One of my favorite things to do in the fall is hike in a beautiful wooded place. One of my favorite places to hike is in Michigan, not far off of Saginaw Bay (Lake Huron). The woods there are scattered with sassafras trees with big beautiful yellow leaves. Leaves so big they will easily cover your hand.

I brought a few sassafras leaves home to turn into embroidery patterns last year because they were just too beautiful not to share.

The pattern (below) is of course free, like always.

I used DMC floss:

• 839 Medium brown
• 3820 Yellow

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To get the pattern onto the fabric:

• Download the free PDF (below)
• Print the PDF onto standard computer paper
• Tape the pattern onto a light box or sunny window
• Tape the fabric (I use this kind) on top of the pattern
• Trace the pattern with a Mark-B-Gone pen
• Start stitching

Here’s the free PDF pattern:

As always, my patterns are free for personal use only. If you would like to use this pattern on items to offer for sale, please contact me by leaving a comment below.

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