Welcome to Twelve Days of Christmas: Day 10 !

It's Day 10 of  Twelve Days of Christmas Quilts. We wish you a very happy, healthy and creative holiday and New Year !

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Sage Country Christmas by Connie Fittro , quilted by Mike Verrot

Quiltmaker Connie Fittro won the Honorable Mention award in the Applique Medium/Large Quilts category for her very pretty quilt, Sage County Christmas in the  2018 Quilt Arizona show. Long triangles in various red and green prints are appliqued together, which gives a sense of depth, dimensionality, and sparkling lights to this elegant pattern.
By sewing your own buttons on the ends of the tree, you could even decorate the tree by hanging tiny ornaments on the buttons!

Close-up, Sage Country Christmas

Sage County Christmas is a pattern designed by Laura Estes, who lives in the semi-arid region of  Eastern Washington State, where there is lots of sagebrush and deer. As of this writing, you can find this pattern for sale at Quilter's Warehouse. Another version of this quilt pattern is available for purchase on E-Bay -- the horizontal Sage Country Mantle Tree.  Both patterns would be lovely additions to decorate your home for the holidays.

Image credits:  Photos were taken by Quilt Inspiration at the 2018 Quilt Arizona show.

tree wrapup

Can you imagine twelve different ways of depicting a tree in fabric?  For the last 12 days, that's been our challenge.  We set out to locate 12 quilts that would stimulate new ideas about quilting, and about  realistic vs. abstract representations of objects. Here is our "tree wrapup"...

Here are the links to the original posts:
Top row, L-R: An Evergreen Bias, by Debbie Grifka; O Tannenbaum, by Ricky Tims; A Christmas Tree, by Anna Grossnickle Hines
2nd row, L-R: Ginkgo Christmas Tree, by Ann Fahl; Santa Baby by Molly Shannon, based on a design by Janet Nesbitt; Ode to a Christmas Tree, by Lyn Mann
3rd row, L-R:  Oh Christmas Tree, by Kellie Wulfsohn; Winter Deluxe, by Jane Sassaman; Baubles, by Louise Papa
Bottom row, L-R; Alpine Wonder, by Mary Lou Hallenbeck; Four Seasons, by Laura Blanchard; Sage Country Christmas Tree, by Laura Estes

Triangulation

It's the 11th day of our "12 days of trees" series !  We're having fun showing the many different ways in which quilters have represented trees in fabric.  Today's tree is made entirely of pieced and appliqued triangles,  which give the tree a wonderful graphic quality.

Sage Country Christmas Tree, 49 x 63, by Laura Estes, at Laura's Sage Country Quilts

The arrangement of light and dark triangles create highlights and shadows in the tree, while the light green prints create the impression of a dusting of snow.   This versatile design can also be made in a contemporary style, for example with a white-on-white border.

Laura and her husband Pat live in the beautiful semi-arid region of Eastern Washington State, where the terrain features sage brush and plenty of deer.  Their line of patterns and quilting stencils are marketed worldwide. On the patterns page at Laura's Sage Country Quilts you can find the patterns for the Christmas Tree shown above, and two more "triangular" constructions:  a wonderful Peace Dove Wreath and Sage Country Mantle Tree.