Sometimes on our quilts-on-location outings, I plan the colors of the quilts with the anticipated background. But sometimes, I just grab some quilts that haven’t been photographed lately and head out the door. On our recent outing to the state park with the cypress trees (that post is here), I carried along a quilt with neutral colors.
The beauty of the browns and grays colors in this landscape made me glad I had grabbed this quilt.
I love neutral color combinations, but Sandhill Tree Farm is one of a very few quilts I’ve made in that genre.
As soon as I noticed the colors of the park office, I knew that quilt needed to pose on those rocking chairs. The color of the building’s siding was a great background for this one.
Walking down Squirrel Run Trail, we found more neutral colors..and a splash of blue popped in occasionally. There’s a plan for a quilt I could love…all neutral browns and grays with a pop of blue.
Sandhill Tree Farm posed nicely on the railing of the deck near our picnic spot, too.
This graphic quilt was oh-so-easy to make. I used the “pine tree block” within the Tree Farm pattern I designed a few years ago. By the way, all my patterns are now free. If I have printed copies available, I will pop one in the mail to you if you ask for one. Otherwise, I can send a .pdf file to you via email. Again, free.
This pattern layers three or more fabrics, then you cut them apart following a preprinted pattern on freezer paper, shuffle the fabrics, and reassemble. The original Tree Farm pattern is more complicated because there are other more involved blocks included, but if you just use the pine tree blocks, it’s a quickie!
I arranged the blocks on the design wall so the blocks having darker backgrounds formed a sort of border. A quick vine for a quilting design, and this one was done!
I love how the natural light comes though the quilt on the railing. For this quilt, I chose one of my go-to quick motifs for quilting, a meandering vine and leaves. Normally draped over a chair in our bedroom, this quilt enjoyed the outing.
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