SLAB-A-THON, et al

 

Ten of these slabs/blocks done

so far....

I have more to go in my "slabbing" spot below:

I have enough for for 3 more already sewn

into strips and

plenty of 1.5" strips ready to be sewn.  

No idea how many I'll end up with ...

😣

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On my Batting Book front:

"Won't you come

Wash away the rain?"

page is coming together...

S  L  O  W  L  Y.....

Resting hands today after

a week's worth of sewing...

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On the homefront--

My daughter, Candice, is coming down this

afternoon with her new "Friend" 

(Jeff, whom we've not met as yet)

  to go to a  Concert at McCook Point Park

this evening...

and they will stop by for a visit beforehand.

I went out this morning to market and

got some appetizers to serve.

Our weather has been really superb;

definitely deck sitting weather...

a nice change...

Hugs for a great weekend,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(lego-ing-euse)

PITA BOX JUNQUE JOURNAL, et al

 

I've had some requests to see more prepared pages 

in my fun 

Pita Box 

Junque Journal...

{I have two more boxes on hand with

one prepared with signatures and

ready to be decorated for next year}

These crackers are my favorites so

WIN/WIN

right????

:))))))

It's getting pretty "fluffy" isn't it????

(I actually removed the 5th signature,

which is the Christmas one, as 

the journal was getting to

 fluff-i-fied hahaha)

Here is a Summer Garden spread; 

The little collaged card 

on the left turns  over

for journaling...

[it is leftover from my scrapbooking days

and made into a little flip ]

T H E N....

↡↡❤👀❤↡↡

I couldn't resist making this page a 

"Black Hole Sun" page with a little

photo from my Batting Book's

fabric representation at the

top left. 

{click}

(I use my "Ivy" mini printer to

copy pix off my phone which

I got for my Birthday gift last year)

Here is the double spread:

These gals are swooning over Chris Cornell's singing...

:)))))))))

Here I've added all the lyrics...

using mostly white gel pen...

scattered on both pages...

[Sorry for the glare.....]

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A N D

Working on the 

"Wash Away the Rain"

lyric page in my Batting Book (BB)

on the facing page. 

This is the base "whirlpool" section

representing the emotions and

I will add the rain 

on top falling into it...

The background looks washed out here--

there is a lot more blue in the stripes...

so far I've used  two blue threads,

light and darker,

and two aquas...

one being variegated...

all in chain stitches...

This is about 1 1/2 weeks of

stitching so far.....and

it is far from being done...

I am enjoying the 

necessarily 

S L O W

aspect of making this page...

Hugs from a cloudy and humid day

(sigh, once again!!)

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching-and journaling-euse)

NOW WHAT?....LEGOS QUESTIONS...

 

I have 6 "slabs" made....

on my Lego journey...

(click images to enlarge)

The 1st two on the left are a bit

"bowed" as I didn't do any ironing

until the very end.

The next four I ironed 

EVERY

SINGLE 

seam as I sewed them

together--

and 

alternated the starting

point every few strips-

This gave me much better results...

;)))))

Now what??????????

So many ways to go....

End to end for a long table runner;

butted together as is; butted

together horizontal to vertical....

sashed????

etc etc...

And/or,,,,,

Should I make more????

My thinking is that I need, at the

very least,

 three more...

That would mean cutting

more 1.5" strips...

Here are some close ups of

cute little images:

Cute lady and dove

This little birdie and mushroom 

fabric: a leftover from 

you, Lizzy

:)))

Roses and houses

Older coffee-dyed Pear images...

Any Thoughts 

Anyone????

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I leave you with this lovely image of my burgeoning hydrangea...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(lego-quandries-euse)

 

"BLACK HOLE SUN" WIP...et al

 

"Black Hole Sun" batting page

in progress...

Here is the lyric I am 

interpreting:

↧↧↧↧

["Black Hole Sun , won't you come,

and

Wash away the rain..."]

I slow stitched the rain in the

gray section above 

to give it more texture for 

that lyric;

and

I couched golden silk ribbon

around the meeting of 

black hole and sun

which emphasizes the black hole

better, I feel....

And I  free-hand stitched

the title "Black Hole Sun"

around the top

↓↓↓

The facing page will be some sort of

rain and whirling eddy representation...

I am still thinking this through...

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Here are a couple of photo shots from

Youtube videos showing concerts 

with Chris Cornell performing

with Soundgarden...:

And

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And....

Here are my first two

rough lego slabs...

uncut and un-ironed

and just sewn together...

[and not all that straight either!!!]

;((((((

;))))

But I love the randomness

that comes out of 

my "cut-as-you-go" method.

[Approx 11" wide by 14"-16" long)

I plan on cutting squares--

and I am

still deciding on final sizing

for these.

It took longer than I thought 

to sew these together.

👀👀👀

Above is about 2 hrs work...

😣

I think this will be a 

l o  n  g

project...

And,

I do need to cut more of a variety

of 1.5" strips to work with.

888888888888888

I am happy to report that our weather has

cooled down considerably and the

humidity leveled off enough early

this morning so we could have our coffee

out on our back deck...YAY!!

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

{happily-stitching-away-euse)

BATTING BOOK NEXT PAGE....

 

My interpretation of 

Soundgarden's :

"BLACK HOLE SUN" 

by Chris Cornell..

I listened to all the versions I could

find on Youtube yesterday--- 

and I was so taken with the lyrics that

they inspired me to try to

render

them in fabric...

This is just my very starting

point on this...

I will be adding embroidery

and perhaps some 

wording if I can figure out

how to do that...

Perhaps the facing page

should be the place for title

and lyrics......

What fun to challenge myself

to do this..

A new version of this tune

can be found here on

Youtube: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3SZu_KhWig

or simply put in the words

"Black Hole Sun" in the search bar 

and a lot of versions

will come up...;)))

🌅

Enjoy....

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Humming-euse)

;))))

STRIP [SLIDIN' AWAY], et al

 

I've been [ ever so] slowly 

sewing strips 

and then

cutting into 2.5" sets--

to make us some new

placemats....

I had a jelly roll left over with

blues, purples, and greens...

These are now all layered up 

and ready to pin baste before 

I machine quilt them...

(Did you notice the title--???

"Strip" instead of

 "Slip" hahaha--

apologies to Paul Simon)

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AND...

L👀👀K

what decided to bloom for me:

My lovely hydrangea just below 

the end of our back deck; 

I think it is so pretty:)))

How can you not fall in love with this?????

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I have also begun to sew a few 

"Lego" strips; 

I decided not to precut lengths

but rather to "cut as i go"

that gives me a lot of random

lengths that I like..

 I am not sewing them into blocks

yet, but waiting until I have a lot

to choose from ...

And then again, I may just sew longer

strips for a dining room table topper...

Right now they measure

 from 14.5" the shortest--

 to 15.5" - 16"..

I am finding this such fun

😂😃😄😁😆

 and

so easy...;)))

I can sit for 10 minutes

 here and there and 

get a strip done from my 

1.5" strips and cut offs...

Here is my set up to the left of Helga;

VERY loosely sorted into colors and

lengths.

The strips I've finished are folded in half

and stored in this little white basket

in front...

I am trying to make sure that there are enough

light-lights and dark-darks...

I also have some left over 1.5" squares in

that little blue container (top left)..

So, I can sit down and turn

on my Pandora and just sew away

😉😍

Stay cool these hot and humid 

August days...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(short-sessions-euse)

PITA BOX JUNQUE JOURNAL--WELCOME AUGUST, et al

 

I am continuing on with my "Pita Box Junque Journaling"...

I had prepared quite a few pages ahead

so now all

I have to do is 

 add my journaling..,

This Journal is a combo of magazine

images and various papers and

stampings..

The small pix of the girl on the right

is a flip card with a journaling

spot on the back--

I love making those..

💜💛💜

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FYI: for those of you who have kindly

sent us your best wishes to us-- 

on our various med issues... 

We are coming along pretty well.

Tom goes to his post op appointment

tomorrow [I will be driving as he cannot

as yet turn his neck to the left far

enough to be safe driving...]

And

my issue with thrush seem to be 

getting better after taking a second

dose of meds this week...

P H E W ...

All of July has been quite the

journey for us....

😷😷

Looking forward to a hopefully

issue-free August...

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Meanwhile....

I have been reading blogs and

following my Youtubers while

recuperating....

When I began feeling a bit better

I began to cut 1.5" strips

for some proposed 

"Lego" works....

Not sure as yet what I will make, but

I am cutting all my usable scraps 

and leftover bindings...

Just cutting a bit at a time as

standing for long times 

is an issue for me these days...

I am using a combination of my die cutter

and rotary cutting  

for the special smaller pieces.

 If I don't want any waste and to use

all of a favorite fabric that I can,

I find that rotary works better...

I am fussy cutting images also...

Here is the start of my collection 

below overflowing from a baggie

into this container...;)))

↴↴↴↴↴

I may do totally "scrappy" or 

color themed--but for now, 

just cutting strips...

I am not really "sewing" anything

much--just  sewing leftover

jelly roll strips into sets to make

some placemats with matching

runners...

My energy level has not as yet

returned to normal...

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When I awoke this morning, I found this

on my sewing room door:

MY DH is so funny.....

👀😁😂😃😆👀

Try to stay cool in this heat wave....

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse 

(recuperating-euse)