When I read Audrey's post about her Tree of Life quilt, it motivated me to get mine out. It was time anyway with our windy and cold weather. This is a quilt that is used most winters. I love this pattern! Another reason why Audrey's quilt resonated with me. Mine is scrappy green and brown prints in the leaves, A variety of brown prints for the trunks. Machine pieced and machine quilted by me. If I were to remake it I think the alternate squares would be a red print. Here is a closeup of a block. You can see the prints I mixed in. The machine quilting is so-so. All cotton Aurofil thread and Blue Ribbon batting. I enjoy using a quilt and I can see all the reproduction prints. I also like the touches of blue, red, pink mixing with the green. That's 30 HSTs x 16 block = 480 HSTs Not bad. I paper pieced them by the sheet. Several washing later I think about maybe not using it, but I think it is OK to wear some of these out. I machine wash and dry it on gentle at the end of the winter season. "Cat in The Woods" Excuse the poor photo - with my helper these days I have to move quickly. Quilts become napping spots in a matter of seconds. It is wonderful to hand stitch with her curled up in my lap. We keep each other warm. The back is a green bird toile reporduction print. After all, there are never too many birds in the trees. Staged photo from book This is the antique inspiration quilt from the book. Beautiful display. You can see why I was inspired to use pink in the alternate blocks. I really like the plaid tree trunks. I used a few plaids in mine, but never enough! Great touches of red. You can also see the straight line quilting in this example. All the antique accessories and bed add so much. Book Cover This is the book: Leisure Arts Presents Big Book of Best Loved Quilt Patterns Old, but good! There are so many freat used books at guild and museum sales. Happy stitching, I hope you enjoyed The Tree of Life Dawn