Pam-----The background fab is Graceful Geisha by Lonni Rossi purchased last year from Bigsbys in Milwaukee, Wi.

Kim----The EQ blocks are in the Folk Art Applique add on. You had GREAT vision to turn the original blocks into Glorious ones with your fabric choices and the fussy cutting.

Mary

More Stars and Sprigs

Woo hoo!! These are the last three applique blocks for the Stars and Sprigs, they really don't take long to make and I've enjoyed the small blocks that can be done in an evening. These last ones are darkish and more moody in colour but it's what I though looked right.

I'm getting pretty excited about nearing the end of the center part of the quilt so just some more star blocks and I can assemble the last three rows. After that will be another border and then another and then the last one. I feel the end is closer with every stitch.

Who else is going to be making this one when the pattern comes out next month?

My second bloc

Hello,

I'm a belgian quilter since 16 years, who loves appliqué and the designs of Kim McLean. So about a month ago i was absolutely thrilled to discover i could buy her designs at glorious.com.After receiving them (one of the best days so far this year) i procrastinated what to do and decided to start on lollipops because i figured it would be relatively portable, ideal for vacation and soon to happen trip to Birmingham Festival of quilts. I also decided that allthough i love working with Kaffe's fabrics, i would make it from my existing stash, with fabrics i bought years ago and now can hardly figure out what to do with them since taste and experience have evolved. I see that as my challenge. I'm still sewing my first block(very slowly), because i don't have the time to prepare the second one before leaving for Birmingham. The background fabric was supposed to be a backing (extra wide) but i changed its destiny.
Happy sewing,
Françoise

I have begun the Roseville Album quilt after seeing the pattern on Kathie's blog. Ordered the 10 yards of background fab and pattern from Glorious Color with speedy delivery. I love that the pattern is full sized. Washed the whole shebang and held my breath while cutting all the blocks and borders of the background. I need to prep the circles before the first block can be called complete.

I had started the Lollypop Trees in June, using the blocks from EQ, downsizing them to 14". I used background fab that I had on hand, so can only make 12 blocks.

I love the Kaffe fabs and am learning how to work with them, but have a ways to go. I am enjoying seeing the blocks that have been posted so far and see that we have a lot of the same fabs to work from.

Back to sewing circles.

Mary

Oooh's and Aaahs!

I've been studying the beautiful blocks & quilts on this blog for many hours/days and been absolutely blown away by the incredible work--and stunned to realize how fast you all are!

Feeling guilty about being a lurker, I've asked to participate. I've been slow to decide, realizing this is a major commitment, and I have a tendency to jump from one unfinished project to another. But this one (I tell myself) will enable me to be more social in the evenings with my husband, appliquing nearer him instead of sewing away in the back bedroom. And this project will be just for me. I haven't yet decided which quilt I will make--currently vacilating between the Roseville and the new one coming out in September. I plan to use a brighter color palette, but that will also depend on what I find for my background.
I do have one question to ask. I would love to have some pointers as to fabric selection. Which fabrics do you find work the best (styles or patterns or whatever) or which do not work well for the individual pieces or even for the background. Are there any tricks or other pointers you've learned thus far that would be helpful in the fabric selection area? Any specific fabrics you use and think are "necessities"? Any other supplies you recommend as being must haves? I haven't appliqued in years, and it seems like there are so many new products and fabrics on the market.

Hopefully I'll have my fabric picked out and be making progress in September--until then I will be watching with deep appreciation and many ooh's and aahs. Thanks for including me!
Donna

today I HOPE to make the bias stems and then baste down my block and start appliquéing.
I chose to do the basket as a whole as I just thought this fabric was perfect for a basket!
this is the bottom right hand corner block.

I am really looking forward to everyone starting this quilt and sharing their blocks with us!

Has anybody seen blocks on blogs if so let us know the blog addy, maybe they need an invitation to join us here as well

Kathie