Something old is new again!

I finished my beaded leaf a year or so ago...it measures 12" x 12" and quite heavy!
I ended up quilting a background piece and wrapped it around a canvas.  I was never happy with the background and I got to playing around, way too much!, with paints, etc.  I figured out that less was more and I had already over done the 'more' part on this piece. 

Every day I've been looking at this canvas piece and just not liking it!  I can't help but look at it because the way our LR is set up I can see just into the edge of my sewing room where the canvas hung! 
Yep, I could have moved the piece but then how would I fill my time!


So...the other day, in between mask making and hex's, I pulled out the threads I used to attach the leaf to the wrapped canvas.  That was easy!

I started to look at some background fabric and even laid the leaf on my paper quilt I made last summer! 

Actually, this did look pretty good in real life!  I almost left it on this background!

I decided I needed to try and enhance the quilted background already on the wrapped canvas...so off to my wet room to get out some paints!!  I was going to use white paint but found a Fawn Setacolor my bud, Carol T. gave me.  It worked great...and after adding a little Gelato crayons this was the result! 

I reattached the beaded leaf and here it is! 



Some may not care for this but I am very happy with the end result....and now, when I look in my sewing room, the leaf doesn't stand out like a sore thumb or sore leaf, to me any more!