Module 6, Chapter 10

 

 

 

Samples for each area of design

 

 

Flower meadow 1. Fabric gathered - machine and hand embroidery.

 

 

 

 

Flower meadow 2. Stamped and machine embroidered (with cable stitch) and padded.

 

 

 
 

 

 

'Dead' ground with no vegetation. Machined tights gathered and manipulated. 

 

 

 

 

 

Clouds 1. Cable stitch and whip stitch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clouds 2. Cable stitch and zig-zag on dissolvable fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

Clouds 3.   Synthetic fabric burnt around edges and underneath to make bubbles.

 

 

 

 

 

Clouds 4. Cable stitch and zig-zag, and padded.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly 1. Machined on dissolvable fabric.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly 2.  Machined on dissolvable fabric. I forgot that you have to sew this on a grid, so it came out with some gaping holes which I had to patch up, which is why it is not symmetrical!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly 3. Machined on dissolvable fabric. It is so long since I made this that I have forgotten how I made the veins. but they came out quite well. The wings seem a bit moth-eaten though!

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly 4.  Machined on very fine fabric which was much easier to use than the dissolvable, which is why it is the most successful, although the see-through property of the others is very attractive.

Module 6, Chapter 10

 

 

 

Samples of each area of design

 

 

Flower meadow 1.  Machine and hand stitched.

 

Flower meadow 2.  Stamped and machine embroidered with cable stitch. 

Some hand embroidery, then padded.

Flower meadow 3.  Machine embroidered with cable stitch,

machine-made cords and rouleaux.  Flowers and leaves

embroidered on dissolvable fabric and stitched on.

'Dead' ground with no vegetation.  Machined tights,

gathered and manipulated.

Clouds 1.  Cable-stitched and whip-stitched.

Clouds 2.  Cable-stitched and zig-zag.

Clouds 3.  Synthetic fabric, burnt edges and heated

underneath to make bubbles.

 

Clouds 4.  Cable-stitched and zig-zag, and padded.

 

 

  

Butterfly 1.  Machined onto dissolvable fabric.  I forgot that you

have to machine onto a grid, and it came apart when I unpinned it. 

 I had to patch it up, which is why it's not symmetrical.

 

 

Butterfly 2.  Machined onto dissolvable fabric.  It came out

nice and lacey, if not completely symmetrical.

 

 

 

 

 

Butterfly 3.  Machined onto dissolvable fabric.  It's so long

since I did this that I can't remember how I made the cords

at the bottom.  But I like them (and hope you do, too!).

 

 

 

 

 

 Butterfly 4.  Machined onto fine, see-through fabric.  This was

much easier than the dissolvable fabric, and is therefore the

most successful.  But the see-through quality of the finished

product can be very attractive.