Let’s Grow the Tree

I feel like it has taken forever to get the baby quilt background in place, so I was VERY excited to move on to the next part of the quilt…..

THE BIG TREE!!

I delved into my stash and did a fabric pull for the tree parts….

ONE NOTE HERE….. I am patting myself on the back for not having bought fabric since January, and I plan not to buy any more this year. When you look at my studio, you can see that I probably will NEVER need to buy fabric again!! HA!!

As before, I am trying to only use Wonder-under on the edges of the fabric pieces, so I started on the outside and worked my way in….

It was super easy to keep adding branches and fabrics to the tree trunk….

I am not super happy with the “ledge” that separates the trunk portion from the limbs, but I have plans to cover it up with a squirrel.

I pulled one large scrap of dark green fabric, ironed Wonder-under to the back, and started cutting out largish leaves…..

I did the same with a lighter green, then again with an even lighter one.

I decided to put the leaves in groups of three, and this is the result…..

The next step is to add the various animals reading books….

…..I can’t wait!

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