Chapter 4 Stitched samples

The following post had all the explanations on before publishing - but they seem to have disappeared!

Here are the legends:

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I seamed 4 fabrics, spiral-couched cords on the intersections and tried a different spiral in each section

Couched yarns in spirals on a dip-dyed fabric

I seamed 4 fabrics again and added part spirals in a couched variegated yarn in a spiral fashion

Random stitched spirals on dip-dyed muslin

I seamed strips of over-dyed commercial fabric and couched spirals made of knitting ribbon threaded with variegated yarn.

This was a piece of monoprinted silk, stitched with running stitch when I then pulled up in various ways to texture the surface.

This one actually has a free- machined base on mono-printed fabric.  The spirals are threaded ribbon, slubby yarn and dyed tissue to give depth to the spiral, embellished with a few beads.

Chapter 4 Hand-stitched samples

Chapter 4 More Stitched Samples

Sian winced at this one at summer school. I have removed the most offending bits. I t was an idea for a before and after image - a glitzy night-time fairground and the morning after rubbish-strewn tawdry scene. Ah well!

This is over-dyed commercial fabric seamed in strips, free-machined with whipstitch making a very textured surface - its more textured than it looks here.

Samples using combined hand and machine stitching.  This is the reverse of the 'roll' below.

This sample was made with circles of my monoprinted fabrics stacked and machined with a wrapped washer.  The machining makes it into a little dome - though this does not show in the photo.  It is about 6 inches in diameter.

I tried a 3d sample using the technique learned in summer school of stitching on solufleece and shaping over a former leaving some of the 'sticky' in to maintain the shape.  I used lots of spiral stitching and cut out shapes from painted vilene to make the four shapes and then stitched them to a base I made from trapping threads under chiffon and free maching spirals in several tones on the top.  The central motif is a washer wrapped in a dyed shiny cord with triangular sequins and a bead spiral.