Last year, when I designed a BOM quilt for Sew Sweet Quilt Shop, I used various tree blocks, and the quilt was named Brunswick Forest. Each month, I post a bit of information about each block and show the versions that I made.
When we got to Block Seven, I had been rummaging through all my vintage bins, and had come across these blocks:
The timing was perfect, as they were nearly identical to the Brunswick Forest Block Seven: Apple Tree.
So I decided it was a good time to finish them up.
There are 16 of these partial blocks, and I’m planning to finish them and put them into a quilt together. All I have is the tree parts, and one of them is missing part of the tree, but basically all I have to do is add the background and the trunks, and they’ll be finished!
I’m using some vintage muslin from my stash for the background, and a new brown solid for the tree trunks. Isn’t it cute?
This block is just like the Apple Tree block in the Brunswick Forest quilt, only smaller, finishing at 9″; so since I had to re-draft my own pattern to make it fit these tree tops, I thought I’d also offer this optional version of the block to you. It’s a free download you can grab right here: Apple Tree.
While my vintage blocks were hand-pieced, and I’m intending to finish them all with hand piecing, the instructions are for machine piecing, which will go much faster. I’ll probably also set mine together on the machine once my blocks are all ready. And I want to do a pieced border, but I won’t be doing that by hand, either. There’s nothing at all wrong with using a combination of hand and machine piecing, just in case you were wondering!
I had to make a block to test my instructions, so look at this cutie:
I have two blocks finished, and all the background and trunk pieces cut out and ready for the other 14 blocks. Since I’m busy recovering from elbow replacement surgery right now, a handwork project might be just the ticket. Maybe I can move these along over the next month or so?
Don’t forget — if you want to make some of these, too, the free pattern is right here: Apple Tree Quilt Block.
I’ll be back later to show you my progress on these and what I’m doing for a border as I go along.
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