It's my block for the Love circle of do. Good Stitches, a charity quilting bee. This month, Ara Jane asked us for tree blocks on white. My head was spinning with so much freedom until I landed on a bowl full of hexagons that have been languishing in my kitchen...
I arranged the hexagons randomly on a white block and then sketched the tree trunks and branches in between with pencil. Then, I removed the hexagons and machine stitched the outline of the trunk and branches in medium brown thread. The idea to fill in the tree with free-form stitching came from Meg's book "Sew Liberated". She makes some cool tree pillows with trunks like these. Meg suggested free motion stitching using a stabilizer fabric underneath. After some trial and error, I decided not to mess with stabilizer or free motion. I stitched this with a simple clear presser foot. It was quick and fun! Last I machine appliqued the hexagons in place.
But, guess what, I need to make TWO blocks! Hmm... what to do next?


Too cute! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI love it, too -- it looks great! I made a similar pillow to Meg's a while ago and just started a second with my garden party fabrics. Making the trunk is my favorite part!
ReplyDeleteSeriously lovely! Your stitching is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteWOW!!! I'm speechless, this is by far the coolest block I have ever seen, EVER! Way to go. I'm going to have to try this. This block is AMAZING!
ReplyDeleteYou did an excellent job on the tree trunk! Now I have to make one!
ReplyDeleteI need to get on making my blocks for the bee! How can the month go by so quickly?
ReplyDeleteYour tree block is so fun! I really like the trunk; I've been wanting to quilt in faux bois for a while now!
Very fun design!
ReplyDeleteThis is so rad! I love hexagons:)
ReplyDeleteoh WOW!!! What an amazing, creative idea! Love it love it love it.
ReplyDeleteGORGEOUS!! I love it, so much!
ReplyDeleteI just love the trunk! Fun way to use hexagons. I have been wanting to try some but have no desire to make a whole quilt (too much work). This is a great alternative.
ReplyDeletethis is amazing! so cute- i love it! :)
ReplyDeleteWow -- I'm going to have to try this, and maybe finally get on the hexagon band wagon
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