Abstract From Scraps

I always find abstracts difficult to get correct so this was a way of creating an abstract composition to utilise some of my pretty scraps and reused garments. I started with a piece of paper and crumpled it up. When I smoothed it out I could trace along the lines of the folds and use as a pattern to insert the fabric pieces.

I have used some pieces of shiny packaging material with free machine stitching, some velvets and some satin and cottons. A few shapes I embroidered into. I worked it on a base of cotton sheeting over pellon