Falling for you pillows

A thanksgiving gift of love Genealogy Botany Embroidery Appliqué

Embroidery Art form using threads to decorate fabric

The oldest embroidery date back to the Middle Ages

Embroider family name Requirement

Embroidery stitches

Running stitch

Chain Stitch

Back stitch

Overcast stitch

Button hole stitch

Feather stitch

French knot

Satin stitch

Appliqué Cut and sew shapes onto another piece of fabric

Requirement Appliqué falling leaves More than four!

Appliqué Leaves are to represent family members

What colors best represent that individual?

Photosynthesis a process by which green plants & other organisms

turn carbon dioxide & water into carbohydrates & oxygen

using light energy trapped by chlorophyll

Leaf Identification Do you know your leaves?

Maple

Oak Leaf

Pine leaf Pine needles

holly

Red Ash

Sassafras

Bradford pear

Red Cedar

Dendrochronology. Dendro-" is greek for tree. "Chron-" means time. "ology" is the study of.

Dendrochronology can tell age of the tree climate floods insect-damage forest fire by examining the trees

Dendrochronology Tree Ring dating Study of annual growth ring Each ring is one year How old is this tree?

It’s OK To Be A Tree Hugger!!!!

We need Oxygen

Oxygen is food for our blood Our body changes oxygen into carbon dioxide (gas)

We breathe in Oxygen Breathe out Carbon Dioxide

Trees take in carbon dioxide & put out oxygen

just the opposite of people and animals.

plants and trees make the oxygen that we need to breathe

Sooo It’s To Be A Tree Hugger!

Save Our Trees !

Genealogy- the study of the history of families & the line of descent from their ancestors

Genealogy Can you chart out your family tree?

Family Tree Think about your family tree Who is strongest like an oak tree?

Project Requirements Leaf shapes appliquéd on pillow (more than four) Family name embroidered

Steps: 1.Cut Muslin to shape of pillow 2.Gather your fabric for leaves (appliqué) 3.Draw and Cut leaf pattern from hard paper 4.Pin & Sew fabric leaves onto muslin 5.Embroider the family name 6.Sew all 3 sides 7.Stuff 8.Sew last side