My dining room table is somewhere underneath all that stuff!!;)))
I have pulled out all the scraps and cut-offs I could find and
laid them all out here ...
Here's a view from the other side of my table
looking into my dining room,,
It's a good thing we are not expecting any company for dinner
anytime soon....hahaha...
.
It took me 2-3 days to gather everything and
try to put stuff in "like" piles for use...
The rectangle in the midst of all this bounty
is my new slow stitching project;
an "assemblage" of sorts--
I really don't know what to call it...
I have been watching "Railway Cottage Studio"
on youtube and here is a camera shot
of her work in progress:
It looks so very different from mine..but I am using it as an
idea springboard to try to make my panel wall hanging..
.
She has collected a plethora of thrifted vintage table scarves,
French fabrics, and old needlepoint canvases...
among tons of other things which, of course, I don't have...
But you can see how this
idea "called my name:--))
collaging with fabric instead of papers....
Be still my 💓!!!
I am giving this a try just for fun...
There is a small side wall between my tv
room and my dining room that needs
something....I am hoping
this can be it...;))
Below is just the very beginning of my
"base" layer which I've only laid out
on an old piece of bed sheet....
Nothing is pinned in place and I cannot
tell you how many times things have been moved about!!
Just auditioning everything before I pin it all in place
and then baste it all down...by hand...
{this picture is kind of "washed-out in color,
it is much more vibrant--
today is a gray day and the overhead light
changes the colors way too much!!}
It is:
Pretty much all cherished fabrics
trying to live together ....
And...
See that dark brown, old piece of velvet ?
It came as a remnant from my
Grand-pere, who worked in
the Norwich Fabric Mill and used to bring
cut offs to my Grand-mere for her sewing..
It has been sitting in my stash FOREVER!!
I will need to iron it and cut only what I need
for that spot --hoping I'll still have a bit leftover....
.
I HAD to put that in for sure...
💝
I am calling this"
"Home is Where My Heart Is"
Here are a few houses that made it
through the culling process:
That ribbon , again washed out, is really a lighter greener green...
and
Midway on the right is this homestead...with that green
washed out also--my phone doesn't like greens, I guess!!
and, lastly,
This home, which I think reminds me of the residences
we saw on our Big Trip to Italy...
had to go in, right?
It sits,
amid a bevy of owls, my coffee dyed pear,
and the cheery sunflowers...
with a bit of Old Italian lace and
lovely old trees..up there in the
left hand corner...
A lot of the fabrics are culled from
various Cathe Holden prints
that I purchased a while back...
And I am using a total mixture
of old and new...
I will tell you this, it
takes courage to CUT INTO a lot of
these....👀😕😔👀 that I have
hoarded over the years...
{and actually I am ripping whenever I can
to get those frayed edges
that I really want in this one}
Right now, I keep on changing out
[and putting back in!!]
small bits and bobs ==
But, I do
have to make a decision
that it's ok as is
at some point....
For, of course,
I realize that
I can always add
on embellishments--
sort of crazy quilt style, with
fancy stitching and a few yo-yos and
hexagons scattered about...
I hope, when it is basted, I can roll it
up and take it wherever I want to
sit stitch on it...
But for today, it
is resting.
But, what fun to use all these precious
memory-laden fabrics....;)))
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Tonight's menu is:
BBQ'D Bourbon marinated steak tips,
home fries and salad....
and some Prosecco
beforehand...😂😇😉
Hugs,
on a gray
and rainy afternoon--
Julierose, La Blageuse
(amidst-try-outs-euse)
It is all pinned and I've begun the invisible basting ......