YESTERDAY, TODAY, and TOMORROW

 

YESTERDAY:

 dawned beautifully;

got up to the mid 70's

SO

it was warm enough to sit out here

on our back deck shaded under 

our awning

(after our field walk )

and have our

coffee...

💘👫

I brought out my little 

Vera Bradley pouch 

and my current book to

spend my morning with...

I mean you HAVE to enjoy these

days when they dawn, don't you?

Zipped it open to my hand

quilting supplies --

love all those little pockets that

zip shut!!

and

Picked out my thread...for the petals

of my Little Quiltlet"

"August Zinnia"

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I finished working the spokes with an 

old DMC palest of blues 

and then--

began

the fun part...

😄😇

Working on the petals ....

What fun to sit out and stitch...

😍😎

AAAAH--

how relaxing...

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TODAY:

We awakened to a much cooler

 56 degrees, 

heavy rains,

and fog....

So, I decided to finally look for the

border fabric for my

"Flowering Snowball" piece...

I liked an indigo Japanese style 

fabric that I thought would

set off all those little squares..

And I also found 

(surprise, surprise) 

that it had turned out MUCH

larger than I thought

(28 by 42)!

😩😨😧

Here it lies, laid out on my

dining table awaiting

layering and pinning...

A closer look at that indigo border

fabric with birds over ocean waves...

Isn't that a pretty fabric to set it off?

I am happy that i had enough to

go all around...I cut 2" strips and 

have perhaps 8" left...

This quilt will rest for a bit while my 

back recovers from standing

to cut and sewing...

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TOMORROW:

We have workers coming 

to change our internet provider--

they were scheduled to come

today, but the stormy weather

delayed them...💧🌂🌁⛈

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And I will do our weekly shopping;

now knowing that my daughter will

be coming down for Mother's Day

and my Birthday;))))

Oh--- and here is a pix of the backing on

my "Scrappy Snowballs" piece

which is all pinned and

ready to be quilted...

I really love this paisley fabric...

I think it looks so vintage ;)))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-stitching-after-all-these-years)

FLOWERING SNOWBALLS PROGRESS

 

I have the main body of my "Flowering Snowballs" sewn together...

I just love the scattered bouquets strewn among the

snowball centers...

💗💝💜

Left to do is:

to add on the sides, 

and top and bottom 

borders which

 will also be 

all squares...

Then the final border fabric

which is always 

the most difficult to

find for me....

Here are my 

"Go Baby!"

die cut squares I have

precut:

I did have them all sorted by color, but

as I worked on the longer vertical strips

[18 squares in each vertical strip]

they got a bit messy!!:))))

I have found working with die cut squares

makes the job a lot easier--no weird

cuts to deal with!!

After joining the two rows of 

three blocks each together--

(One block = 4 snowballs

sewn together with squares

-so

 you can see that each row has

3 complete blocks )

I am taking a break...

😊😌😍

All this matching up went pretty well;

not all the seam joins are perfect,

but I am ok with that...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

{still-sewing-squares-euse}

BRAMBLE BLOOM 1 FINALE

 

Well..........I am calling this one

done...

[except for stitching those 

little circles on the brown border...]

😟

I was up at 5 a.m. in my room working on this...

I found that turquoise dot fabric that I've had

in my stash for years...and decided to use it

to shadow it in those little pieced blocks

and separate all those sq in sqs...

the night sky fabric picks up 

the pansy centers,  I think (hope!!) and

I am calling her:

"NIGHT BLOOMS"

Here's a photo in the daylight...

I have learned that making a Medallion style quilt

takes a totally different kind of thinking

and mindset from my usual style of 

working,,,for sure.

I am anxious to see how it will look 

bound and quilted;

I plan to hand quilt it after all this

trial and error work....!!!

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I don't know if I will continue on with #;s 2 &3

in this series of tutorials...

I hope I can take a deep breath and

use what I have learned on this one

and maybe do them?????

And this time perhaps, have a

bit more confidence that I will

be able to come up with

something..

Thanks so much 

💜💙💝💟

 AUDREY

💓💕💘💛

for all your

posts and

 encouraging words

along the way...

(visit her site to see all the

terrific variations)

Although I felt like a 

"deer in the headlights" a whole lot--

(no kidding!!)

I feel that taking on this challenge 

has {hopefully} expanded my 

quilting skills...

AND,

 truthfully---

I  REALLY  LIKE  IT!!

YAY!!!!

💃💃💃💃

Hugs from foggy SE CT,

 Julierose,

La Blageuse

[having-a cuppa-tea and

relaxing-euse]

BRAMBLE BLOOM # 1

 

No matter what I've put onto

this, it just doesn't thrill me!!

So here it stands...

and may stay except for a little stop 

border perhaps in turquoise...

We are linking up with 

Audrey at

to show our progress

Or

in my case..

the lack thereof....👿👺

Here is one thing I've tried but

ended up not liking

Maybe just too dark????

I just don't know......

Working in someone else's

format is not that easy

for me....

And with scrappy cut offs also...

Am I whining??? 👀

😒😕😢

[Well, I guess a bit...]

I look forward to seeing how the other

participants are doing...

Hugs, 

Julierose, La Blageuse

( still-trying-out-things-euse)

MONDAY MURAL, et al

 

WIPS = scrappiness ;)))= Happiness;))))

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and here are the first of my lovely

Bleeding Hearts

blooming by our deck steps...

they say

 "Spring"

 to me...

💗💕💓

From one little plant that a

friend gifted me they have

spread out underneath

my hydrangea

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You can just make out a few of the little

budding leaves on the hydrangea....

We had cut it back [drastically!!]

last year,

but hardy soul that it is,

it is making a nice comeback...

I am waiting to plant my marigold seeds

until Mother's Day--

[my birthday this year]

💃😍😎

You just can never be sure about 

freezes here in SE CT...

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It has gotten really warm--74.7 degrees

at 2 p.m. and the humidity

has begun to climb--60 now...

We were able to have our 

coffee on the back deck 

after our walk at the field...

this morning...

I went ALL the way around 

AGAIN!! ;)))

👫

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Tom mowed the lawn for the 

first time and did all the edging!!

Phew--tiring when you're not

used to it!!

{and are 85!!}

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We will bbq burgers tonight and

have them with a salad...

time for a little respite nap...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-scrapping-after-all-these-years)

GLUE BOOK PROMPTS, et al

I prepared 100 glue book

 prompts following

"Caroline on the Hillside" 

on Youtube's journal along...

The first two 

prompts 

I pulled 

were:

"YOGA "

and

"PINK"

I know--who does yoga with high heels? 

😀😁😂😃😄

But I think this lady looks like

she is doing a yoga pose 

[hahaha]

fun fun fun....

and I love that pink fan...

The pink is the peony 

flowers 

which surround her...

Here is my ring of little circle prompts:

On the reverse of each circle

is a word [or words]

for me to use to set up my pages...

I am using this cut down

Seed catalogue for my

glue book adventure...

I cut this down and glued two-three pages

together to make them stronger...

and

here are the 1st two pages

for the prompts:

"Grand-mere 

and Mother"

I found and

copied a very 

old photo of my Grand-mere

holding my Mom as an infant...

this 

 flips over for a writing spot

on the reverse side...

for memories...

[there is that little tab on 

the right to turn it over]

I gessoed the pages white

and

added sparkle spray...

to cover up the catalogue's 

printed pages...

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Our Sunday night supper was:

scrambled eggs, 

little link sausages,

and toast with 

grape jelly for Tom

and Apricot preserves

for me...

Y U M!! 

It is a rainy night here--hope it

quiets down as my

daughter is flying off for her 

New Orleans

week's 

vacation at 3:50 a.m.!!!!

👹👺

EARLY BIRD special!!!

💃💙🐦

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(gluebooking-euse)

 

FLOWERING, et al

 

My magnolia tree has really bloomed beautifully this year;

I noticed that as the blooms begin to fade, they

turn a peachy color on the edges--so pretty!!

And so far no deer have eaten my blooms;)))

More flowering:

I have begun making another

snowball piece--

this time using cream flowered

fabrics for the snowballs...

I love this different look;)))

and

Here are the first two of a new

flowery "109 Little Squares" piece...

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Using cut offs [1.5" sqs]

 of flowered fabrics

for the crosses in this one...

It must be Spring in the air that makes me

  want

to use these

flowered fabrics...;)))

💚💛💜💙

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We had a lovely, sunny day here; now

the skies are clouded over in

preparation for the coming rains...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(cutting-flowered-fabrics-euse)