" J O Y" TO YOU ALL

 

Here is my 

Super scrappy

"JOY" Banner...

I really love how that

Santa is 

centered

on the cross

bar of the "Y"

💖

Now to decide whether to leave this

in the vertical orientation or

to set it horizontally

and

whether to border it,,,

Such a fun small

project....

It helped to get my

"SEWJO"

back....

I hope your Sunday is

a joyous one...

Hugs,

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(jumping-for-joy-euse;}}} )

"J" for ????

 

"J"  for Julierose?

 

"J" for Jack the ripper??

(which was used in the making of this

because I turned the 1/2 sq. triangles 

the wrong way --sigh....)

But finally,

Y E S 

👌👌👍👍

"J" 

for 

JOY!! 

Here is the set up for my 

"O"

I hope to get this together without

incident!!

👀👀👀👿👿👿

[go away Jack the Ripper]

The set up for "O"

[oh my stars???

no, rather...

"O Tannenbaum"]

I want to make this trial banner for my mantle

for Christmas

and then for gifts to my daughter and DIL..

I first saw this on 

Dawn's blog

She is also making this banner...

What fun;)))

A little bit of smallish sewing

makes me so happy...

👵💗

Hugs, Julierose.

La blageuse

(prepping-for Christmas-euse)

 

HEXAGONIA: An Armchair Travel Project

 

My "Traveling Tin" 

from my Mom:

She lined it with felt...

:)))

And

I filled it with my new 

armchair project

"Hexagonia Garden"

Here are the starting fabrics:

↓↓↓↓

Centers↟↟↟↟

and

Rounds:

↧↧↧↧

All these are from the 

"Kismet" line

that I just love...

I bought myself a group of fat 8ths

and will be adding more 

fabrics in the peach color

from my stash

as I go along and

the piece grows...

I am excited to be able to hand 

sew while resting on 

my heating

pad...

And watching 

our Formula One (F1)

races this weekend...

(Zoom-Zoom)

:)))))

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My pre-printed cross

stitchery has to be done at a 

table in order for me to 

hold it so I can SEE

the small holes...

so that time is limited

for me right now...

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This morning I used my Go! Baby

Accuquilt cutter hexagon die to cut

freezer papers and fabrics

for the hexagons...

while

Tom took apart an old, big

desk that we will be

replacing with a smaller

less bulky one...

[He does all the 

"heavy lifting" around here...]

I am lucky to have him...

T G I F everyone

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(traveling-to-Hexagonia-euse)

P.S.  Most comments are not coming to my gmail account--

anyone know why this is happening?

 

HOCUS POCUS

 

I have begun a new

handcraft..

(which I need like a hole in the head, right?)

Since I have been laid up with sciatica and

ankle pain--I have been watching

Youtube videos that feature

crafters...

[Yup, I know--it's like going to 

see puppies--yikes!!

You cannot come home 

without one!!]

A N Y W A Y --

I cannot seem to get the hang of regular

counted cross stitch for the

life of me..

so I spied

"pre-printed" cross stitch

canvases...

I used to do needlepoint

years ago and I thought

Well, I can do this...

R I G H T ???

Above is the finished picture

and here is the canvas:

W h a a a a???

But after reading the instructions

and looking at many "starter" videos,

I saw that it wouldn't be difficult

to figure out following the chart...

{If you enlarge the above picture you may

be able to see the first line of

stitching at the bottom--

light gray "x's".}

The canvas is a bit on the 

stiff side but I think with

handling it will soften up...

Here is my dining table workspace set up"

↡↡↡↡

With a good straight backed chair

and a supporting pillow I can stitch.

I am calling this "Hocus Pocus" ;

a bit late for Halloween but 

hoping a finish for next year...

*************************

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse,

(hand-cross-stitching-euse)

AND THE RAINS CAME....ET AL

 

We have had over 2" of rain

so far...and high winds....

{this is the view outside our

dining room window}

this maple is always the

first to change color in our

backyard...it really is

VERY RED

altho' this pix doesn't capture it 

very well....

{As you can see, Tom cleared off

the deck for the season...

Fare-thee-well, Summertime}

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On this very stormy day I have

set myself up right on our

dining room table for 

some handwork...

(easier on my back )

the blue basket on the right

is my Mom's old workbasket

that she beautifully lined 

(click to see larger)

And

↓↓↓↓

Here is the wool piece

I began quite a while ago 

that I unearthed 

yesterday....

(it is a Buttermilk Basin pattern)

Now I have pretty much tacked 

every piece down 

so I don't have to deal

with any pins...

I think it looks very 

Halloween-ish

and must decide what (if anything) 

I should put in those 

windows...

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I plan to embroider it now--

kind of like I would treat a

crazy quilt block...

But

I found that a lot of the 

smaller

point-ey pieces were

unraveling a bit...

like those corn leaves--

so I may have to use a 

little bit of glue stick !!

I am a newbie to wool applique

so this is pretty challenging...

I am calling it 

"House on the Hill"

to represent our home...;)))

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I hope all of you in this storm's path are staying safe and warm...

Hugs, from under my bumbershoot (haha)

Julierose,

La Blageuse 

(slow-stitching-euse)

JACK'S BACK

 

I finally found my

"Starry-Eyed-Jack" 

(a Jan Patek pattern)

hiding at the bottom of my 

quilt-stashing old dresser drawer.

I had been searching for him 

and thinking 

"Did I give him away?"

[But I thought not..]

My blog friend Lizzy 

at "Gone2thebeach" 

and I both make them last year...

[Jack]

Take a peek at hers--sooo

cute...I love her orange fabric

looks perfect for the spirit of

Halloween...;0000

It is such fun to see how 

patterns are interpreted

Don't you think?

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(in-the-spirit-euse)

HEXAGONIA TRIALS, et al

 

I have been doing a little

Hexagon work

while resting....

I used this (relatively new--at

least to me)

product

↡↡↡↡

Iron On-Stay-In hexagons

instead of freezer paper

which is my usual method.

(click to enlarge)

I must say that I do not like

the results;

the rosette feels

really thick and 

doesn't have that 

lovely loose, cloth

feeling that you get

after removing the 

freezer papers.

Can you see from this image

what I mean??

Have any of you EPP-ers

used these?

And what do you think of them?

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I haven't done any other sewing;

still battling the aching ankle

area --but I think that the

sciatica has improved 

quite a bit with this

"Rest and Heat"

treatment.

[And walking with the aid

of a cane for support]

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TGIF everyone;)))

👍☺☺

We are watching Formula

One racing Grand Prix which

is taking place this time in

Austin Texas...

Today was Practice;

tomorrow will be qualifying

[for starting position in the race];

and Sunday will be the race itself...

 ***********************

Tonight for supper is my homemade

Chicken soup from the boiled

down carcass (yesterday); 

and Tom is making a tossed salad....

I have been sitting on our counter stool

for chopping veggies and then

near the stove to cook...

[S I G H]

I am trying to DO MORE

and move around as much as

I can without setting myself back...

It is quite a balancing act!!💃😍

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

{sewing-euse a little bit-euse}