April Trees for the It's a Wild Life BOM

Here are my April Tree Blocks for the

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This month's tree patterns are designed by

Carol @ Just Let Me Quilt

There are four tree blocks to choose. 

Download them now while they are free for the month of April.

Hope to see you sewing along!

Foe the big tree I chose this adorable applique pattern.

I am calling these "Ice Cream Trees"

This tree is four scoops of fabric fun! 

It is tempting to put a cherry on top ... ;)

Most of my fabrics are from 

Big Sky by Annie Brady

I have a FQ bundle and a layer cake and a couple of small pieces of yardage.

My background and additional fabrics are mostly

Creekside by Sherri an Chelsi

These are two of my favorite fabric collections and designers.

I had sew much fun sewing these blocks!

A few years ago I did not like applique.

Now I love applique!

I just needed to learn and to practice.

I use a machine blanket stitch and set my stitch to small.

For the large pieces I set my Janome to

Mode 2

Stitch 37

2.5 and 2.0

For the very small pieces, like the eyes on the bird,

I set my stitch even smaller

1.5 and 1.0

I also slow down the speed on my machine .

I match my thread colors as best I can to the fabric on the applique piece.

Goo 100% cotton thread like Aurifil and Superiorwork best for me.

Coats Mercerized ELS  100% Cotton thread, available at Joann's, is also very good quality 

and works well for applique and machine quilting.

I was lucky to have a varigated green thread

that was a perfect match for the 

I do not have a lot of thread colors.

I like to buy my thread, like this one, at large quilt shows.

This one is 100% Egyptian Cotton

from WonderFil

This little bunny was my favorite part of this block!

I carefully cut this from the bear fabric and hid a face under the cotton tail.

I love the way it gives the bunny depth and texture. 

For the small tree I chose the small pieced pattern'and cute the pieces from  

the leftover fabric from the 10" squares 

that I used for the large applique tree. 

I could not resist adding the applique butterfly! 

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Sew Incredibly Crazy and Friends

It is cold and very windy and sunny here today.

Tomorrow we have snow in the forecast again.

Brrrrrr!

I am enjoy these April trees on my sewing table.

No spring flowers outside here yet.

Thinking Spring!  

As always, my little Maestro,

who is not so little anymore,

was a big help while making these blocks.

Maestro and I wish you happy sewing today ... :-)