Flower Garden

 Thought I would take a minute and post my progress on my Flower Garden quilt.  Love this quilt!!

The stitching on all the blocks is complete but they still need to be trimmed up and I haven’t started on the sashing squares yet so that is still left to do. 

I have both of the side borders completed and the bottom border is ready to stitch except for all the small circles over the center vase.  I have also decided to change the center vase fabric because this one seems to fade in with the background a little too much.  I think it needs to pop more.

This has really been a fun quilt and I never seem to tire of looking at all the beautiful Kaffe fabrics.

Flower Garden

Since LollyPops is finished I started Flower Garden.  I have 11 blocks prepped and ready to stitch,

I really like the clover background and have decided to just let the top and bottom borders go in a different direction.  With all the applique I doubt anyone will even notice it.

Nancy

LollyPop Trees Center

 I finally finished the center of my Lollypop Trees.  Not the best pictures but boy is this quilt big.

I think I am about half finished as there is a lot of applique in the borders but I really like it so far.

Moving right along

Two more Lollypop's completed.  Just a couple more and I can put the center together.  Not too sure about the center circle in the first block..now that I see it in the picture it looks like a mouth full of teeth to me.

Two More Lollypop Trees

I finally got back to working on my Lollypop Trees after the holidays.  I think this is the easiest applique'  I have ever done.  All the pieces are large and have gentle curves and large points.  Great quilt for  someone new to applique'. I started another project - not one of Kim's - and am finding it difficult after being spoiled by this one.
I have four of the large blocks left to do and then all the small one's.  This has been a fun quilt.

More Lollypop Trees

I have finished nine  of my Lollypop blocks.  I was really going strong and then along came Thanksgiving, A trip out of town and now Christmas.  I hope to get back to it soon.  Merry Christmas everyone.

More Lollypop Trees

I have been working away on my Lollypop Trees and have managed to finish six blocks.
I like the way they are turning out although sometime I think I spend too much time stressing over not having the exact fabric.

I am using the freezer paper on top method without marking on the fabric.
I like this method but I wish I could figure  out a way to see the fabrics on the block before I sew them down.
I think it would help make my fabric choices easier.

Now with Kim's Flower Garden pattern available I am in a hurry to finish this one.

Lolly Pop Trees Started

I finished two blocks of my Lolly Pop Trees Quilt.
I believe the hardest  part for me is choosing the fabrics for each piece.
I spend more time shuffling fabric around trying to decide which one to use.

A lot of the fabrics are not available anymore and being mostly left brained - once I see one in the quilt its hard for me to substitute.

Those aqua leaves at the top of this block are bothering me.  What do you think?

Hearts and Flowers Finished!

I finally put the last border on my Hearts and Flowers quilt.  This has been a rather fast journey.  I started this quilt on August the 28th and completed the top yesterday October the 8th.

The quilting will be another story since I don't seem to get that done too quickly.  I think the piecing is my favorite part.

I am debating with myself now-- trying to decide-- if I should take the border on the right off and turn  it around.

I didn't notice  how different it looks until I saw it in the picture.

My next project will be Lollypops.  I have started on block one .  

The pieces are so much larger than they were in this quilt.

Hearts and Flowers

Hi All,  Just joined the group and this will be my first post.  I will have to blame my friend Judy (AKA Judith of Lollypop) for my addiction to Kim McLean.  After seeing her quilts and all the beautiful quilts on the Glorious Applique Blog I just had to join in.
My first attempt has been to do the Hearts and Flowers quilt from Kaffe Fassett's Quilt Romance book.
I ordered the fabric kit from Glorious Color and have made several trips to Intown one of my local quilt shops to pick up more.  Did I mention this was an addiction?