My Jeweled Forest Update - Sun 11-13 Pic Heavy!
 

Well I have been working up a storm on these 'jewels'. I started with 12, cute but I need more. So I got to 20. It was getting better but still not enough. Got to 30 and just knew I had what I wanted. Laid them out and it just isn't quite there. So now I have 36 precious little trees. Now I am fairly happy. I am thinking maybe 6 across and 6 down with a nice wide border. Then it should be perfect. Not for the bed but maybe a throw or I have a huge blank wall going down my staircase that is begging for some color. The dark blue backround has sparkling stars. It is a Robert Kaufman fabric from JoAnns. Very nice to work with. Home everyone enjoys. My plan is to maybe come in from work tomorrow and put the blocks together.

I love the blue border fabric. The trees are fabulous. I bet you dream about them, after doing so many

I love the colors especially Blue!!

Colorful trees, and great blue fabric! Please do show us pics when you have it assembled~~ :)

I'd enjoy geting lost in your colorful forest, real happy pattern, thanks for sharing.

Excellent!!

Love your Jeweled trees......The blue is perfect!:)

Wow, I love those trees! Especially, I like the border fabric. Great job!

So pretty; so many colors! Post more pictures as you go.

Looking FAB-U-LOUS!!!

Wow! A beautiful forest!

Wow! The blue is perfect for those jewel toned trees. Great work!

Love what you have done so far!

They looked great alone, but that border really makes them pop!

Very pretty trees. I love the background fabric.

Awesome trees...I love these!!!

love the trees, paper piecing is so much fun!

Wow.....what a beautiful forest!

I can't see the forest for the trees! lol I love your forest and the blue background is perfect!

Those are so pretty!! Thanks for sharing!!

Wow...thanks for the pictures!

Love your trees in their Starry, Starry Night surroundings!
Will be waiting to see how you finish them.

What a marvelous job you have done with these!!

Absolutely Awesome!

The colors in the trees are stunning. You did such a beautiful job.

That is going to be a gorgeous quilt. Love the background fabric.

Fantastic work! The blue is PERFECT! Great job.

Those are just gorgeous. I think scrappy is fantastic! Keep going, let us see how it turns out... super job!

I have never, ever wanted to do paper piecing until NOW - how does one get the paper pattern? Has it been discussed on here before and I missed it?

Lovely fabric and colour choices!!

They're wonderful! I got my pattern a few days ago but probably won't get to make any this year. Trying to finish up some Christmas gifts before surgery. I will go back and read all the posts in this thread but, if you haven't already answered this, how long did it take for each one and were you real experienced at PP when you started (you darn sure are now, lol).

This was a big discussion a couple of weeks ago. The pattern was printed in an old McCall's quilt mag and isn't available except through them. They will send you one and you send back $4 for it. I don't have the email address for Tricia (the gal you request it from) but will try to find it for you.

I've seen a couple of these trees lately on the board and knew they were paper pieced, just didn't know how. Thanks for sharing the pattern. I tried enlarging it to get the measurements but can't get it clear enough. Thought this would be a great maiden voyage into paper piecing! lol. Anyhow, I love your choice of the blue fabric and think it will add a lot of color and holiday cheer wherever you decide to put it. Thanks for sharing.

Yours are so pretty and love the blue fabric. I've had to put mine on hold for now, busy with stockings.

Beautiful work!

Nikki,
You need to got to mccallsquilting.com and find their email address, send a request for the pattern for Jeweled Forest. You can make it attn. Tricia as she is the one who helped us with this. If you want to see the original discussion, put Jeweled Forest in the search box up at the top of this site and there will be several threads relating to it. The original thread, with gorgeous trees by Delta, is called Christmas of Color (or something like that).
Bambi

They are all great and I love the blue frames. I am still waiting for my pattern, hope to get it soon.

That is indeed beautiful already! Can't wait to see it all put together

Thank you ssooooo much for posting Jewel trees! This is quite beautiful and I would love to see finished quilt. My motive here is to collect all kinds of different trees to make a sort-of scrappy quilt. I just added yours to the collection. Its fabulous!

Love the trees the tall skinney shape is so good looking