UME = PLUM

                I worked on the backing for top No 2--Plum Postage,
                          yesterday and this morning.

And, I have decided to call it "UME" (Japanese for plum--for the strip
color throughout ) and also for the Japanese backing I've used....

             I have had this fabric for ages and never 
                                  wanted to cut into it.

So I used my one yard of it; 
and then bordered it with a newer pinky-roses fabric...
to give it a more vintage look...

                        I love this scene by a faraway shore...
herons........
                                         
                  in flight..........
                                  under the sailing moon.........
                                                             
                                             Very romantic, I feel....

            Here is a closer look at the borders, top, bottom and sides...

and finally another scenic view :

So the 2nd top is readied to be layered...

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And onto my third and last big top:

 My SNOWBALLS

Tomorrow I will be stash diving once

again to find just the right

backing fabric(s) for

this one...

it measures 46.5" wide and 

52"long...

These tops are all big ones...;-0000

I must say I am getting used to working with big pieces of fabric 

YA THINK????:)))

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On the hand quilting front, since I've finished the hand quilting part of

Stone Soup

I took this out to work on

for Spring...

My little center butterfly gift from 

TERRI 

that I surrounded with garden fabrics...

I am psyched to begin working on this one

Hugs, from SUNNY (YAY) CT,

Julierose, La blageuse (backing-euse)