annelu

hi, I started some month ago now, got 2 blocks done. Just need a little bit of motivation to go on and of course a little more time also. Just looking forward to seeing yours. I'm sure a dark background will do as well

Vat

no, not my style. Have no desire to do that, but I do think it is BEAUTIFUL ! ! ! And I admire anyone who takes on a project like that.

weezie

I've been working on it for 2-1/2 years; I'm only half-way +2 through the blocks, but then I have the border to do, a huge amount of work all by itself. I have an album here of what I've done so far. When I first started, someone else who was part of our LBB correspondence at the time, was doing hers on a black background. It looked great.

nanna-up-north

Weezie, I looked at your album.... and you are doing an amazing job.... just Beautiful!! I hope mine turns out as nice.

Suz

I enlarged two of the blocks and have appliqued to a darker tan background. I am making a wallhanger to go over our bed. I am a lover of applique and need another project to pick up in the evening. I actually had it out last evening to deciding on my next segment. Right now it is pinned to the wall. I used batiks for the flowers and leaves to show dimension which worked out beautifully. The old plain fabrics were just too flat.

I really should learn to post pictures to show you what I have accomplished thus far.

DebbieQuilts

Hello! Two friends and I are each making a Little Brown Bird quilt. We've been working on them together fairly regularly since August 2012. We are each using our own color schemes and it's fun to see how different they look. Connie is using a medium cream batik for her background, I'm using a Moda muslin (also a medium) and Shari is using DARK NAVY batik for hers! Talk about dramatic! She is using fairly bold colors for her applique as she found pastels kind of get lost on the navy. It's going to be gorgeous!

Our approach to the order we do the blocks is different too. Connie and Shari both jump around and do whichever block appeals to them next, while I have done them in order. Plus I complete the embroidery on each block as I complete it. I didn't care for using ink on my blocks, so mine are all hand embroidered. Shari does a lot of ribbon embroidery, and likes to experiment with other embellishments, and Connie does several blocks at a time.

Working together keeps us motivated, and we feed off each other's creativity. Jump in there and start the quilt! I'd love to see your progress!

IBQUILTIN

Applique is my passion and many times I use a medium to dark background for the blocks, Snowmen look good against a midnight blue, the chickens I am working on now are on a medium brown but have lots of color, I'm not crazy about white or black for backgrounds, but it is fun to get creative with a little more color

Mariposa

A darker background sounds interesting! I'd love to do this project with you, but I need to find a reasonably priced book, and the DVD...
Looking forward to seeing your progress!

weezie

Thank you. I hope you very much enjoy doing yours. To be worth doing, it has to be fun.

JoyceHoopes

Karen Kay Buckley has made spectacular quilts using a dark background. You may want to punch up colors a little. It seems as though the brighter colors work better with dark backgrounds. Joyce in DE