FIRST FINISH OF 2024, et al

 

My "Christmas Ojos No. 1" is 

done and dusted!!

I have two others in the wings as I want

them to be sprinkled on tables

at Christmas time...

Seems like a long time since I've had 

any kind of a  "finish";)))

Here is how the quilting looks on the back; 

I think it almost looks like

a subtle Shashiko-- a bit.

The binding fabric is left over from a project a made

a few years ago...it was all ready for me in

my "leftover binding" basket;))))

that was a treat to find! 

Below are a few close ups...

Here is one green/gold Ojos center

and

Here is the red/white Ojos

and below the 2nd green/gold with

the VERT LAST of that

lovely gold fabric print!

I am happy with how it came out.

:)))))

And

Here it will sit for viewing

on my Grand-mere's old wicker rocker...

in our living room...

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Next up for hand quilting is 

this Green Scrappy table topper,,

:-)))

All layered up and pinned...

This one is a true "bits and bobs" leftover

crumb mini quilt....

It should be fun to hand quilt...

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I am continuing on my Afghan journey-- 

the stripes are mounting up 

little by little....

I am still only doing one

row per day...

I am using up all of my variegated yarns;

isn't this pink just gorgeous?

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Especially next to that lovely 

deep, dark grape one>>>>

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We started out the day at 12 degrees 

but it is warming up pretty

well; noonish now--and 

 it is 30.9 degrees

I'll take that ;))))

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(keeping-busy-euse)

INTO THE CLOSET, et al

 

I've been re-sorting my fabric stash into colorways.....prints

and solids separately:

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I had no idea I'd collected so many solids over the years!!

[There is my little found blue stack on the top left...;))) ]

I will have to try to make a totally solid quilt

this year...I've never managed that...;)))

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Then I decided to work on

 my threads and notions, too.

↧↧↧↧

I took one drawer at a time into the tv room and sorted

them and even managed to label a few...

I didn't throw any of the threads away--even my

Grand-mere's old American thread Co. ones,

as I can use those for basting;--

and i am a bit sentimental about them..

;))))

At least I have a good idea of what's on hand

for me to work with now....

Mostly I worked in 20 minute stints

a couple times a day....

I still have tons of containers with

started and abandoned projects and

more bits and bobs of fabrics left

to do.  

I hope to hit those this weekend; 

for today and Friday I am

trying to shake off this head cold and

tummy troubles...just don't feel

all that good...

B U T 

I feel great 😃😂😄

that I've managed to do this much.

I feel like it's a good start

to  

2 0 2 4.

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I hope you are all keeping well

and warm during this massive cold snap

we all seem to be having...

😱

More snow predicted beginning

tomorrow night into Saturday with

continuing  C O L D temps here.

They say not too bad a storm, but

that's what they said about the

last event, too....

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

{pretending-to-be-organized-euse;))) }

THE CASE OF THE MISSING BLUES, et al

 

Evidently, when I did my 3 fabric pulls for

this Bramble SAL, I not only pulled

some blues for each pile but must have

just decided to put  ALL my blues

underneath the three stacks!! ????

I have no idea what I was thinking--

Or not!! 

I do feel silly now....

😬😮😱

This morning I went to take 

out my Bramble Center from its box

and didn't find any blues in there at all....

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

I KNOW I pulled blues, I thought; 

at least a few should be in here!

So, I went into my closet and there on

the floor were the 3 stacks with just

a few blues interlaced with other colors--

I decided to take Stack No. 1 and put

it out as I plan to do the 2nd prompt...

And--

VOILA!!

underneath all 3 stacks[!!!],

laid out flat,

was the rest of my

blue stash....

I guess I couldn't decide what

I would be using; so I must have  thought,

just put them all there????

What a dufus!!!!!😳

My only [feeble] excuse is

that I don't do fabric pulls and

I have no idea where

this project will be going????

So I am no longer 
"Singing the blues".

Now I just need to 

recover my "sew-jo"

for this project...

👽👾👿

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This morning it was only 16 degrees

with a 13 windchill when we went

grocery shopping! 

Brrrrrrrr.

We are expecting another 

storm tomorrow night into Friday...

So we are all stocked up

just in case...

[Also got more Paczki--hah!!]

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(now-searching-for-my-"sew-jo")

CHRISTMAS OJOS, et al

 

I've just finished stitching the center Ojos 

this afternoon....

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And:

L👀👀k what has arrived

at our Big Y:

We had them for breakfast this morning

[pronounced "push-key"];)))

They bring back memories of my 

Polish Aunt Sadie who

made them for us every year

before Lenten Season...

Our favorite flavor is 

Bavarian Cream...

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Candice brought me a lovely

Christmas bouquet--and

these are still in pretty

good shape:

Aren't those mauve-y pink roses

just beautiful...?

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We've just finished watching the final

Episode of

"The Crown"

and so, 

I've begun reading this:

And finding it quite fascinating....

A totally different point of view

on the Royals....

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I must take out my Bramble central block 

now that Audrey's next

prompt has come out.  

I need to begin 

to think about Borders, colors, and

1/4 sq triangle block corners....

I have kind of lost my way on this after

such a long break....

So I will be pulling out

my fabric stack

and seeing:

"Now, what was I thinking?"

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Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

CHRISTMAS OJOS QUILTING, et al

 

I began hand quilting my 

Christmas Ojos table topper

on Christmas Eve...

I just love hand quilting these

 ojos-type pieces.

So relaxing and easy

to see where to quilt...

And i love how they look 

all crinkled up with

quilting;))))

💖💕💓💝

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FYI for my Decluttering Amigas:

Now that my tables and cutting board 

are all cleared off--I can begin

to work on my glue booking

magazines today.

This will be my Day Three

as

my back needs a rest 

from reaching 

and

stretching 

and 

bending over.

OOff-Dah

:000

I will be paging through

 two bins-full of

catalogues,

magazines,

and 

Ads;

and culling images

 that I think

I can use in my 

"En Masse Journal",

"Color Glue Book"

and my 

"Anything Goes"

Glue book...

The only foreseeable problem here is

if I get distracted by

 little images 

I want to

 "fussy cut"!;)))

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I must say that after my clean-up

of stuff on my surfaces,

I kind of am "paralyzed" as to 

what to sew next...

The ideas just aren't flowing...

[Am I hesitant to "mess things up again"??]

There are:

No little pieces of fabric

out there

that say:

"Oooh, now I go

so well with 

that one--SEE???",

 etc.

Or

That box has the "project

 I so wanted to

finish"

...hmmmmm---

Sooooooo,

I am thinking that, for me, 

a "bit" of clutter 

is a moving force for any

creative ideas spring up...

[notice I say "a bit" not

a ton of it!!]

So I have already learned that 

about how I

like to work during 

this challenge.

It's all good...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(throwing-a-few-bits-and-bobs-around-euse!!)

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

MY SEWING ROOM, DAY TWO (still Day One, really!)

 

My DH sent me this funny.....😆😇😉😊

I know it is Day Two of the Declutter Challenge----

but I am still in the throes of Day One...

And, will be for a while....

If anything....

My cutting table looks WORSE...

but some things have been culled out

and are now in little boxes...

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Here are photos of my room as it stands now:

There IS a cutting table under all that!!!!

And.....

The Monster in the Room below

👀👀👀👀

👿👽👺👹

Le Fabrique Closet!!!!

This needs a lot of work...

Ya Think????

and

That upper shelf houses--

who knows what????

👻💀👮👤👤👤👤

That is one of the "mystery corners"

;000000

B U T, B U T,....

fear not intrepid followers:;))))

But I leave you with a

Spic-and-Span

sewing machine and area

to actually sew on...

Y A Y!!!!

 

I love it...💙💚💛💜💝

And so, mes amies,

I am off to do my 1st 15 minute stint

[ummm after my coffee of course]

And I am keepin' on...

keepin' on...

⇩⇩⇩⇩

"...Rollin, rollin, rollin,

keep those dogies rollin'..."

Hugs to you all,

especially if you made 

it this far...;)))

Julierose,

La Blageuse

("Still-crazy-after-all-these-years"-euse)

[About sewing that is...haha]

 

HAPPY NEW YEAR, et al

Since I find myself at

6's &7's --

{??????}

about what -- 

or how--

 to begin

sewing

..............

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I thought I would Join In on the 

Youtube's--

 "Just Get It Done" 

Declutter Challenge...

So, today we set our timers for 15 minutes

and will begin taking any extraneous

items out of the sewing room...

Tom slept in this morning so, I 

actually went to YouTube and 

unsubscribed

to any videos that I don't

usually watch...

that is my first "Decluttering"

Next i will go into 

my room, trash bag in hand

and 

make a 

Start....

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We were kept awake long 

after midnight by local

fireworks....and--

once i had passed by my

normal bedtime hour, 

I found myself wide awake

until 2 a.m.

👀👀👀👀

All in all my first 2024 night

was spent tossing and

turning pretty much...

S  I  G  H................

Tom has volunteered to make his

Swedish Meatballs 

for our meal today, so

i won't have to be cooking

or doing any prep work...

 that is a good thing..

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

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H A P P Y 

N E W   Y E A R 

to you all 

and

to those

you hold

D E A R ! 

Hugs, 

Julierose,

La blageuse

(yawning-already-euse)