Katie Elizabeth Green Textiles: Module 2, Chapter 11 continued: embellishing fabrics with stitchery ready for samples

Wednesday 3 April 2013

Module 2, Chapter 11 continued: embellishing fabrics with stitchery ready for samples

Embellishing further my fabrics ready for the next stage fabric samples

Using the experiments in chapter 3 for inspiration I added decorative stitching using machine embroidery to my fabrics. I embellished both my printed/dyed fabrics as well as a selection of white and black plain fabrics. Some initial attempts were too subtle so I added even more stitching or tried opposite thread colours to make things stand out more. I decided to abandon quite quickly some of the stitch patterns I had created previously as it took an age to stitch just one line- something that had not really come to my attention when stitching earlier on a smaller scale. I instead kept to those that not only fitted in with my ideas but were also more practical in stitching lots of for the overall effect. I also made the point where possible of trying to enhance the patterns already present on my fabrics by stitching with or against the patterns on them. Some of my stitched samples are in the following images below.