I’ve been very lazy… I did the work for this chapter (chapter 9) back in August 2010 (!) and have only just put them online. That’s just shocking… I’ve done quite a lot of stitched work since for a project which involved some of the techniques I learnt with this chapter and now I review these initial samples I realise that I learnt a lot from doing them!
So first off I did a simple traditional reverse appliqué sample:
I wasn’t particularly sensible in my choice of fabric and the blue is stretchy. I think it was once a top! When I tried to stitch the edges of the blue I got quite a lot of puckering. I felt frustrated trying to do the corners – I get little fraying right in the corner on even the neatest one. As you can see there are some terrible edges really. I didn’t really enjoy this process – I shall have to try again another time with some different fabrics.
Next up were samples that used the sewing machine and a bit of cutting. The first sample shows the stitch work made on layers from inside out:
The next sample was worked outside in. I realise that I shouldn’t have used a printed top fabric as it detracts entirely from the reverse appliqué!
Next up is slashed reverse appliqué:
Looking back I could have used some really bright fabrics in the lower layers and they would have given a lovely contrast.
Finally here is my favourite sample which uses layers of different fabrics that have been cut away at each stage of stitching:
I really like the sheer fabric with little gold blobs on it:
I used a mix of two of these samples when I came to create a piece for The Sketchbook Project 2011. The article entry about it, one of my other blog, can be seen here.
But have a little sneaky peek:
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