My Orvieto leaf sampler

When you know Sue Spargo's work you surely admire here leaf samplers. I real they are even much more beautiful than on her blog.  She had taken them to Orvieto.  This is just an example:

It's a perfect way to experiment with all sorts of embellishments and stitches.

In the group we swapped pieces of fabric so that everybody could make a leaf sampler at home as a souvenir of this wonderful week in Orvieto. 

I started some weeks ago with the leaves.

And after the summermarket I continued with the layers, sometimes two or three...

I am working on the embellishments now ......