A few weeks ago I saw a quilt on Pinterest that I thought would be the perfect Christmas quilt for my bed. Let's be honest, it's the red. Y'all know how much I love red! And in this quilt red is the background fabric.
I recognized the quilt block as a variation of the Tree of Life. Many hours were wasted searching the internet for the quilt name and designer so I could purchase the pattern.
I'm convinced a pattern doesn't exist or the designer needs help with marketing her patterns. So what else could I do but draw it up in EQ8 and do the quilty math. In EQ's block library I found the block but it had some odd shaped patches in the tree trunk area. This would need to be paper pieced or template pieced. UGG...not going to happen.
So, I made a few quick changes to the block to fit my quilt piecing style.
It takes about an hour to piece one 16 inch block. And that's about as long as I can sit at the sewing machine without needing to get up and move around due to back pain. Can I get this one finished before Christmas? Maybe. I'm going to give it my best shot. Wish me luck!
Until next time...
I hope you find time to stitch up something sweet!
That's going to be one beautiful quilt Lea Anne! Good luck meeting your goal. Carol
ReplyDeleteIt will be a beautiful quilt. You are a very speedy stitcher if you can piece this block in one hour! It would probably take me 6 hours! Happy sewing! Kaye M
ReplyDeleteIt will be lovely!
ReplyDeleteJust got home this morning from Maryland and saw this quilt start! She's going to be a beautiful Christmas quilt! Happy stitching!
ReplyDeleteI would love to make your quilt! It's gorgeous! Did you release a pattern?
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