A New Leaf

As spring brings forth the new green I am inspired to try a new to me technique.  Taking a simple leaf shape and dividing it into sections is an easy way to then pull all those small green scraps (or in my case pullling from the many greens dyed using various substrates) into several leaves to scatter over a pieced background.  My process was to trace the leaf sections onto paper backed fusible and then to fuse them onto the chosen greens.  I incorporated a variety of fabrics including silks, vintage linens, home decor, commercial cottons, anything green. You can see in the photos that the sections were fused to a background of wool felt then satin stitched and background trimmed to barely reveal the black.  i also added some painted Tyvek leaf shapes that were stitched to the background before the larger leaves were applied.  Just to have fun I used Inktense pencils to “paint” the leaves in the background.

What will you do to celebrate the spring greens?