Winter block - white tree

I still work on my winter CQ piece. I take a pieces of white T-shirt fabric in different lengths and wrapped them with threads. after this I sewed them into tree shape and wrapped with folded white fabric. I stitched this tree to the block.
Now i need to decide what border i want. if you have any suggestions, please leave me a comment.
Thank you for help.

My first quilt for international quilt festival

I finished my first quilt. I did this piece for „RĪGAS TEKSTILMOZAĪKA” international quilt festival .That will be on 20-23 August in Riga, Latvia. You can read more here.
This is 12 inch square quilt. I stitched the heart from 3 pieces of different laces and put a different beads on it. I put a piece of folded pink bias ribbon from the same fabric as on border under heart . It was hand quilted.
This piece is a part of group quilt from my Russian forum.

CQ history links

My on line friends from Russian forum ask me about CQ history . They start to do CQ only 2 month ago. Unfortunately they can't get a good translated books. So I put together a few CQ links. If you know more links, please let me know, I will be happy to put it on the list. Thank you for help.

http://www.bettypillsbury.com/
http://myheartsfancy.blogspot.com/
http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Crafts/Quilting/Crazy_Quilts
http://www.caron-net.com/featurefiles/featmay.html
http://www.caron-net.com/featurefiles/featmay2.html
http://www.bellaonline.com/article.asp?id=4963
http://vintagevogue.com/
http://www.womenfolk.com/quilting_history/crazy.htm
http://www.jmarshamichler.com/links.html
http://uniquelycrazy.tripod.com/id2.htm
http://crazyquilting.pbworks.com/Online+Books
http://crazyquilting.pbworks.com/
http://www.caron-net.com/may01files/may01fea.html

Pincushion swap

I did this pincushion for my Pincushion Summer Swap partner. I stitched this embellished traingle.

I stitched this triangle with pink triangle and put crochet and ribbon flower on. It com out quite big, but I love big pincushion, I never have enough place .

More pincushions

I sew few more pincushions. This one for great lady from Munich( Germany). I was at here place with my small DS this April? and she told me that she don't have any pincushion.
So I stitch a CQ piece in the colors that was matched to here map. I don't did it in the round shape? I just cut it whet it was ready.
When I finished my pincushion I was feel that it still to naked for me and I put few SRE roses. this pincushion ready to go to the mail on Sunday

I hope she will love this pincushions