I LIKE # 19 (I think?)

                                               For some unknown reason--
                                                HALLOWEEN WITCHERY I think!!
                                                     I cannot post
                                                            ANY  pictures today...;((((

                                                                Sorry Lee Anna and
                                                                          Friends...

                                                                              Back next time
                                                                                     :000
                                                                                      BOO!!!

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (I don't like Halloween anyway-euse....)

QUILTING DONE!

                                              I spent the day quilting Autumn Snowballs....

Just one vertical and one horizontal line throughout, crossing in the
middle (mostly ) of the snowballs...

I like the
pink thread on these colors...

                                                            and on these purples.....

Here is the reverse...patched together in pinks and grays...

                                              Along with  Kitties on this side
                                                                         and

                                                         a Few little gals...too.....
 
And as a treat, cupcakes YUM!!

                                                             After  a bicycle ride...
P H E W ...

                                         Next will be trimming and  making the binding.....   
                                                         
hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (not quilting any more big quilts-euse);)))
   

LES BELLE DAMES DEUX

                                        REMEMBER ME?  
                                My first 6 Crazy Quilt blocks.
                              sewn together into a wall hanging...

Well, I've undearthed the next 5 blocks that I had prepped....

                        Here they are ready to be embellished...

                 I have chosen this "belle dame" to work on first:

                  I am trying to learn the "cretan stitch" on these blocks..

                 Here is my first "stab" (hahhaa) at it....with a few little
                                   french knots added ....
                                                 A N D 
I will also be adding bits and bobs of lace and buttons...as I go....

                           This block will be my tv time sewing ....

                             Using my new sewing pillow that I made a few
                               weeks ago to rest my work on.....

                                     Along with that constant cuppa tea...at my side....
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My Autumn Snowballs quilt is tabled for today (on the dining table actually)--
as I awoke this morning with a digestive disturbance
and am not up to par...;000
So I don't figure it's a good idea to be hauling it
through Helga feeling like this....
I guess this bug is still hanging on--so another resting day....

I hope you are all having a great weekend...hugs, Julierose La blageuse
("still crazee after all these years" -euse)

EAST-WEST DONE

   I decided to do straight  (sort of hahaha) .....
                            line quilting on my Autumn Snowballs.

I managed the 16 rows in this direction this afternoon....and 
Tomorrow I will be winding bobbins and giving my poor 
shoulders a rest... 
Hoping on Saturday to finish in the North-South direction 
through the centers
again...

This took me 2.5 hours...my walking foot kept on jiggling out of
place--I think the screw hole for the ankle has worn down 
through the years..I had to keep on tightening it...ugh....
Helga is aging, too, it seems...;000

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Thom and I went to Big Y food shopping this morning hoping that I would be able to
NOT HAVE TO GO on Friday, Saturday or Sunday-- as I always seem to be running out of
something or other...

Leftovers tonight---from last night's Taco dinner--we mix the seasoned meat in with some
rice and have re-fried beans and salad on the side..easy and good with a few
 x-tra shakes of  cumin and chili powder...YUM!! 

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (quilting-euse)

NOW, WHAT? {or UFO-OLOGY}

                          Remember my Autumn Snowballs quilt?

I began machine quilting it this morning.....

                       I did straight "holding lines down the print sashings

and then...

                               How am i going to quilt those blocks?  

Maybe just an all-over grid? (I only do walking foot quilting...)
or just tie the rest? Or hand quilt it? 
Hmmmm
I am tempted to handquilt around all the little snowballs...
(and "hello",,,,to another year's work?   hahaha)

So,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I've laid it out on the dining room table to ponder
how to continue...

I love making quilts--it's really the finishing that I find difficult and
frustrating...any suggestions? 

Another grand pause has arrived....this is what happens when I try to 
finish UFO's....not the part I like the best....;000

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (wondering-euse)

LAST BUTTERFLY

                      Terri  had sent me this paper pieced butterfly as a gift....
                  Here is the (finally ) finished table topper that I made with it
                                                 in the medallion style
                                            thanks so much Terri , ;))) it really inspired me...
I hand quilted it with perle cottons...

And I did a new-to-me free-form, raw edge ruffled binding......I thought it just went with
the idea of a fluttering butterfly....;)))

                             (see "Zazu's"  Youtube  channel for instructions)

Here is the reverse  : an Asian  Ladies side: with the last pieces of geisha fabric....

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                                  This is the start of my "Finish-a-Thon...."
                 I have decided that I canNOT make anything new until all those
                                                  UFO's are D O N E ..

Wish me luck  --
                                       next up will be  Snowballs...

Hugs, Julierose La Blageuse

THANKS, DAWN

                Just  L👀K at  what Dawn sent me today....;)))

Three "Paw Print" mugrugs with hearts in memory of our darling Kota 
who has passed away... how sweet is that...;))))

She was just a sweetheart of a doggie...we all miss her so much....
We are thankful that we were able to have her in our lives....

Thank you so much for your thoughtful gift, Dawn...
much appreciated...💝
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And what is in that little round tin up there in the corner, you ask?

                                       These four lovely magnets
                                             Aren't they pretty?
                             Dawn, you are such a talented crafter....

Hugs, Julierose, La blageuse (thankful for such a good friend-euse)