This is the centrepiece for the cover I created for my 2007 round robin fabric book (theme of trees). When I designed the book I knew I wouldn’t be actually constructing the cover until the book returned home, but I thought I could at least get the main image done and dusted.
I used a commercially available tree stamp (from Creative Expressions) to stamp on some water soluable stabalizer to use as a stitching guide then FME’d over the top of the stamped image onto some ombre chiffon. I really tried to layer the stiching to build up the image and I ended up using the bobbin side of the piece as the top because it had a better textural effect. I’m really happy with the way this turned out. :)