First I googled "Fall Leaf Template" and found three different leaves that I liked. I printed them, cut them out and traced a bunch onto felt. I can cut about 2 sheets of felt at a time with my fabric scissors so I pinned them together.
Then I matched up the leaves with fronts and backs and did some stitch work on the front panel with embroidery floss.
Then I sewed the fronts and backs together. I sort of like the messy look of not trimming them to match up exactly afterwards. You can choose to just do a single layer, but I think that they look more finished off if you sandwich them.
Then I pulled out the ribbon, decided how long I wanted it to be and marked where each leaf should reside. Then I totally cheated and hot glued them on.
Ta da! I love it!
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