moving On Hand Embroidery

Design Portfolio

DD11 Line Inspiration

DD12-Exploring Mark Making

On various papers.

DD13-Explore line to Music

DD14-Isolate lines

DD15-Translate lines into design

DD16-Evaluation of Design Development.

Evaluation of materials, tools, equipment, media and ideas.

Emailed separately.

Session 1b Embroidery Samples

EM11-Back stitch

EM12-Stem stitch

EM13-Chain stitch

EM14-Fern stitch

EM15-Evaluation of Samples.

Evaluating stitch type thread types working line, meandering and circular shape.

Learning and use in own Design Ideas.

Again emailed separately.

Comments

Creation of a dream

I should have started this two years ago! That`s when the dream of Fibre Dreams began to take shape! So after this long journey i am ready to start on the road trip of a lifetime. I shall boldly go onto the Internet with my handmade products. I have a transporter full of the extra materials and equipment i think other fibre craft people would like to have as well... I`ve got the stuff now i need to learn how to set up a website...or set up shop on big shop site (you know the bay thingeo!). I will even learn how to post photo`s of my products. Fibre Dreams.....First frustration was not understanding why the telephone number is not recognised when i tried to .com my blog site? And why you have to have a fax if you are setting up as a business?? And where do i go to get these answers.... But a successful day on the knitted blooms broaches!! So at this point in time if you have experience setting up fibre craft websites i would be grateful for any positive comments! If you have any in...

Is ma hair alright?!

More City & Guilds Module snippets!

The course with the The School of Stitched Textiles really allowed me to move out of the comfort zone. You know the course is so varied in content there is no room to get complacent. For instance this print below. The brief was use an artist style to design a Print. This stops you, it did in my case (!), from falling into the designs you usually come up with. I used Paul Klee's Full Moon (1919). I did manage to make the stencil achieve a border repeat and made a Lino cut stamp for the tree. Fun and challenging! Another, Module 7, had us making beads, buttons, tassels, braids and edgings to fabric panels...loads! I personally love these fabric bell tassels on hand made cord. I believe the design comes from India... Here's some of the other tassels that were the least unwieldy to fit into my Module 7 Sample fabric book! This is a Lantern! The base fabric is Organdie. Fun was had researching into the best fabric stiffener because i have...

Embroidery Hand Stitching

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