I love my forever home. I wish I were there every day! I enjoy entertaining and having company over for tea, coffee, their favorite drink.
And my favorite room is my sun room. It was called the "Florida room" in the real estate agent's listing. Being in the Mountains of West Virginia, I just call it what it is.
Wish you could come sit with me and talk over some quilting plans, browse through patterns, search quilting recipes, you name it. Welcome!
I am a member of our local Quilting Bee called The Beehive Quilters~ We sew for charities and community fire victims.
Our sewing room is spacious - although we are outgrowing it. We decided to reorganize the sewing stations and condense fabric tubs. Our concentration is on building our stash of "completed quilts" inventory.
Going through some of the pieced squares I came upon a bunch of Pine Tree blocks and ONE house among the pounds of squares already completed. My hope was that these would come together to create a wonderful, masculine donation quilt as we have so few of those.
****Note******I am not the creator of the individual blocks themselves.
I researched and auditioned the blocks to determine a layout for them. A final vote was made with my Beehive Quilter friends to set the blocks on point. Look at all of the texture in each of the trees!
I was blessed to be able to put the beautiful blocks together to provide warmth to someone in need~ If you have blocks that are not necessarily in use for anything particular, consider donating some to your local charity quilters or better yet, create a quilt to donate to a fire victim in your community.
As this quilt is a collaborative effort, the top will be taken back to the Quilting Bees and will be decided whether to quilt it on the long arm or place it on the frame for tying.
You can find similar patterns for the Pine Tree blocks at the following links or chose one of your favorites from your local shop, online shop or favorite designer for more inspiration if you decide to create your own "House in the Big Woods":
And for more inspiration and a totally "You Can Do It!!!" easy tutorial, see Amy Smart's Modern Christmas Tree tutorial at
Diary of a Quilter.
I want to thank Carol of
Just Let Me Quilt for my participation in her blog hop this year! Take a minute to go visit her blog and enjoy the other "Welcome to My House" participants.
Be sure to visit all of them from this week's line up!
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