I decided to  treat myself to a couple of days of sheer indulgence, I sat wrapped in a quilt on the settee and watched TV and ate too much.

Goodness, I felt like a slug last night, but I guess the body is rested.

I'm cold…. despite the heaters in the house and the studio… I feel
the cold terribly, each year it gets worse and I sort of feel like
hibernating… that's what happened this weekend.

I've had a frustrating time painting the quilts for the book, I just didn't like them….so I decided to just concentrate on the designing and finishing of the letters.

As far as the Apple tree for the "A" block is concerned, after four or five samples I finally like this apple tree to go into the quilt.

Considering that I've worked on the Apple tree illustration this weekend, I decided to use it as my challenge block for this week…. oooh, how far behind am I.?

At first I added a character in to the trunk of the tree, but it wasn't whimsical enough, he looked a little scary.

So I rubbed him out and created a line drawing.

 

I think it would look nice as an embroidery…

Now I'm going to quilt it.  How, I don't know…. I just think I'll let it talk to me….!!!