Tall Tree (or what was I thinking!)

Last September, while in Gee Gee's Quilt Shop in Yelm, I saw a finished wall hanging. It was an amazing evergreen with buttons for ornaments. I thought I could whip it up in a couple days and have it ready for the holiday season.

When you quit holding your ribs and catch you breath, you'll hear me agree. What on earth was I thinking! Fast forward to March. After many interruptions, it's on the way to completions. Here are a few pictures from the journey.

 So, paper piecing isn't my favorite and I changed the height of the tree stand so between those two obstacles, I may have been a bit slowed down. Here we are a couple days later.

There are a lot of pieces here.

Deciding on borders

The poinsettia print won out. Sometimes it really helps to

take a picture and see something from a distance.

covid quilt!

Doing a quilt along. Just picked out my fabrics. Second picture will be the back  

Computer Generated Excellence!

You can grab the patter from here https://www.libselliott.com/gallery

The wonky one

Update! 

I found a beautiful art quilt and decided to do a thing sort of like it. So here it is, all seams are intentionally crooked a bit.

Quilting pattern or child's doodle?

What kind of question is that? Obviously it's a free motion pattern!!! Flowers and stars with swirly centers. :) How could you ask, L?

Foxes and Birch Trees

 Here are the first four blocks (now eight!!!). So many pieces but so very cute!

I still need to trim the block. Does anyone happen to remember where I put my 8 inch ruler Saturday? It is somewhere convenient to grab and do these blocks. Tomorrow I'll intersperse foxes in the birches.

And it's basically done; on its way to Sweden. The girls can finish the border. Here it is!

Gnome Tree Skirt

And the stars and swirls quilting.