It's A Top! Fairlawn Roses

 

It's a top!

Fairlawn Roses

84 x 110

I used all rose prints to make the blocks. The pattern, called Fairlawn, is from the book Making Quilts with Kathy Doughty. 

" God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December" --J.M. Barrie

. “We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln ( although some attribute quote to Alphonse Karr)

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.”― George Eliot

I do love roses!

And sew on...

Finished or Not Finished Friday at Alicia Quilts

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When I went outside to take photos of my quilt top I noticed a lot of animal footprints going through all my gardens. I think most are raccoon and deer and maybe fox. Oh my!

But some may belong to gnomes. Oh my!

Fairlawn Roses - Two More Blocks

 

I have completed two more 24 inch blocks for Fairlawn Roses. Only 9 more to go!

And sew on...

Finished Or Not Finished Friday at Alicia Quilts

New Start: Fairlawn Roses

 

This is the first of twelve twenty-four inch blocks...

...of a quilt I am calling Fairlawn Roses. The pattern comes from the book Making Quilts by Kathy Doughty. She calls it Fairlawn and I added Roses to the name of mine because I am using all rose prints to make my quilt. 

I have made 576 - 2.5 inch HSTs.

I was kind of limited as to what to use for sashings. I was thinking I would just make all of my blocks and figure that out later; however, when I started making my blocks I could see that I needed to decide sooner rather than later. 

And sew on...

God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December...J.M. Barrie