FLOWERING SNOWBALL #2, et al

 

I finished up quilting the long straight rows 

this afternoon on 

Flowering Snowball #2....

I really like how "Helga" quilts....

and 

all those little squares of scrappy fabrics

really make this quilt...

Here is the really darling backing fabric  I 

used for this one...

:)))))

Now I have these two ready to be trimmed up 

and bound....

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Meanwhile:

I have begun my 3rd Meditation Scroll

using just scraps on my table....

this one is really long...

and I've used "cut offs" leftover from other projects

and a lot of reds,, greens, and purples...

This should keep me busy during

our tv nights.....

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We have had a super humid and

rainy day here...

Temp right now is 75.6 with a 

dew point of 75--

expecting more rain as the 

barometer is falling  off

a cliff...

as you can see here...

this is our new Ambien Weather Station.....

We are both "Weather Junkies"

and love to keep track of what is 

happening and to come...

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We had a wonderful 4th of July show here

as our neighbors had a  big 

fireworks display on the night of the 4th...

Take care and stay hopeful....

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(slow-stitching-euse-a-bit-every-day)

FLOWERING SNOWBALL #1, et al

 

I've machine quilted all the long strip lines

on my 1st  Flowering Snowball Quilt...

It's now ready to be trimmed and bordered...

I really love this pattern...

and

I got to showcase

 the end of my favorite

"cherries" fabric....and

use a lot of those little,

scrappy squares...

I will quilt  my 2nd 

Flowering Snowball

{I like the pattern so much

I made another one!!}

over this long weekend...

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My magnolia has already

flowered this year; 

today I looked out and saw.....

New flower buds all over it--

at least 12 of them....!!!

I had no idea that it could or would flower

twice in one season...

:)))

Has anyone else had this occur???

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We are having a slow, quiet  day here.

I made Tortellinni Pasta Salad for

dinner early this morning and 

we've just finished off the rest of 

my minnestrone soup from 2 days 

ago for our lunch...

{um, followed by two chocolate

mint cookies--yum}.

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I hope you are all enjoying this

Fourth of July Holiday

It's a nice, long one this year.

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(machine-quilting-on-Helga-euse)

KWANDI CONTINUES....et al

 

I've been looking at my Kawandi sitting on my glass top living room

table and thinking---something is missing--something just doesn't

look "finished" to me.....

the stitching looks like "basting"...

And so....

I have begun adding more quilting lines, closer together across the top...

trying to follow the basting lines ....

there is no batting to "catch" knots  at the end of lines

so i have to carefully pull my needle through just the top layer to bury the knots...

or through turned under seams if possible...

It is already looking better to my 👀

I've started in the middle and am working 

my way out switching directions

to try to follow the basting lines--

I would like to make a larger purple 

Kawandi and this time would definitely 

use more and closer stitching lines

during the beginning....instead of

an afterthought...

Live and learn, huh???

This may not be in the original concept of

Kawandi, but it is in my own

"Style",,,,;))))

Pink Ojos is bordered and ready

to be layered

 As is:

My Little Baskets...

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Here is a snap of our Sunday treat

before our dinner of

Swedish Meatballs over 

Yukon gold potatoes--YUM!!

Rose Prosecco is my favorite....

💃

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A lovely, cool morning here saw us

taking a stroll down by the CT 

Riverside on the boardwalk....

how refreshing that was...

:)))))

Now to go

Out to finish my cuppa coffee on our

deck...

😍😎

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(Kawandi-continues-euse)

TWO QUILTLETS FINISHED, et al

 

My machine sewing thread arrived yesterday

so i was able to finally bind my

"August Zinnia"...

I used some leftover dotty strips for the 

binding in various colors

I liked how the colors mimicked the circle....

And:

"Hugs & Kisses"

is also all bound

I was able to find some 

garden-like fabric for the borders

and used up

the rest of my green/white

hydrangea fabric to bind this one...

I even like how the back came out...

I have just a very few strips of that pretty

rose fabric left....

I hope to showcase in somehow in

a future project....

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Here is a picture of blocks from 

Cathy's blog

that I'd like to try...

I think they are just darling

;)))))

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Our weather has cooled down a whole lot

overnight....

Only 51 this morning and now a 

low DP of 50 has led to our

deck sitting...

I hope you have a wonderful

weekend....and can get some

fun sewing time...

hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(finishing-up-euse-projects)

BATTING BOOK: PAGE THREE IN PROCESS, et al

 

To the right is my sky fabric which I have

"invisible basted" down--

for my next page which I am calling:

"Earth, Sky"

"Earth" layers upon the sky---

yet to be sewn and decorated.

I crinkled up the old sari ribbon and

added metallic beads on the

ribbons; all were laid over

the "gray soil" fabric to mimic

the earth...and its core...

Here is what the two facing pages

will look like...I will be doing some

satin stitching on some of the

 sky's clouds to add a bit of definition...

[I would like to figure out how to add

title labels to each page also..

any suggestions??.]

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And...

Here are a few of my front garden bloomers:

Every year, like clockwork,

my beautiful lavender

blooms and attracts many

bumblebees...;

My asiatic lilies by the big rock ;

The first lily bloom along my front walk

resting in the prolific ferns...

AND...

My big corner lily is all budded out;

I hope after last night's 2" of rain that

it will be blooming soon....

I have a question for you:

Our entire yard, front and back,

is loaded with clover--But, 

why haven't we seen

any bees gathering their honey?????

Is our honey bee population in trouble? 

does anyone know???

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(still-stitching-euse)

A SMALL FINISH, et al

 

Strawberry Moon

June 22, 2024

A finished page in my batting book...

And.....

Here is my little page's "story":

I finished stitching the "cosmos" surrounding

my moon this morning...

And then added 

a little bit of "shirring" on the bottom

"waves" fabric to indicate 

the ocean's movement

under this full moon...

It all began like this:

↓↓↓↓

Just a simple idea....;)))

But,,,,

 the more i thought about it,

the more my little story emerged.....

This was a really simple and

fun page to finish...

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We like to sit out here on

our front patio

under our new umbrella at

4 o'clock

for

cocktail hour...

before dinner...

Here is our view of the street...

and

just

L👀👀k

how big our 

Blue Colorado Spruce 

has gotten...!!!

It does a beautiful job of screening us from

any traffic coming around our cul-de-sac.

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It was so HOT

this morning...I thought we

wouldn't be able

to sit out,

 BUT

a nice cool breeze has sprung up

and the dewpoint is only 61...

Soooo,

A Lovely deck day....

Hugs,

Julierose

La Blageuse

(stitching-euse)

ALMOST SILENT SATURDAY;)))

 

STRAWBERRY MOON 

June 22, 2024--

Batting Book

work in progress..

[Little bits of ocean being

tossed by this full moon

surrounding the sky]

Below is how this page began:

I had just that little bit of "ocean" wave

fabric leftover from long ago and

decided to add it to my page...

[above]

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(Batting-Book-WIP-euse)