Module 2 chapter 3 machine stitched strips

Befor I start stitching I decided to have a go at drawing from some of the animal mark photos I had collected

A.Butterfly wing

B.Zebra skin

C. Snake sk

D. Cheetah skin

                                           

Now to make a few strips.

Module 2 Chapter 3 cable stitch effect

So with my un-tensioned bobbin case hand wound onto the bobbin I tried out this effect for the first time. Apart from not being able to see what you are producing this is a great technique and was really pleased with the 3 samples I made.

Sample i, straight stitch 

 Sample ii, straight stitch

 

Sample iii using zig zag

 

 

Module Two Chapter 3 Whip stitch samples

I was really looking forward to trying this out, I have seen the effects you can get using this method to create texture. So I began to loosen the tension on the bobbin case and tried to get the whip stitch effect, no luck, more loosening and more stitching....nothing. So again I loosened the tension on the bobbin case and ping the bobbin case fell apart, I then spent the next 1/2 hr or so trying to find the screw my room is not very big but the screw had disapeared completely. Now what to do as I didn't want the same thing to happen to the new case I had just bought. I thought I would give the untensioned case a go and was surprised and pleased with the results.

 

Sample A

 

Sample B

 

Sample C

 

Sample D

 

Sample E

 

Sample F

 

Sample G using white thread on the bobbin

 

Sample H using white thread and zig zag

 

Back of Sample H

 

Sample I

 

 

Back of Sample I

 

Module 2 Chapter 3 Tonal effects in machine stiching

My old Bernina is a very basic model without lots of fancy stitches so it was a bit of a challenge to try and make the samples look different

 

Sample 1 using scallop pattern and varying the stitch length and distance

 

 

Sample 2 using straight stich and varying the spacing.

 

Sample 3, uneven straight stitching

 

Sample 4 straight stitch trying to vary the stitch length (didn't seem to have much of a different effect to the other straight stitch sample)

 

Sample 5 straight stitch again but closer lines to create a denser surface

 

Sample 6 uneven zig zag

 

Sample 7 varied stitch lengths and working over stitches using zigzag

 

 

Sample 8 denser zig zag

 

Sample 9

 

Sample 10

 

 

 

It's been a while.......

Wow I hadn't realised how long ago it was since my last blog post, Having spent the time working on our 3 allotments, new job and  various family things time has just slipped by without me looking at my Distant stitch module.
I was lucky enough to get a place on 2 workshops that came to Norfolk during the Summer the first was a day workshop with Carol Naylor at Wroxham Barns http://www.carolnaylor.co.uk/ looking at landscapes, I managed to work on a couple of samples during the day and it was great to meet up with people interested in machine embroidery too. The second was a 2 day workshop with Cas Holmes http://www.casholmes.textilearts.net/ which was brilliant, we looked at reconstructing pages from a book and incorporated it with fabric, teabag paper and print. I looked at the native Norfolk swallowtail butterfly and its ever decreasing habitat and some how managed to create 4 delicate circular folding pages which I hope to make into a finished book form. Pictures to follow