My january bom

[Mary K.]

Great star Mary Kay....I love your background.

Dana in Olive Branch, MS

[Mary K.]

Ditto to Dana's comment on the background fabric Mary Kay! I love it!

[Margo C.]

Me too, Mary Kay! What kind of stabilizer did you use?

[Margo C.]

Mary Kay, great fabric for the background! That is going to give your blocks so much energy!

Maggie

[Agnes G.]

Still working on my Jan block. I am a newbie at needle turn applique. I have done other methods of applique, thought I would try this. Sure is different. So far my favorite means of applique has been raw edge, with blanket stitch , either machine or hand. :roll:

[Agnes G.]

Mary Kay--I, also, love your background fabric!

[Jo H.]

I confess to being a person that dissects and studies things more than most. Okay--I'm anal-retentive and obsess about the most minor of things. :lol: :lol:

Any how, my question of the day is what type of lily do you think is January's block and what is the circle in relation to the lily? At first, I thought it might be the stamen but the flower is in the closed position. :?:

Or perhaps this is a lily that I have never seen that never fully opens or it is a made-up version of a lily and now everyone knows why it takes me so long to finish a block! :shock:

Can you tell where I am in the block?

[Jo H.]

Ladyquilter--you make me laugh. I don't think :? the flowers are suppose to look real.

[Jo H.]

Oy! My goodness, the questions! A simple answer from me, I don't know! Maggie

[Agnes G.]

I never thought to question the type of lily. Now that you mention it , it does not look like any lily I have ever seen. That is good, means I can't mess it up. Just go with it and enjoy the process is my opinion. :lol:
Agnes in Warsaw NY

[Wanda M.]

Mary Kay,

I love your background fabric. What kind of stabilizer do you use? I've ordered Sharon Schamber's stabilizer, now I'm waiting! I think using the stabilizer will help me with the needle turn. I'm not satisfied with what I've done so far on the Jan block, so I decided to change my method!

Ladyquilter...you sound like me sometimes. I think things to death! But my delima has been what applique method to use!!! I hadn't thought of the lily, don't know what it is suppose to be.

WandaM

[Jo H.]

Mary Kay,

I've ordered Sharon Schamber's stabilizer, now I'm waiting!

WandaM

Wanda, you will love Sharon's stablizer. That what I used and it is fabulous!!!

JoJo

[Sherry B.]

JoJo, you make me laugh because you remind me of myself!!! I was even going to blog about this and may yet :-) I have spent so much time thinking about this BOM and trying to decide which method of applique, etc. I even did an internet search in January to see what lilies look like and was trying to decide if I should embroider those little things that stick out (whatever the technical term is) or do I want circles or yo yo's or what. I have all my fabrics and everything lined up to go and may actually make progress soon :-)

[Sherry B.]

I am going to order Sharon's stabilizer too. I am looking forward to trying it. I am also ordering her new Halo, quilting aid.

[Damaris E.]

Judy, are you going to do two blocks again for March?