SPRING BREAK TIME

 

Everything is fine--

just going to take a

bit of a break for now...

;))))

Here are a few other Springtime 

views of my lovely

front rockery daffodils:

Things are beginning to come out...

S L O W L Y

Just a few tips of my 

Day lilies above

Happy Spring!!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(resting-euse)

MORE GLUE BOOKING and FABRIC SCRAP SORTING

 

Working on my yellow pages--

Asian inspired above;)))

&

I made this one 

"Medallion Style"

Somehow the central image

 reminded me 

of a Van Gogh

with those colors..

AND

 some Black and white pages

These "base" pages will need some

embellishments...

[Sorry for the glare--the shiny

mag images are hard to photograph...]

click on any to enlarge..

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Meanwhile 

I am sorting my fabric scraps by colors;

just a bit each day--

I find a lot of multi-colored ones hard

to classify into a specific

color--so I have begun a 

Multi (I don't really

know what color it is ) baggie ;)))

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I am sending Helga off for a Spring Spa

week as I am not doing much sewing

right now...I have done the

under the needle stuff, but feel that

it should have a more thorough

cleaning--it's been 8years

since her last check up...

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FYI: for those of you asking about

my recuperation from 

Long Covid....

I am much much better:

I still have an ear blockage

and tire easily...but today, as

it is 67  and sunny

here, I took a short walk

by the ocean--

ahhh so refreshing--

though there was still a coolish 

ocean breeze about...

I hope you are enjoying our journey

into Springtime..

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(cutting-gluing-sorting-euse)

SPRING SLOW STITCHING and FORMULA 1

 

We are watching the Austrailian Grand Prix

Practice 3 and...

I have begun a small slow stitching project:

I am calling "Spring Rain"

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First, I dyed these scraps with some of my

watercolor paints in a little

container of water; ironed them when dry; 

then I collaged 

them onto a lightweight piece of

batting and tacked them into place.

I have  begun working on the hand stitching

while watching F1 (Formula One). ;)))

Although these ARE scraps, they are

totally different from my usual 

scrap pieces...in that they are all in

the same light colorway...

palest of Spring greens...

Some are pieces of old pillow cases, 

some linen scraps and some muslins...

I am having to pace myself while

hand sewing...a little bit at a time...

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Today is a rainy day here with very gray skies;

but our grasses are starting to show green and

my daffodils are starting to poke up with their

bit of greenery...

It has begun to feel like Spring;)))

hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(watching-F1-and-slow-stitching-euse)

NEW GLUE BOOK FUN

"EN MASSE" :

Dictionary Definition for En Masse....

"Adv: In one group or body; all together"

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Above is my Title Page on the right and

some of my categories on the left.

[Thanks Shannon Green (YT-er)

for these suggestions....]

💋

Here is the first double spread

all squares and rectangles:

"ROSES"

and

the 2nd :

↧↧↧↧

"FACES"

Using squares and rectangles once again.

Followed by

a double spread in progress

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"Fashion"

You can see from the Fashion pix that 

I have cut out each single "fashionista" or

group and fit them

together puzzle-like to cover

all the cream colored background..

These are more difficult as I have "fussy cut"

a lot of the girls--so fitting them together

is a bit challenging.

Working on these pages reminds me of 

this Yo-Yo fabric Coverlet--

Which I would dearly love to make

for a Summer bed spread...

AND

my Ojos works:

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I am so enjoying working in these

glue books, searching for images

and fussy cutting...

It is really very  relaxing

 with my

Pandora radio on in the

background shuffling a 

variety of musical styles...

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I am working out of a lot of back issues

of mags that I have been 

hoarding 

over the years and

not really knowing 

W H Y ???

[answer to Tom's question:

"Why do you need all these

old magazines?"]

HAHAHAHAHA

It is great to be using them up👌💋😊

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I hope you are enjoying this Saturday...

It is raining pretty hard here with

lowering grayed clouds...

but it is

"sunny" in my craft space;)))

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(humming-along-while-cutting-&-pasting-euse)

 

LAYERED UP

 

I was finally able to layer up

my "Orange You Glad"

 Table runner ;)))

It measures 20" x 48"--

so it will be perfect 

for my dining table.

I cannot believe how tired

 I got just from getting 

this done!! 👾

But it is all ready for

leisurely pin basting now...

Hurrah...✌👀👍💛💚

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

[still-fighting-covid-symptoms-euse!]

PAPER PLAY PROJECT

 

I pulled out my old rolodex

a week ago and have been

working on teaching myself

how to

collage on these cards--

I also took out all my old stamps and

inking pads for this project...

I am using the Alpha cards as prompts;

the first three for "A" are:

Artichoke, Apple and Architecture

and

here are the reverse sides using the 

same prompts:

I am really having fun using up bits and bobs

of papers leftover from my long ago 

scrapbooking days...

Here is the letter "B"

Boat, Butterfly and Book

and the reverse

I am collaging both sides as the cards hang both ways

on the rolodex...

What a fun project...

A little change ....

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For those of you who have been 

asking and wishing me well--

I am beginning to feel better...

I still have symptoms and

that horrid "brain fog",

but on the whole, 

I think I am coming out of it..

Fevers are fewer and farther between...

Phew this has been a real drag!!

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

(cutting-and-gluing-euse)

REVISITING "ORANGE YOU GLAD", et al

 

I finally got to sew my

"Orange You Glad" Ojos

blocks together, doing

just a couple when I

felt okay--or as ok

as these lingering 

remnants of

Covid allowed!!

It will be a long  

runner for my dining table..

I will be hand quilting it

 as I love how my

smaller Ojos came out--

all crinkley!! 👌😄😄

Here are the

final scraps from these projects...

↧↧↧↧

This table was piled high when I

began...so I am making Chinese coin

strips with the rest...you can see my

progress with these

on the right of the above photo...

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Here is the Composition Color Glue Book project

I have been working at

off and on...cutting and gluing

is a very easy and relaxing

project even when you are not

feeling that great:)))

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[Sorry for the magazine's images glare]

and

Here are two of the Orange background pages...

I love searching for images in each color

and fitting them together on the page.

I will be adding "fussy-cut" images over

these...still in the page's colorway.

[Eg: see the fussy cut oranges on

the top right above] 

This is such fun;)))

There are four pages for each color of the spectrum

along with black and white and white on white...

the only backgrounds I have yet to 

finish up are

the red ones--I haven't found 

many red pages in my old

stack of magazines...

Orange seems to be the theme 

of my projects lately.

😁😅😇

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For those of you who've wished 

me well during this Covid

bout--thank you so much--

I hope to continue to get better.

It is an on-and-off thing from day to day.

Still resting and napping a whole lot.

Please stay safe and wear your masks...

😷😷😷

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(continuing-to recover-euse)

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