Time for leaves

As I am preparing to start stitching the flowers in my “Abiding Flower Garden”, I needed to spend some time making leaves!

I started out by pulling a number of leaf drawings…..

…and tracing/copying them onto the fusible stabilizer, and cutting them all out…..

At the end, I didn’t want to waste any fusible, so I just cut out shapes that could be turned into leaves.

I picked out a few and fused them onto various 2.5-inch scraps….

It was time to move downstairs and spend some time in my chair, in front of the TV….

After about an hour, I had finished prepping a nice set of leaves….

I figured I’d use them in groups of similar sizes and colors, so I needed a way to store they could be found easily.

After a bit of thought, I pulled out a piece of paper, added two lines of glue, and stuck my leaves to them…

They are easily removed and will stay in place until I am ready to use them…

But, of course, 18 leaves won’t get me very far, so I fused a bunch more…..

I do believe that it is time for more “Father Brown“!!

I am SLOWLY getting ready to start attaching bits to the background fabric.

I CAN’T WAIT!!