T13.Eliza Bennett has a Change of Heart - aka BR-2, Leigh's Woods

 

  

 

I love both of these fabrics so much. I decided to keep most of the color
out of the background and try to respect the directionality of the gold as much as I could
without going crazy doing it. I almost made it...

 

Thrift store find this week... just forced myself to watch Mr. Darcy again...
Good old Eliza had a change of heart, thank goodness. Sensible girl.

The gold bodice that matches my block. : )
OK, how one would stand there facing a freshly bathed
darcy without one's knees buckling is beyond me.

Gold miniature: not sure - I think it's Judie Rothermel
and Sturbridge Village IV by Judie Rothermel

025.Judie, Judie, Judie - aka D-13, Field of Dreams

Might need to use this Sturbridge Village Collection II (one of my favorite lines) for a blank triangle rather than this - but we'll see. It's an easy one although with the fussy cutting it still took me awhile. Note to self: study up on fussy cutting tricks and techniques.

love this great shirting by Pam Buda.

One of my all time faves. Sturbridge Village II by Judie
Rothermel. Wish I would NOT have noticed the registration
was out of whack...

004.Starstruck

Block name: Starstruck
Original position: F-7
Jane's Addiction position: G-8
Fabric/foreground: Old Sturbridge Village (I - original line?) gold colorway
Fabric/background: yellower stained
Color Group: yellow
Wave: 2-stars
Date started: 9/20/11
Date finished: 9/21/11
Time: 3-4 meandering hours
Pieces: 21
Method: paper-pieced from dj software
Notes: 2nd cutting

Blocks completed: 2
Total number of pieces: 46

Started Starstruck today - paper-piecing... with one of my fave prints from Sturbridge Village by Judie Rothermel. So confused by paper-piecing again. Need to brush up. 10/11: trimmed down today.

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Random: despite how god-awful sex & the city 2 was, it really really cheered me up today. Weather was awesome too - nice breeze blowing through the windows... Ahhhh... Looking forward to watching "Kathy Griffin: Emmy aftermath" & biggest loser season premiere...

9/21: finished today. Looooove it. Turned out great. Had to redo quite a few seams... Pain! But this is kind of a high stakes block since it's one of my faves... Kinda wonky on the back end but it really does look fine from the front. Can't wait to get a new phone so I can start taking pictures again...

Random: watched "something's gotta give" and the beginning of "pillow talk" - still a fave... Picked not one but two zukes today. It's a late summer miracle.