Starting with a white piece of fabric, I painted on green and yellow dyes. Real oak leaves were printed on with fabric paint. Rubber stamps of leaves were also used, along with glitter paint. The border fabrics are a combination of commercial prints and discharged fabrics. The outer border uses traditional prairie points, but in random sizes. The quilting was done with nylon thread in the center, and bobbin-drawn leaves using heavy thread towards the borders.
After much too long, I decided that the quilt wasn't really finished. It needed a focal point and a 'story'. After some contemplation, I added more oak leaves (of non-cotton materials which I painted) to the upper right. That still wasn't enough. After yet more contemplation and experimentation, I added the brighter, slightly menacing leaves (painted tyvek) to the bottom left, painted some insects that appear to be crawling away from those leaves onto the organza ones, and cut away parts of the nearest organza leaf as if the insects had eaten it away. Symbolism: the bright tyvek leaves and insects are painted with geometric patterns as if they were manmade, and destroying the natural leaves.
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How it looked before adding the additional leaves and insects:
