Aspen Leaves are falling...

Aspen leaves are falling... well, not really.  It is February and the Aspen trees are naked!  But in my sewing room the aspen leaves that I designed on paper were falling and failing!  It really is much easier to draw something out and make it look right that to re-create it with fabric pieces and strips and templates. 

My THIRD attempt, which was the best is still pretty pathetic.  As you can see, I even drew the leaf veins on it trying to make it look better.  Still unacceptable... I searched for a leaf pattern on-line and found a paper pieced pattern already existed.  These look much better - two down and 14 to go.  I know what I will be working on for the week ;)