Thanks, Freddy, Gwen, and Tina!

I am SO excited--I won a blue ribbon at our guild's annual challenge Monday night! I don't think I've ever before won any kind of a ribbon for ANYTHING, so, naturally, I have admired and petted it a lot. Making it even more exciting is the fact that Judy won a ribbon, too. We're on a roll, girls!

I owe this fun quilt to Freddy Moran and Gwen Marston, who inspired me with their book that I posted a blog about earlier. As soon as I got my hands on this book (thanks, sister Linda!), I knew it struck a chord with me. From my stash I put together many different blocks in various bright color combinations, using lots of black and white fabrics to pop the colors.

The tree block, which is foundation pieced, was designed by Tina Curran, whose quilt "Dancing Trees" appeared in the Dec/Jan 2010 Quilter's Newsletter magazine. I resized the block for this quilt. Making "wonky", skewed blocks is really fun--I highly recommend it. It's a good thing that the challenge entry rules included a size limitation, or I'd still be adding borders. Since I had to stop, I now have lots of blocks ready for another quilt. Oh boy!