Thursday, January 19, 2012

Ch. 7, Sample # 2



3 fabrics: background is hand dyed cotton; middle layer polyester 2-tone fabric, stamped with original stamp used in earler work; top layer purple lurex.
Stitched throughout in chain stitch, with a thick hand-painted pearl cotton thread, and 3 strands of yellow stranded cotton.

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  1. I think your chain stitch looks really three dimensional on this; creating a more encrusted effect with your twinkly top fabric. Your hand painted thread picks up the orange stamped pattern
    beautifully. Keep going!

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  2. Thanks Amanda!Am playing with machine embroidery for next sample....

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    1. Hope you are better at it than I was -this is DEFINITELY an area for development.... I forgot to drop the feed dog teeth and what a mess followed. I've got a free style foot now
      and fiddled about with the tension so my next attempt was a bit better. It still runs away with me!

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