"FLU- SHOT- ARM" EDITION

WELL, they're all sashed and up on my wall--BUT: yesterday the hubster and I got our annual flu shots....my left arm is useless for now.  Last night I could not get comfortable at all so was

up at 1, 2:30, 3:15, etc...aaargh!!  Of course, hubby had no reaction....and so it goes....

Anyhoo....that is my excuse for its not being together....okay...here is how two of my favorite blocks came out:

I just love that fussy cut little sailboat--perfect for Sea Glass--you can also see the sort of tie-dyed sashing I finally chose ....

And another block I like is this one:

That little sea flower poking through....this is really a different type quilt--very low value and scrappy  from a distance despite some of the brighter spots....I am hoping that the final borders will be able to pull it together better--right now it seems kind of "blah" to me....

Or, too busy or just....something off...I hope to be able to sew these blocks together tomorrow--if my arm allows me to work (just trying to lift it is quite painful...poor baby...[lol])
Perhaps some little "sea themed" appliques at the sashing junctions?? So far no ideas seem to work...maybe I need to not "LOOK AT IT" so much...really, sometimes I just get so intense about things....{sigh}....

I will hook up tomorrow with RSC13 light blue as I think the sashings do contain a very pastelly (is that a word??) type of blue.
  
For now I am your Julierose, La Blageuse  

SILENCE OF A SUNDAY (TO DYE FOR EDITION)

(SUNSHINE)

(&....SHADOWS) ....."GOOD-BYE Basil CLOTH.........."

julierose, la blageuse (dye-euse)..

WONDER WOMAN WOVEN WALL (RSC13, also)

REMEMBER ME??? Well, finally!  All those handwoven-torn-strip blocks are together and I have added some in stampings and some raw-edge applique flowery hats:

(Sorry for the blur--my camera just wouldn't cooperate this morning).  the Stamps are from my collection that I used when scrapbooking and the flowers are
fussy cut from scraps....Here is a Wonder Woman....

I WAS going to sew it on the machine as it is huge--but I am going, instead, to try out some kantha-like stitching--as this top is applied to a light backing already, I am only adding a backing--no extra batting so it should be very easy to needle through....

Here it is laid out on my dining room table...I am still in a quandry as to the finishing binding or edging--but I will ponder that as I stitch underneath in the coming cold Winter weather.....








Now onto basting....not my favorite thing as I find it hard on my back!

Now you can see where all my pastel blues went...since it is really all tron up scraps, I am posting this on RSC13 tomorrow as my week's entry also (this is not cheating, right?????(LOL)....

Hopefully, I will get this one off the table before Thanksgiving comes--yikes!!  

Hugs to you all
Julierose, La Blageuse

WHAT'S IN THE BOX???

                                A Pretty Round Box--there used to be
                                 Chocolates in there--(but we won't ask
                                    what happened to them--will we!)

My latest hexagon project resides inside, with my fave scissors and thimble....

I've been making some progress while watching the Red Sox  do
what no one predicted....WIN and win some more---yayayah!

Here's a close up of the little sections..no name as yet.pondering as I stitch......

Have a serene rainy Monday everyone,

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

A "BOO"-TIFUL, BOUNTIFUL GIFT

I received all these wonderful HALLOWEEN fabrics in the mail today from Stephanie--
A gift out of the blue...such a generous and wonderful gesture....she saw my "Boo Night" post and decided I had to have more of these fabrics....isn't she amazing?  
You should visit her blog "Kwiltzbystephanie"  and see the work she does; absolutely fantastic....;
MEANWHILE--LOOKY here.....

THESE:  and

These cuties and, wait, wait for it ...................still more --

   Thank you so much Stephanie;

 I can't wait to make some other cute wall hangings for my grandchildren.  Or wait.....maybe a Halloween lap quilt...or....well....my mind is whirling.....
Hugs Julierose, La Blageuse 

PASTEL BLUES....NOT SO MUCH....

Strippy scrapping along here...these are the extent of my pastel blues--see those little pieces?? 

I'm not kidding, this is it....

And these few...just a couple more strippies will contain some bits and bobs....

My September RSC13 is a little paltry, huh?  But, with so little to work with I figured I might as well get busy on my "Sea Glass" piece.  So far, 31 blocks, and yesterday I made 11 more strips to piece together.

I am excited to  have been invited to post on  Stringthingalong .....   so, I am re-energized to finish this piece.  If you visit that site, you can see amazing string works....

MISSIE:  This is for you  ma dear....merci, merci look at this....
Here are the pix of the clematis you sent me--still not in bloom, but sprouting away:

It has really grown out over my plant holder and wind chimes................

AND, I think those are little flower buds--I can't wait to see it bloom; last night we had thunder boomers, lightening and rain and today more rain...so perhaps this weekend I will have flowers! I can't thank you enough for your generous gift.....((((((hugs))))
 Missie can be found at Hallbrook Designs  check her out--great stuff.

I hope you all have a great weekend...

P.S.  I am off with my wonderful friend, MaryAnn, to Colchester Mill Fabrics today--uuunh, didn't I say I was on a fabric diet????  Wellll, I really really DO NEED to get some white with blacks for a new hexie pathways project; I mean it is really NECESSARY (right ROTFLOL) ; and I have to re-stash those blues, don't you think I mean after seeing those puny little pieces....yup.  I will post my goodies next time,.,...hugs to all
Julierose, La Blageuse

OUR 48th TODAY...& 9/11 ....Memories

Our 48th Wedding Anniversary today brings: TWO DOZEN RED ROSES .........and a dinner out......
Just think ---  only two more years left for my children to plan our big PARTAY (ROTFLOL)--actually...I've been leaving pretty obvious hints...hahaha...

Here is the grieving quilt I made when my Dad passed away--I think of him each time I sit down to practice and play....

he always wore his crisp white shirts, and blue ties to work, hence my color choices;

 he was a super precise accountant so I chose those neat little squares--the whites fade out to grey shirtings as I am not as precise as he was...

and we both loved the white birches loaded with snowfall...the left border...

I pinned his years' pins from his company on the back label which reads : "Je me souviens..cher Papa" ( I will never forget you dear Dad).

On this, our anniversary, thoughts whirl into my head of those halcyon days...I had just graduated from Hartt College of Music and was due to play my senior recital in May--when...I caught two of my left hand finger tips in our paneled garage door--so I had to postpone the recital until September ---about 8 days BEFORE our wedding was scheduled!!  What a time that was.....

I took out the pieces I played 48 yrs ago this morning and played them again....
without all that pressure...Ravel, Prokofiev, Bach, and Scarlatti....each one brought back that day in sharp relief for me....the nerves, the relief when it was over...

Today it was was just sheer pleasure....

Hugs to you all on this 9/11:  I have many memories in addition to those of everyone else, (and certainly not to diminish those, either)...... but not less important, I feel....Julierose, La Blageuse