Applique Thursday 4/11/12 - My First Mystery Block

Not completely done - still have some thread work [using a varigated thread and tiny zig-zag around the edges] to do on the other leaf, the corn flowers and the sunflowers (but I don't know what to do on that yet - and I'm still waiting for a 50% off coupon at Michaels to get my pencils). Also have to add the name plate.The white border around the block is to show what I think will be the inner border as that was what Esther had on the pattern, but this is a mystery, so hmmm.  I've never done a block with so many pieces, but going one by one, methodically, with teflon sheet and pins, small iron and working in units of 3 pieces or more at a time{you can see one such unit at my post of the 9th}, it's coming together.  Thank you so much for this pattern, Esther.  You can still join in - her Forget Me Not button is on my sidebar. And the pattern will be free up to the 15th of this month when we get our next blocks.

Would love to see what you're working on, applique or not. Please add your link at the blue button below.

Working on this Wednesday 4/4/12

Have you seen Esther Aliu's quilts?  They're fabulous and I've signed up to do her latest mystery. And I have to get the first block done by the 15th, so I'd better hurry along.  Here's how far I've gotten:

I'm linking up with WIP Wednesday. Go to the sidebar to go there and see what others are working on or go to Esther's Forget Me Not mystery page to check it out.

Applique Thursday and More 3/22/12

This is late as we left the house at 7:50 AM to go out of town to see our grandson in his first play.  And I didn't get it posted last night as I was in a funk after a call from my Doctor at 5:00 pm that the ultrasound did show I have gall stones (yes, plural) and she wants me to see a surgeon.  So I have gall stones and kidney stones - where did all these rocks come from and WHY?

Oh well, onto better things - something applique-ish.  I am ready to start assembling my first flower for Esther's BOM, but have been waiting for a background to come in.  It did yesterday, but now I'm in a quandry - Don't know which combo to pick!  Can you help me out and tell me which you think would work.  I put a colored copy of the first flower on the background to help you.  Picture the flowers much more yellow when you look at them.  My yellow crayon just doesn't show up good.  Okay, what do you think?

Version1

Version 2

Version 3

Please leave a comment with your opinion - I'm open to all suggestions  - even mixing them.  And if you can, leave a link to some eye candy for me - I need prepping up for the coming weeks.  Thanks!  You are so helpful and comforting.