Chapter 11 continued - Fabric made with the Flower Stitcher attachment

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Printed fabric decorated with flower stitcher attachment

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Whip stich decoration in lines and grids – both faces
Forward face..

Reverse face..

Grid – forward face..

Grid – reverse face..

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Black on black..

White on white..

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Zig zag on printed “Gingham” style fabric..

Decorative machine stitch on “swirly spot” fabric

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Paper design of Block D page 65 again…
Strips cut and staggered to make a chequer board effect..

Stitched sample before cutting…

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STAGE B
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Paper design 5 page 60 again..

Fabric sample based on design 5 page 60 before cutting…


Stage B “forward” facing…

Stage B “reverse” facing…

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Pages 91 and 92 – Stage B


Evaluation…

Sketchbook notes - pages 71-77

Stitched fabric samples based on these designs

1. ‘Gingham’ Fabric

Worked with a triple needle – 3 rows of stitching for each band.

Front face

Reverse face

I quite like he effect of both of these

2.Using decorative machine stitches

On fabric printed in Chapter 6 with thickened Procion dye using glue on foam board:-

I used machine pattern 656 (Bernina 550QE) – using default settings of 5.50 width and 1.40 length to make lines of stitch:-

and then altered the length to 4.00:-

I think I like this one better – more movement and less busy.

Then I tried stitching the long and short stitches in a grid:-

 

then just the long stitch the same way:-

I think these are quite effective – good to se the stitches in both directions – I like the second one better again.

Then I tried the wavy stitch number 17 and used white Perlé thread on the top – increased the stitch length to to 3 – used a 0.5 inch gap  measured with the graduated seam quide:-

and the reverse face -

I was trying to create a similar effect to the envelope paper I used in the designs -

and did the stitching again on the marled grey fabric but using an additional row of variegated Perlé between every other row -

The reverse face is interesting too -

Chapter 11–further design exercises leading to fabric samples - pages 58-70

Paper strips using a different tonal effect to show design elements




and combining more than one block:-






“Stack-n-Whack”
Identical squares cut together and the shapes re-arranged in various patterns…

Module 2 Chapter 10

‘Piecing’ – a method of cutting and seaming

Paper Method

Starting with black and white strips of paper glued together side by side – then cut and re-arranged several times to create new patterns:-

5 stages:-

Diagonal strips cut from Stage 2 and glued to paper then Stage 2 pattern cut horizontally and re-arranged and then stage 3 pattern cut diagonally and the pieces swapped around:-

Stage 3 pattern cut horizontally, strips re-arranged in the Fibonacci series, then glued together vertically:- looks like it’s curving around to the left…

Fabric Method

Like the paper samples with strips of black and white fabric seamed together but larger pieces – 30 ins X 6ins.

Marked into 3 sections 1:2:3 – in the Fibonacci series and the 1 section cut off and retained.

3 diagonal cuts made in the remainder of the sample and then re-arranged and seamed.

3 more cuts made then one piece retained.

The rest of the sample was repeatedly re-seamed and cut.

• Seams placed outwards
• Some seams sewn with other seams open and some with them closed
• Some cuts diagonal – some horizontal and some vertical.

The jeans foot was used to help sewing over the thick seams and finally the 2 retained portions were sewn back on the sample to show the gradation from the original stage through the partially re-pieced stage to the final really ‘seamy’ part. The seams were then fluffed up a bit with a wire brush.

 

And finally me working at this module!