Picture 6
The first shape was applique with a interisting machine-stitching, but you can`t see it at this point.
The second layer was only painted Bondaweb, but it had`t enough contrast, so i drawed a golden line at the edge and filled out with cretan stitch. The same shape rotated 45° was the third layer. After the first layer, I padded the centre, but it was not the right time. You can`t see it at the finishd piece.

Picture 5
At the backround fabric I ironed painted Bondaweb, added the first layer with many seeding stitches. The third layer is the repeat of the first , but rotated 45°. Two pieces added for a spezial centre looking.

Picture 4
Here I used felt for the backround. The first shape is a light polyesterfabric. Here I done some needle lace. Further I added some cut-out shapes with cross stitch. The second shape is made with a silkyarn called " sari yarn " from India. I couched it with a thin thraed. The centre is accented with golden cross stitch.

Working sheet

Picture 3
Now here I displaced the shapes, I added some pieces from the cut-outs, and the centre was padded.

Picture 2
The backround is my favorite silkfabric, dyed with onion and leaves. Appliqued a red polycotten fabric with machine stitching, turquoise cotten with gold machine stitching. Added two cut-out pieces. After that i used a orange thread and stitched the second shape again, but I turned through 90°. Hand stitching was done over it, that it is better to see.

Picture 1
Two self-dyed cottonfabrics in my colour scheme, one silkfabric, golden machine-stitching and hand stitching

Working sheet

Searching for scapes and broken scissor, because the felt and the fabric were to thick

Chapter 8
Complex Samples

I had a lot of fun to do this work, but at the beginning I need a lot of time to found the right shapes for this work. The shapes I thought they were interisting , there were to complicate, and the other one looks like to boring. So I cut many papers, and look again and again in my sketchbook. At the end I used a pair of two different shapes and create in each case three pieces.
I uesed many different fabrics, hand-and machine-stitching threads. At two times I iron painted bondaweb, to become an interisting surface. It was nice to combinate machine-and handstitching together, because there can come more tension in the image.

Picture 5

Picture 4

Picture 3
back side to picture 2

Picture 2
front side

Picture 1

There are some leaving pieces during the past chapters. So I played with it in my journal. First the journalpages were deyed with Brusho colours.
I ironed the pieces- there was bonda-web on the back side - into the journal, and then i painted with a smal black pen, with golden colour, made stitching and so on.

Picture 9
Wild silk fabric first, then a self-deyed-print-plant -woolfabric,- sadly you can`t see so much, it is a very lovely fabric-!
The third layer was a piece of the shiboricotton with printed pattern. Now I used here two times the same shape and the same colourtype. Only one thread is contrasted.On the top I used a orange organza in form of the second shape and so I got ( received) more depth. I like ths piece because it has the depth but it is unobtrusive.

Picture 8
Acryl-deyed and printed fabric at first, then a polyesterjersey, and on the top a wild silk fabric.

Picture7
First layer, self-plant-deyed fabric-shibori-technic. second layer is a light silk, and the last one is a self-plant-deyed linen.

Picture 6
And for the finish, I put a layer very light " light blue" chiffon over all. I used thin golden
thread and did some hand stitches at the edges and in the shape.

Picture 5

Picture 4
First layer, self deyed cotton with acryl, then followed a printed cotton. And at this point of my work, I thought, it is to close, i can`t see enough of the first layer. So i cut more away.
The result is picture 5.

Picture 3
Here i used first a thin silk fabric,the second layer was a self-printed cotton fabric, and on the top you see a merinowool " prefelt ". At this layer I cut the negative shape so there are a lot of single pieces.

Picture 2
The first layer is a self-deyed cotton fabric, then follow a kuninfelt, and the last one is an orange organza. I like it, because it looks like so light and a little bit mystical.

Picture1
First layer is polyester fabric, second layer is a cotton fabric with checked pattern and the third layer is a thin fabric with colourmixed pattern.

Chapter 7
First you can see the Working Sheet, with the shapes I used, in paper form. Furthermore you can see the fabrics and threads i worked with.
Two or three examples are following.

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