Slow Stitching - Door Decor - Fall Leaves

I really wanted to have decor on my front door a this new to me home.  Many folks do have them and it looks nice.

I decided that I don't have a lot of room to store decor so it would have to be flat.  As a slow stitcher of course a fabric project spoke to me. 

I chose a deep orange printed fabric from my small scraps bucket. I cut it 6x8 inches.  I invisible basted a piece of flannel to give it some body and some dimension.

The leaves were cut from felt and the Tim Holtz Tattered Leaves die set (Bigz die and the mover and shapers).  I cut them from a variety of colors of felt - orange, yellow, bittersweet, and green. 

I stitched them to the front with running stitch creating veins in them as I went. Once they were all secured then I added running stitch in the background with various colors and in different directions. This again helps with structure. 

I added some EBead accents in the colors of the leaves which brings a bit of brightness and bling to the matte piece.

The backer is a piece of brown cotton fabric cut 8 x 10 inches to allow for 1/2 inch double fold over to the front of the piece.. I managed mitered corners.  The backer was adhered to the front with the sewing machine. I added a twill tape hanger on the back which I folded over the ends and machine stitched and also narrowed the width with another small machine stiched seam. The hanger was hand stiched on both ends with a few of the stitches catching all layers so it stayed integral when hanging.  Maybe some quilting through all layers could be considered.

I am happy with the result.