Work in Progress Wednesday

 These are some of the fabrics that I will be using for a new project.  I applied to be in the upcycle challenge being done by The Fashion Museum.  We have to purchase fabric from their sale.  $25 for a bag of fabric.  They are lovely fabrics. wool, cashmere and silk.  The loosely woven fabrics are good colours for me but I don't love the linear quality.

The first thing I thought to do was pull the weft threads to make a fringe.  I think that works well.

My next experiment was to use those pulled threads in some way.

I trapped the threads between two layers of sheer fabric and then machine-stitched over all of it.  I also think that is interesting.  They look better in real life.

I did more thread pulling in different ways.

I have had so much fun experimenting!  I am excited to see all that I can do with this challenge.  The full set of rules will be sent later this week.  I am eager to learn what they are.