Tree of Life or Temptation?

Today is October 14 and the block today is the Tree of Temptation. Huh? What's that about? Do you remember the Garden of Eden scenario where there were two trees? The Tree of Life and the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil? I'm not going to recount that here, but there actually are traditional quilt blocks that represent these.

Here is my Tree of Life quilt from 30+ years ago. The dancing flowers surrounding the Tree of Life were from a Block of the Month from a local quilt store in Rockville, Maryland called G Street Fabrics. They were NOT easy. But I stuck it out, added some butterflies and then got the idea to put that LARGE Tree of Life in the center. I love this quilt and still own it. Can't remember the size . . .

Tree of Life with Flowers

Here is the Tree of Temptation block from my 2008 perpetual calendar. It's the same block (only bigger in a 24" size) in my new calendar. It was made by Patricia Bryant of Australia.

Tree of Temptation: 12"

Here is a mini Tree of Life quilt that I made about 25 years ago:

Tiny Tree of Life

And a Tree of Life banner:

So don't be tempted to make any blocks you don't want to! Just sew what you love and that will give you joy. And  have a lot of joyful blocks in my new calendar, too.

You can find my calendar:

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at C&T Publishing

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