...

************************

So I am feeling a bit better

and making slow progress....

Many thanks to all of you who

wished me luck ;)))

👵

I am hanging in much as

I dislike the exercises...

they are working...

Hugs from my heating pad,

Julierose, La Blageuse

("..and a one and a two" 

ooff-dah")-euse