CHRISTMAS and WINTER VILLAGES, et al

 

My Christmas Village ( prompt):

I've  basted this page  down.

I will be adding a lot more embroidery

on this page...snowflakes

and such....

Again I used  some of the

Jason Yenter fabric for that

Village scene...

and some cute little 

faux needlepoint birds

on the bare winter branches...

I have to have a think about what to add in..

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AND

Here is the background I wove

as the base for the 

Winter Village

after I realized that those longer

blue strips could become 

little Mountain houses...

Here they all are just pinned into place...

Today I basted everything down...

Little mountain houses--

free-cut from my tiniest scraps...

for roofs,

doors, and windows...

Very wonky indeed...😄

I think

those Winter winds have blown

them about a lot ;)))

I will be outlining the houses and

adding snow-ey lace bits

and perhaps some 

stitched icicles..

and snowflakes of some sort...

Maybe some kind of wreath...

This still needs quite a bit of 

embroidery also..

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Last weekend I stitched some more

zipper blocks using more cut-offs and

leftovers...

These two are using batiks...

[Can you see Mrs. Fish?]

I am not trying to match up anything,

just using what comes to hand as

I weed out my bigger scrap

pieces...

I love this "oranges" print and have it

in a mauve colorway too...

And

To illustrate just scrappiness

these three....

{Can you find the mistake??

Who was it who said:

 "It it's too short

add something,

 if it's too long, 

cut it off" !!!!!}

One of my best quilting rules...

I want to make some lighter blocks now

to add to the mixture..

This is what I have been making 

in my 15 minute segments

:)))))

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(zipping-along-euse)

MONDAY'S SMALL UFO WALL

 

I unearthed these blocks from my

"Small UFO Drawer" this morning.

When you haven't been in your sewing room

for over 1 and 1/2 years you kinda

forget what you had in mind...👀😢

And if you didn't put notes on any

of them, you have to wonder what

you had in mind?????

I've decided to just pick up these projects

and go with whatever looks

them or What I was going

to make (no note !!).

I am thinking I would like the 

purple one in the middle now...

(S I G H )

SO

Mr. Ribbit will be visiting...

[I actually really like this pattern

a lot...this has possibilites...]

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and then

These are not yet sewn--I do

recall they were to feature at the

bottom of one of my big quilts,

but didn't make it into the scheme.

I will see if I can figure out

how to

sew these together tomorrow...

should I add some spacers??

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I don't even like this strip of squares

much--

looks like just a

mish-mash of leftovers...

We shall see--this one will need

some thought...perhaps

just more leftover 2.5" sqs...??

Dolly quilt backs???

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These are start of a little hourglass log cabin!!

AND they need trimming; 

I must have used

the long strip method...

Why oh why didn't I mark what I had

in mind??????

and

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ORANGES

They started out last Friday as

62 two-patches...

One and one-half inchies that

I am sewing into 16 patches...

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I have a few other "just singles" that 

I cannot deal with right now...

👹👿💀

Picking up where you left off after

a long time away without any

guide as to what you were

planning is tiring!!!!!

This was enough for

one mornings work...

All in all, not very exciting are they? 

Perhaps they will grow on me;

or maybe you folks have some ideas...??

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse 

(re-entery-ing-euse)

NEED I SAY MORE???

 

Thank goodness for AC!!

The Heat Index Max alternates

with the following:

"Heat exhaustion probable"

👺👹😧😱😰

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Meanwhile, inside I have finally 

opened my tea dye bundles:

Here are the results from my 

larger piece tea-dyeing...

these photos look washed out

on my screen--the browns

are deep, dark and chocolatey!!

I love the variations within each piece...

My plan is to 

make a little stitcheries;

to be sewn into a small 

wall hanging.

The biggest question is which

side to use, as both sides

are lovely....

I am thinking of white laces and white embroideries maybe with some

really light blues or pinks...

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Meanwhile I am making 

progress in

hand quilting my

"Pears Ojos"

The central bottom  two

squares are almost finished 

[click]

I even like how the backing is looking

All highly textured

;)))

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(trying-to-stay-cool-euse)

 

CHRISTMAS IN THE HEAT, et al

 

My Winter Journal page

is finished...

I added a snowflake on the top 

to fulfill the 2nd prompt.

I included a cluster at the 

top right --which was 

an embellishment for 

this prompt--

I have never made fabric 

clusters before and 

wasn't sure what to use; 

and tried to keep it simple..

[you can click on any 

photo and it will

enlarge]

 

I used some leftover pink raw silk

from my CQ days,

leaving  the edges all frayed.

I love that look

💗

Then;;;;;;

I  added some  silver beads 

and topped it with a MOP button...

(mother-of-pearl button).

Here are the Wreath page and Tree page

as they will appear in the Winter Journal

side by side:

I am liking the plain and simple

look in contrast to the more

colorful and embellished

Christmas Journal pages

below:

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I like these too, just  different

takes on the Christmas themes.

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I am making two different bases for the

next two Winter Journal page prompts

which will be published

 on August 17th.

This one is just pinned to the backing

so far↧↧↧↧

I wove these scrappy strips together

and will invisible baste them to

get those pins out of the way.

Like this:

Here is the first finished base

 that I basted onto

a backing page made of

 light weight

linen...

As you can see they begin and end 

"Willy-Nilly" and use up little

sari strip pieces and some

CQ leftovers;  I will take care

of that when I pull the pages

together...

I feel like they keep in the CQ 

themed backings I had

started with....

💞

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Another sweltering day--the worst so far...

Tonight will be grilled hot dogs 

and beans....

Too hot to cook anything elaborate.

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Yesterday, Heartstrings Group

came and picked up my

 donation bags of

fabrics and some clothing.

It feels so good to have them

out of here.  

My fabric shelves are a lot roomier--

4 bags gone....

I hope you are staying cool and

you can get some fun 

sewing done today.

Hugs, in the AC!,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(Stitching-journaling-away-euse)

PEARS OJOS, et al

 

Here is my "Pears Ojos" progress...

[if you click you can see that the

central square is all quilted...]

I am presently working on the

square directly above it

↧↧↧↧

If you click you can see where

I've "parked" my needle

part way through..

  

Little by little I am getting this done...

;)))))

(Note: for some reason the colors seem

washed out in these photos...??)

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FABRIC JOURNAL PROGRESS

Christmas Journal 

Page Two:

I finished this late this morning....

I was wondering if more should be

added, but in the end

I decided that with the busy 

background

it is done...

The fabric I used for the body of

the tree is part of an old

damask tablecloth of 

my Mom's...

I just love its subtlety...

And here are the first two pages of

this journal together...

↶↶↶↶

I plan to use that green/blue-black

fabric (another Jason Yenter print)

throughout as much as is feasible...

I hate to waste any snippet of it!!

I think of the first page as the "doorway"

into my journal 

and the Christmas Tree

takes you into the Season.

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Here is my  Winter Journal tree

in progress...

There are five layers of

rounded branches on  this tree...

[click for closeup]

I used this older fabric that has

been in my stash forever!!

↡↡↡↡

I thought its subtle colorations of greens, and 

whites and grays looked like it could 

become--

snow laden branches...

Now I have to decide how to 

and how much to embellish

this page....

My  Winter Journal 

is meant to have simpler pages.

I hope it is cooler where you are than here...

👹👺👹

S O  H O T!!!

Hugs in the AC here,

Julierose,

La blageuse

{sewing-once-again-euse}

O CHRISTMAS TREE, et al

 

Our prompts for August

for Roxy's Fabric Journal

are:

"Christmas Tree"

and "Snowflake"

Here is the "base" for the 

Christmas Tree.

I used my Christmas 

scrap bag for all the little

cutoffs I had leftover...

Here are the first additions

of embellishings:

I covered the green branches 

across the back of the tree with

white Perle cotton for a

snowier look

and 

I added a few little snowflakes too.

I whip stitched various pieces

in place so that I could remove most

of the pins...

I am still debating about the 

star on top...

And I have to decide how to 

outline my golden tree...

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I am thinking about my "Winter" 

journal's tree; I am still casting

around for ideas on that one...

[Remember?  I am making 

2 separate Journals]

I also glued the cover on Winter Journal

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As you can see, I added a button and

a closure tie (variegated silk ribbon)

Here is a closeup of the 

beaded button and tie...↖↖↖

A N D 

I have prepared the base for my Winter

Tree prompt page

My intent is to keep most

of the backgrounds in the

Crazy Quilt Style...so

I am able to use up my

CQ leftover pieces...

and some light batiks that 

have that wintry feel..

I prepare these on the machine

ahead of time...

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HOT HOT HOT!!!!!

Feels like temp is 102 right now!!

Needless to say we are indoors.

👺👹👺

We are in a "Heat Advisory"

now until 11 p.m. Friday night...

Y I K E S!!

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Tomorrow morning I have my

haircut --at 9:30 luckily--

before it gets really really hot...

Tonight I made us tuna salad

and we will have that easy meal

with french fries...

no muss, no fuss...

I hope you are staying cool if you are

experiencing heat like this....

🔥

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse,

(hand-stitching-away-euse)

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