LOLLIPOP FLOWER MEDALLION RETURNS, et al

 

Lollipop Flower Medallion 

(BB1 from Audrey's blog )

{Begun in 2023!!!!}

I took this out and thought I would try

to do a few lines of hand quilting today.

Tom and I sat out on our deck 

for the first time

this year from 10:00 a.m.--temp 73--

to 3:00 p.m.

It was simply beautiful.

👫😇😊

I have always had handwork with me 

sitting on our deck through the years

and so, today I took my semi-finished

Lollipop top and thought I'd see how my

hands would fare.

I only did three lengths of thread

and so far nothing hurts...

Hopefully I can finish this one.

Here is where I am at with it....

Working on the first border 

round of squares

on either side...

My lack of hand quilting for such a long time

now shows in the uneveness of my stitches...

;((((---

they are kind of wobbling along; but 

I will continue to work on this as long

as my hands last...and I figure wavering

stitches are better than no stitches at all!!

It felt just SO good and SO right to be

hand quilting once again...

Now just to not 

"Overdo it"!!

R I G H T?????

Here I am on my lounge chair with 

everything to hand..

how relaxing...

I had hand quilted all of the 

central medallion section

 before I had to put it aside...

I really want to finish this...

Wish me luck☺

✌👍👌👋👏

Here is my DH seated at our little glass top

table with his binoculars and bird book

waiting for Mr. Hawk to appear to see if

he can figure out which type it is...

We have 3-4 different varieties that 

reside in our area...

As you can see we have a beautiful, clear

blue blue sky above and the trees are

beginning to show their red buds now...

Spring has sprung for us for the next

few days at least....

Hugs to you all, 

Julierose, La blageuse

(didn't-sew-the binding-on-JRJ2-yet-euse)

Too nice out to be inside

😀😂😉😎😍

SUNDAY SEWING, ET AL

 

Jelly Roll Jazz--the 2nd quilt from the 

blue batik jelly roll is all

quilted--finally!!!!

and

I've made the binding for it

this morning the same as for

Jelly Roll Jive...I had some left

over and just added to it...I am

hoping to get it sewn on tomorrow...

:))) 

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Spring is showing its colors around

here now....↧↧↧↧

Daffodils on my front walk border bloomed

this weekend....so cheery and pretty...

More by the big rock in the front of our house....

And here are tulips I treated myself with on our

front step...

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I decided to sew all the little crumb blocks

together for the start of a 

Medallion Style piece....

I just love these little Franken-quilt

pieces to use up my really

little strips and fabric orts...

:)))))

So, now I am pondering what 

color first "stop"  border 

I should use....I am 

thinking that since 

this is so "busy"

perhaps a solid 

or mottled fabric 

would be best...

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Did you watch this???

   AMAZING!!!    

Last Friday we were watched the

whole splash down of Artemis II

--totally entranced with it all.

Even eating our dinner 

in front of the tv!!

What an amazing feat!!!

NASA has outdone itself

What an exciting

and hopeful 

achievement...

I hope your Sunday is full of 

happy things...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(still-sewing-euse)

HILLSIDE HEART PROMPT #13

 

Our prompts for this week No. 13

are:

1} "I will carry your tears for you" ;

and

2} Glitter Bomb.

This really made me think

long and hard....

 --how could I

represent this lovely thought????

The images I came across

in my stash of these newly wed couples

and what I imagined to be an elderly

couple married many years

seemed to me to be perfect

examples illustrating

this beautiful and moving sentiment...

Can you see the glitter--it certainly is

a "bomb" on this small page...;)))

A simple page but meaningful...

💕💞👫

I do enjoy "Caroline on the hillside's 

on YT's  weekly

prompts  for our Junk Journals

this year...one

double prompt per week...

A lovely way to spend my

Easter Sunday afternoon..

Hugs, to you all,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-crafting-euse)

SCRAPPY SATURDAY WALL

 

This week I've been working on my tiniest red scraps;

these may become some bright table mats....

It is surprising how long it takes to make one block...

I do so enjoy working on these--so relaxing;))))

My little cross squares, as you can see, are still

languishing there waiting for me to add some

more--these are made with 1.5" squares...

one at a time--- no strips...

{plus they need some good ironing...}

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I want to wish all of you who celebrate

EASTER

a

Wonderful Holiday

full of chocolate bunnies

🐇🐇🐇🐇

;))))))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(resting-euse)

MARCH FINISH, et al

 

"Jelly Roll Jive"

is

finished;)))))

And...

here is the back view...

↯↯↯↯

I am so happy that I got to use all

of this lovely fabric in one piece.

And so, my first step on this 

Jelly Roll Journey that

I have undertaken this year

 is done...

:)))))

I do have the other Jelly Roll flimsy to

put together; but I am, for right now,

going to open "Sherbet Pips" 

and get the colors sorted to my liking...

↧↧↧↧

I will be back when I have sorted and

prepped this one...

Fun work!!😊

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(Jelly-Rollin'-along-euse)

ON A ROLL, et al

 

Jelly Roll Jive is all quilted--

I like how the straight line quilting came out...

AND

All trimmed  up and ready to be bound...

;))))

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Next in line is this Jelly Roll

It will be interesting to see how an

all-print jelly roll looks in this pattern...

I need to find another fabric to insert as

a panel...so when i open this up 

tomorrow i will be looking through the

Stash to see what I have on hand...

I used my lint catcher roller on both sides

to try to get rid of those pesky "bits"

when you open a roll...and hoping

that it got rid of most of that

"fluff" that gets all over...

👍💃

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I do still have the 2nd quilt from the all blues

jelly roll ready to be backed and pinned, 

but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

I thought I would take a rest from all

those blues...and move onto the

"Pips" roll....such cute fabrics in

this one...I am thinking it will be a 

totally different vibe...

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A gray and misty day here, temps in

the 40's; we are expecting

a cold front to come over us

overnight and plunge us back into

the 30's for a bit...

hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(searching-for-binding-fabric-

and-backing-fabric-euse)

MONDAY QUILTING, et al

 

I've begun quilting my Jelly Roll Jive (JRJ)

this morning using my walking foot...

  

I have finished about 1/4 of the way across

which is 8 long straight lines of quilting...

Here is how it looks on the back:

[Pretty straight..]

😇😉😊

I've rolled up the sides for tomorrow's

stint; I am keeping it to short amounts

of quilting to hopefully keep from

hurting my shoulders...

Here is JRJ all rolled and ready for tomorrow

I place the rolled quilt over my shoulder 

and feed it in-- lifting it off my shoulder

bit by bit...

and I am using my special 

rubber tipped gloves.

    SO FAR SO GOOD...

COVID HAS LEFT THE BUILDING

FINALLY!!

👌👋👏👯

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(quilting-away-euse)