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Shoreline, CT, United States
I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.

Tuesday, April 14, 2020

TUESDAY'S FOUR, et al

                                                            COURTHOUSE STEPS...
I dug deep into my shelf piles; and found a few more Calico-
looking fabrics... and added those to the "lights" pile.

I guess that is what I really want more of-- calicoes-type
fabrics......not on white so much, as on a lightly tinted 
background...(like 1980-90's style fabrics I guess); 

these above were mostly of a  "peach" coloration, 
but since this is a scrappy quilt (and king size!!) 
I will take what I can find...
And, since this is going to be (hear me,  going to be!! hahaha) 
king sized-- I think I will be able to
spread around the differing colorways  
(she says hopefully;000)
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And 
As in the food dept:  catch-as-catch-can tonight:
 BBQ'ued boneless pork ribs 
done in the oven with Sweet Baby Ray's sauce and 
potato salad --will be our dinner..

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Status on BJ's food delivery:

My BJ's list got smaller and smaller as they are out of stock of
a LOT on my list..
so today I will receive : 
Potatoes, onions, saltines and jelly beans...(my own little treat).
that's all....
I will have to get very creative, right??

Seems ridiculous to have just these delivered...but they were 
right out of a lot of things...;((((

I also have a cart at Big Y--but that won't be shopped until
Saturday...hopefully...
if this continues I will become another
masked and gloved shopper in the early morning...
despite the stricture that over 70's should not go out...
what can you do?? 


Take care,
Julierose, La Blageuse (still waiting on grocery deliveries-euse) ;000

Monday, April 13, 2020

IT'S MONDAY, RIGHT??

                                           Monday's :  RSC-- Blue Makings Wall


                                   "Early Spring Chronicle"↟↟↟↟↟
                                    Uses my med↔small bits.....
Loving those little left-over robins...
that lighthouse and 
a seagull in flight and 
blueberries,
(can you find that last little bit of Winter in there--
turned upside down???)
and Spring skies...
                                Hope Springs Eternal...

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                                      "H" beginning.....

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     I made these on long strips of telephone papers ↟↟↟

I, as yet, don't know how to integrate all these various parts...???
Or if i will or even add to them...
I may have enough for my
favorite Ojos--really tiny ones..we shall see...


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AND.........continuing on toward a king size bed quilt..I made

                         Three more Courthouse Steps blocks 

On these I am pulling my oldest fabric leftovers,
 as well as newer ones --mixing and matching...cutting
as needed...

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Teeming downpours here right now; 
and 60-70 mph high winds predicted for
later on today...

We pulled in all of our deck furniture and stacked it in our
dining room ... winds are picking up already...24 mph at
9 a.m. 
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We will be eating our big meal at noon today, as power outages 
may occur later on when the winds pick up:
↡↡↡↡↡ It will be 
Tuna salad on the rest of our store-bought bread
(toasted) layered on lettuce leaves... 
                              and
    french fries..made in our new Air Fryer--YUM

We are waiting for our grocery delivery --they tell me NOW 
it will be this coming Saturday--
it was going to be tomorrow...;000

I am out of milk (so, black tea and coffee!! ugh),
and no eggs either at the moment...
so no baking possible ... 

But.................

Yesterday Thom helped me core 4 apples and two pears for
an Apple/Pear Pie...it came out pretty well...if a little on the
mushy side --I guess because the pears were in there...
but--it's dessert and sweet ;))))right??? 

Fingers crossed that the delivery will actually be Saturday...
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But I am so grateful that we are staying healthy so far....
~ ~ ~ waving on this dark Monday to you all and hoping you
are all staying safe at home...

Julierose, La Blageuse (anxious-euse) 

Saturday, April 11, 2020

QUILTING SEASIDE SPRING

     Hand quilting using big stitch on "Seaside Spring"
                                      has begun......

I will be Joining Angela at Super Scrappy for our 
RSC Saturday meeting..where we see everyone's 
progress on their light blue projects...

I began stitching last evening while we were watching
"The Bourne Legacy"--
         not such a hot movie;000 
              and the ending was awful--
                  just my  take on it...
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I know this is Saturday (it is, right?) but it could really be any day...this
isolation has played havoc with any kind of scheduling that defined my
days and weeks....
And so it goes....
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~ ~ ~ waving from a Sunny (yes!!) day...
Stay safe at home....
Julierose, La Blageuse (hanging in-euse) 

Thursday, April 9, 2020

ORANGE OJOS

                                        February's RSC : "ORANGE OJOS" 
                            Improv Piece is big stitch-quilted .
                 
Here is the backing fabric:
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Isn't this a great fabric?
I wish I had more of it (as usual);
but I only had purchased 1/2 yd
quite a while ago...

I hope this finds you all safe and secure, 
sheltering in your homes
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
waving
from afar,
Julierose, La blageuse 
{choosing another hand quilting project-euse}




Tuesday, April 7, 2020

WONDERFUL HAPPY MAIL

                    Just look at this lovely trivet that came in the mail for me
                                                         yesterday...
                                 Dawn at relaxing robin made this for me....

                          Isn't that just the sweetest thing? :))))

                    [She knew that my career was in piano teaching
                         and she took that info and put it into 
                                 this adorable piece for me...]

Thank you Dawn, so much....a real pick-me-up in these
days of isolation we are experiencing.

Small acts of kindness are just so wonderful.....
~ ~ ~ waving to all of you from chilly SE  Coastal CT

Julierose, La blageuse (grateful-euse for wonderful friends)



                            

SEASIDE SPRING progress

                          Seaside Spring has turned into a large project....







Here's a closer look at

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the Centers..


Jelly fish floating (2 of these)


and.........


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                                                    A  Blue Bird flying  in with H O P E

This could turn out to be the center panel of a lap quilt..
 a long,  and narrow medallion setting..

I machine appliqued those centers to the blades,
trimmed the back extra fabrics off close to the stitching ....
and then....................
 I appliqued the rings themselves to my chosen
impressionistic roses fabric...
very water-ey looking, I am thinking...

This was my sewing for yesterday and today....
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Thom is ourside changing the oil on his John Deere Lawn Mower...
on this warmish day...58 degrees already ....
perhaps our weather is taking a turn for the better...

And I am thawing out leftover lasagna for our dinner this evening...
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Stay safe and strong,
this, too, shall pass....

~ ~ ~ waving from milky skies
Julierose, La Blageuse (RSC-ing- euse)

Monday, April 6, 2020

"SPRING IS HERE...

                           I just love my daffodils...so cheerful......
💛💛💛
A few little iris pushing their green swords up.....💜💜💜

And 
one of our Azalea bushes is budded out↡↡↡↡
         Now, if the deer don't eat the buds, we'll have flowers soon..

            "Spring is here.........why doesn't my heart go dancing?..."

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The past few days, I have been on edge and unable to sew that
much; so, I am trying to re-organize a bit,
here and there; cooking, cleaning etc., just staying busy.....
and trying to find fabric for the centers of my 
"Seaside Spring" rings...
                   ↶↶↶







Something that


speaks  of


the Ocean...and the

blue-blue-chilly waters..

The winds are still brisk here and so despite the lovely sunshine, 
it is a bit too cool to sit outside just yet...

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Our first Instacart delivery of groceries is slated for anywhere from 
4-6 p.m. tonight...
So,  
we had our big meal at noon--[leftover roast beef dinner from last
night...still really good...] 
knowing we would have to  de-virus the 
delivery when it arrives..

Waving to you all ~ ~ ~ Julierose, La blageuse (searching-euse)