Maryte Collard – Nature #5
The Skeleton of the Aspen Leaf
I started this year’s challenge by comparing two of my favorite trees: the aspen and the white birch. Originally I thought that they belonged to the same family but through this challenge I learned that they were two completely different trees.
I already studdied the barks and the wood grains and now I am looking into the leaves. The color of leaves would change through the seasons but the shape and the skeleton would remain the same. In this quilt I have a skeleton of the aspen tree that is best seen when the leaf dries out.
The skeleton is machine embroidered on the piece of black Dupioni silk. I hand stitched it to highlight the edges and some stems of the leaf. The black background then was machine quilted.
FIFTEEN BY FIFTEEN 
Woaw, beautiful quilt. The detail of the skeleton is very effective in the color of the leaf in autumn on a black background. Great attention to detail and impeccable quilting. Bravo!
Stunning, I love this piece! Fantastic stitching and it works so well on the black background, well done.
It’s almost real! I love the stitching and especially the little addition of your handstitching. Great!!
Lovely work. The attention to detail and the execution are wonderful. very nice stitching.
Beautiful work and great workmanship ! I like the contrast with the black background !
Splendid quilt. The colour stands out beautifully to the black silk background. Your machine embroidery is impeccable. LOVE it.
Completely in awe of your hand stitching of the skeleton of this leaf. Looks so real to me! Placing it against the black background is extremely effective. Your machine stitching is impeccable. Wow!
Wow! What amazing stitching – the skeleton looks so realistic. The handstitching adds great detail and the colour is lovely against the black background.
Wow, this has completely blown me away with your design and stitching. Bravo
What a wonderful delicate web of leaf veins you have created here. Your stitching is a perfect recreation of the dried leaf and the background is a wonderful setting for the leaf. Great work
Amazing, simply amazing. From the black background and its exquisite quilting to the leaf outline and the interior stitching, this is one beautiful quilt!
Wow! You created a microscopic analysis of a leaf which is beautifully and meticulously detailed. Amazing!
Stunning, both the subject and your creation, work of art!
Magnificent! The contrast between the skeleton and the black background enhances the embroidery work of the leaf. I love it.