Tuesday, July 26, 2011

Fallen Leaf

My inspiration, a fallen leaf. The wind blows and a leaf falls from the tree and into the water below. It stays there floating alone and in peaceful quietness.

The quilt is 14"X14". The leaf is real, found one day while at Laguna Beach, CA. It was a brown, dry, dead leaf. I painted it to look more like an Autumn Leaf, then coated it with a hardener. I chose the background fabric, because of the shadows from overhanging branches. There is another piece the shape of the leaf to act as a shadow underneath the leaf.

8 comments:

Cynthia Ann Morgan said...

Deborah, that's a beautiful background and the leaf is really cool.
Cynthia

Wendy said...

A real leaf? That's impressive!

fastfriday said...

beautiful background colors - so relaxing.

Betty Donahue said...

Wonderful. So simple but so very effective.
Betty

Ann In Fallbrook, CA said...

Your quilting goes a long way towards enhancing your compostion. The leaf is fascinating - how did you attach it?

Pam Harris said...

Very soothing quilt. Interesting that you used a real leaf.

Cherie in Del Mar said...

Your leaf is great...the shadow serves to really make it float off of the surface. Very tranquil!

Cherie

fastfriday said...

Deborah, I find this to be quite beautiful - the real leaf and the wonderful quilting that compliments your leaf and at the same time creates a feeling of gently moving water accompanying its friend. Sandi Cannarella