of leaves floating in a rippling stream. Took some advice from LizzieB. Found that I had some cotton organdy in brighter colors that was already fused. Tried some stronger colors. It is getting there I think. I may try painting some leaves, but not tonight. Got to get back to Dot Calm and pay some bills. Here is the latest version:

Thank you all so  much for checking in and letting me know how you felt about my leaves. I have to say that I have not decided yet what I will do – leaves or no leaves. My daughter’s, Lisa and Stephanie, are my style mavens. Steph has not checked in, but Lisa has voted for no leaves. So her vote is weighted very heavily against any other votes. After making more leaves and playing around with them, I have decided that IF I use them, they need to make a statement and so they would cascade from top to bottom and go off both edges. Here is a photo with the leaves pinned. The leaves are quite transparent and echo the colors in the silk fabric of the quilt. It is really hard to photograph luminous fabrics and sheers. I have tried with and without a flash.

Here is a close-up. A caveat: The yellow looking fabric is really more of a lime-green. It is a piece of charmeuse dyed by  our very own LizzieB. 

If I do this, I plan to fuse each leaf to a background to make them sturdier and stitch veins and then attach them so that they are loose.

Look at what I am doing with Dot Calm!! I remembered to do some hand quilting with perle cotton BEFORE I added the back. It is not quite finished. Worked on it last night until my hand was numb.