Chapter 8 so far

 This was such a good exercise and I found it difficult to select  three for development.

My final choices.......

 I had always intended to make a drawstring bag from a previous sketch but I kept coming back to the masks,the Venice carnival masks in particular, so I tried to develop ideas from research and work from other chapters.

 Although some of these have potential I wasn't very inspired and still prefer the little drawing based on the folk art owls from my research.  I printed of a small version for reference and keeep my drawings looking more like an owl and less like a kitten!!

 A bit more research...........

 and an almost final idea, but I think the top plumes may be too tall. (it reminds me of something but can't think what it is).

Chapter 7

Bond-a -Web painted with transfer paints and ironed onto yellow cotton. The Bond-A-Web wrinkled when drying so it looked rather like a brick wall!

Using line to  "make a difference": emphasise shapes, create movement, give depth,add tone or contrast.

 Distortion

 Expanding a Motif

 I like this design, perhaps an idea for my assessment piece.

Colour

Texture

 I prefer number 2, it seems to reflect the light and has better texture than the others.


Using the ideas together

 Composition

Extra bits

 Kumin felt braid stitched with automatic patterns and burnt with a soldering iron.  One edge worked better than the other, perhaps the soldering iron was hotter for the second one.

 Kumin felt free machinesd with yellow and purple whip stitch and burnt with a heat gun.  The edge wrinkled so it might be better with a heatproof backing fabric stick to it before working.

 Two layers of Sizoflor with silk tops, snipped fabric and pieces of thread trapped between them.  It was free machined in a looping pattern and burnt with a heat gun.

 Fringe made from torn strips of cotton fabric, stitched with an  automatic pattern and varigated thread.

 Cotton Perle5 printed in metallic blue fabric paint using the block from Chapter  1.  The frame came unstuck during working so the fringe is of varying depth.  The blur thread used to stitch the top does not quite match.  Next time I will try printing both sides of the fringe for greater effect.

Below - Rayon tubular knitting tape.   The top is stitched over strips of the tape.  this could be worked with a plain colour and printed as the sample above.

Tiny tassels.  L - R 
 A varigated textured yarn but the skirt would need to be longer.  Silver machine thread, but it looks rather like paint brushes. so perhaps a thicker skirt would be better. A multicoloured tassel made from the threads left on the bobbins after stitching  chapter 6.  My husband saw this and said it reminded him of fishing flies, so I  looked these up, hence  the colours used for the right hand tassel  based on a  salmon catching fly  metallic silver grey and bright red stitched with green.

Chapter 6

 

 My machine has been for servicing so I did all the designs on paper then all the stitching when it came back.  I collected it on Monday and by Friday it demanded oiling!

Designs taken from 1950s images.

 I tried the straight line design .........

 and the curved line design too.....

I'm pleased with the result.

 Both designs were used as I couldn't decide which one I preferred.

I forgot to reverse the tracing so the design is the wrong was round.

The two images above are in the wrong order.  (This updated bloggger does some strange things and I haven't been able to sort it out yet!!!!!!!)

 

 The idea worked quite well, although the stitch pattern looks a little messy in parts.

 I rotated the design when mounting it,  the design  looked like eyes and eyebrows