We see the damage from the pine beetle everywhere I have been in the last few years. There are many species, both native and invasive. Invasive species are carried onto this continent via all wood products and those little souvenirs that thoughtless travelers hide in their luggage. 
The color change from green and brown at the upper left to the blue/white/grey in the lower right is interesting. piecing diagonals in the borders gives a hint of the light shining through. Coreen has created very effective depth with her colors and values.
This is the block at the upper right with the pine needles in a golden green and the borers' tracks in a light thread on the dark trees. 
I wish Ruth had identified the type of tree - I believe they are eucalyptus, but which of the over 700 varieties I haven't a clue. 
This quilt and the next one are pieced using a complex piecing technique such as taught by Ruth McDowell. Ruth de Vos has learned her technique very well, no matter where she learned it.
I wonder how she created the shadows. If they are a printed as part of the striped fabric, she has cut them amazingly well. I suspect they are stamped or screened. 
Part of the depth of these pieces is the change of color or value where the images overlap - leaf over leaf, flower petal over flower petal, etc. Very nice work all around.
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Very complex. Wonderful effects.
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