HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY TO YOU

 

HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY 

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

{celebrating with my daughter & family}

LONG TIME, NO SEW, et al

 

What do you do with a shoe box full of Charm Squares???

Well, since i really haven't sewed in quite a while,

I decided to start at the beginning and just

sew squares into twosies and then foursies...

I chose mostly flowery ones and

paired them with off white squares.

Practicing sewing straight and getting that

seam allowance to behave!!👀😊

So far, I have twosies

paired up and pinned together

ready to become 4-sies...

That is the extent of my sewing for today...

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Then I got a little extra present from

my DH for my birthday yesterday:

It is just perfect for cropping

my little pictures for my glue book...

Here are a few finished pages from my

En Masse Journal:

 My finished "Books" pages

and

Our lovely "Hands" 

and

One page finished of the double spread of

 

Fun "Shoes"😉

Have a wonderful weekend

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(sewing-and-glueing-euse)

 

HELLO, SPRING-- GREEN AND PINK

 

A Springtime hello to you all;

above is my North facing living room

plant window 

with my new spider plant

and

my two mini pointsettias

I am coddling 

to hopefully keep them for next 

Christmas. 

 

They both seem to be thriving here; 

I see little new leaves and

some buds, too.

My favorite is the pink and green one;)))

Isn't she lovely with that shading?

Sigh....

the light lime green one is also

doing really well

so far....

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See that tiny leaflet and those little buddlings?

this makes me so happy;))😇

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All this greenery and "pinkery" (:}}} )

led me to check out my green and pink

scrap bags....

And I just made these:

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Just some simple strip sewing--

and----

what will they be you ask???

Answer: I have no idea! 

I am hoping something will come to me...

For right now it is enough that I

actually sat down and sewed

for a little bit, pairing these

leftover bits together...

For you see, 

I have been in a deep sewing 

slump this past month...

as you probably noticed with

no postings...

I just couldn't get myself to 

do any sewing at all..😓😔

So I've just been

reading and glue booking

a bit and working on

my crocheted 

afghan...on and off...

I hope this lovely Spring day

brings you joy...

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(pondering-euse)

THAT'S LIFE

 

Hello, hello hello,,,

What's left of me is back....

As my title suggests

Life has happened here

in Spades....

After I finally got over covid, 

I came down with a massive cold

and cough...

Then, this past Saturday, Tom had to

be taken to hospital for his

ongoing medical issue...

I drove and picked him up

this morning and we are

home finally...

Phew--maybe that old saw

about troubles coming in threes

means that we are done here!!

Fingers crossed.  👍

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As many of you who follow my adventures

know, I began "Down the Garden Path"

hand sewing following the bi-monthly

prompts at:

 #Roxy'sjournalofstitchery 

on YouTube....

I have decided that I have done as much

as I  can/want for now

and have added borders to make it into a

small wall hanging...

I am happy with how it looks and will be

making some hanging corners sometime

this week.  (hopefully!)

This has been the only sewing that I 

have managed to do....

but it felt good to even do this little

bit of sewing once again.

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I have been mostly reading, doing my

beloved crossword puzzles and

basically trying to rest up ....

I am reading a mystery

by a new author to me:

Dame Margaret James--

"A Conspiracy of Ravens"

I hope you are all doing well and staying

healthy

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

[wearing-my-Nurse's-cap-euse]

SPRING BREAK TIME

 

Everything is fine--

just going to take a

bit of a break for now...

;))))

Here are a few other Springtime 

views of my lovely

front rockery daffodils:

Things are beginning to come out...

S L O W L Y

Just a few tips of my 

Day lilies above

Happy Spring!!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(resting-euse)

MORE GLUE BOOKING and FABRIC SCRAP SORTING

 

Working on my yellow pages--

Asian inspired above;)))

&

I made this one 

"Medallion Style"

Somehow the central image

 reminded me 

of a Van Gogh

with those colors..

AND

 some Black and white pages

These "base" pages will need some

embellishments...

[Sorry for the glare--the shiny

mag images are hard to photograph...]

click on any to enlarge..

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Meanwhile 

I am sorting my fabric scraps by colors;

just a bit each day--

I find a lot of multi-colored ones hard

to classify into a specific

color--so I have begun a 

Multi (I don't really

know what color it is ) baggie ;)))

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I am sending Helga off for a Spring Spa

week as I am not doing much sewing

right now...I have done the

under the needle stuff, but feel that

it should have a more thorough

cleaning--it's been 8years

since her last check up...

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FYI: for those of you asking about

my recuperation from 

Long Covid....

I am much much better:

I still have an ear blockage

and tire easily...but today, as

it is 67  and sunny

here, I took a short walk

by the ocean--

ahhh so refreshing--

though there was still a coolish 

ocean breeze about...

I hope you are enjoying our journey

into Springtime..

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(cutting-gluing-sorting-euse)

SPRING SLOW STITCHING and FORMULA 1

 

We are watching the Austrailian Grand Prix

Practice 3 and...

I have begun a small slow stitching project:

I am calling "Spring Rain"

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First, I dyed these scraps with some of my

watercolor paints in a little

container of water; ironed them when dry; 

then I collaged 

them onto a lightweight piece of

batting and tacked them into place.

I have  begun working on the hand stitching

while watching F1 (Formula One). ;)))

Although these ARE scraps, they are

totally different from my usual 

scrap pieces...in that they are all in

the same light colorway...

palest of Spring greens...

Some are pieces of old pillow cases, 

some linen scraps and some muslins...

I am having to pace myself while

hand sewing...a little bit at a time...

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Today is a rainy day here with very gray skies;

but our grasses are starting to show green and

my daffodils are starting to poke up with their

bit of greenery...

It has begun to feel like Spring;)))

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(watching-F1-and-slow-stitching-euse)