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I would love for you to join me (a retired senior)in my zany crafting adventures with quilting (waaaaay too much fabric); scrapbooking (will I ever catch up?); redwork; counted cross stitch; crossword puzzles; reading; and cooking.
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Monday, April 29, 2019

STRINGING ALONG and WOE IS ME

                            Here are the latest Spring Strings blocks.....

Today, I sorted what is left  of my string scraps into colors:
                                     (sort of) ;)))


                                       these are the only ones left...

                                                    AND
                                     these little corner triangles
                                        [from 
                                            what was going to be
                                                   a broken dishes piece]
                                BUT: every time I sewed them together
                                       they wonkified on me....(sigh)

                                       So I am using these for block corners..

When all (or most of )these strings are gone 
                      the piece will be deemed finished......

As I am pretty much randomly picking strings for each block, this
is turning out to be a 
                              "String Vortex"...or (string vomit!!) --piece
                                                            

I am:
not over-thinking anything...

I am not {obviously}
doing matchey-matchey 
or 
taking too long to pick and choose either.......
And as,
I am in love with any kind of scrappy quilts-
the clashings .......just are what happens...

(I am sure some of you out there are gnashing your teeth! 
and thinking to yourselves: " Wow" does that go with
THAT?????? What is she thinking???)

See, that is the point, I am not thinking...just pulling
strips....

I don't want to see A N Y of these
                           S C R A P S 
                              hanging around...
                                       AND......
                        **somehow I cannot bear  
                                                  to throw them out...**
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Now for a very sad tale of woe....

Remember this piece I finished [from Lori at Humble Quilts] ?



                                Look what happened when I tried a 
                             "so-called" wash out pen to begin marking
                                   for quilting.....aaargh--oooh noooo...
                                               DISASTER.....



I have washed and washed and put white vinegar on it--BUT 
it keeps on coming back.... (S I G H )

I guess I will just  have to just remove the triangle 
and put a new one on it...😒😢😡😠😟---if i can find the same fabric--
or as Cathy says take all four off and replace them all....
No more marking pens for this gal....
Has this ever happened to any of you??? 

hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (scrubbing away-euse);((((