Falling for

you pillows

A thanksgiving gift of love

•Genealogy•Botany •Embroidery•Appliqué

EmbroideryArt form using

threadsto 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 ontoanother piece of fabric

Requirement

Appliqué falling leaves

More than four!

Appliqué Leaves

are to represent family members

What colors

best represent

that individual?

Photosynthesisa 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 leafPine needles

holly

RedAsh

Sassafras

Bradford pear

Red Cedar

Dendrochronology.

Dendro-" is greek for tree.

"Chron-" means time.

"ology" is the study of.

Dendrochronology

can tellage of the tree

climatefloods

insect-damageforest fire

by examining the trees

DendrochronologyTree Ring dating

Study of annual growth ring

Each ring is one year

How old is this tree?

It’s OKTo Be A

Tree Hugger!!!!

Weneed Oxygen

Oxygen is food for our blood

Our body changes oxygen into carbon dioxide (gas)

We breathe in OxygenBreathe out Carbon Dioxide

Trees take in carbon dioxide

&put out oxygen

just the

opposite of people and

animals.

plants and trees make the oxygenthat we need to breathe

Sooo It’s To Be A

Tree Hugger!

SaveOurTrees !

Genealogy-the study of the history of families

& the line of descent from their ancestors

Genealogy

•Can you chart out your family tree?

Family TreeThink about your family tree

Who is strongest like an oak tree?

Project Requirements

Leaf shapes appliquédon pillow(more than four)

Family name embroidered

Steps:1.Cut Muslin to shape of pillow2.Gather your fabric for leaves (appliqué)3.Draw and Cut leaf pattern from hard paper4.Pin & Sew fabric leaves onto muslin5.Embroider the family name6.Sew all 3 sides 7.Stuff8.Sew last side