Please post your pictures of Block 24 here

This seems to be one of the plainer ones to me

Maybe a bit more embroidery in the middle, don´t no but it looks lovely don´t get me wrong, but I do see what you mean

I think its lovely though Lesley...you got some wild fabs in this one that make it stand out!

Here's my #24 block.

Ah Judy I love your colours here they are beautiful

ooh, I like that one Judy.

Love your colors on this one Judy....Pretty!!!

:thumbup:

Beautiful Blocks Ladies!! I love your colour choices - mine not so much? Here is my interpretation of Block 24.

Donna..."not so much"???? Whatcha' talkin' 'bout!?? I love your color choices!

Block 24 redone - now I'm happy!!and can move on to 25...LOL

Is it me or am I just getting senile, I thought this BOM didn't start until June, I have not gotten all of my stuff together for this quilt yet, I hope people are just jumping ahead and my brain is still working :-D :-D

Yep I like both blocks but the second one pops. You really go don´t you

You are okay we just jumped the gun a bit. Doesn´t start officially till June, but if you start on a block its just addictive.

Elle, it is quicker to unpick than to stitch it up. I'm finding I can complete a block a day when I don't have distractions...

Oh yes, Donna....I like this one better too! I liked the 1st one, it was quite lovely, but the addition of the purple just makes it sing!

Ditto!

la, la, la, la, la, la.... :XD:

My block

Jane, your block is beautiful. I love the way your machine applique turned out. Makes each piece look nice and crisp. Gorgeous.

Lovely block Jane, like that green fabric.

Jane - Beautiful Block!!! OMG your handwork is beautiful, as Judy says nice and crisp - as good as machine stitching - I'm green with envy.

:thumbup: love it! :thumbup:

Just so you know...my only handwork is the yellow stem stitch. I do machine applique. I use "applique fiber" which is glued around the edges with Elmer's washable school glue (same as Roxanne’s Glue Baste-It) onto the back of the fabric. Glue is also used in the seam allowance and turned under. Then it is pressed with a hot iron which dries the glue. It is tacked down with dots of glue in the seam allowance into position. I use clear monofilament thread to machine blanket stitch. After all pieces are stitched, the block is soaked in water for 20 minutes and rinsed. The fiber which was stiff is now soft. It is left in. You would not know it is there. I love it. I haven't learned to do needle-turn, so this is the only way I can get good results.

The applique fiber I use is sold here : http://ww2.brickmart.com/index.php?m...98d2bc646d210f

Sharon Schamber calls her product applique stabilizer: http://www.sharonschamber.com/shoppi...ccessories.htm

Both cost $3 a yard.

Jane, how interesting. I'm so glad you told us your technique..I was really trying to figure it out! I enlarged your block to huge to look closely...It looks fabulous! I'll have to check into the applique fiber.

Thanks for sharing that information. Will have to try that, anything that makes my curves looks better.

I forgot to tell you that when using applique fiber you should prewash the applique fabric but not the background. The theory is...when soaked after machine stitching, the background will shrink slightly and pull the stitching on the applique under ever so slightly resembling hand applique. Judy Rohret who sells this fiber on the website, When Quilts Fly, always uses wool batting which gives the applique a trapunto look. I use wool and love it but haven't used it with this technique yet.

So many great ideas coming up on this. Will be inerested to see how this all comes together

I agree Elle, I love learning about all the different ways to do something, makes it FUN!

Just finished this block and went to take a pic to find out that the battery has died on me, so wuickly recharging now, should post in about 2 hours.

Well battery didn´t take that long to charge up enough to take a photo so here it is

Very pretty, Elle. Love both those pink fabrics. I remember enjoying the work on this one - not a scroll to be found!

I did enjoy it too, those scrolls are beginning to be a bit of a bind aren´t they, however I will plod on, so glad I enlarged my blocks. I was speaking to Topaz Spain and she showed me a block where she embroidered the scroll, you know, Inever noticed till she pointed it out.

We want to see that block with the embroidered scroll. I hope she posts it so we can see.

Ooohhhh, this one is really pretty Elle! Its just so perfect and your embroidery is spot on!

I wanna see that block of Topaz's too!

Elle, I just love pinks! wonderful! wheet whew! :lol:

now there's a "run"...everybody going back to look at topaz-spain's blocks...brb :lol:

Beautiful, the colors are great :D

As always Elle, your work is beautiful. See you Tuesday. Topaz-spain