MELANGE WORKING DREAMS

 

I removed these two

"sticky-outie" blocks;

[thanks, Lizzie, for your

good "eye" on these]

 and I

made these to mix in...

INSTEAD

⇊⇊⇊

AND THIS ONE

↓↓↓

I think they balance out the 

rest better???

What do you think..??

I mean it definitely is

A MELANGE!!

😅

This is not the final

set up; they are just up on

the wall so I

can re-arrange them--

about a gazillion times!!

;))))

In particular those yellows --

could they be corner holders?

Or in a diagonal

going down the length?

Or just sprinkled haphazardly?

I can see my dreams will be filled

with the final possible arrangement.

Do you "sleep on it"?

My Grand-mere used to

suggest doing that

about any 

problem or question...

Hugs, beneath my bumbershoot

today,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(pondering-euse)

PEAR OJOS, et al

 

Starting my 3rd 

"side" block on Pear Ojos;

8 more to go to the finish...

;)))

V e r y 

s l o w 

hand quilting...

just a few strips each day.

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All 30 Melange blocks are sewn now.

This probably will not be the final

arrangement; but I 

wanted to get them all sewn and 

ready to play with  on my

design wall before

my next Fabric Journal prompt 

arrives this Wednesday...

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It is a grey, muggy and hot Labor Day

here on the CT shore...

Another AC day for sure....

I hope you all have enjoyed this

long weekend...

I always feel that Autumn has

begun after Labor Day despite

the actual date of the 

Autumnal  Equinox--

this must be leftover 

from all those years

going to and teaching 

school, I guess...

Hugs,

Julierose, La Blageuse

(re-arranging-euse)

THURSDAY THOUGHT, et al

                                                      

QUESTION

Body my House

my horse my hound

what will I do

when you are fallen

Where will I sleep

How will I ride

What will I hunt

Where can I go

without my mount

all eager and quick

How will I know

in thicket ahead

its danger or treasure

when Body my good

bright dog is dead

How will it be 

to lie in the sky

without roof or door

and wind for an eye

With cloud shift

how will I hide?

--May Swenson--

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MELANGE

The yellows will be brightening 

this group up....

I have 5 more to make

which will give me 30 blocks for

a 5 x 6 layout.

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:)))))))

It was only 58 degrees at 6:30 and

cool this morning upon arising.

This will be a deck sitting morning

and some outdoor hand quilting time.

Hugs,

Julierose 

La Blageuse

(Thoughs-while-hand-quilting-euse)

MELANGE, et al

 

ZIpper blocks will be named from now on

"MELANGE"

Above ↑↑↑↑ is the dictionary definition

of Melange. [click to enlarge]

In our French Aunts' households, when I

was growing up, every week they

would gather the bits and pieces of

leftovers, not wanting or affording to

waste food, and put together

wonderful soups...

When I was visiting, 

"What's for dinner?" I would ask---

"Melange Soup" would be the answer.

and I would so look forward to our meal...

And I think that

Today's version might be called:

"Everything but the kitchen soup--soup!"

At any rate, I think of that when I look at

my zipper blocks all together on the wall--

a total mixture of styles and types

of fabrics....

This is not the final order, of course,

But here are the latest "makes"

These two 

and this one below

I first saw these made into a quilt

At Cathy's blog  {click}

wherein-- she also showed her

cousin Kim's  finished zipper quilt

and her own quilts

AND

I saw how her

 Kim's idea of adding

a lot of yellow 

made her quilt 

 glow with that color...

I am going forward for my

quilt with that idea in mind.

[Hope that's ok Cathy ???;00]

So, today 

I have 4 yellow sets ready 

to be sewn and I will see how

they appear in my grouping...

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I hope you are all enjoying these 

last few days of Summer..

It is hard for me to believe

that my granddaughter, Fiona,

began Middle School today !!!!

and 

that my twin grandsons

entered their Sophomore

year in college!!!!

Y I K E S

I am an "Old One" for sure...

👵

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(making-my-fabric-melange-euse)

ZIPPING ALONG, PEARS OJOS, et al

 

My latest Zipper block...

The last of the Cherries

fabric that I have been

hoarding....💓

Since 

I was able to do some cutting

today, I set these four 

zipper blocks up--

[some old  and some new fabrics...]

All ready to sew--I am enjoying

sewing these together...

I have no idea how they will all

"go" together--

Maybe just higgeldy-piggeldy??

(In my usual casual way?)

⇊⇊

And 

this one-- beside my machine...

for tomorrow' s sewing...

↓

is this old, old favorite fabric 

that a friend, now long gone

swapped with me ....

;))))

I've been sewing one a day--but 

I may try to stretch to two--

depends on

Le Dos (the back!!).

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Meantime, on the hand quilting front:

PEARS OJOS

⇣⇣⇣

I have finished the 3 large central

blocks..YAY!!

:)))

[click to enlarge--I don't know if you

can see them clearly?]

I will begin on the outer

 side strip blocks this evening...

Here is a picture of the back where

the quilting may be easier to see...

👀👀👀👀

I really like this 

basket fabric a lot;

and the quilting really makes it look

vintage, all pulled in like that.

Lots of texture...

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FYI

This is for Cathy ;)))

On the LG Fridge compressor and 

circuit board early deaths:

💀💀❤❤❤

We are in negotiations with LG--

they said they would get back to us

in the next 24 hrs about some kind

of reimbursement for 

our 4 yr-3mo. old

LG!!

(fingers crossed)

And we are also awaiting the 

delivery of our new

Whirlpool side-by-side fridge

in about

30 minutes...

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse

(happy-to-be-sewing-once-more)

WINTER VILLAGE PAGE CHANGES

 

From this↑↑↑

TO....this

↓↓↓

I just could not get my head

around those birds above--

I really love how they look

in and of themselves, but as a part

of this page base I found it hard

to connect the two halves

So

they have

flown away to come back

another day ;))))

Instead,

 I came across this  little strip

of an older "Silent Night" music fabric

in my "BIG BAG of scraps,

and I've added a dash of

red and green fabric for my

corners...

So a semi-new base to work on.  

I will be stitching

on this until September 1st when

the new prompt comes out..

I also need to add a Tab--

which is the challenge 

this month.

I am working on an

idea for that...💁💫🔍🔮

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(stitching-and-pondering-euse)

SAD, SADDER, SADDEST!!

 

See, I look brand new! Not a scratch!

But, but, 

but

 I am deader than a doornail!!

💀💀💀

Only five years old...and my compressor

went and the electronic board is 

also gone!! 

SO, 

We need a new fridge,,,;000

The repair person recommended

Maytag or Whirlpool as he said

the LG's compressors are all

plastic and he's seen a whole

lot just go after 4-5 yrs...!!

Tom is out looking around as

I cannot go and just stand

as yet...my legs are getting

stronger, but not that good as yet...

I totally

trust him to choose us a 

fridge if any are available..

After all.......

He chose our: 

 new dishwasher and stove

and clothes dryer.....

they all had to be replaced

in the past year...

👹👺👾👿

Just too, too much...

Appliances are not made like they used to be...

Talk about built in obsolescence.!!!

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Okay enough of THAT  debacle!!!!

I added two more 

Zipper blocks to my

batik collection

Bottom left and Bottom right...

this group will be all batiks....with

solids and hand dyed solids...

And************************

I finished my:

Winter Village page

Snow is just starting to fall in my mountain

village....

[click]

;)))))

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Now to embellish my Christmas Village

below:

I have to give this some thought...

I am still wondering about the 

two bird panel on the right???

A whole lot of that green....????

But, really, I cannot think right now...

YA THINK?????

We are so happy that Tom found this little

upright, back-up fridge--

It looks like we will be needing it

for a while....

and so it goes, 

never a dull moment lately

it seems...

Hugs, 

Julierose,

La blageuse

(gob-smacked-right-now-euse)