MOON GARDEN STARS PROGRESS, et al

 

I worked on my Moon Garden Stars this morning--

Here are the house pieces, turned and ready to sew

together,,

[you can see Jan Patek's original house on the 

pattern left].

I appliqued the top boat curve --

my quandry was it is red and white so

what color thread?  I chose

red and some little stitches do show...;((((

Could any of you appliquers out there tell

me what a better choice would have been?

Anyway....I am NOT taking it all out...

this is the 1st really big, complicated

piece I've tried; it stumped me when

I began a while ago, but I do want to

finish it...it is just so darling a pattern;)))

I've prepped the house pieces and the chimney

below:

↓↓↓↓

You can see (on the chimney) I am using the

starch and turn method on manilla patterns...

I plan to sew the house together before appliqueing it

onto the background; and also add the part of the 

chimney that rests on the side of the

house...leaving the part that goes on the

background loose until I am ready to

put the whole piece on...

at least that is my plan...

My "take" on the house is a lot

more "flowery" than the pattern,

but I do like it...

The 2 pieces left to pick fabric for are

the flying eagle and the kitty...

I am taking this slowly as my 

hands get really tired

stitching...

But I am enjoying the challenge...

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We had almost 3" of rain yesterday and

my beautiful day lily repaid me:

Such a gorgeous plant, isn't it?  

[excuse my big finger there;!!(]

And my pot of marigolds has

a bud showing now...

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Tonight I have put together my 

Minnestrone soup for dinner

with some home baked rolls...

A light summertime supper

for two....;))))

Hugs, Julierose

La Blageuse

[it-is-true-you-are-never-too-old-to-learn-euse]

P.S.  I'm not kidding when I say

it is hot and humid here today!!

 Y I K E S !!!!!

 

BEFORE THE DEER--and AFTER THE STORMS

 

I ran out early this morning to see the blooms begin 

on all my day lilies

BEFORE

the deer prance in and 

eat them all up 

for their dessert!!

We only had 0.11" of rain overnight,

but there was a lot of thunder and

lightning flashing around...

Enough so that it woke us up to

sit a bit @ 3 a.m. in the

living room watching the 

sky show for a while--

Then we went back to sleep--

or at least I did--My DH has

sleeping problems at the best of times,

so he only rested and got up early.

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I am finding that I miss my sewing machine

more than I could've imagined...

So, I am doing a clean-up,

a bit at a time and also

checking out blocks I could make

with my whittled down stash and 

scrappy bits...

Visualizing is not my forte,

so I really have to actually

"MAKE" a block to see how

I like it in the flesh, so to speak!

 I am finding that a lot of blocks really 

only lend themselves to big quilts

and I am not good at scaling down--

or I don't like how they look 

after that process!!

We are pretty much staying inside today 

as between the heat, humidity and

smokiness leftover in our air,

it is nasty out there...

Like a 

SAUNA!!!

I hope your weekend is a good one

Hugs, Julierose,

La Blageuse

(searching-euse)