Autumn Splendor - Another Squirrel Project

Last week Preeti of SewPreetiQuilts 

shared her All Spruced Up finish.

I commented and she replied

and one thing led to another.

I've wanted to make one of Amy's tree quilts for a long time

and I decided there is no time like THIS FALL.

So I pulled out my resource boxes of orange and yellow.

It didn't take very long to come up with

 twelve rather eclectic pairs.

I used bits and pieces from my brown crumb box

to add a different trunk to each of the sets.

But for my quilt, 

which will be slightly smaller than the tutorial's,

I need 25 pairs of fabrics, not twelve.

So I opened up the green and gold resource boxes . . .

I had an easy time choosing thirteen sets of green and gold 

and more bits and pieces of brown for trunks.

Since this will be a scrappy stash-buster quilt,

I looked for larger pieces of leftover backings

and aging yardage to create a scrappy back.

The three on the left will form the back

and the herringbone piece on the right

will make a terrific binding.

As time permits, I'll start cutting the requisite parts

for this totally unplanned but long overdue 

Squirrel Club project with a goal

to start making the blocks in early October.

With any luck at all, 

AUTUMN SPLENDOR 

will a finished quilt 

to enjoy before the leaves from our trees 

have fallen to the ground.

Quiltdivajulie

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"Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead 
has never watched them dancing on a windy day."
Shira Tamir