3 birds and seed pods, new piece of work on the go

Here is my latest piece of work, which is still on the go. I have been influenced by birds at the moment and wanted to combine them with my seed pods and applique work so here goes...

 

I  started printing onto background fabric, then layered up my first collection of fabrics. Tracing my design onto tracing paper, I then machine embroidered my first collection of seed pods before cutting into them.

Then more shapes were appliqued on and further machine embroidery was done, before adding another layer of fabrics, machining and cutting into this further.

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