Christmas Tree Love from Australia

I'm participating in muppin.com's 31 day blog post challenge.  Today, I want to tell you about my friend Glenda from Australia.

Last week I posted a picture of the Christmas tree block I made from a picture I'd torn out of an old church bulletin. I love this block.

I got an email and blog comment from the lovely Glenda from Australia about a tree she was creating that was similar.  We must be on the same wavelength.  Except, her's is 4 feet tall!  It's fabulous....

I love how she overlapped her feathers and added a spine.  I love the corners too!  She told me that they were created because a piece had been cut from a corner.  Necessity is sometimes the mother of invention and I think the corners are fabulous!

Here's a link to her part 1
Here's a link to her part 2

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy

I Wish You a Merry Quilt-a-long Extra Block - Christmas Tree

The original pattern for this was ripped out of something....not sure what....many years ago and hung on my design wall for years.  I finally made it up into a table runner last year.  I knew I wanted to include it in this quilt so I sized it appropriately.  It was fun using all sorts of different greens to make this tree.  I also varied the size of the blanket stitches depending on the sized of the feather.  Big stitches for big feathers and little ones for little feathers.

You can see the difference in the stitching on the back.

I had fun stitching around a snowflake I cut out of a white print for the star.

And the final block!  Such fun.

I hope you get to quilt today!
Suzy