"OH LOLLY, LOLLPOP..." et al

 "Lollipops" is all quilted now 

and 

Ready to be trimmed up;)))

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Here it is --

trimmed and 

ready to be bound--

with this light lavender binding...

Yes, another one in the pipeline now...;)))

Finally...

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Meanwhile, I have been sewing away

on "Posies"....

Her are the latest blocks

seven out of the final 12...

One more lavender to sew up and

then 4 in blue to be added,

And file under

"just made it"!!:

below↴↴↴↴

This is all that is left of my "leaf" fabric...

I will use these bits and bobs in my

Junque Journal as they are just

too special to be thrown out...

One of my all time favorite

fabrics is finally all used up!!

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Tonight's dinner menu will include:

 Beef oven roast with pan gravy

 and

mashed potatoes 

and 

petit pois in butter sauce.

We will be eating on the early side

as this is a big meal and we find lately 

that eating too late is 

not good for our

digestions...

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We are having very strong winds--

30+mph!!! and

it is "raining" leaves and 

pollen all over the place--it looks like

a hurricane aftermath out there on our deck!!!

It is also pretty chilly with that 

constant gusting north wind

blowing everything around!

A good day to be inside for sure!!

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(still-sewing-euse)

Note: edited to add pix of storm aftermath:

Clean up for sure, today.....

 

DECK DAY--CARPE DIEM, et al

 

Yesterday dawned warm and sunny

with cooling breezes here....

So....

Coffee and quilting supplies in hand

I went out and sat on my lounge chair 

AND....

Began working on adding more hand quilting

To "Lollipops"..

I just have these little squares (top and bottom--

six squares on each)

To be finished

and then the purple starry borders to be finished...

Little bit by little bit I am finally nearing the end...;)))

The bottom portion got finished yesterday and

just the top 6 remain...

So nice to see progress...

💃👏💜

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Today has dawned overcast and humid--

so I am glad that I followed the 

"Carpe Diem" mantra

("seize the day") 

yesterday and was able 

to relax and quilt...

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Later on today we plan to go to a garden center to 

find another shrub to replace our winter killed Holly

bush up front that shields us from oncoming

car headlights coming into our tv room windows...

That Siberian cold front really did a job on a lot of 

our bushes; but that specific one is the most

important...hoping we can find a super hardy plant...

On the other hand, the bottom of this one is

showing green growth--what to do? What to do??

[The whole top 7/8th is -- or looks dead!! ]

Since we haven't decided on just what to

replace (or not!!) this with, we've

tabled our trip to garden-landia...

😕😞😧

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(still-quilting-euse)

POSIES' PROGRESS

 

I had just enough of this old, old

leafy fabric left to make enough 

leaves for my four posies and

for four more flowers;

I machine raw-edge 

appliqued the leaves and stems.

Below are the two lavender

prints for the next four flowers...

↧↧↧↧

There will be two of each fabric and

I have my little corner 1.5" squares 

ready to mark up for sew-and-flip 

tomorrow...

Little steps at one time for me

these days..

and 

trying to set up for 

the next day's sewing...

Another green stem fabric

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This is the 2nd stem fabric I chose as I ran

out of the first one...

As I said, just using stash....

:))))))

Use it up!!!

;)))))

I also have this little coin strip that may come

in handy during the sewing together???

I am planning on using a mellow yellow 

for the flower centers--if I can find one

in my stash...

Pink, green,  lavender, and yellow

sounds good to me...

for a Spring-ey

vibe...💚💗💚💜

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(sewing-15 min-here-15 min-there-euse)

RAINY DAY SEWING, et al

 

My good friend Lizzy

and I 

are both starting to make this

Jan Patek quiltlet ....

I don't know how large I want to go

as yet so these are just the first few

trial blocks...

Here is the start of my first block

and the fabric for the second one...

You can see the green I chose for the stems

above...

Four little posies begun....;))))

And just to show how differently we all 

see these blocks --

here is the first

of Lizzy's below...

I just really love her fabric choices for the petals

...and those cute polka dot leaves...

I need to choose fabrics 

for my leaves and centers yet

I am just using what is in my stash...

I couldn't come up with any good

yellows--as that would have been

my first choice also..

.

And note how she has, like the pattern,

made one leaf different...

I missed even noticing  that!!!

I really love your take on this Lizzy

💛💛💛

S  I  G  H.....😓

I will definitely do that on the next few...

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Earlier this week, when we had a lovely,

warm day; I sat out on our deck and

worked some more on 

quilting "Lollipops".

that was so relaxing ,,,,

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Here is the last rose from my Mother's Day

bouquet slowly fading away...

I just love the colors...

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I have put my Jelly Roll "Pips" away for the 

time being as I really didn't like how the rows 

came together at all....

I like "scrappy", but this looked like a 

total hodge-podge to me!! 

So......

I am taking a break from "jelly rolling"

 for a bit to have a think about it and the

others I have as yet to be used...

Perhaps a TAW and or 16-patch piece....

We shall see....

Hugs on a rainy Saturday

and Happy Memorial Day Weekend 

to you all💙

Julierose,

La blageuse

(still-sewing-euse)

BACK FROM BREAK, et al

Here are my "Sherbet Pips" jelly roll pieces

all laid out for the first 

l -o - n- g

round of sewing...

{Note the little pile of extra squares

from my stash that I will 

sprinkle throughout}

I have pre-trimmed all of 

the strips to various lengths-

as recommended by

Rose  

in her tutorials...

Here are some of the 4.5" squares

she generously sent me 

These will be added here and there

after the 2nd round has been sewn...

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FYI: Yet Another Tick Event

I have finally finished my course of medicine

for the two badly infected tick bites--

[YES, two others!! sigh...] 

that were just found due to their 

"insalubrious" positions!!

I am so glad and lucky that I did opt

to go to my doctor and have 

them checked  out..

At least they didn't hospitalize me

this time around!!

I will skip all the gory details

["you're welcome;)) ]

and just say that I hope they are now

well on their way to disappearing.  

I would highly recommend not waiting

if you get a tick bite...!!!!

At this point I find myself

 hesitant to even step

onto any grassy surface...

But....

My "Sweet Baboo" is going to 

take care of our front seating area with

anti-tick -spray and we will

be extra careful about 

checking for sure!!!!

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I am finally feeling well enough 

to get back to my normal sewing 

and crafting routines. I have been

mostly napping and resting.  

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Here is part of my Mother's Day and birthday

bouquet from  my daughter....

who came down to see me 

with her significant other last Sunday...

Along with 

↓↓↓↓

This beautiful solar Fire Bowl 

which I really love...💗💓💖

Hugs, Julierose,

La blageuse

(on-another-jelly-roll-journey-euse)

A LITTLE BREAK

 

I will be back soon..

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

FRANKENCRUMB AND OTHER TRIALS, et al

 

This is as far as I've gotten on adding borders...

[see how wavey the bottom is?  All

those seam endings really

messed me up!!

Definitely "franken-seams!!!"

I think I've managed to "fix it"....

We shall  see when I try adding

 another border piece]--if I can find one...

I am finding it a real challenge to come up with

something other than just another plain color!!

I don't have anymore of the "tree on white print"

left so I've tried other B&W prints, but

they just don't "feel" right to me...

Maybe this is finished as is and will

be yet another table topper????

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My culinary trials lately have been

a total bust!! I tried a "No Knead

Cinnamon bread" that turned out

more like it could be used for a boat

anchor than to be eaten--yikes!!!

And....

 my longtime favorite Chicken/rice casserole

was just not right either..one ingredient

or another was definitely "off"--or so our

digestive systems told us👹😩😱

Here is how I am feeling about 

cooking

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This "Far Side" cartoon says it perfectly!!!!!

But.....

my "Sweet Baboo" aka Tom, to the rescue!!!

He will be making his spaghetti and meatballs for

our dinner tonight.

Phew...

I need a break!!!   

[File under: discretion is the better part

of valor!!]

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I did get an early birthday present

from him:

💙💙This adorable one-cup teapot💙💙

I just love blue and white ware...

💋💏💏💋

Isn't that sweet????

Lucky me, he is always there to

"pick me up" when I need it...

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I hope you can be out and about today enjoying this

lovely sunny weather...the leaves are starting

to pop-out here and the grass is growing

once again...

Ah....Spring has Sprung at long last...

Hugs, Julierose

La blageuse

(aka-the-franken-cook-euse)