BACKING FOUND

I scoured my stash all day yesterday-(my sore back and calves from squatting to reach those lower shelves attest to that! )

and as a last resort looked in my Oriental pile..thinking...

now just how desperate am I to find the right backing???

 

It surely couldn't be anything in here................ and, and

AND, lo and behold!! Wowzers!  Look at this!! 

YUP--"The Emperor's Garden" by Maywood--a very old

2 yard piece (and I never buy 2 yds--or almost never--of anything!! lol) 

of this yummy fabric...

My gift recipient likes neutrals, nothing raucous or loud...

And so, this is my idea of perfection...Not too busy but with a little 

something going on in the background, and a bit of richness to it...

I had just enough, with maybe a small 2" piece left over,  

to cut (12) fifteen inch squares--

which I will trim and cut down after I hand applique them..AND

then I will add the batting behind and do big stitch in an echo pattern...

PHEW--I was really thinking last night--(getting frantic, actually)

why did I opt to use this charm pack--

NOTHING but nothing goes with it and it is not available ANYMORE!!!

                    Here's a closer look at this pretty fabric

...a really nice cocoa color that blends with all

those hues in my plates...

Can I tell you just how happy this makes me? 

{time out for yet another "Happy Dance Fest!! LOL}

Isn't it funny how you just KNOW when you've discovered the "RIGHT" fabric?

And how it's a true gift to find it in YOUR OWN STASH, calling your name

"Here I am, over here, underneath all these "Oooff" get offa me--

 others that are NOT RIGHT!!"

 

As my hubster said: "It doesn't take

much to make you happy!" He has NO IDEA!!!;))))

Hugs from your happy

Julierose, La Blageuse (lucky-euse)