In case you are new to the world of large applique designs, let me fill you in. A large applique design is one which needs 2 or more hoopings, with the joining completed as you stitch, In the hoop. The beauty of my large applique designs is you can quickly create a 3D Animal Design much larger than your hoop, and then add them to quilt blocks, reading pillows or pretty much any item as you like.
I had so many requests to create a Large Tree design to go with our Large Applique Animals. I ‘pondered’ on this for quite a while, working out how to make the Tree as flexible as possible. I hope what I have come up with will work for you.
This is a design to play with, to get the finished Tree style to suit your quilt
FINISHED SIZE
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5x7 130x180mm |
6x10 160x260mm |
8x12 200x300mm |
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18 by 54 cm’s |
22 by 64 cm’s |
27 by 81 cm’s |
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7 by 21.5 inches |
8.7 by 26 inches |
11 by 32 inches |
The Finished size is based on the Tree Trunk only – with 4 pieces. You add as many Tree Tops as you wish to make the style you want
You can make a shorter Tree Trunk by skipping File 3
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SAVE!!Purchase this design in ourForest Friends Animals CollectionI used the 5x7 version of the Tree in my Forest Friends Quilt
I used the 5x7 size of the Green Tree Tops – if you have other hoop sizes, you could do the 5x7 Trunk files, but larger Tree Top sizes to create a ‘bigger’ bushier Tree top
You can add the optional branches as I did |
The Tree Trunk is made as one unit – I’ve made the 3rd piece with an identical join, so you can make a shorter tree by using piece 1,2 and 4, or a taller tree by stitching piece 1,2,then 3 as many times as you like, and lastly piece 4
- The 2 branches are made in 1 hooping
- You make as many Tree Tops as needed to shape the Tree you like.
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5X7 Trunk – 4 parts 5x7 Tree Tops |
5X7 Trunk – 3 parts 5x7 Tree Tops |
5X7 Trunk – 4 parts 8x12 Tree Tops |
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I used Part 4 (Tree Base) as a stump for the Squirrel to sit on
I used the Tree Top File to make 'background bushes' and Clouds |
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