I'm with the 'less is more' brigade (very unusual for me!) - better without imho.

I would have only one yellow rose on the top left....like the symbol of them....but think more than one is too much.

I love roses, but in this case I would not use them

No roses, you have blue bonnets,enough flowers already. Love your square.

If it were mine I would leave the roses off. I love it just the way it is.

I would not use the roses.

I myself think that it is just lovely without the roses....

I vote without the yellow rose.

Without the roses. Really pretty.

Without the Roses.

I like it without any roses, but I would also like it with the cluster of three roses down on the right hand corner & skip the single ones up top. I think adding the roses gives it just that extra touch.

Without the Roses. Please,

I like the punch of the yellow, but do not like the roses.

I vote no roses. I like the sentiment but they pull the eye away from your other work.

Where are the "Yellow roses of Texas"? Blue Bonnets ARE Texas to me. Don't cover them up and people go by the droves to see the bluebonnets!!! Leave the roses off is my vote?

No roses ! ! ! Maybe some more flying geese in the oppisite corner, love them.

I like it without the roses.

I like it without the rose. If you need to put a rose just one in the upper left.

If I were to use the rose it would be a different shade of yellow...think the current shade is too bright for the piece. If I used it it would be inside the emblem on the light blue print above the word "THE...". Otherwise I'd leave it alone. Nice work!

Very pretty! I'd go with only one rose at the top left corner.

I agree with Tartan, don't add the roses. I know the idea "the yellow rose of Texas" but it looks better to me without them. IMHO.

No roses please! Your block is lovely. :) :)

Although I am partial to yellow roses, I think they clutter up a lovely block---I vote without!

Obviously I am not an expert, but I do like it without the roses better. However, if you really feel adding the yellow roses add to the cultural picture, I would add them on the actual light blue material, slightly apart from the main symbol. Or even picture number 2 without the top 2 roses looks pretty too me. I do like your quilt and your work is terrific.

Without.....

Without, I love the flying geese they really add to it & the roses take away from the quilt. I also remember the song very well & now it is stuck in my head.

I like it without the roses although I know there's a song The Yellow Rose of Texas and it would be great to get one on there. Maybe it would look better with smaller roses. Just a thought.

Without roses

Since you have the flying geese in the upper right corner of the border, how about putting the roses in the lower left corner of the border. I would like that very much and think it would look very nice.

No roses. How about adding a silk yellow rose in the packaging just for fun?

This Texan says the yellow roses don't really fit the "personality" of the quilt, if that makes sense. However, that said, the roses are pretty. Use them in another project--maybe an appliqued basket...could even add bluebonnets!

As a born and bred Texan, I say no to the roses. The block is lovely as it is and the roses detract, I think.

I might be a Colorado native, but my "signature" is 3 yellow roses
(of course I can't post that in my signature on here).

So with that being said.. I vote for WITH the roses since I am so partial
to them.

As much as I love roses and I am from Texas, I like without roses .

luv the geese, and #3

I like it without the roses. Most likely you are thinking of the song "The Yellow Rose of Texas" which makes the yellow roses appropriate. However the Bluebonnet is the state flower and maybe you should take a look at that.

I agree..........

without roses

don't use the yellow roses. they don't have the same *feel* as the rest of the composition.