Using one of my coloured fabrics as a background I played around with a variety of hand embroidery stitches and a little couching to see what different spiral effects I could create. As I feel the photograph of the whole sample does not do any justice to my stitching I have included below some close up images that showcase the stitchery in more detail. I really enjoyed creating this sample, although it did take me considerably longer than I thought to create it... something that will need to be taken into consideration when planning my resolved sample and accessory later in this project. There was not any planning behind this sample- just a case of stitching as I felt like it at the time! My favourite spirals in this piece to create where the couched ones and the chain stitched ones. I chose to use varigated threads for these which I feel really added to the overall effect. I also deliberately allowed the fabric to naturally crinkle as I stitched which I feel adds an additional dimension of texture. The finished sample is approximately 24cm x 24cm.
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| 3/4/1: hand stitchery whole sample |
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| 3/4/2: hand stitchery close up |
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| 3/4/3: hand stitchery close up |
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| 3/4/4: hand stitchery close up |
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| 3/4/5: hand stitchery close up |
Machine stitchery
In contrast to the hand stitching, free machine embroidery is a fairly quick (but not necessarily as easy or as controllable) technique to do. I produced a variety of samples (see below for a selection). My favourites were the ones that had the highest concentration of detail- either through the intensity of the stitching or through the way the printing and stitching combined together.
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| 3/4/6: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/7: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/8: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/9: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/10: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/11: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/12: Free machine embroidery |
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| 3/4/13: Free machine embroidery |
As I am lucky enough to own a Brother Innovis embroidery machine I thought I would test out a couple of spirals using CAD/CAM embroidery. In contrast to the free machine embroidery these have more of a controlled/finished look to them. Both spirals were adapted straight from my CAD spirals that I created in Adobe Illustrator in a previous chapter. The biggest restriction here is size- fabric has to be of a size to fit the embroidery hoop for the machine and the embroidery can be no bigger than 10cm x 10cm.
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| 3/4/14: CAD/CAM embroidery spiral 1 |
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| 3/4/15: CAD/CAM embroidery spiral 2 (preparing design for stitching) |
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| 3/4/16: CAD/CAM embroidery spiral 2 (stitching) |
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| 3/4/17: CAD/CAM embroidery spiral 2 (finished) |
Apologies if there are any spelling errors in this post- for some reason the spell checker keep crashing on me!
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