Fabric Art Using Yarn ~ Summer Tree

Time for the next Craft Room De-stash Challenge! This month it’s time for the next addition scrappy trees, the summer tree! Every month a group of bloggers are challenged by C’mon Get Crafty to create a new craft or project from their own stash of goodies! You are allowed $10 max for necessities, but must primarily use items you already own.Check out some awesome creations you might be able to make from your own stash! #CraftRoomDestashChallenge

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The Perfect Fabric

So, this is the first challenge that I actually had to buy something for! I didn’t have the right color blue in my stash for the summer tree background. I found this ombre fabric by Cotton & Steel on Etsy, which was $2.39 for a 1/4 yard.

I’m only using this section right here, so I still have over half of it for another project.

I ironed the section & added a scrap of batting to the back. Then it was time to dig into my scrap yarn bin for all the greens.

When I think of summer, I think of blue, blue skies & green, green trees. Perfect!

For the trunk, I’m going for a “by the water” look. You know, when trees grow by the water or in the water, they have more spread out roots.

That’s the look I’m going for, so we’ll see how that turns out!

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Sew It Down

I decided to use Sulky to hold down everything this time because the trunk is so spindly. Pins all around the edge of the leaves helps keep all the yarn fluff in place.

This project will be perfect to use up some of my green thread!

I started with a spool that was almost empty, lowered my feed dogs, & put on my darning foot.

I usually start in the center of the tree & work my way out to the edges.

This is the most fun part to me because I’m not following a pattern, I’m just “scribbling” on fabric!

When I was ready to do the roots, I swapped thread & changed to a stretch zigzag stitch. This stitch just looks like a slanted zigzag stitch.

I left the darning foot on & raised the feed dogs back up. This gives me more control when I’m going in one direction, but allows me to still turn easily.

All stitched down!

I always pull off the excess Sulky around the edges before washing away the middle. You can save this for later use!

Time to rinse away the Sulky & see how the summer tree looks!

Here it is after drying & trimming. I do need to run an iron over it still!

Now I have a spring, summer, & winter tree, just waiting on fall! {See the fall tree here and finished banner here}

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