FOUR CALLING BIRDS, et al

Santa's waiting to 

see

what's in store

for me????

:)))

💗💗💗

{click to enlarge for message}

DAWNIE,

oh oh oh 

😊😍

[or ho ho ho?? 

  and hahaha] 

you are so clever 

:D

I love those little notepads...

Muchas Gracias, amiga!

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

I got a new scarf pattern book

in our noon mail today.

When I stopped knitting

quite a few years 

ago I gave away 

ALL

(I know, how dumb!!)

my books and patterns..

[BEWARE THE DE-STASH]

So

↧↧↧

I will be

reading this

in the afternoon

and.....

👀-ing for a 

pattern to make....

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

AND...

S  I  G  H

👵😽😾

STILL

more resting...

Today the ankle area

is the culprit..

And so it goes...

Hugs, Julierose, 

La Blageuse

(Reading-euse)

 

THREE FRENCH HENS, et al

 

Third day of Blogmas

What could this one be????

{click to see her cute little poem}

What fun!!

👧

Amazing 

Dawn

💗

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

AND...

What is

cached in this little cute bag

do you think.....

Hmmmmm..???

I am using this old stashed yarn

to make myself 

THESE

cuties😁

⇓⇓⇓

My favorite socks and

also

the very first pair I ever made...

using this pattern...

the booklet is really a fun

read, too..

I've gotten cast on and 

this far....

These will have a 

K2P2 cuff about 8" long

{I had to rip them out 

3 times before I re-

membered how I used to

do that first joining round--

and Rosemary, thank you for

the little hint;))}

Such a pretty and 

squishy, soft

yarn.

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

Earlier this morning Tom

drove me to Big Y for our

weekly shopping...

so that is done!! 

Hugs to all, 

Julierose,

La Blageuse

(K2-P2-euse)

 

TWO TURTLEDOVES

 

Day Two of

Twelve days of Christmas Blogmas

Oooh

Two turtle Bites

and Two Dove candies...

Dawn ;)))

you know me well...

Y U M 

😉😊😋

[click to enlarge]

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My amaryllis is coming

along...

I staked it 

in my favorite blue and white

pot...

It is sitting right on

my bookcase near my

recliner seat...

and

will this little sprout also

grow and bloom??

↡↡↡

I will be watching...

***************************I 

I went to my early {8:15}

mammogram this 

morning...

👵🙀😷

Our skies were brilliant reds, oranges, 

and even lavenders on the

drive there...

and..

luckily, a chair was available

so I could

sit in between pictures...

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

Tonight will be an easy meal:

grilled hot dogs and

potato puffs with 

pan fried onions as

the hot dog topping.

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

I am going to try to wind off some

fingering weight sock yarn later

on and cast on for a pair of socks...

We'll see how much I remember

as I haven't knitted in

 quite a few years...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse,

(fingers-crossed-euse)

A PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE

 

DAY ONE

A yummy bar of soap....

;)))))

[click to enlarge]

Merci beaucoup

DAWNIE

💝

 Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(Blogmas-day-one-euse)

"...AND WHAT TO MY WONDERING EYES APPEARED...."

 

I just received the most wonderful

"Twelve Days of Christmas"

present from my good friend

DAWN

What an amazing and thoughtful

gal she is...

AND

All the gifts are all labeled 

for each day

WHAT FUN!!!

👵

💝💝

↓↓↓

Isn't she just amazing?

I cannot wait to start opening them

😇😂😇

I cannot tell you how much this

lifted my waning spirits...

💓THANK YOU SO MUCH💖 

DAWN, 

you are the best...

Hugs and prayers

for you both,

Julierose

La blageuse,

(grateful-and-joyful-euse)

RECUPERATION, et al

 

I am resting  on our

recliner couch 

in our tv room

reading this 

Winter collection

of stories by Agatha Christie

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

Recuperation you say????

Tom and I have been 

go-smacked by an

nasty intestinal bug...

He began on Thursday eve

And I, last evening...

Fun fun!!

😬😬

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

Obviously,

no sewing going on at all..

S I G H...

but here are a couple of

photos of quilts I would

like to make

in 2022....

↕↕↕

This first one uses

"Indian Hatchett"

blocks...

I just love this medallion setting...

[mais, certainment]

I would make this a scrappy 

piece with just one 

hatchett color...

AND

this one has been on my

{mental} list for a 

while

↡↡↡

In this Rail Fence setting...

This one I would make 

(as above) 

totally "Scrap-a-roo"

:)))

And finally,

yesterday's surfing brought me to

this big hexagon..

👇👇👇

I just love the colorway

repititions

 it looks like 

one huge flower...

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

My "JOY" banner

is up above Helga 

on my design wall 

waiting for me to be able to 

pick out backing, do

layering, pin baste and 

hand quilt it....

👵

I am looking 👀

forward to hand quilting 

after the holidays....

hoping that my sciatica

will continue to 

disappear and allow me to

sew, sew sew

💖💖💖

I hope your Weekend is going

well, I would ask that you

say prayers or send good

thoughts to my friend, 

DAWN

and her DH

during this difficult time for them...

👥

thanks so much...

my heart aches for them

💔💔

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(fog-bound-euse)

SLEIGH BELLS --RINGING IN CHRISTMAS

 

I am covered with my 

Christmas postage stamp quilt

while:↴↴↴

Icing my ankle and lower leg...

I had such fun making this postage

stamp quilt

and I was surprised to see

I made it way back

in 2 0 1 4!!!

(Labels are so important!!)

All reds, greens--

even pink tones and

off whites and pure

whites--

SO VERY SCRAPPY

Bordered with this 

vintage-y print and

the back featuring my

favorite kind of Santas

↡↡↡↡

I have two width-long

strips of them across the mottled

greenery of the background...

and

a lovely deep, dark roses print

on the sides...

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

This very first wall quilt I made

is now up on my dining room wall

to welcome the season

This pattern is from

an old issue of American

Quilter magazine that I

used to subscribe to...

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

We've pared down our decorations

to 2 small tabletop pre-lit

trees--I am still collecting

really small--mini--ornaments

for them...

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

I have closed my sewing room

until I can manage sewing

layering, etc better...

All of my mailings and gifts

have been finished...so

I decided it is 

time to seriously 

rest up

this old body

 and get myself

back into some semblance

of shape...

Yesterday I was able to

ride my recumbent bike for

5 minutes....

that is progress in my book;)))

👵

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

It is sunny and chilly here 

and most of our leaves have

fallen, just a few high oak 

leaves are hanging on...

AND

they are the most luscious

deep, dark maroon-ey

color--I would love

fabric like that!! 💖

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

Tonight's dinner  

will be :

 leftover beef stew

that DH and I put together 

two days ago...

with

garlic bread on the side..

Hope you are enjoying decorating

for your own holiday season..

Hugs, Julierose, 

La blageuse 

(Winter-is-a'-comin-in-euse)

P.S.  we may get snow

this coming week...

💕💝💓