Hi Alex, welcome your block is beautiful and its lovely tohave you join us with this BOM, will llok forward to seeing your quilt grow along with all of ours. Your English is fine and I love seeing all the different countries on The Quilt Show it makes it so interesting, especialy when you look at all the different themes in making the BOM.

Debbie--Hope you are as happy with this technique as I am. The red viewing strip just doesn't do it for me.

grannyagnes wrote:
That is a great tip. Thanks Agnes. I have used the red viewing strip but this sounds like an easier way for me to tell contrast and to determine lights, darks and mediums.

Not that I will be doing the BOM but I am enjoying reading the thought processes of how some of the variations came about. There might be a better place to share this tid bit of information but I couldn't help but post it here when the conversation went to making sure that fabrics offer enough contrast with the background. The easiest way to see if you have enough contrast is to take a photo of the swatches or lay your swatches on the photo copier or scanner. We always want everything in color. This is an exception. Print the photo/copy in black ink and you will see shades and degree of contrast. I have saved myself a lot of frustrations in my color choices with this technique.

Photos, Geneva, we want photos!!!!!
Welcome, Alex! I love the fabrics you've chosen, and your center looks wonderful!!

Alexandra your block is beautiful, your embroidery is a very nice touch. Thanks for sharing and I will look forward to seeing your quilt grow! I've completed the 15" block for my center, I'm now designing the corner blocks. It's really coming along nicely! This is fun!

Welcome, Alex! Your block is beautiful and your colors are too. Your English is fine, plus you'll find a lot of people here who are willing to help if you need it. Have fun with the quilt!

Alexandra your block is very beautiful. I love the fabrics. Welcome to TQS. I look forward to seeing your progress on BOM 2011.

What a fantastic job you are doing....very nice. You are really fast. I am still working on hand appliqueing my stems. I think I have over 12 hours into it....however, I am close to being finished.

BTW...if you click on the photos of the fabrics a couple of times you will get a closer view of them. I especially love the design that is in the ombre fabrics which you can see if you click on the close-up of the pink ombre!!

Oh, Alex, I am very impressed with both your block and your English! It looks like you are one of the first to finish and post your block! How exciting! I had a good start, but am still plugging away! I hope to have it done by the end of the month!

Dawn,
In beautiful Northwest Montana

Alexandra, welcome to THE QUILT SHOW, and to the BOM - Your quilt will be a very nice quilt.

Thank you for the warm welcome.

I will enjoy sewing the quilt an share with you.

Have a nice day - I´m going to bed....

Beautiful job Alex. Love the colors.