Sunday, January 22, 2012

The journey begins . . .

In the past couple of days I received my Roseville Album pattern and background fabric as well as various Kaffe fabrics I ordered for the blocks.  To say I am excited about this project is an understatement!!  I immediately started pressing my fabrics and cutting background squares for the blocks.

 I decided to start my Roseville jouney with this block: 

I am using Kim's Roseville Album quilt as a guide in selecting my fabrics.  My quilt will not be identical to hers but close.  So far, I have the left and right basket handles finished on the above block and today will start on the basket weave pieces, flower stems and hopefully some flowers. 

As I said in past posts, these fabrics and this pattern are really going outside the box for me and I am loving it so far!  In the past months I have been using a lot of Civil War reproduction fabrics in my projects as well as vintage-looking pastels in other projects.  So, the wonderful, bright, bold designs of Kaffe Fassett's fabrics is a welcomed change and just might be the beginning of a entire new direction for me and my quilts.

4 comments:

  1. Good luck with surgery and the Roseville Album

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  2. I love this block....I keep wanting to do something like this, maybe I will...

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  3. I'm really having fun with it! Barb ~ I think you should just jump in and start a project like this . . . I'm sure you would enjoy it especially in Kaffe's fabrics :)

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  4. I am due to quilt this design soon~it is a customer quilt and I am a huge fan of Kaffe Fassett~I also trade Kaffe Fassett remnants for quilting when you finish with this top~I am making a Dear Jane with KF fabrics so I am always lookin' Have fun with your quilt!♥E

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