Felt Tree of Life Applique
It is important to me that my home is not only beautiful, but that it has meaning – that it teaches our children. What better place for important lessons than the walls of your own home? So I made this felt tree of life applique for our mural wall to help remind my kids of the importance of Heavenly Father’s plan and his love.
The tree of life has been present in religion, philosophy, and mythology for thousands of years. It also has a very special significance for members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (read more). In the scriptures, the tree of life is a symbol of spiritual nourishment, enduring to the end, and salvation.
The whole thing cost me practically nothing. I made it using some thick canvas for the back, old felt sweaters for the trunk and leaves, and vintage buttons for the fruit. I got the frame at a garage sale. I love homemade felt and seeing it on my wall makes me so happy!
How to Make a Felt Tree of Life Applique
Step One: Make the felt using old wool sweaters. Homemade Felt Tutorial >>
Step Two: Cut out the felt shapes to fit your frame.
Step Three: Hand stitch the felt onto the canvas using a quilting frame. Add the buttons.
Step Four: Stretch your canvas tight against a wooden frame that fits inside your frame. You can always reuse a canvas frame to do this by removing the original canvas before stapling your canvas on.
I am so happy to finally have this applique up. It was easy to do, but it was one of those projects that always got put on the back burner. I’m embarrassed to admit that it took me over three years to finish. For about a six months the quilt frame sat in our front room begging for me to finish it. I hate clutter, so it was driving me batty!
Hi my name is Trish,
We have a new community hub opening in are area, it is a non profit making centre and i was wondering if you would mind if i used your tree pattern to make them cushions. The leaves would have a function written on each one for example: art, cafe, yoga, sewing ect.
Kind regards Trish
What a wonderful idea! You are definitely free to use the pattern 🙂
Thank you so much x
i would like a pattern free to make my daughter a tree of life throw quilt. I am not good at drawing or making up things like this. I would appreciate any free help. I am an elder lady and just lost my husband this Nov.2019 so my income is limited now ok. I would appreciate any help you can give me ok. Thank you and God bless you all.
The pattern is up in the blog post under Step 2. Just click on the pattern and you can print it from your browser. Or you can go to https://jonesing2create.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/tree-applique-pattern.jpg
I hope that helps! If you have questions, let me know.
Do you have a pattern for the leaves? Sounds daft but I cannot draw for toffee 🙁
Haha! No worries! I just used one I found online. You can find it at http://www.printablee.com/postpic/2011/11/leaves-templates-printable_142632.jpg