Dream Tree

 I am easily swayed. haha

I saw this pic in the American Patchwork and Quilting magazine, issue August 2015.

Isn't that cute?

And I thought...oh, that would use up a lot of stash. I've been working on using up all my fabrics.

Well, let me tell you...I spent days and days tracing and cutting and fusing hundreds and hundreds of little leaves and flowers and such.

And then....days and days cutting and piecing 4 patches and hour glass blocks and HSTs.

But, I persisted....remember....use that fabric up.

And...I got this.

If the pic looks weird...I'll confess....once I got it hung, I realized I had hung it sideways. No way was I taking it down and rehanging. haha  So, the pic just got turned. That's why you see the hangers on the left and the floor on the right. hahahahahaha

I don't believe I looked at the size of this before I started. haha  It is monster, king size HUGE...100" x 104". I hope it fits on my frame.

Once I got the inside piece fused down, I went ahead and quilted just that middle white part. I wanted to get those pieces sewn down so they stayed down. The middle part will be extra fluffy once I quilt the whole thing.

Once I got blocks put together, and pieces fused on, I stitched a few large stitches over every fused piece. I have trouble with my fusibles...they tend to come up and I sometimes lose pieces. As you can see, some of these are already coming loose. As I quilt it, it won't be a problem to pull out the thread that is holding the piece down as I get to it to quilt it. I knew wrestling this monster top would cause some of them to come loose.

I didn't have bias tape, so i just sewed some green fabric into 'vines'. works for me. I love those little birds.

This quilt used a LOT of smaller fabric pieces. But it sure was tiring making all those blocks.

 

 

I plan on keeping this one for me. I will quilt it once I get Brenda's #5 off my frame. 

I don't even have a king size bed...only queen. haha   it hangs way over the sides.