I made this wallhanging in 1999, since we thought at the time that we wouldn’t be spending Christmas at home. Huh? Let me explain. Since we weren’t going to be home, I didn’t want to put up my tree. However, I wanted something to look like a tree in order to get into a holiday mood. Hence, the idea of making this quilt was born! As it turned out, we did stay home, after all, so I ended up with this and the regular tree!
The quilt, machine pieced and machine quilted, is approximately 36″ by 44″ and comes from a pattern by Gail Abeloe (Back Porch Press). It fits pretty nearly perfectly into a little niche in one of the inside walls of my house.