UFO & LITTLE FARM GIRL

 

My "Pears" OJO piece

is the first of my UFO's that I will

tackle...

I plan to concentrate on 

finishing them up--before 

I attempt to sew anything new!!

Lately, I've been disappointed

in anything I've begun

getting used to my 

depleted stash?

Perhaps...???

👿👹

Anyway, I will be 

concentrating on one UFO

per month if possible...

But, I digress yet again:

😁

I was able to pin baste Pears in 

readiness for hand quilting...

Here is the cotton thread I plan to use

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Such a lovely color, I think...

AND--

here is a closer looks at that

Pear fabric..

I really love this fabric...

one of my all time favorites..

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Little Farm Girl is coming along

Just a few small

bits to finish up...

I tried to do her hair, but

found it really looking pretty

awful!!

So I ripped out my stitching...

And now, 

I have to figure what stitch

to use for it...

Time to look in my Judith Montano 

books for possibilities...

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It is Super hot and V E R Y 

humid here today.

We managed a short early walk,

but it really took the starch out

of us it was so muggy!!

Hoping your Sunday is a fun day;)))

Stay cool...

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(chasing-down-UFO's-euse)

LITTLE FARM GIRL & ARBORETUM

 

I have begun stitching my 

"Little Farm Girl"

Aren't her red overalls fun?

So old-fashioned looking;)))

 

Did you wear overalls when

you were little?

I sure did...and bib overalls were

popular when I was a teenager, too.

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I know I have stated that I

wasn't going to begin anything

N E W !!

B U T:

When I saw Wanda's [click to see]

Arboretum blocks mounting up I

was smitten...

Totally smitten!!!!

I mean they are SO gorgeous;

and isn't it all about having fun,

 feeling passionate about

what you are doing?

( Well, That's my story and I 

am sticking with it!!)

Here are my first four blocks:

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I will be using all batiks to

try to use up my big box of them...

I find them a bit "Fiddly" to make--

no surprise here==

 as I am totally

angle challenged 

as you long time

readers know...

AND

SO.............

I will have to be trimming them up

to the smallest one 

when I have finished them all

as I cannot make them come out

all the same size....

👽👿👺

I am making two at a time using the

same background and varying

the limbs and trunks....

The cutting in preparation is the hardest for

me right now, as standing and cutting 

for any length of time is still

a hassle...but

I am getting better and 

sitting in between.

Taking it 

SLOW and EASY...

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We are in a mini heat wave here

and the dewpoints are in the 

70's every day.

So, we have been going

out to the Field where

we walk really early--

luckily they open up at 8 a.m.

It sure does feel good to get

back to our AC in our house, though..

I hope you are all nice and cool and

staying safe out there...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(somethings-new-euses)

COVER FINISH, et al

 

"Winter" cover is sewn....

And

Here is the little title tag

↧↧↧↧

I used another tea-dyed

Jason Yenter selvage

for the cover title..

"A Celestial Winter"

outlined with gold beads.

This is all stitched down onto

the old, soft sheet backing

and ready to be glued to

the cover...

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While I am waiting for

our next prompt on 

Wed. 21st of July--

I transferred this cute little 

farm girl embroidery 

to work on:

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Isn't she just the sweetest thing???

💝💝💝

I see her in red overalls

a light blue shirt and 

"baboushka" ;))

[Are any of you old enough

 to 

recall that word? ]

Perhaps she lives at that farm 

on my journal cover??

😉

And....

Don't you love my sneakers 

poking out at the top?  

👵😁

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Very hot and humid here today;

dewpoint is already up to 72

so we have the AC on...

Planning on take out grinders

for our lunch...

A no cooking day...

hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

 

 

                                                                                  

IN THE BEGINNING--A FABRIC JOURNAL PAGE

 

Here is the "tag" embellishment I came up

with for my Winter "Deer" Journal page.

It is part of a selvage from a Jason

Yenter Christmas print that I tea dyed 

with my last batch...

I had no idea what to use for a tag

until I spied this part of the

selvage when I unwrapped

one of my bundles...

:)))))

Here is my progress on 

the  "Deer" 

page 

↧↧↧↧

This white reverse image of the 

reindeer on my Christmas

Journal took a long time to

figure out  how to make him stand out...

First, 

I sewed beads all around--

BUT

then I

cut them off--

they just looked

too heavy...👹

then i tried just backstitching--

Cut that out, too--just not

right!!

The final touches were:

that buttonhole stitch

that made him stand out as before 

he just melted into the background...

and the little imaginary saddle with

the late leftover Autumn leaves

dangling down....to match the

two underneath my tag...

YES!! That was it;))))

I Still feel that the  top left needs something to

balance out the tattered buttoned on yo-yo

on the bottom left...

still thinking....

AND

all the fabrics were "invisibly" stitched to

hold them in place and then

kantha stitched with perle cotton

in differing directions...

I am really loving this 

SLOW STITCHERY

💙💟💖

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Since I have quite a lot of time

left before the 3rd Wed of this month

when the next prompts arrive...

I began working on a cover

for the Journal

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Here is the first iteration--just pinned

in place to see if I like it

enough to begin slow invisible 

stitching 

it into place...

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We had a midday dinner today

BBQ-ed Hot dogs smothered in

olive oil fried onions

and beans...so good!!

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I hope your weekend is going well

and you can find some time to

stitch and sew...

💗

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(pondering-euse)

FABRIC JOURNAL VOL 2

 

My Christmas inside cover will

also be Page One as

the prompt today

was "Reindeer"

;)))--lucky me 

an easy month...

and 

the embellishment  tag=my name and year...

[I cheated and used embroidery on this page...

instead of fabric..].

😂

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Here is the Inside cover of Winter

all finished

[sorry for the crooked pix]

I am really happy with how it came out;

it sits on the inside cover here...

all glued down and drying..

And so..

I am now working on the Winter prompt's

First Page --

Which is 

"Deer"--again!!

👹

I decided to make another leaping

deer 

this time in an all white

moire silk fabric..

and keep to my taupe-

low volume style fabrics...

More on this one later,

this Tag embellishment

has me thinking though...

Each 1st and 3rd Wed of the month

we get a new prompt and

embellishment to 

make out of fabrics...

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Today is V E R Y hot and humid!!

I walked very early on in the morning

and it was already muggy and close...

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Oh,-- and yesterday I attacked my 

button jumble--

I sorted by colors--

that was an all-day job...

Now they are all in little

containers.

:)))))

Stay cool

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

{Working-on-Winter-Page-One-euse}

TEA DYE REVEAL

 

From this....

To:

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Torn strips, leftover lace bits

And

Previously white chunks and 

cut offs,,

and

Pre-sewn strips, some patterned...

and

Yo-yos and a piece

of a previously yellow shirt,

And

(yes, there's more from just

those little bundles)

;))))

An old, faded and ripped

napkin with a light print...

And last of all

↓↓↓

Formerly white cheesecloth draped over the 

edge leaving a deep dark brown...

I love how these came out...just so yummy

with all the variations and looking very OLDE!

[Not everyone's "cup of tea" tho' hahaha

I realize, but I will use these for slow

stitching projects...]

And since I won't be washing the projects

 I use them for,

it doesn't matter if the colors fade a bit...

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AND

Here is a picture to give you pause women:

Our New supreme Court!!!!

Enough said....

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

(tea-dying-euse)

 

HEXAGON PROGRESS, et al

 

I have the first three rows to

be sewn together for

the center of my tabletopper. 

the central row has 25 hexagons and

the next two have 23..

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The inside book cover

for "Winter" Volume

is a crazy quilt block:

Using silks, linens and cottons

in Wintry colors...

AND

Here is the book cover

I have chosen

↓↓↓

I will have to reinforce

the spine; and I have left 

a few end papers in to write on

explaining this challenge.

From today until Wednesday's 

1st prompt for July--

I will be embellishing this page

and the Christmas Journal's page.

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We are having thunderstorms

on and off this morning...

So, I rode my recumbant 

bicycle for 17 minutes--

a new record for me...

👵🎉🎊

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WE will be having burgers on the grill

with tater tots this evening for dinner..changes

below =&&&

☂🌂

Hoping to BBQ in between those raindrops...

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An F-1 weekend 

(Formula One Racing

this morning)

🏁

Vroom, vroom...

Hugs,

Julierose, La blageuse

(Embelishing-euse)

&&&changes:

Tom decided to go and get Chinese

Take out for lunch

so those leftovers

will be our dinner, too;

rainy today so tomorrow

we will bbq those burgers!!

:))))))