JOY TIMES TWO, et al

 

I started my 2nd Joy Banner

stoday...

I found that  bare trees fabric

from an old Ghastlie line

in my deep stash...

[click above to see the pretty 

snowflake batik

come to life]

:)))

And I set up

↓↓↓

" O "

 

{"O Tannenbaum" was

running through my

head while I set

this up}

I have this set up on an old plastic

serving tray with an orange pattern

so it looks a bit strange...

but it is more in the mint green

 turquoise color range...

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This morning, 

my 👴Sweet Baboo 👴 took

me for a ride to get out....;)))

BUT

unfortunately we spent 35 minutes in

a traffic jam because of road work

AND 

👿👹

because of 

those people who wouldn't pull 

over and wait--they had to

push their way ahead of

us all to the very end of the closed

lane--so

ANNOYING!! 

(comments deleted!!)

But a bonus was that 

our trees were in their

glorious Fall clothing

and just beautiful...

I felt my spirits rise

just looking at them...👵

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I got this lovely 

Amaryllis kit--

so tomorrow I will

get this planted...

How pretty is this one...

💖💖💖

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And.....

⇩⇩⇩

Here is my new setup

for printed cross stitching 

with clamp-on 

MAGNIFIER:

👀👀👀

So very much easier to see...

for this ancient one's eyes..

I am making slow progress on 

this piece....

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I want to 

thank you all 

for sending me good 

wishes

 for my recovery:

In that vein I

will report---

that

Today I was able to 

walk the grocery aisles

holding the cart without

pain--;))))

The only problem was

standing and waiting in line...

ooof-dah

that part still hurt!! 

But I think I am finally beginning 

to see improvement...

perhaps turning the 

corner...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Joy-euse)

THANK YOU, DAWN

 

Such a lovely bundle of

goodies came in 

the mail yesterday

for me...💖

from my friend

Dawn

who blogs at "relaxing robin"

blogspot.....

👀

A cute pocket mug rug with 

that adorable little girl 

on her cup

and

some hot chocolate

to sip...

👀

And  lovely Tula Pink

fabric --love those!!

And the cutest doggie 

memo pad,too.

👍👍👍

This totally made my day...

Merci merci merci,

💗💙💝

my good friend

for your thoughtful gift...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

{sippin'-and-pettin'-fabric-euse}

:)))

👯

JOY BANNER FLIMSY, et al

Here is my "JOY" banner

with added borders....

I used this VERY OLD 

fabric from my

stash for the

top and bottom 

borders

↧↧↧

I love this

"old-timey" fabric;

it has

the cutest little 

children  sledding,

building snowmen, and sitting

on huge snowballs...

;))) 

[click to enlarge

to see figures].

And for the sides, I used this lovely

gold-gilded pomegranate 

fabric--repeating

the few I used

in the words...

↡↡↡

I still have quite a bit

of that "pom" fabric left 

for another

banner, perhaps...

It took me 

most of the week to

do these, but 

they did get done!!

Now to layer it up so

I can hand quilt it!

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I moved my ironing

board down to chair

level so I could iron these

borders 

↧↧↧

{excuse that old, stained cover!!}

👾👾

You can just see the back of my 

lumbar cushion there.

I am STILL unable to stand for

any length of time

with this ongoing sciatica

that is still plaguing me;

so, the chair is the way to go..  

👹👽👺

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I had begun making this little piece

a few years ago and gave up on it..

👇👇👇

I would like to begin 

working on these blocks

in 2022.  [This picture

shows them

pieced and not appliqued.]

You readers know that I don't 

normally make lists--

despite the fact

that I am an avid "pen and ink"

journaler...😏

AND

that is because

for some reason lists 

make me feel stressed--

like they are some kind

of "deadline"

I have to meet.

[The little girl flying her

balloons is from Martha's

"Q is For Quilting"  blog]

I love that vintage look

and hope to rescue 

some of my really older

fabrics and finally use

them...

Well, anyway...

that is my little plan for now...

;D

After making the JOY banner 

I think that I will enjoy using

2.5" squares in this 

pixilated method

for my little Vintage Girl

project.

Hugs on this sunny Saturday

from the heating pad,

Julierose,

La blageuse

(bordering-euse)

 

" J O Y" TO YOU ALL

 

Here is my 

Super scrappy

"JOY" Banner...

I really love how that

Santa is 

centered

on the cross

bar of the "Y"

💖

Now to decide whether to leave this

in the vertical orientation or

to set it horizontally

and

whether to border it,,,

Such a fun small

project....

It helped to get my

"SEWJO"

back....

I hope your Sunday is

a joyous one...

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(jumping-for-joy-euse;}}} )

"J" for ????

 

"J"  for Julierose?

 

"J" for Jack the ripper??

(which was used in the making of this

because I turned the 1/2 sq. triangles 

the wrong way --sigh....)

But finally,

Y E S 

👌👌👍👍

"J" 

for 

JOY!! 

Here is the set up for my 

"O"

I hope to get this together without

incident!!

👀👀👀👿👿👿

[go away Jack the Ripper]

The set up for "O"

[oh my stars???

no, rather...

"O Tannenbaum"]

I want to make this trial banner for my mantle

for Christmas

and then for gifts to my daughter and DIL..

I first saw this on 

Dawn's blog

She is also making this banner...

What fun;)))

A little bit of smallish sewing

makes me so happy...

👵💗

Hugs, Julierose.

La blageuse

(prepping-for Christmas-euse)

 

HEXAGONIA: An Armchair Travel Project

 

My "Traveling Tin" 

from my Mom:

She lined it with felt...

:)))

And

I filled it with my new 

armchair project

"Hexagonia Garden"

Here are the starting fabrics:

↓↓↓↓

Centers↟↟↟↟

and

Rounds:

↧↧↧↧

All these are from the 

"Kismet" line

that I just love...

I bought myself a group of fat 8ths

and will be adding more 

fabrics in the peach color

from my stash

as I go along and

the piece grows...

I am excited to be able to hand 

sew while resting on 

my heating

pad...

And watching 

our Formula One (F1)

races this weekend...

(Zoom-Zoom)

:)))))

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My pre-printed cross

stitchery has to be done at a 

table in order for me to 

hold it so I can SEE

the small holes...

so that time is limited

for me right now...

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This morning I used my Go! Baby

Accuquilt cutter hexagon die to cut

freezer papers and fabrics

for the hexagons...

while

Tom took apart an old, big

desk that we will be

replacing with a smaller

less bulky one...

[He does all the 

"heavy lifting" around here...]

I am lucky to have him...

T G I F everyone

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(traveling-to-Hexagonia-euse)

P.S.  Most comments are not coming to my gmail account--

anyone know why this is happening?

 

HOCUS POCUS

 

I have begun a new

handcraft..

(which I need like a hole in the head, right?)

Since I have been laid up with sciatica and

ankle pain--I have been watching

Youtube videos that feature

crafters...

[Yup, I know--it's like going to 

see puppies--yikes!!

You cannot come home 

without one!!]

A N Y W A Y --

I cannot seem to get the hang of regular

counted cross stitch for the

life of me..

so I spied

"pre-printed" cross stitch

canvases...

I used to do needlepoint

years ago and I thought

Well, I can do this...

R I G H T ???

Above is the finished picture

and here is the canvas:

W h a a a a???

But after reading the instructions

and looking at many "starter" videos,

I saw that it wouldn't be difficult

to figure out following the chart...

{If you enlarge the above picture you may

be able to see the first line of

stitching at the bottom--

light gray "x's".}

The canvas is a bit on the 

stiff side but I think with

handling it will soften up...

Here is my dining table workspace set up"

↡↡↡↡

With a good straight backed chair

and a supporting pillow I can stitch.

I am calling this "Hocus Pocus" ;

a bit late for Halloween but 

hoping a finish for next year...

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Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse,

(hand-cross-stitching-euse)