Digitize stumpwork

Stumpwork is a raised form of embroidery. It is created on one backing fabric and transferred to another, ‘ground fabric’. Through the use of padding, beads, wire and/or needle lace stitches it becomes three-dimensional in contrast to flat embroidery.

This section covers tools and techniques for expanding flat embroidery surfaces into raised or ‘sculpted’ surfaces, specifically by means of stumpwork.