Thursday 11 October 2012

Stag head embroidery

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to attempt a freehand machine embroidered stag head to turn into a cushion. I have never tried such a detailed embroidery on this big a scale before and it took me 2 hours of machining!! My eyes were so sore from the concentration!
 
Having finished it, I'm not happy with the shape and overall look. I decided to put it on here anyway because it allways makes me feel better when I see other people make mistakes too!
 
To give you a sense of scale the fabric is 40x40cm.

Whether or not it will ever make it as a cushion or just be forever a 'sample' I'm not sure!

 

Sunday 7 October 2012

University

I must start my post by apologising for my lack of posting recently (I feel like I do this way too often!) but the last couple of months have been crazy! I started university in September at Winchester school of art studying fashion and textiles so will be posting more about what I get up to in the future.
 
So far we haven't done much practical work- just settling in. We have been given the project 'opposites attract' in which we have to produce a jersey/knitted outcome along with other samples. I have decided to look at: natural forms v man made and liquid v solid. My friend and I took a trip to the local Winnal Moors for some inspiraration and images. He is also a blogger so you can visit his blog here: http://f-t-d.blogspot.co.uk
 
I was focusing on the man-made v nature theme but also took some photos of water with the liquid theme in mind. Here are a few of my favourites:
 

I thought spiders webs might be interesting to look at for natural forms and could potentially inspire some knitwear.
 

 I think barbed wire contrasts well against the nature reserve.

 Okay, the following image has no relevance really but I thought it was sweet.

 
That's it for now, but I have been desperate to do some sewing (on my new machine which I have only had time to use once!!) and my next project in mind is a cushion cover or wall hanging with a freehand machine embroidery of a stag, like this one, only much bigger!
 
So watch this space...
 
Thanks for reading
Millie
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