Selecting a subject is the first step in starting this project.  Subjects such as landscape, still life, portrait, abstract, and non-objective types can all be accomplished with cotton chenille.

Developing a Chenille

The construction of this background chenille is the same as the one we did before.  There is a piece of muslin as our foundation.  Then, we add two layers of osnaburg to the muslin. 

The top layer was made of several small pieces of cotton.  At first, we lay out cotton pieces on the top of osnaburg.  After we feel happy with the design, we have to pin them to the bottom layers. 

Then, we sew them together with straight stitches 45 degrees along the grain of fabrics.  The sewing and cutting methods are the same as the one from last time.  Please check Chenille page for reference.

After the background chenille is made, we are ready to create our scenes.  As you can see from the above thumbnail, I added some appliqués to the background chenille.  These appliqués were applied with the techniques of fabric collage.  

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