Chapter 8 - Paper Relief Into Fabric Relief

 8a: here fine coton fabric was first "fixed" to a prefelt background in circular movements, then it as the sample was wet felted to cause the prefelt to shrink and the coton to form ripples. The spaces between the shapes were then filled with long stitches done in ribbon yarn

8b: the circular shapes done in fine coton fabric doubled with wadding were appliquéd to the base fabric  with bold stitches, then the shapes were gathered with a running stitch. This process added more texture to this sample 

8c: polyester organza was stitched to the coton wadding with a running stitch, then holes were burned into it with a heat tool. The wadding was painted lightly with white acrylic

8d: a similar method than in 8c: here Tyvec was machine stitched to a coton wadding background and then burnt away with the heat gun, revealing the fabric underneath

 8e: for this sample resists were felted between 2 layers of prefelt the cut open and filled with coton scrim. The little squares were applied to a silk background with the embellisher and the spaces filled with cross stitch

8f: tiny strips of coton voile were fixed to the background with a single cross stitch. some knots were added with a thick knitting yarn

 8g: here several layers of different fabrics were stacked, the circular shapes were machine stitched, fixed in the middle with a single stitch before being cut back . The background was free machine stitched to keep it flat

 8h: this is one of my favourite techniques. I wanted to recreate the different lines of the paper sample. For the fabric one^several separate pieces of coton voile were gathered with the pleater, then folded and twisted and fixed to the background with small stitches hidden in the pleats

 8i: here strips of Tyvek were applied to the background with a hand stitch before being treated with the heat gun. This process caused the fabric  to ripple as the Tyvek shrunk. The spaces between the Tyvek strips were even more gathered with a running stitch

8j: a big silk yarn was "fixed" between 2 layers of polyester organza with a fly stitch, then holes were burnt to it with a heat tool to reveal the yarn and to add more texture to the  sample

8k: a painted net from a potato bag was first painted with white acrylic paint before being slightly melted between baking parchment to add texture. Tooth picks were pulled through the holes and were fixed to the coton wadding background with a blanket stitch

8l: crocheted "rings" were fixed to an open-weave fabric and painted with white acrylic paint. The surface was fixed to a background fabric and then "distressed" by cutting into the open-weave fabric

 8m: felted squares were "trapped" between two layers of light coton fabric, the spaces between the shapes were filled with stitches done with a ribbon yarn

8n: here little squares of fabric was first pleated with the pleater, then applied to a coton background before being padded. The whole sample was then applied to coton wadding  with a running stitch

8o: for this sample a light coton was first pleated with the pleater, then the pleats were gather more to form little rombus' that were padded 

8p: little polyester velvet squares were applied to coton wadding, cut out on the edges, then sliced into it and "filled" with a knotted yarn. The whole was then stitched onto a background fabric and partly cut back