My lovely friend lent me her embellishing machine for a few days - what a lot of fun you can have with that! The piece above started as a section of a felted jumper onto which I fused wool, felt pieces and braids. The design just kind of grew organically and then I machine stitched on top for some more texture and sewed beads on to finish it off. I have to find a use for it now! 
This piece is felt, wool, and wool fibres fused on by the machine onto scrim which is very fine and loosely woven. When the piece is turned over and you run the embellisher on the back some of the fibres show through to give more texture.
After I had embellished the whole piece, I cut it into sections, then repostioned them and, using the embellisher, worked over the joins so them met together again. This gave the piece added texture and interest. It seems the only limit is your imagination!
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