Machine Embroidery Explorations with Lesley Thomas
Our October workshop tutored by the lovely Lesley Thomas of Itchy Fingers Textiles group was a great success. Here we were encouraged to ''unleash the creative possibilities' of our machines by trying numerous machine embroidery techniques.
Lesley proved to be a rich mine of creative ideas and useful tips and techniques, and it was great to be able to spend a whole day playing with our sewing machines - a luxury we often can't afford :)
Here are a couple of of the samples I made with free machine embroidery which is great for making line pictures.
The sample on the left was made by sewing over a magazine image, so the image you see is stitched with the bobbin thread. This would be a great technique to use from your own photos printed onto thin copy paper.
The sample on the right of a somewhat fanciful butterfly was drawn freehand using a Pilot Frixion pen before stitching. The ink disappears with heat and was removed by simply ironing.
The sample on the right of a somewhat fanciful butterfly was drawn freehand using a Pilot Frixion pen before stitching. The ink disappears with heat and was removed by simply ironing.
I was really dissappointed not to be there, especially as I have the need of this technique to finish a piece of work which has been on the table far-too-long!
ReplyDeleteWhen you mention 'thin copy paper' what exactly would you recommend using? I've puzzled over this for a while because although it needs to be quite thin, it has to be thick enough not to get caught up in the printer.
I hope to catch this workshop when it comes along again.
~ Rhianne
Thin copy paper just means cheap, thin photocopy paper - as opposed to higher quality copier/printer papers :-)
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