Fall Foliage

Here's a blast from the past! I finished this quilt in 1992, but started it in 1990, shortly after I started quilting. I had seen a photo of a pieced tree in a magazine, but did all the math myself. It was rather exciting at the time!


The placement of the colors represents the changing of the leaves as Fall progresses. I was inspired by memories of watching a particular tree from my bedroom window in the house where I grew up.

The applique leaves were traced from actual leaves I picked up at the Coast Guard Academy after a football game. I used the dryer sheet method to turn under all those little curves.

A few years ago, I decided to tea die the whole thing to tone down the bright white background. Unfortunately, one of the orange prints bled badly. It's not very noticeable from far away.

There is not much Fall color in my yard yet, but I did find a few juicy raspberries. Yum!

I chased this butterfly around, trying to get a few more shots. He was too quick for me, so I only got this one.

This bee is either asleep or dead. I won't be poking him to find out which!

I'm enjoying the sun while it lasts. There is a Nor'easter on its way! Time to batten down the hatches.