Autumn...

.....My very soul is wedded to it,

 and if I were a bird I would

fly about the earth

seeking the successive autumns.

                                                      - George Eliot

These are the  colors in my yard today.  Yes - I do wish I were a bird!  
                   -Cathie

                   

Leaves II/IV

You may recognize these leaves as one of the first pieces I painted when I received my Caran d'Ache Neocolors. After free motion stitching, I finally backed it (with hand dyed cotton that I brought around to the front for the binding) and quilted it. I found the perfect tree branch, sanded it and stained it for the hanger and sewed two loops on the back to hang with the branch (which is one of my favorite ways of hanging nature pieces.) There is also a single sleeve across the back for invisible hanging.

I'm so please with how this came out. Neocolors rock!
Gotta do more with those - maybe this weekend.