Over the last few days I think I tried at least 5 different ways to balance these two on the background.
In the end simply giving them a final trim went a long way to making them look natural.
I played with two different colourways of poly yarn for the branches. In the end I went with the grey tones with a bit of brown thrown in. So most of the day was spent attaching the yarn
I've found the easiest way to handle this 3d addition of 6 to 10 strands of yarn was to twist it tight and then capture it under netting. Sewn down one side and then the other using the zipper foot allows you to control the bulk of the yarn. It can be further 'tamed' by stitching over it after it's attached to the landscape.
Lots of pins and careful sewing lets you put on a realistic branch that gradually tapers to the twigs.
All the excess netting is trimmed away at the end.
The boys are starting to look at home.
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