Originally Posted by Baloonatic
Gorgeous quilt and quilting! Could I talk you into giving a tute on HOW you did those perfect leaves PLEEEEZE??
Baloonatic,
What I did was searched Google images for "leaf clipart". I scrolled through pages until I found a shape I really liked.
I printed out the image so it would fit onto a 5"x5" square. Cut the leaf shape from the printout.
Then I fused heat-n-bond lite onto squares from a charm pack of the Fall Batiks I had purchased at Connecting Threads.
Placed the paper cut out of the leaf onto the fusible paper side and traced around the leaf.
Cut the leaves from the charm square.
I then took a fabric marker and drew veins on the leaves.
I did the same with the stems. Fused heat n bond onto dark brown fabric only I freehand cut those (no template)
Now they are ready to be fused onto quilt. I appliqued using a straight stitch about 1/8" from edge of leaves. Then I stitched on the "veins" I had drawn.
Easy process! but time consuming for me.
If I could do free motion I would have stitched the leaves and veins that way,
but I just had to stitch slow and had to rotate the quilt top a LOT! There were a lot of curves on those leaves!
(maybe if I ever do those again I will choose a leaf that isn't as intricate....