Embroidery workshop: Sampling

Jessica and I decided to have a day in the embroidery studio this week. We wanted to start to experiment with various fabrics and start to transform and manipulate the surfaces of our given grounds. Jessica worked with the embellisher, getting a feel for which of the fabrics that she had chosen, worked best and gave the more interesting results. I worked with Denim and with the large pin tuck foot. I sewed multipal lines,  looking at how the fabric transformed when gathered together, creating a new and a more pronounced three dimensional surface. 

Pin tuck foot

Pin tuck foot, reversed