SLEIGH BELLS --RINGING IN CHRISTMAS

 

I am covered with my 

Christmas postage stamp quilt

while:↴↴↴

Icing my ankle and lower leg...

I had such fun making this postage

stamp quilt

and I was surprised to see

I made it way back

in 2 0 1 4!!!

(Labels are so important!!)

All reds, greens--

even pink tones and

off whites and pure

whites--

SO VERY SCRAPPY

Bordered with this 

vintage-y print and

the back featuring my

favorite kind of Santas

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I have two width-long

strips of them across the mottled

greenery of the background...

and

a lovely deep, dark roses print

on the sides...

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This very first wall quilt I made

is now up on my dining room wall

to welcome the season

This pattern is from

an old issue of American

Quilter magazine that I

used to subscribe to...

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We've pared down our decorations

to 2 small tabletop pre-lit

trees--I am still collecting

really small--mini--ornaments

for them...

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I have closed my sewing room

until I can manage sewing

layering, etc better...

All of my mailings and gifts

have been finished...so

I decided it is 

time to seriously 

rest up

this old body

 and get myself

back into some semblance

of shape...

Yesterday I was able to

ride my recumbent bike for

5 minutes....

that is progress in my book;)))

👵

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It is sunny and chilly here 

and most of our leaves have

fallen, just a few high oak 

leaves are hanging on...

AND

they are the most luscious

deep, dark maroon-ey

color--I would love

fabric like that!! 💖

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Tonight's dinner  

will be :

 leftover beef stew

that DH and I put together 

two days ago...

with

garlic bread on the side..

Hope you are enjoying decorating

for your own holiday season..

Hugs, Julierose, 

La blageuse 

(Winter-is-a'-comin-in-euse)

P.S.  we may get snow

this coming week...

💕💝💓

DECEMBER FINISH, et al

 

My daughter Candice's

banner is finished.

I was able to use

the rest of the border fabric

for the binding--and just have

about 3" left!!

Whoa--that was close --

:000

I like this backing fabric a lot...

↓↓↓

[click to see it better]

And 

I still have a good chunk

of it leftover to use

for at least a part

of my own banner...

Tom will mail this out to

her tomorrow so that she

can use it for the Holiday...

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D E C E M B E R

and 

a bit of decorating...

I pulled out 

↴↴↴↴

My Dancing Santas 

Courthouse Steps table topper

to go beneath my 

mini, light pinky

  Pointsettia

on my living room 

cocktail table.

AND 

then my favorite

Christmas crumb strippy 

quilt

"The Christmas Puppies"

Folded here over my 

Grand-mere's old

caned rocker...

in the living room...

[I checked in my Christmas bin and

I have two (approx) fat 1/4's 

of that puppy fabric left...]

Tom took out our two mini tabletopper

trees, but we haven't set them up

as yet--as I need more tiny

ornaments and am awaiting

my order from Amazon...

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Unfortunately (and stupidly!!) 👵

I did a little too much today and

my ankle and leg began spasming

once more...so had to take my

meds for that and am, as a result

on TOTAL REST again for

a couple days !! 👾

I just don't know how much to do

as often I feel pretty good..

S  I  G  H  

😭

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I will be watching some of my favorite

Youtubers this afternoon:

"Lovecraftforever"

"Pat Sloan"

and 

"Stitching with Lora" 

and "Kathy Schmitz" (sp?)

Hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

(sitting-and-resting-euse)

👸😴

 

FIRST JOY DONE & DUSTED

 

My DIL Lin's

Banner is all packaged

up and ready to mail out tomorrow.

I finished the binding and

the label this morning....

Her birthday was actually the

22nd, but I just couldn't 

get it finished in time...

Here is the back view

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A really vintage scene

and her is the label--

just a simple 

inked message

set with a hot iron:

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I hope she likes it...

I am so happy to get this one 

in the mail...

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Next will be my daughter's 

JOY banner...

she is getting her new

Farmhouse style dining table

today and

it is a gray weathered wood..

I hope this will compliment

her decor for Christmas.

I need to layer it up,

pin and quilt it, and make

its binding.

Hoping to begin this week..

[If my sciatica doesn't 

rear up again...👾]

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And

On that sciatica front--

it does seem to

be getting better

fingers crossed!!

👵

And, also

the ankle/lower leg

is responding to 

icing and epsom

salts soaks..

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I hope you are getting in the 

mood for the 

upcoming holiday season...

We are still figuring out

who will be where and who

will come here and when

etc etc

The usual pre-holiday 

hullabaloo...

💃💃💃

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

(one-down-one-to-go-euse)

TURKEY DAY

 

We had a surprise visit from

my son and his family --

and "Lucy", 

their new puppy,

who is the sweetest 

thing;))💖💖,

this morning.  

We all enjoyed an

antipasto  platter of

goodies to hold us over

until our bigger Turkey meal

later on.

 

I played "War" card game with the

girls and we caught up on

family news...

Then they left for Lin's family and

their celebration...

It was really wonderful to

see them all...

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Our turkey went in at 1:30--

so the two of us

will have a quiet, 

celebratory

meal.

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I hope you are all enjoying this

special day of gratefulness.

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(thankful-euse)

JOY#3 FLIMSY

 

JOY #3 is on the right;

with all borders on--this

one will be for my daughter,

Candice...

How different No.2 (left)

looks from No. 3... (right)..

👀💃👀

I find it so fascinating how

you can skew the "look"

from Vintage/Whimsical

to Elegant/classy...

:)))

Here is a better look at the top

border...

Since this was a horizontal

one-way  printed fabric,

 I decided to

fussy cut this

 top border to

include the house.

And

This bottom one 

↨↨↨

to include  the Snowman and

decorated lamp posts

and decorated doorway..

[Again click to enlarge].

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Now I have to layer them up 

and decide how to quilt them...

and 

I have the backing fabric chosen...

I would love to hand quilt them..

BUT

I wonder if there is time

before Christmas???

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This morning we watched

Formula One (F1) Qatar Race.....

and Tom went out

and got doughnuts for us.

A VERY special only sometime

treat in this house...

😋💕😋

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Tonight will be cheeseburgers

with fried onions on toast,

with french fries...

SO.....

definitely not a diet day:))) :D

I hope your Sunday is a super one..

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

(JOY-banners-flimsied-euse)

TRIPLE JOY, et al

 

This 3rd banner will

be for my son and 

his family for Christmas

(click to see closer)

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I had some Jason Yenter

Christmas fabric

leftover that I included --

and this cute

border fabric

which was hiding in

my old stash...

I had been saving these

last two fussy cut

pieces for i knew not what!!

And they fit so well here...

:)))

Serendipity💖

⇊⇊

I had JUST just  enough

of that older Santa's

Workshop fabric to put on

the top and bottom...

I think Willa and Fiona will 

like that addition.

:)))

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I now need to add borders

to the 2nd banner 

which will be for

my daughter in her

new condo and for her

new dining table...

She has been having a 

bit of a tough time lately

and I hope this

will brighten her day.

This one is a little more

her style...

a bit

more elegant 

and

not so whimsical;)))

Here are a couple closeups

of the border fabric

I have chosen...

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I love this soft print...

I think it will 

look so sweet

with its snowy 

background...

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I have been sewing in 15-20

 minute intervals  all week;

prepping the next bit each time...

It is truly amazing how much 

you can do even in

short stints...

I am grateful that I have had

enough pain free hours

to sew  these

two gifts...

It was such fun searching through my

diminishing Christmas fabric stash and

coming upon enough little pieces to

make these.  I will certainly be making

more of this type of smaller 

project  in the future...

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AND NOW....

I will hope to get the two gifts

layered up for quilting...

[Mine (No 1) will have to

be the last on my list.

But I will hand quilt that one

during the post-holiday

season.....]

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Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sewing-happily-once-again-euse)

 

JOY - FUL # 3

 

Joyful Sewing:

"J"

is:

Windblown trees 

in the snowy landscape.

And 

And...."O" 

IS set up to sew next.....

[I removed that orange tray and 

set this one  up on my 

new design board...

so much easier to 👀

on that white background...]

I want to make at least three

of these for gifting with

the 1st one for us to

enjoy ...

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And here are a few quilts I saw

today online while

resting....

This one is from Pat Sloan's blog

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It was her block a day last year...

called "HOPE"

Isn't that pretty?

And I love this one:

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I am "collecting"

pictures of 

blocks I'd like to make

{seeing as my sewing is

so limited right now}

for the future...

and Lastly

[but not least-ly ;D ]

↴↴↴

I love this hexagon setting...

💓

BIG rosettes 

that could be made into a 

tree skirt for a

 tabletop 

Christmas

Tree. 

I have been searching out

smaller items to make.

(ones that do not include

zippers 

or any fancy stuff!!)

👵

 

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I was able to walk

[cane aided, but still]

around the parking lot

circle at the Fields

where we go to

walk....👧

I am bound to be sore afterwards,

but I have to try to move more...

It was a glorious day; cool but 

it was SO good

to get out and about a bit...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

{En-JOY-ing-euse}