this piece was done with "junk" fibers...old ugly rick-rack..cords..orphan laces...ect....glued them done on a old table runner and than layered many colors of paint...made the faces with model magic in a mold....I really enjoyed making this....

when I first got my Babylock Embellisher about 2 yrs ago I made these two postcards entirely with the Embellisher....one was sent as a trade....

EMBELLISHER WORK...I wanted to try "applique" work....cut fish from novelty fabric and needlepunched them to a felt base....an interesting experiment but really not my style....I made this into a tote..............................................the second 2 pics made with Embellisher ...yarns punched into felt and than zapped with a heat gun....I like this one....

more embellisher work.....first picture free motion needle punched on velvet... and second pic is a machine-embroidery done on the Janome 300e and than texture flowers made with yarns on the embellisher....I wanted to see if I can incorporate these 2 techniques...lots of possibilities for sure...
 

free-motion work done with Babylock Embellisher needle felting machine....I love this machine...this piece has a felt base and needlepunched yarns and netting and than I zapped it with a heat gun!!!! very very texturial......
 

this is free-motion embroidery done on a felt base with a few layers of glitzy & sheers and organza type fabrics...very good excersize for ree motion work....makes a beautiful fabric!!!
 

these are my first experiments with SLASH & BURN technique....I love this stuff....BUT you have to do it outdoors......very toxic and smelly....

the bottom 2 pics have embedded silk flowers....way cool!!!!


 

painted lace and PUFF PAINT ..... a really great technique and very easy...tons of texture for mixed media stuff!!! 

this is painted lace ... I love this technique...lots of nice texture...
 

this is fabric paper....not very excited about it...made from instructions from Beryl Taylor article....made with muslin-tissue paper-white glue-wrapping paper...


 

real deal scrap fabric......made this fabric by actually picking scraps off the studio floor after a project....ultimate re-cycleing!!!!!!!!