Look, look! I had such fun making this:
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!
I 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!
Seriously lovely! Your stitching is gorgeous!
WOW!!! 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!
You did an excellent job on the tree trunk! Now I have to make one!
I need to get on making my blocks for the bee! How can the month go by so quickly?
Your 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!
This is so rad! I love hexagons:)
oh WOW!!! What an amazing, creative idea! Love it love it love it.
GORGEOUS!! I love it, so much!
I 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.
this is amazing! so cute- i love it! 🙂
What a small world! I just cut a bunch of hexagons with my Sizzix bigshot express – and guess what fabric I used? Anna Maria Horner’s Little Folks, which I see you’ve used in your adorable tree. I haven’t decided what I’m going to do with mine. The voile is so soft and silky it was hard to cut it up! Maybe I’ll have to do a scene with trees and flowers, inspired by your block.