Last week, I left you after I had done some work on some birds. 

When I was done the birds, I began working on the point of the project - the tree. First I drew a pattern for the tree



I cut three of the pattern - one to use as a guide, one to actually cut up for piecing, and one for "just in case".

Once I had the pattern, I pinned one of them to my background,



(birds in place for my own amusement, not because I'm actually going to leave them there. )

And then cut up the second one into workable pieces.  I cut the pattern pieces in fusible interfacing, as my original plan was to fuse the pieces of fabric into place,


 but when I began the process, I realized that to achieve the look that I wanted I  needed to sew them on. 



I used a loden green cotton thread to do so, and once they were attached, I trimmed to fit the piece of interfacing.



Approximately one million hours later, I was finished piecing the tree parts, combined them, and ended up with this:


Now I am constructing approximately one million leaves. 

More on that, later.

Kit

"Birds, Kit?  Really?  What do birds have to do with quilting?"

Well, some RTD fabric and pastel sticks later, you may end up with something like this:



And from there, who knows?

Stay tuned...

1. IMG_5950-2, 2. Red-backed Kingfisher, 3. Red-Breasted Nuthatch at the Bird Feeder, 4. Varied Thrush, 5. Chapim-azul, 6. Alcaudón (Lanius excubitor), 7. Greater Blue-eared Glossy-starling, 8. Carpintero negro (Campephilus magellanicus) Macho, 9. Peitica-de-chapéu-preto (Griseotyrannus aurantioatrocristatus)

Beloved Spouse is having major surgery later today (at 2:30 Eastern time).  They have let us know that we can't expect BSP back home again until Tuesday at the latest, and then there will be an extended recovery time . Although I have taken time off work - returning on October 18; I'm not sure how much or how often I'll be able to be online. 

If you're a "thinking good thoughts/sending good vibes/praying type" please spare some of those for BSP later today.



And I'll see you when I see you, until then, keep on quilting, and make a stitch or two for me.  :)

Kit

I showed you this quilt in one of my Wednesday WIPs a few weeks ago, and finally got around to quilting it.

Although this quilt's beauty may not show up in photographs well (BSP says it doesn't); this  is one of my favourite quilts that I've made.  Perhaps it's the warmth of all those wools (the entire quilt is wool except for the gold satin accents and the cotton batting!)

One of the reasons I love it, is that it's made entirely from scraps.  Some of the "scraps" were so big that they may not necessarily be viewed as such (a scrap is in the eye of the beholder after all); but the entire quilt is made from leftovers from other projects, so technically speaking at least; it's a scrap quilt. 

I chose to use a honeycomb quilting in the loden green wool panels; and line quilting in red thread in the plaid wool panels.  The satin accents were quilted in a free motion leaf motif; and the insides of the one row of blocks was done in receding triangles. I quite like the way that turned out, and am going to use it again!



I love this quilt and will be sorry when it goes to live in someone else's house!

Sometimes, the quilt is just there.  No fuss, no muss, no bother.  There it is, just make it already.




1. model, 2. hafencity hamburg germany, 3. marine rothko, 4. Untitled, 5. Baku: Stairs, 6. red