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post 7 Armoury
This week I
have worked on more fabric manipulation such as pin tucks, pleating, smocking
and couching.
For this
sample, first I used the pin tucking foot and twin needles to do random lines
to give texture and another form of design to the plain
organza. The second stage was using a normal foot and pleating
the fabric while machining. I do love working with this type
of fabric because it is transparent, good to manipulate and crisp. I
wasn’t very well when I made this sample, so I just let the machine go where it
took me with the pin tucking, but for the pleating I concentrated on the
lines. I am really happy with the outcome, because it’s less ‘tidy’ compared to
some of my other work and I want to loosen up.
I stitched this
white pleated sample into a cylinder, to make a structure of either a sleeve or
a jewellery piece, or if it was bigger it could be worn as a neck-warmer.
For the hand
couching sample, I recycled a wrapper used for a fruit from an Indian
shop. It was quite hard to stretch it out for sewing, because it
kept gathering together. It’s not my favourite sample, but it is
practice using another technique and I enjoyed working on it.
I have done some freehand
smocking to practice without marking out the fabric first. I like
the freehand smocking much better than using the dots, because it creates
random shapes.
The fabric
manipulating techniques I have learnt have been the most exciting for me, so
for the future I would like to look more into these methods.
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