"RE-ORGED" FOR NOW, et al

 

Well, I've decided that this is organized enough for

now and for me to be able to find things...

Compared to a whole lot of stash photos online, 

mine looks so tiny!! But I am happy with my outcome...

I know where everything is and i can see what I have to

work with now...

A few big bags of real crumbs...too...

And below are the small flimsies to be layered and 

quilted hanging on either side:

So, finishing will be my Autumnal project...

I don't want to begin any new projects 

(huh, and what are the chances of

not doing just that???)

And 

working to finish 

Sunrise, Sunset 

slowly....

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I had a nasty migraine set in last evening

as a result of the pressure  of

rotary cutting and perhaps

too much reaching up to that

top shelf???

 (and my sinuses, I think, too)

that I relieved with naproxen,

darkness, and sleeping...

Could also be a bit of stress what

with DH's issues right now...

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And this has been bugging us....

↴↴↴↴

We've been having woodpeckers 

drilling holes in our lovely fencing !!

So.....

....after trying the tin foil strips--

which didn't work at all...

DH put this up

↧↧↧↧

Our new deterrent-friend:

"Horton" 

We do have to name everything it seems...

😆😅😇😉

[Those of you Dr. Seuss readers will

recall "Horton hears a Who" ;))) ]

and, so far, 

he is doing his job 

of keeping those 

woodpeckers at bay...

:)))))))))

Another  plus is....

I think it is so funny that looked at from

a distance he appears to be floating as

the bracket seems to disappear in

the background foliage...

😁😂😃😄

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I am off to my "yearly" later

this morning and various

errands on my way home..

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-quilting-euse)

SUNRISE, SUNSET, et al

The center strip blocks of Sunrise, Sunset

are getting hand quilted

 little by little....

I have only one more center to quilt and then

I can begin working on the surrounding triangles...

Here is what the central panel of the back

 is looking like with the quilting

running through it...

Aren't all those cute animals funny???

So whimsical...that fox and the bunny, too;))))

I love that I have probably

enough left of the fabric 

to make a little

pillow perhaps ;))))

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Today, as my back is complaining

 from all the standing

while I sort and fold fabrics--

I am starting on the solid boxes.

I can sit with the box at my

dining table and fold..

.

I think I will begin with

that big red/pink box

↓↓↓↓

Perhaps oranges and peaches can also

reside in there--thus saving space on

my shelves...

Decisions, decisions--

???????

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Since my bout with Lyme and

Anaplasma diseases-----

my appetite has disappeared

for the most part...;((((

So, I am trying to work up some

enthusiasm for making dinners....

The big question each morning is

"What are we doing for dinner?"

S   I   G   H....

[Well,,,,,,,

I just don't know really!!

I'd just as soon not have any...!!]

AAARGH

Perhaps I am just sick of making these 

decisions after all these years of

doing it!! 

We will have been married

SIXTY YEARS

the 11th of this month...

that is a heck of a lot of decisions....

sounds awful and whine-y but

it is what it is.

👿👹👺👽👾

Do you ever feel like this????

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(what's-for-dinner-euse-?????)

 

 

SOME PROGRESS, et al

 

Here are the "starting" color stacks of my prints....

[I say "starting" as I haven't gotten 

into my bins, boxes,

and bags as yet to pull fabrics out...

but there are not really

all that many fabrics left!!

I may have to go "shopping" to round

out some colors as you can tell from the

smaller stacks...--too bad hahaha]

The two bigger bins on the left top hold

whites and "I don't know where

to put these?" prints...

and my Jolly Bars and 10" 

precuts...

and

You can just spy my leftover

bindings bin on the top right...

Here are my solids on the right

still in bins but not

yet re-folded...

I don't seem to use solids

very much so I think storing

 them in bins will work--

at least for now.

↴↴↴↴

All my jelly rolls, etc are stored in this blue bin

on my bottom shelf

and so far my shirtings reside in that plastic

zippy bag next to the pinks/reds bin....

I will be re-assessing these after I have 

gotten into my top shelf

pictured below

↴↴↴↴

I did find my long-lost quilt labels fabric during my

search--so that is good...I need to label a lot

of my finished pieces...;)))

And

While I am sorting and folding I am

coming across lots of little pieces that are now

here

A new collection of 2.5" squares ready to go;))))

I am using my old Accuquilt Go! Baby

cutter and the 2.5" die--even though it has

dulled a lot with age...👾

Lots of these smaller pieces lined up to be cut...

(Does anyone know of a way

 a way to sharpen dies?)

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While doing this I've felt the need to

break my "no buy" pledge:

So I began with these two great little

Halloween fabrics that I found on sale:

AND

I plan on using them to make my grandgirls--

Willa and Fiona --Halloween placemats...

I think they are just so cute;)))

So far so good--I am resting 

this afternoon after putting

in another 45 minutes this

morning...

I need to pamper my back a bit...

Hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

(still-sorting-euse)

FALL CLEANING OF A SORT, et al

My fabric stash closet mess!! 

It is way past time to get this straightened out

so that I can FIND things and know

 what I HAVE on hand...

YA THINK?????

👺👽👾👿

Here you can see that I've begun

the reds and oranges on the left

neatly stacked 8" x 8"-- 

[with smaller yet not crumb pieces on top];

and these

are just what had been (shoved!) 

placed on the shelf higgeldy-piggeldy

🐖🐖🐖🐖

as they came in...

The left shelves hold all my printed fabrics

and the right (in bins) holds solids--

uh, sort of!!  

I mean really....

I have pulled peaches, pinks and blues

to work on and stacked them on my ironing

board to be dealt with next ...

[and you can see other colors have worked

their way into these piles--I wonder how that

happened hahaha]

↯↯↯↯

I am estimating at least the rest of this week

and perhaps next, also, to really get

my fabric stash  in order...

AND

I realize now that

I don't have a lot of actual full yards--

mostly Fat 1/4's and 1/2 yds...

I am resting my back 

right now, 

from all the standing

and bending needed 

to work on this..

***********************

This Labor Day will be a quiet one

for us...

I am making my simple bean and hot dog

casserole with a tossed salad and

snowflake rolls...

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Tomorrow my daughter and Cassidy

(my grand- and her daughter) 

will be joining us for

lunch for a visit before she moves to

live in New Jersey for the next 

phase of her life....

You know you're old👵

 when your two oldest

grands move away to live--

Steven the eldest lives and works in 

Boston...

And life moves inexorably forward

doesn't it????

Happy for them, but a little

sad myself....

I hope you have enjoyed this long 

Labor Day weekend

💕💞😇

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(re-folding-and-re-stacking-euse)

 

CHRISTMAS OJOS FINISHED, et al

 

I finished "Christmas Ojos:

this afternoon...

{as usual click to enlarge any photos}

💚💖💝

Here is a closer look at the binding I chose...

and 

how the pink quilting looks on

the reverse tone on tone green:

As you can see, I did the 2.5" strip binding all on 

my machine--ending with a zig-zag on the

front side

I love all those little special items contained in this piece;

a good Christmas memory quilt...

Full of "bits and bobs" of leftover 

favorite fabrics...

Here it is on my dining table--most likely

it will be featured lying over my deep maroon

cloth which should set it off nicely

 for my Christmas dinner...

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File under:

Change of Seasons:

↧↧↧↧

Here is my Autumn Bounty topper with an old,

favorite bright yellow teapot

on my table for the coming

of Fall 🍂🍁🍃

I really love that center pear fabric...

💛💛💛

I have also hung my Autumn Stars on

the dining room wall..

[I need to make little hangers for it, right now

its just tucked over the bar !! ]

I will finish putting out more Autumnal pieces

tomorrow...to welcome 

Fall into

our 

home...

⌛💐🏡

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Hugs, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(moving-into-Autumn-euse)

JUNQUE JOURNALING, et al

 

Here is a new double page spread from

my Pita Box Junque Journal...

{you can click to enlarge if you wish}

I am using a lot of old photos

in this Journal--juxtaposed with

modern magazine images...

Can you find the face stamp on each page???

They tend to get partially hidden sometimes...

This has become my signature image for 

this volume...;)))

I call this one my 

Lady of Mystery...

Some pages have journaling cards

or spots to write...

Here, I've used an old group 

photo of Aunts of mine 

as a holder for the 

little Journaling card..

******************

Little by little, I am filling these pages; 

I have one more section left to

prepare --I don't write every day

diary style, but only when the

spirit moves me...

I am really having fun playing

in my  

Pita Box 

Junque Journal.

💛💜💝

😇

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(playing-with-paper-euse)

NEXT...et al

 

"Sunrise, Sunset" is next in line

for a long term hand quilting project...

I am beginning on the long coin strip center...

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Here is the final version of 

"Falling Leaves" 

A Flimsy now...

I decided to add just two more borders 

with cornerstones of the leaf fabric...

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And I finally finished my hand quilting on

"Christmas Ojos"

(Phew--lots of stitches here)

I love how textured it came out...

You can see all the stitching here....

😇😊😌😍

Now I have to find a good binding

fabric...

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Here is my little collection of

meditation spools on my buffet...

Five done now...

They are perched on my Grand-mere's old

cake stand and sitting on her

crocheted doily...

Those dried roses are from my last

year's bouquet from my

Sweet Baboo 👄💖

*******************************

Tomorrow my daughter and her family

will all be coming to share lunch with us

before they are off to college and/or

work for the Autumn...

Also, (one of the twins grandsons), Greg,

is bringing his new girlfriend

to meet us--hmmmmm

must be serious, right?

👫👌;)))

We hope to hear all about their

recent family trip to Brazil

for their cousin's wedding

celebration...💒

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(prepping-euse)