I worked on a quilt top today which turned out exactly as I had imagined. I used some neutral oatmeal coloured fabric for the background and stitched in three lengths from my roll of stitched 2.5" pieces. It took a while for me to figure out how I would angle the trees in the fabric. In the end I stitched my background and cut it apart in order to insert the "trees" - a strip of stitched pieces. Worked very well!! Next, I cut out 36 little green leaves from scrap fabric. These will be slow stitched in place along the trunks of the trees. I may consider some slow stitching to the background as well once I finish the leaves. We shall see!! It does look a little plain right now. Once that is finished I will complete the quilt with a batting, backing and binding!! Likely will be a while before it it done but that is the nature of quilting with slow stitching!! I really like the look and feel of stitching on my quilts. Therese
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