Material List

For homework choose the tree you would like to do and start your journal adding

pictures and drawings of the trunk, leaves, fruit, animal and insects that inhabit your tree

Freezer paper, pencil and scissors for use with paper

#10 & #19 Short Darner needles for beading and cotton appliqué

#24 Chenille needle for wool appliqué

#18 Chenille needle for couching

#3 #1 & #15 Milliners needles for wrapped stitches

Efina 60 weight cotton thread for cotton and velvet appliqué

Ellana 50/50 wool thread for wool appliqué

Appliqué pins

Embroidery and Fabric scissors

Journal & pen for note taking

Small circle template

1” x 6” ruler

Chalk pencil

Background

Sky and earth colored wool colors

Small pieces of sky and earth colored fabrics - cotton prints, silk, linen yarn dyed

fabrics for layering the background

Ribbons to match the color of your background

Appliqué

Different colors of wool and cotton scraps for tree and animals

Assorted small pieces of textural fabrics including hand dyed silk/rayon velvet, silk

and linen.

Presto Sheer for stabilizing velvet

Embellishments

Bring and assortment of colorful embellishment threads for background and appliqué

embellishment such as Eleganza Perle Cotton, Chenille Yarns, Seagrass, Silken Pearl,

Dazzle, Razzle, #24 Silk Thread and #11 Seed Beads

Books

Creative Stitching Book

Forest for the Trees Book (to be released the spring of 2020)