The more layers you have, the more dimension and depth your piece will have. My Janome FM725, needle felting machine is what I use to create not only depth and dimension but also texture.
This particular machine has no bobbin and no thread. It has a five needle unit and a single needle unit. Each needle has barbs at the tip which is used for splitting and locking the fibers to the base fabric. In my needle felted pieces I use felt as the base fabric, then pile on layers of silk rovings and any of the following: wool rovings, carrier silk rods, degummed throwster silk, silk cocoons, scraps of fabric and sparkle threads. The company I get my silks from is Treenway Silks in Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada. I also use my hand-dyed cheese cloth.
I will either outline if I have an idea in mind or I will just lay the rovings down and start needle felting. I will keep laying down rovings, building up the layers, color and texture as I go along.
When I think am done, I will pin it to my design wall and live with it for a few days. If I am not satisfied, then it's back to the machine to add perhaps more fiber, cheese cloth, thread etc. If I like what I see I then sandwich the piece (batting and backing) and free motion quilt to add further dimension and another layer.
Now comes my favorite part. It's time to embellish with beads, hand embroidery and found objects which add yet another layer. I do enjoy hand embroidery as I find it very contemplative.
Enjoy.
When you've hit the proverbial design (or lack thereof) wall, it’s time to go back to basics. So, I've unpacked the watercolor pencils, done some drawings, pulled the fabrics and made a few blocks - I now have a start.
Farmers markets are places of inspiration. They invite us to take the veggies, the fruit, the bread back to our kitchens and create amazing dishes to feed our bodies. Attending farmers markets allow us to eat locally, what's in season and therefore at its best. We quilters and fiber artists get the added bonus of glorious colors and wonderful textures. 
Growing up in Trinidad, summer vacations meant endless hours of almost uninterrupted reading, the Mayaro beach house and visits to places of interest, e.g. the Pitch Lake and/or the Caroni Swamp; because you knew when you returned to school, you would have to write that dreaded essay, How I Spent My Summer Vacation. One of my favorite places to visit was and still is, the Caroni Swamp. Sure it’s buggy, muggy, dense but so fascinating and teaming with life. The Caroni Swamp is the meeting of the Caroni River and the Gulf of Paria and home to Trinidad's national bird, the Scarlet Ibis. This area is a maze of saline mangrove channels which often form small lakes, islands and mud flats, the evening feeding grounds for the Scarlet Ibis.
We need a nap.
This particular machine has no bobbin and no thread. It has a five needle unit and a single needle unit. Each needle has barbs at the tip which is used for splitting and locking the fibers to the base fabric. In my needle felted pieces I use felt as the base fabric, then pile on layers of silk rovings and any of the following: wool rovings, carrier silk rods, degummed throwster silk, silk cocoons, scraps of fabric and sparkle threads. The company I get my silks from is Treenway Silks in Salt Spring Island, BC, Canada. I also use my hand-dyed cheese cloth. 
