Autumn, the first

I finally remembered to take a photo of this (ironic since I’m taking daily photos).

This is my first page for a friend’s fabric book the theme of which is autumn. I had a lot of fun with it. The background is a brown poly-cooton sheeting that I sewed to a felt and Timtex backing randomly pleating as I went. The fabric was then sponged with fabric paints and some of the pleats were cut open. The tyvek leaves I posted about the other day were sewn on using free-motion embroidery to look like fallen leaves. The falling leaves were made by stamping onto Timtex with Staz-on, painting in colour with highly diluted fabric paints and stitched on with free-motion embroidery.

I’m quite happy with how this page turned out. The second page requires a gazillion french knots, so it may take a wee bit longer to get that finished.