floods

I've been watching the news about the flooding in Queensland and I hope that all of our friends in Oz are doing okay!!
I'm keeping good thoughts here.

Full House

Hi to you all, I'm just popping in to share with you that we now have ninety five contributors for this blog and there are five invitations waiting to be accepted. The blog can have one hundred contributors and so we are now full to the brim. What an amazing journey we're all sharing here. Thanks to Pam, Kim and Liza for making it a glorious place to hang out.

Cheers, Janet

one more to go

Here is my next to the last Lolly block.

Lollipops 4 Blocks so far.

Their looking a little wrinkled but they will come good with a pressing...the next block is a tad brighter using Darla Fabrics...see I am getting out of my comfort zone....This will be a year long project unfortunately...12 blocks to go ho hum! I'm using a different method than my usual freezer paper I've machined the pieces onto the B/G have left enough fabric trimmed back to turn under...see how I go...
cheers
Maree

Kim....please read

Hi Kim

Just wondering if you could email me as I have had a person trying to get in touch with you regarding permission on showing one of your quilts.

Thanks heaps
Christine

My first block

Yesterday I allowed myself to start, and this is so much fun! I finished my first block today, needleturn methode. I couln't catch the colours as they are. The leaves seem somewhat blue-ish, but in fact they are green. Maybe because dayight was gone :)

My First Post!

Hello - My mom (Mary Anne) and I both love applique quilting and have been following this blog for a while. She is working on the Hearts and Flowers while I decided to try the Flower Pots. I am a novice to applique quilting but I have been cross stitching for years. I can't sew a straight line on a sewing machine to save my life but I love hand sewing.

I used a variety of "brights" for this pattern, including quite a few Fassett fabrics mom gave me from her stash. ( Thanks mom!) I deviated a bit by embroidering a stem stitch for the stems on top of the flowers which have them. I felt it gave the top stems a more delicate look.

I am still struggling with fussy cutting and spend way too much time trying out different combinations but I sure do love these Kim McLean patterns!

By the way, I don't take credit for the blue and red flower on the right. Buddy, my black lab, watched me digging through my fabric tote and thought it was a game. I wasn't having much luck picking out combinations and I sat back, flung up my hands and said "I give up!" Buddy reached down with his teeth and pulled out the blue and brought to me. I made a pile of fabrics that sorta matched and made him pick out a couple more pieces and this flower combination was the result. Unfortunatly he got bored with the "game" and has retired from fabric selecting.

Thanks to all of you for sharing your wonderful blocks!

Liz Anne