While you guys are all stitching away on your glorious blocks (I'm loving the colours we are seeing here), it has taken me WEEKS to find the background I wanted to use for Roseville. I figured that this quilt is one I will be working on for a long time, so the background had to be one I would love all the way from the beginning to the end of this masterpiece quilt.
Finding a background with some colour and or pattern that wouldn't overpower the whole quilt yet satisfy my love of saturated colour wasn't an easy task. My first three choices were lovely, however I wasn't totally happy with any of them.....
from L to R: Kaffe Apple Spots, a French General toile and Amy Butler solid in olive
Then I remembered my all time favourite fabric from Kaffe....the gorgeous Roman Glass. This pastel Roman Glass has always called to me, however I thought it might still be a little too overpowering.
Until I turned it over to the back....there it was, the fabric I had been looking for!!
I don't think it matters to make this quilt using the back of the fabric do you? First block all drawn up ready to start appliqueing.
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