Bowing Branches in Homage to the Earth

Difficulty: Beginner

reverse applique pattern - hand and machine directions

(14" x 36")

Inspired by the wonder of God’s creation in honor of Earth day 2022. The simple beauty of two windswept branches gently bowing in the breeze are captured in this beginning table runner design for hand and machine reverse applique. I love seeing the new buds plump up the tips of branches as spring returns each year. And I marvel at the rich uniqueness of every branch that is revealed when the leaves drop in the fall.

The two colorway combinations evoke the transition seasons of Spring and Autumn: Spring Colorway - Lt. Gray with green branches: Autumn Colorway - Brown/ yellow with Bittersweet branches. All fabrics are by Banyan batiks, featuring the Brushstrokes batiks as the top fabrics.

Pattern has complete creation instructions using Eye of the Beholder’s Trace, Baste, Snip & Stitch technique, supported by Technique Tutorials and blogs on this website, and full-size, durable pattern pieces. There’s never a need to enlarge the pattern or re-position fabric.

Try it with lovely fabrics from Banyan Batiks, available in quilt shops now, or your favorite fabrics.

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• All pattern booklets are 8.5” x 11” and can be printed on an in-home printer.

• The full-size pattern pieces will need to be put on a USB stick and taken to a copy shop that can print in large format, or Read the blog, Printing Our PDF Digital Patterns at Home (3/18/2020) to print on an in-home printer. Just tape the two halves together.

• This will be an additional expense for you. However, a Pattern PDF is priced at 25% off the print pattern price because of this additional expense to you.

• Please check in your area that you have a copy shop that can print the pattern for you before purchasing. PDF patterns are non-returnable/ non-refundable.

This Pattern prints paper that is: 18" x 36".

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