"Painted Forest" by Scott Hansen originally began life as a feather quilt, but "grew" into a tree quilt upon reflection.

Painted Forest started out as a feather quilt that Scott was trying to make for Michael Miller fabrics. After his first try at making a "feather", he stood back and decided that it looked more like a tree. So he leaned into the tree idea and created three different tree styles that he could mix and match throughout the quilt. In his words, they're not perfect because trees aren't perfect. Scott then made a pattern of the quilt and it has become his most popular pattern, outselling all of his others.

Artist Statement: "I grew up in the woods. Well, we had a house, but we always had some sort of forest to play in. And back then, if we weren’t watching the three channels on TV, we played outdoors. A lot. I also drew and colored for much of my childhood! I loved my 64-count box of Crayolas. So it is only natural that Painted Forest came to the surface of the designs floating around in my head, combining my love of the forest and color."