I love Thanksgiving. It’s one of the few holidays that has, by and large, remained uncommercialized. Plus, Fall crafts are just fun! I first read about Thankful Trees on several blogs this year. Here is my family’s version. I cut it using my Cricut and just filled in what we were thankful for by hand. Oh yeah, and I added a squirrel. Because I like squirrels.
My mom made this altered canvas for me. She traced my daughter’s hand, used a heat transfer pencil to get it onto the muslin, and then stitched over it. I love that variegated thread!
did she glue the muslin onto the canvas? Love these both!
No glue on the muslin. I trace Shelby’s hand every few months and embroider them and perhaps for a wedding gift to her I will make them into a quilt.
Shelby’s mom-mom.
Hi, Joy. Thank you for the kind comment!
We just used a staple gun to staple the muslin on the back of the canvas.
I love your tree and Karen Your Mom did a great job on the hand. Please marry off Shelby soon so your mom can make that quilt. I can’t wait to see it.
That tree is lovely. What a sweet idea!