MY MAMA TOLD ME THERE'D BE DAYS....

 

Now I am not sure if I 

really like these;

Man, they are H U G E !!!

Welcome to the land of the

G I A N T S !!

😒👀👾

They would look great on a king size

bed, but for a lap quilt???

I just don't know....

??????

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Meanwhile:

The prompt for June for 

Roxy's Fabric Journal

SAL 

is"

"Hand dyed background fabric"; 

and the embellishment is a 

"Heart" of some kind...

I have chosen to use 

 one of my own hand dyed

fabrics

↓↓↓↓

⬐

Right now I am Kantha Stitching it to the 

background muslin page..

I am planning an all "white on white"

heart 

of some sort;

using laces and saved 

special fabrics from my 

Crazy Quilting...

But,,,,

Still thinking out

how to set this up for the

heart embellishment...

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Today is muggy-ish;💀

we drove to our local State Park

beach where I walked

in from the parking lot 

to sit on a bench while Tom

did his longer walk...

It was wreathed in fog...

Unfortunately, the sand fleas

and flies drove me back to 

wait in our car...

so much for the best laid plans...

😓

Also tom cut his walk shorter than

usual as he met up with

two big black snakes

sunning themselves on the

boardwalk..UGH!!

[Somedays are just like that...👿]

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The sun is trying to beak 

through now;

so, hopefully it will

dry things out.

I will leave you

with my pretty 

peony

in bloom:

I love that pretty very pale

shell pink...

hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(still-deciding-euse)

JOURNEYING

 

TAW next block set up

to be sewn...

*Note later:

 A friend made me realize that this pattern

is "MANY Trips Around the Word" and 

not just "Trip Around the World" ! 

Sorry--thanks Lizzy ;)))

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And...

Here is my special morning latte:

Soooo good!!

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My handwork journey continues

in Hexagonia;)))

↡↡↡

HEAXAGONIA

Kismet fabric rosettes

are piling up; 

 And

Here is the reverse below;

 I have taken out the papers 

except for the last row--

 upon which I keep papers 

until 

they are sewn together..

I even like how the 

backs look

;)))

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And "Blue Flags

are blooming

in our garden,

for all of our

brave fallen soldiers

this

MEMORIAL DAY

💙💟

Lest We Forget....

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

Hugs to you all

Julierose, La Blageuse

(traveling-while-remembering-euse)

MANY TAW, START OF MY JOURNEY

 

This quilt will commemorate

our travels while we 

were young...

👵👴

3 European trips:

2 with Tom and

1 with my Mom when I

took her to Ireland...

and 3 cruises...

So ....

"Many Trips Around the World"

I am using these very

scrappy leftover 

jelly roll strips--

all cut 16" long +/-

I cut two from the same strip 

and

only one from others..

and 

I am using Bonnie Hunter's

instructions:

↨↨↨

I still haven't figured out quite yet

how/when to iron seams...??

(Any hints out there?)

So far, I've tried AFTER tube is sewn,

then BEFORE tube is sewn;

and I am not that happy 

with either result...

the 2nd block on the 

right above is a bit wonkey!!

I ironed those seams 

on the wonkier one 

BEFORE

I sewed the tube together..

I think the 

the other one came out better...

I think it will be fun twisting 

and turning them

to find what I like best 

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

I send all best wishes to all of you 

out there celebrating 

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(remembering-our-fallen-heroes-euse)

 

OLD & NEW

 

17 mini charm blocks 

FINITO!

AND

One more laid out for today

↨↨↨↨↨

I still have some blacks, browns and 

a few yellow minis left \over...

BUT...

I am getting tired working with

mini charms...

ya think???

I will take 9 blocks for each 

of my Granddaughters

and back them 

with some cute panels

for lap quilts 

for Christmas this year.

When I can machine quilt

comfortably, I plan

to  start

these projects

AND...

&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&

SO:)))

I have moved on to my

many jelly roll

leftovers --

and

have laid these out

these colors 

for

my next project:

This one will commemorate our 

travels after Tom retired...

It will be 

(guess what? haha) 

VERY

SCRAPPY!!

[big surprise]

;)))

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(moving-on-euse)

FLOWERING, et al

 

My big front-yard Iris

in bloom...

It smells like grapes;)))

Also my Rhodie has begun

its yearly plethora of

flowering

↓↓↓↓↓

I do like this color bloom...

Almost a lavender-pink-ey hue...

Looks like Spring has begun here...

Pretty hot today, but not the 

scorcher they predicted..

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

My Fabric Journal "Beautiful Bird

and Favorite Color" page is

finished...

Flying away home...

Some beading and some 

wayward French knotting...

to add some interest

and a bit of lace at the bottom...

I kantha stitched this little bit of 

binding on the 

edge also...

All the fabrics in this series are raw edge...

This has been my favorite prompt so far...

We have one more for

 this group of

pages in this style...

This has been a lovely Sunday--hot, but not humid;

we are sitting out on our deck after our

bbq hot dog and potato salad

welcome to Spring dinner...

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(Enjoying-the-warmth-euse)

HAPPY MAIL ;)))

 

Look what arrived in my afternoon mail today!!

All these goodies for my Journal Pages Journey;)))

Thanks so much Lizzy 💖💝;)))

[click to visit her site]

This totally adorable little print:

↧↧↧↧

AND

These mushroom fabrics...

I just love mushroom prints...

and that cute little bird...

All so perfect for

future journal pages...

More lovely fabrics  to work with...

and

all these little bits for

decoration

↧↧↧↧

Including crochet lace and 

a lovely light blue lace strip.

What a truly beautiful and 

generous gift.

thank you so much, Lizzy;

you made my day..

👯

Go and see Lizzy's lovely blog 

at 

"Gone2thebeach.blogspot.com"

to see her beautiful photos and

quilt works...

hugs,

Julierose

La blageuse

(grateful-euse)

36 SQUARED, et al

I am continuing to get these

36-square blocks together.

Now there are nine

and

I still have a lot of mini

charms left...

It takes me two days of

limited sewing

to get one block assembled.

And...

I try to set out the next one

in readiness for my next

shortened sewing

session...

I am liking how they 

look all together--

very soothing somehow...

;)))

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

Here is my latest hexagon rosette

finish:

I have quite a stack of them now...

14 so far and there is still more

fabric in the Kismet Line to be

die cut...

I haven't removed any papers

as yet until I decide

how I will be putting them 

together...

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

L👀👀k

at what is about to burst

into bloom in our front 

rock garden

↡↡↡↡

What should be a lovely

deep purple iris...

and

a few daffodils are still

waving in the breeze:

This variety 

(I've forgotten the name!)

is a very light hue--

so soft and sweet

;)))

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

We have had fog all day

long and the humidity

has risen a lot...

so not comfortable out there.

Hoping for a nice weekend...

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(also-still-stitching-euse)