MAPLE LEAF PLACE SETTING
A large maple tree's beauty bursts with color. The elegant silhouette of the leaves in this place setting is just as impactful.
Excerpted with permission from The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches.
Step 1
Ingredients 6 leaves of different sizes
Materials Embroidery needle Embroidery floss
Using the largest leaf as your base, layer a slightly smaller leaf on top of it, and the smallest leaf on top of that.
Use a needle threaded with embroidery floss to stitch an
X
in the center of all three leaves to secure them together. Tie a knot on the back to secure. Repeat with the remaining three leaves.
Step 2
Excerpted with permission from The Wreath Recipe Book: Year-Round Wreaths, Swags, and Other Decorations to Make with Seasonal Branches by Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo (Artisan Books). Copyright © 2014. Photographs by Paige Green.
