MY LITTLE BOAT, et al

 

Out on our deck this morning I

began to quilt Moon Garden Stars--

little boat....

Here is how much difference the 

hand quilting makes:

It adds so much texture and movement for my little boat 

sailing through the waves....;)))

[doesn't that shape remind you of

an Italian Gondola?

Hmmm...

perhaps another 

"take" on this pattern?]

Here is the little carry-all 

I use for my

hand quilting bits and bobs:

It holds everything in the 

many little zipper

pockets

A really nice little take-it-everywhere travel holder...

It was originally supposed 

to be used for holding

makeup and sundries 

while traveling.

I got it at a local

Vera Bradley sale event

many years ago...

I bought it mainly because we 

were going on a cruise and 

I L💗VED that

pattern....

;)))

AND...

Now that our traveling days 

have gone by, I can remember

the trips while I put it to

good use.  

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My little pot of marigolds finally

decided to give me a couple

little flowers and some buds:

[I had planted two other pots

with seeds but they didn't come up]

They are a lot

smaller

than I expected

and leggier;

I hope if I cut the blooms and

perhaps trim it a bit it will

fill out more?  

We shall see...

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Tonight's supper will be

BBQ'd steak tips 

(which I got on sale last week)

marinated in DH's special 

sauce...

and I made macaroni salad

for our side

and some lovely

snowflake rolls...

A real Summer feast for two..

It is a beautiful Summer day here,

the kind I remember my

childhood Summers to

all have been...

Memory is a funny thing, isn't it?

Ever changing on you....

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(traveling-with-my little-boat-euse)

;)))))))))

BIND THY TIME

 

Autumn Meadows and Joy are all bound.  

and 

here is a look at the reverse of each

I used leftover binding for Joy and

made the pinkish one for Autumn Meadows...

Three more to go....

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The rain has begun here--so far no

big storms just light sprinkles.

I her that North of us they are

getting heavy thunder and lightning

storms...

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It is a resting afternoon for both of us;

DH had his first PT appointment and

said he didn't hurt that much

BUT

he is taking a nap right now...

And I did our weekly shopping which

always seems to tire me out...

I see a nap in my future, too..

I hope you have a restful 

afternoon...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(resting-euse)

DECK QUILTING

 

I spent some time out on our deck

this afternoon hand quilting

"Moon Garden Stars"

There was a lovely breeze for about

a good hour...

I have finished the top section 

of my little wall hanging:

I have the boat and waves left to work on...

and most likely a couple lines around the border...

It was just so quiet and peaceful stitching today..

:)))) 

A real "AAAAAH time...

I hope you have some quiet moments

today too...

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

[time-out-of-mind-euse]

MY BOHO GYPSY CARAVAN

 

Come travel with me in my

new

"Boho Gypsy Caravan"

gluebook...

:)))))))))))

💙💚💛💜

W E L C O M E

💙💚💛💜

I'll let you peek through the window 

to see what's going on...;)))

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When we were first married and

pretty low on funds, Tom and I

went tenting and camping for

our vacations...

We never did get ourselves

a "caravan" but have always

wished that we had....

So when I began  watching 

and following "Kristina's Shack"

on YouTube 

and saw 

her CARAVAN 

mixed media journal videos that

she and her YT friend 

"Sylvia D" are

making 

I fell down that proverbial

RABBIT HOLE

;)))

🐰🐰🐰🐰

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I got so fascinated with their work,

and so enjoyed watching their

videos,

I decided why not 

[make and]

take a Caravan journey 

of my own?

SO....

I drew my own caravan shape on

an old manilla folder and

then fabri-tacked  the outer

covers with fabrics..

Above is the back cover

which I haven't decorated as yet.

 Here are the reverse  sides 

of each cover below

↓↓↓↓

All the inner pages will

be paper of some sort:

watercolor, scrapbook,

leftover bits and bobs for

the bases...

I made two Suffolk puffs for the wheels

and am connecting the pages  with a

binder ring...

that way

I can remove each page 

when I want to work on it...

I can tell you that 

the circular window posed

quite the challenge for me...👹

Both Kristina and Sylvia 

gave each other prompts,

some of which I will borrow;

but mine will be more of a 

memory journal of places 

we've visited when we

were younger....

I hope you will follow along as

I take a walk down our memory lane

and visit some of my dream

places, too....

Hugs on a rainy day,

Julierose,

La blageuse

(caravaning-euse)

AUGUST WILDFLOWERS, et al

 

Quilted, but not trimmed up yet.

This is the 4th and largest (of 5) table

toppers all quilted now and

ready to be bound.  

Here is the reverse 

of August Wildflowers

A big 9-patch using up 

leftover layer cake squares:

↡↡↡

I really like these colors together...

I tried hard to remember to

keep my shoulders down while

I was quilting..but I kept

finding them up by my ears!!!

And here is my Ojos ready to

be bound

↓↓↓↓

AND......

I also found another older Ojos hanging in

my closet ready for binding...

so there are two of this type of

table runner...

The older one has Orange slices

all over it and is my favorite so far...

So, in all, there are 5 in line 

for binding in 

August.

I am also working 

on hand quilting 

my "Moon Garden Stars"

slowly...

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Tonight's supper will be

Tom's Chili from the

big batch he made

and froze....so no

real cooking...

I will have mine with 

Frito Scoops

and sour cream--

yummy...

Tomorrow will be a resting day

from all things sewing...

hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

(done-with-machine-quilting-euse)

MOON GARDEN STARS WORK

 

I spent the late morning and early

afternoon on our back deck 

and

began to hand quilt 

"Moon Garden Stars".

I haven't done much quilting 

around appliqued shapes;

but I decided to start with 

some simple echo lines

around the moon

which I want to 

stand out...

We had a storm last night that ushered in

cooler temperatures, and lower humidity--

so it was the perfect time to be

outdoors...

this was the first day in all

of the month of July here

where I felt like I could breathe

out of doors...!

Blue skies were filled with 

scudding, billowing,

white clouds and a 

little cooling breeze...

Just a beautiful day...

:)))))

Here is the 2nd row in progress

where I changed over to 

Wonderfil 

Perle Cotton No. 8 thread

--color 904-- 

from regular Gutterman quilting

thread which is my usual go-to.

I want the moon to stand out.

So,  I am doing

3 echo rows for the big

moon shape...making it 

puff out nicely...

 

I will stitch around all the 

other elements with

one row using this heavier

thread...

Then figure out what to fill in

the remaining background with...

I am only allowing myself to work 

on a few rows every couple of days

so that my hands don't get 

over tired...

It really felt so great to be

doing hand quilting --

so

totally 

relaxing...

I hope your Sunday has been

a good one...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

{slow-stitching-euse}

CHRISTMAS IN JULY , et al

I had originally made 3 of these 

last year--I finished 2 and

gave one to my daughter and

the other to my DIL for

Christmas...

Now [finally!!], I have finished 

quilting this one for 

our Christmas decorating..

Helga really quilts beautifully

now that she is all tuned up;)))

I set my stitch length at "3"

as I like the look of a larger

stitch to mimic hand quilting...

[at least my hand quilting which

tends to be on the larger side].

These were such fun projects to

make with all my Christmas mini charms...

I had been collecting them over a period of

two years.  Not all the seams are perfectly

straight, but it's done and I 

L 💚 V  E  it!! 

Now to trim it up and find a binding...

Meanwhile I took out my next table topper

to be quilted tomorrow I hope--

But we shall see how my shoulders

and hands feel first.  

I find myself with my shoulders up

near my ears when I machine quilt!!

I have to keep telling myself to

relax, Relax RELAX!!!

Here is the reverse which I like just

as much as the "JOY" side:

There is such a lovely vintage feel to that

print and the really old fabric at the

top and bottom 

[shown here]

Really adds to that old timey look I think.  

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Note:  If you are looking for my post on

Needleturn--

L👀👀K

no more--I deleted it as I thought

my lumpy, bumpy results were

just awful 

and 

so 

I deleted it..👹

A few of you asked how come 

they couldn't view it..

Uhhh just too painfully lame

😓😕😒

It has gone away into the deleted

post ethernet somewhere...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

[happy-with-quilting-results-euse]