CHRISTMAS CAME TO VISIT US TODAY...

I took out a few of my Christmas pieces 

this afternoon...

Strictly speaking, the red/white piece

is not a Christmas one;

 I made this

with Lori at her Humble Quilts

QAL quite a while back--

but it just "looks like" 

Christmas to me ;))

My little reindeer likes to

rest upon it...

and

my Christmas Fabric 

Journal from

last year with Roxy's 

Journal of Stitchery

SAL keeps him company...

Also my "Dancing Santa" table topper

made its entrance...

It is sitting on top of our cocktail table in front of

our fireplace...

I love that Santa fabric...;))) 

this is a really old piece I made 

before we moved here....

and

"Angels We Have Heard on High"

hangs in my dining room...

This was from selected parts of

a Jan Patek pattern..

that I made a few

years ago...

I love its Prim-style simplicity...

Last but not least is just a little 

piece of fabric from my very

old stash that I made into a 

side-table topper...

I am a big fan of "Old World Santas"

this is an old piece and not quilted...

when I first began sewing...

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Today Tom and I went for our walks

and I saw this beautiful tree

with just a few of its

remaining leaves shining

in these lovely colors...

Deep maroons, rusts, and golds of

all hues--this picture just

doesn't capture how

brilliant the colors appeared...

but I wanted it to add to

my Junque Journal as the

ending page for November..

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We plan on setting up our two little

tabletop trees over this coming

weekend --I am still hunting for 

tiny ornaments..

I hope your house is" 

"...beginning to look a lot

like Christmas..."

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(",,,fa la la la la,

laaaa la, la laaaa...")

 

WINTER JUNQUE JOURNAL AND DECEMBER DAILY

 

My Trader Joe's Pita Box

"Junque Journal" for the 

Winter Season is getting

really chunky...;))))

The lovely dingle-dangle on the spine

is from Kri Rama's Etsy shop--

isn't it just beautiful??

I have designated the 5th signature

as my "December Daily " 

(well--sorta "daily")

section:

Here is the first page and

Cover:

Starting out--looking forward to

Christmas Day...

[altho' it hasn't snowed 

here yet--I am

hoping to get some 

white stuff this year]

And here is the 2nd prepared spread

with the envelope holding my 

three journaling

cards:

I have prepared quite a few pages

ahead, so at this busy time, 

I can add a few daily items

and journal without spending

a whole lot of time...

Here is the 2nd page (actually the cover

of the envelope opened in the previous pix).

I have used old Christmas cards that

I have saved over the years;)))

And used the greeting and signature

parts of the cards for journaling ...

Here you can see the 3 journaling cards,

former pretty cards,

peeking out .

These pages are a combo of

magazine pages, Christmas Cards

and envelopes, 

stampings, washi tapes, 

 and bits and bobs

collected over the years...

Here is my Journal open to show

the spine and dangles:

[click to enlarge any pix]

I really Love re-using items that

have a "daily" meaning to add to

my journaling:

Both: pix and words.

[BTW, these crackers are my 

latest fave and amazingly

yummy...]

So, this is what I've been working on

since the

 "thumb incident"!!👎--

which is healing slowly--👍

I cannot hold anything with

that hand --hence

two broken cups so far!!;((((

Hugs,

Julierose,

La blageuse

(Junque Journaling-euse)

L'autonne progress, et al

 

All sewn together and ironed and

up on my wall waiting until after

the holidays for maybe borders and

finishing;  as is 

Natale--both of these are waiting

until after our upcoming

"busy busy days" leading

up to Christmas.

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I will be concentrating on Bramble QAL

which I have just begun to 

baste Jude Hill style;

AND

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I will be armchair traveling 

to 

HEXAGONIA

;)))

I have picked up my hexagons in progress

from long ago and will be working

on those in the evenings....

The present color is turquoise..

Here is what I am aiming for:

Saw this online at 

"Superscrappy.blogspot,com"

Such a lovely arrangement--

mine will not be that big--but I just love that

rainbow (RSC) effect...

this will be long-term project...;)))

Hugs on a chilly day, brrr,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(armchair-traveling-euse)

WEBBING, et al

 

This morning I  took the 

Old Italian L'autonne blocks down and stacked  

webbing.....

I have only ever webbed two rows 

at one time before--

this is the first time I've done

a whole piece...5 rows across

by 6 rows down...

I have the first run across done!

Tomorrow I will finish sewing

it all together.

A bit unwieldy to handle, but I like

how well the blocks stay in their

order and go together...

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A N D ,,,,

My center for Bramble QAL is still

just basted down

Hoping to get it sewn this week....

once my energy level rebounds

from the holiday...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(sewing-again-euse)

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hugs, 

Julierose

La Blageuse

UPDATES, LIFE , et al

 

Here is how I will be rotary cutting from now on...

So far this is working really well for me...

This is really an amazing safety

gadget....worked very well for me...

[I have no affiliation with this company]

just really like it...

It has enabled me to finish up

↓↓↓↓

My Old Italian blocks

 all

trued up now...

;)))))

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Bramble QAL is basted in place

ready for me to begin my

embroidery with the

chosen threads...

And

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I took out my 

Dancin' Turkeys

that Dawn and I

made a few years ago...

(she no longer blogs--sadly..)

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Meantime, 

we are prepping for our Friday 

gathering:

I will be making baked ham, 

and green bean casserole;

 and my daughter, Candice

is bringing mac and cheese

casserole; my son, Jeff 

 and DIL, Lindsay

 are bringing:

veggie appetizer plate and a 

chocolate cream pie (yum!).

We will serve a cheese board,

Tom's cocktail meatballs

and chips and dip ...

Festivities will begin at noon

giving us here plenty of time

to set tables up  etc.  

We are so looking forward 

to our gathering...

it's been a long while....

Seven years since my Mom passed

and we've hosted 

any holiday gatherings...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(holiday-fun-euse)

BRAMBLE RAMBLE

 

Here is my third iteration of 

my Bramble centerpiece...

all pinned in place.

I began here:

With this enlarged sketch

Then went to here

↧↧↧↧

Using the "clay bowl idea" in my mind...

B U T

Somehow it just didn't work for me....

Sat and thought and fingered

through my fabrics that I had pulled

for a week while my thumb healed...

And so I ended up completely

pulling the orange bowl and going

for this:

H E R E...

:))))

Much better...

;)))))

I free cut everything--ditched the templates--

and just went for it...

by 👀👀👀

I thought the deep blue bowl was a

better choice with those purples

that I had in my stash pull...

And instead of the original aqua stems

I had cut....

I went for this "old gold"

piece of leftover that was sitting

on my table...

I cut down the number of flowers 

from 9 to 7...,

trimmed down the background

yet again with ruler, pencil line,

and scissors...

[note well--no rotary cutter!!]

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I plan to do "raw edge applique"

by hand as

I did on my fabric Journals last year...

using various stitches

and threads, perhaps even 

some beads...

At least that is the plan for now, but

as you know these "best laid" 

plans can change...

Hugs from under my parapluie

this Saturday morning..

Julierose

La Blageuse

(scissoring-away-euse)