A.Butterfly wing
A place for me to chart my progress through City and Guilds Distant learning certificate with Sian Martin
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Monday, 29 September 2014
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
Friday, 26 September 2014
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 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
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
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
Friday, 12 September 2014
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
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
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