AND SO IT GOES...

 

i peeked into my sewing room early this

morning and found this message

from "My Sweet Baboo" ;))))

I so miss just sewing.....;(((

Anyhow...

Here is where I left off with

Audrey's Bramble QAL

I was figuring out the clay pot  size 

and

how the little florets would fit...

I had folded the right side of the background

as i think the piece was too wide...

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Meanwhile ......

I am making us shrimp and rice for

dinner tonight--only

DH will be having leftover

steak on his rice with

gravy....he is not a 

shellfish eater at all...

I am using my lovely rice cooker that

was a gift from my piano students

one Christmas 

long ago....

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Here is my "waiting for my

books in the mail"

delivery reading....

And

Here is a little comic I saw on 

another blog [I cannot recall whose ;(((( ]

that really pictures this time change

situation for us:

And perhaps for some of you, too....

We are still hungry at the wrong times

and nodding off early....

S I G H....

With this I will sign off for a while...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(waiting-waiting-waiting-euse)

 

GLUE BOOKING, et al

 

Working in my "En Masse" glue book....

These are  the first two "Fashionista" pages--

all fussy cut images from magazines....

AND

I have set up the next two

I decided to back these with cut out

typescripts......for a 

different look....

Below, in the same

En Masse Journal are

two finished pages:

S H O E S

And

HANDS,,,,

[click to see larger]

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I am also working in my previously prepared

Junque Journal pages 

while my thumb heals...👍👀

The purple rose washi tape

holds a little "flip out"card for writing

on the reverse...

Below are more prepared pages:

Here is the full two-page spread of this one

My pinky is holding a flip out 

and

there are two writing cards on the right side

held in place by a "Belly Band" 

across the page....with my

face stamp decorating it...

I do so love putting these pages together;

using labels, junk mail, magazine images,

stickers -- etc ,etc.

Whatever is on hand....

So far I have documented 

each day in November....

I do keep a regular daily 

written journal in my Hobonichi

Techo , but sometimes I feel the need

for images.....

and gluing!!

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In the meantime---

I am doing a lot of these:

↓↓↓↓

from my favorite collections below

I do one each morning with my first

cup of coffee .....

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You may or may not be seeing much

quilting here for a while for

obvious reasons; but

I am going to try out scissor cutting

and see how that goes....

[DH has threatened to take away 

my rotary cutters---hahaha]

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(happily-gluing-euse)

"CRANKY-PANTS" DAYS , et al

 

Does ANYONE like these time changes??

[Fall Back/Spring Ahead]

My son and DIL are both teachers and

they dread this week as everyone, including

the teachers, find themselves 

sleep-deprived, 

hungry at the wrong times,

and generally irritable! 

As do we all....

A N D 

I think it added to my doing this

yesterday afternoon:

O  U  C  H  !!!!!!!!

YUP--my first-- and I sincerely

hope the last--rotary cutting

accident!! 

I was cutting fabric for stems and

my ruler slipped; the cutter 

stayed on its course and 

sliced into the lower part of my 

thumbnail right through to the quick...

👽

WHAT A MESS!! 

👽

I am okay though, thankfully;

just bandaged up and unable 

to use that hand until that

nail begins to heal up...

S  I  G  H  

It seems every time I start 

some new project, 

something happens

to me!! 👹

So, if you don't see any "Brambling"

for a bit here----

that is the reason. 

 

I will leave you with the caveat: 

to be very careful and cautious

using that rotary cutter.  

I may switch over to scissors...

YA THINK?????

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(waiting-to-heal-euse)

 

"NATALE" IS A FLIMSY

 

" N A T A L E "

[pinned up in place where it will hang]

I finished sewing the borders on this morning....

I think this Kaffee Fassett print sets off

the many red blocks well for this

Christmas wall hanging...

I see 👀 fir boughs decorated with little 

glass flower balls...

near Mr. Moon

↴↴↴↴

A festival of Christmas lights....

Here it borders the haloed Angel

⇩⇩⇩⇩

38" x 31" 

Perfect for my dining room wall.

I have laid it out on my dining table ready to be layered:

I took it off my design wall so that I could

pin up my Bramble project WIP.

Now to pull my Christmas box down

and find fabrics suitable for the

backing and binding...

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I am still adding more blocks to "L'Autonne"

Here on the right....in progress

It will be 5 x 6 blocks...when done...

I have the next blocks cut 

and ready to go...

I just love making these blocks

from start to finish...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

{still-happily-making-euse}

SUNDAY "BRAMBLING" or is it BUMBLING ALONG?

 

Here is my little idea sketch...

for

Audrey's "Bramble QAL".

I did 3 or 4 different ones and

chose this as my finalist.

Sort of, little burgeoning crocuses

in a clay pot...

[or is it crocusii?]....

Way different from my normal

pieced projects style...😐

THEN

I realized I had to enlarge it!! 

HUH!!!

👺

And this is where my 

"Perfectionist" brain took over

for two  whole days 

[and nights, I might add!!]

I pondered how to do it....

I knew there was the graph 

square method to

size up and all

but it didn't appeal to me....

too painstaking and time

consuming...not fun 

And I am determined to

have "fun" while learning in this QAL!

Then, as I sat staring out the

window not seeing really.....and

sipping my morning coffee....

I thought :

Oh, why not just freehand

the thing....

draw it bigger by eye--

how bad could it be--

??????????????

💁😉

Then I decided 

Just Do IT!!

It's just paper after all

and isn't this the whole

OBJECT of this QAL?

So.....

I drew it on an 8x10 

piece of copy paper

by eye....👀👀👀👀

pretty quickly, not trying

to overthink, it

like I normally do...

Understand....

I am in no way any kind of artist,

so I closed off any idea of

exact reproduction and 

WENT FOR IT!!!

My "loosey-goosey" interpretation....

Here are the relative sizes:

I have a whole new respect for 

quilters who see an old quilt and

then reproduce it and 

make templates....

Next 

I will figure out 

the basket ==

so both sides

match up...

Oh, and I found a container to 

store everything in:

"My Bramble Box"

1st hurdle overcome...

Y   E   S!!!;)))))

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DH is out for his daily walk--

i am now trying to figure out what to make

for our supper;

Isn't life just full of decisions--

big, medium and small ones???

We had DH's spaghetti last

evening and there are noodles

leftover, so I may fry them up 

with onions, garlic, herbs

and throw in some shrimp for

my meal.  

A definite "gibblot";))))

He says he will use

the rest of the leftover sauce and

meatballs over rice --

just enough for one...

We often "do our own thing"

for dinners...

I am so lucky to have such a

wonderful husband who likes

to cook 💕💖💘

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At noon, we will be watching

the Brazilian Grand Prix...

That's the story so far today;

I hope your Sunday is

a wonderful one....

Hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

( relieved-now-euse)

P.S.  is anyone else feeling like a 

"Cranky-Pants" with this time change over????

We definitely are👿

AUDREY'S BRAMBLE QAL

 

I've only ever done one small fabric pull for

a small J Patek wall hanging--in which I

really followed her colorways...

So...................with

that in mind...........

Above are my 3 pulls for The

Bramble QAL of Audrey's

at "Quilting Folk" blog....

{Thanks so much Audrey--this is an

amazing project you've created}

I really don't have anything in mind--

mind you!!--

I am just using what I have the most of:

Blues, Browns, Deep red/maroons

and Beiges...

Looking at this photo--as

everything looks so different in a photo--

I am thinking I will need a "pop" of

some other colors as I go along..

maybe a few greens??? 

And some mustard-ey

hues??? 

This alone is really "Improv"

for me....

👀😉

AND

Here is the medallion center I have

pulled together

↴↴↴↴

Really pale, pale beiges...but with a bit of 

textures to them...

[click];)0)

This is the First part....

Now to figure out what I want 

for my applique center..

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I will be back with my (hesitant) 

sketches of some kind of 

FLOWERS

I am getting one

of my comp notebooks out and

will use that for them...

💐

It may take a while..

ya think?????

😆😇

Hugs,

from a finger-crossed

Julierose

La Blageuse

(pencil-in-hand-euse)

QUILTING UNDER THE MOON, short and sweet

 

I've been chugging along with my hand quilting

on my Autumn Stars piece...

I will be adding the "Comet lines and star ends 

in stitches to finish this one off...

I just love it...

Hugs, for a super weekend

Julierose, La blageuse

("Sail Along silvery Moon..."-euse)