Christmas is on its way fast; And for one lucky person this will be waiting under the tree! The pattern is a French Braid original by Tiffany Barcus, inspired by a photo form The Quilters Magazine, Sep 2010. The braid design fades from dark to light or light to dark with a dark or light center, strips of black enclose the braid , and white strips show off the detail of the black thread quilting. To add the vines I prepared the black material by cutting more than the length i needed, shaping and cutting the limbs while appliqueing them on with the long-arm(quilting machine). Also i added limb detail, and the flowers while quilting. By laying the flowers as I quilted i could place them where they were needed, and add detail on each flower pieces.