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 This is the piece of textile which I made in the workshop on Sunday.

 It is composed of 5 layers of different papers, some painted, some stamped, some waxed, others oiled, or fused to a piece of painted Bondaweb or organza, in order to stabilize the piece if it was  too delicate.  

We used mulberry paper, Brown paper, pieces of chiffon scarves (Polyester), encaustic wax, wax crayons and iron, stamps, acrylic or fabric paints,  embossing powder, glitter glue, a heat gun( to distress the fabric), and olive oil on scrunched magazine pages. Phew!

 

 

A design was drawn on a piece of backing Vilene, and then machine stitched (or hand stitched) through about 5 layers of the papers.  

 

 

 

 

 

   Then I cut through the first layer in one section on the front of the piece, in    the next section I cut through 2 layers to reveal a different colour paper,        Then I cut through 3 layers  in the next section, and so on through all the l    layers until I  had the effect I wanted, or near enough to it!                                              

 I hope to cover a notebook with this piece, and maybe keep it for a                record of techniques I learn or find!

 This was a piece made by another lady, and as she had used white fabric for her top layer, it shows clearly the process of cutting through each of the sections.