Tree of life

So yesterday I had a bunch of fabric strips, and a pieced background.


Today I started by quilting the background:


Then I began twisting and wrapping my strips into roots. Twist ties are your friends!


Uncharacteristically, I had to sew that down by hand. Normally, it's all machine all the time.


Once the roots were more or less figured out, I began arranging the branches.


And this is what it looks like now. I'm not completely sure I'm going to keep the branches like this, but it's likely. I'll have to sleep on it to be sure. I'll trim up the root ends a bit, but they will be left hanging, more or less like they are here.


Now I just have to get it all sewn down, bound, and a hanging sleeve on the back before the deadline. Also have to find out when the deadline is...