Work in Progress 

On my walk today, I found a hedgerow of beautiful blackberries ripening in the sunshine, a ready made colour palate. My journey home was spent contemplating how best to use the colours.

The embellisher was my machine of choice and very quickly I had a base colour of ripening blackberries.

More colour was added along with some scrim to give a little extra texture to the finished felted fabric.

A little experimental sample before stitching with purpose. I made the felt over a medium weight silk so it was soft, pliable and lovely to stitch into.

Lastly, a little steam and some magical distortion gave a raised and textured surface. The fabric is naturally curling and seems to want to be 3D, so tomorrows task will be some surface embellishment to see where it leads.