Welcome To The Blog Tour!

I am so excited and honored that my block was chosen 

to be included in Quilt Maker's 100 Blocks magazine volume 8!!!  

The magazine goes on sale November 19th.  

There will be a blog tour from November 11-15 including prizes.

You can find all of the tour participants and the blog tour schedule at

  The Quiltmaker Blog Quilty Pleasures. 

 Please stop by for inspiration, ideas and giveaways!

I bet you want to see the block I sent in right?  

I have been dying to share it with all of you.

I can finally do that now!

It is called the Rainbow Gum Tree.  

I had so much fun making this block.  

Can you find the bunny face in one of the circles?

We were given the opportunity to make a quilt to submit that would also be included in the magazine.  Even though my life has been one hot mess of late I decided to go for it.  

The plan for the quilt came to me one night as I was falling asleep.  

I wanted to make 5 trees total.  

Four in the corners and one in the center.  

I wanted to do a rainbow progression all the way around the quilt.  

ROYGBV style. 

 I got the first 2 blocks finished and they looked great!

Notice that the outside tree trunks are dark gray and the center one is different.

Then began on the bottom two.  

OOPS the top ones needed to progress from left to right and the bottom ones from right to left.  

I ended up making that blue/green one twice!  

I am pretty happy with it now though!

Choosing the fabrics and making the progression was so much fun!

You just might find a heggie or an owl or something crazy in this forest!!!

Then because you send in your actual block to the magazine 

I needed to make another total rainbow block too.  

Next was to put it all together. 

 I had all the blocks set and decided that it needed something more so I added the circles and 

then spiral quilted it on my Bernina.  

Perfect!!

I am calling this Ring Around the Rainbow Forest.

I even decided to make the binding a rainbow progression to follow the theme. 

This little quilt was so much fun to make!

I kept thinking of other possibilities as I was making this one.  

You could do the seasons, you could add paths and animals, 

make it larger and use that as a centerpiece for a baby quilt.  

The possibilities are as limitless as your imagination!!

Here are a few "in Progress" shots too. 

 You can really see the quilting in these outdoor shots

I thought this was kind of cool how my drying line made a star in the sun on the quilt = )

Please leave me a comment about my block or my quilt and I will enter you into a giveaway

for a copy of Quiltmaker's 100 Blocks magazine volume 8.

Then you would have my pattern to make this special forest for yourself!
Be certain to leave your email address.
I can't send you your magazine if you are a no reply!
I have directions on how you can fix that on my side bar too.

The winner will be posted on November 16th.

If you do make a block or a quilt I would love to see it.
Please post it to my Flickr group!

Don't forget to leave a comment on the 100 Blocks blog telling them how much you love this block.

Thanks everyone, comments are now closed.  
Winner announced soon

Pinch me I can't believe this is happening!!!

~XOP~