ATHENE BLOOMING AWAY, ET AL

                    Athene, which came from the grocery store, is STILL blooming away  ;)))

                    what a treat this is to see during these grey days..

My phone didn't capture the snow outside here, 

Athene, though, is

 leaning out trying to capture any  light...

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Latest Snowball:

      Peaches and strawberries....

the corners are happening as they fall....

what a fun project this one is....

  Here is the latest grouping of blocks...

not in any particular setting order....

I feel as if I still need some more colors....

perhaps some darker ones...

  some warm gray and turquoise...to throw into the mix....

Stay warm and safe on this frigid

windy night...

hugs,Julierose, La blageuse (hunkered down-euse)

IS IT SOUP YET?

                                                         Six bowls sewn and simmering

                                                       .....and

                                             Six more to stir up...........
                          and Slowly develop the flavors.............

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AND.........

                               Two more snowball blocks...with corners
                                                 changed up....
[I've discovered that I can trim with my scissors 
and avoid rotary cutting burn out...];))))

Basically this has been my week's sewing out put ; 
along with two days' of complete rest.......

hugs, Julierose, La blageuse 
(lil' ole soup & snowball-maker-euse)

RAINING SNOWBALLS

          Pondering new combos here....and ,
                                     solid or not, I want a scrappy look...
                                            thinking more black right now.....

                                All lined up to do flippies...only 2 at a go
                                   so when i am ready to 

                                iron the corners and

                                    then trim them up 

                           I won't hurt my hands with the rotary work....
[These are not really pink as they appear, but 
a purple sort of mottled  -- not truly a solid, 
but I don't have many solids on hand so, make do, use it up
RIGHT?]

                      Here they look like purple-y grape they are...yum;)) 

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                               On the Stone Soup recipe......

                      I am getting those ingredients mixed together...........
And..........
According to the rules I will need to add some kind of trim to my 
soup bowls...something to ponder..........
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And last but not least--my Sunflower progress....

What appear to be white dots are the sparkley bits...I am really loving the
warmth of this one...maybe 2/3rd done...

          when my hands get too sore from rotary work or hand sewing
 [and not to mention-- my falling down the grandstand over the 
          weekend at my grandson's B-Ball game right on my 
                    "good hand" and wrist, knee and back!!],                                          
                                                            {s i g h },😢
I move over to diamond painting work...
I love seeing how the image 
emerges with each added row...
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I worked in 20 minute sessions on the sewing and ironing and cutting after coming home from my early morning weekly shopping--
I wanted to get my errands done before the B I G   R A I N S  
hit this afternoon....
We have been having  weird weather this year so far....
Frigid temps to balmy 40's and 50's  and back again..
a see-saw of conditions........

Hugs, Julierose (snowball-euse)  

SNOWBALLS & SOUP

Even though we just got rain here, I am throwing

 SNOWBALLS...LOL

[I am not feeling these color combos--something doesn't strike me right...

will have to reassess--I think solids are difficult]

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STONE SOUP 

ALL THE INGREDIENTS ARE DICED

Just need to ladle into the bowls...;))))

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (flippin' and slicin' -euse)

IS IT SOUP YET?

                               From these ingredients...

                                        Emerged these                 
                                  BUT............it's not Suppe yet...
                                         still simmering...

             ["Julierose is makin' stone soup;
              Dicing the veggies she got from the group;
              Are you all wonderin' what will be in her pot?
                                  WELL......
             You'll just have to stay tuned 
             To see what she's wrought."]

               This is only step one...........;)))

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On the reading front a new series to me...an absolutely hilarious and
charming read...I highly recommend this book.....

                       Look at this lovely bookmark that Jacky made
                            for me....
                                            love it, Jacky...💓💜
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My latest Diamond Painting --also simmering...
a cheery Sunflower for these cold, gray days....

I slept in this morning until 8:45--thanks to staying up with a sinus drip cough
until 2:00 a.m. ;000

 Eventually, I gave in and took an Allegra and then
 I actually fell asleep in my chair reading...and so to bed....
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Off to do some errands today before the snow begins..........
it is quite chilly and windy outside today and looks like
tomorrow will be a snow-out...or icey rain-out
 ...dicey (hahaha get it??) weather, anyway....
hugs, 
Julierose, La Blageuse (lil' ole soup-maker moi-euse)

"SOUP-ER INGREDIENTS"

                         Jacky (no blog) sent me these purples for my Stone soup..
A lovely made star and a beautiful range of purple shades....

accompanied by this funny note:

And, since I am using purples for this batch of soup--I think that one
really is perfect for me...mostly my points don't er...well....exactly
                                             MATCH!! ;000

Now COLETTE sent me these lovelies....

                    Deep, rich colors , and tone on tone purples....
And, if you recall............
I have these from SHARON and DAWN

Shaon's huge mailing....






AND

                              Dawn's lovely 16-patch and cute buttons..and some little bees....
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N O W --I am instructed to put these together in some fashion and make
                                                          S T O N E  S O U P
                                     A quilt of some sort....

Right now, ladies, i am letting these ingredients simmer a bit
until I decide what kind of SOUP they will look best in....

Garden                  Beet soup                 Mountains
Easter                    Shades of night           ocean scene
Purple people eater....              mwehahaha ;000000

And on and on...not to mention how to set them:
repeating blocks, crazy quilt, applique, made fabric...

Etc.             Etc ............. ETc         ET.....[sigh] CETERA.....????


Stay tuned.....for the total mystery quilt with NO PATTERN GIVEN...
Hugs,
Julierose, La Blageuse (in a purple quandry-euse)

SILENT SCRAPPY SUNDAY

                                          { LEFTOVER CHARMS= 9-PATCHES }
   
                                                      HUGS, Julierose, La blageuse