I took a piece of my ombre fabric, and rolled thickened black dye over maple leaves, resulting in a piece with colorful leaves peeking through the black. The whole process was made even more exciting by a sudden thunderstorm; I had to cover the piece-in-progress with plastic, and come back to it later!

Below is a different approach, where I've used a piece of fabric which I made using Sumac leaves as the patterning resist. For the quilt, I cut my Sumac fabric into diamond shapes and separated them with a lattice and small diamonds.