1. Using an idea from Maggie Smith, I coloured a piece of Tyvek with Pental Paintstiks and stitched it to a piece of coloured silk. When it is heated it shrinks as I found to my cost in Module One!
2. Whilst the heat gun was out I burned some holes in a pice of Sizeflor and pushed a cotton fabric through them. This was easier said than done because when the second hole was filled it pulled the fabric out of the first. The back of the Sizeflor was sprayed with 505 and each piece ironed into place as it was worked then free machined into place.
3. Silk is coloured with silk paints and quilted onto a wadding and backing fabric using straight stitch (foot on) using toning threads.
Gathering onto fusible webbing.
4 & 5. Cotton was used for both samples; it is the only fabric which creases well!
Ruching
6. Free hand using a Polyester sheer gathered onto Cottton using an automatic pattern
7. A free hand Gingham strip held in place with free machining
9. Pleating every 5th stitch on fine cotton(above) and the same, with sections of every stitch (below)
10. Narrow strips pleated every stitch (above) and varied (below)
11. Pleating every stitch on cotton sateen and every 5th stitch on top and every 5th in opposite directions below.
12. Sheer fabirc pleated and stitched to a backing fabric.
13. And a narrow strip pleated every stitch
14. There is also a gathering foot
15. the stitch length varies the amount gathered
16. on Cotton (above) and Silk Habutai (below)
17&18. . On Cotton, straight and wavy lines. I don't have a pintuck foot but I think the varied spacing of the lines adds interest.
19. Straight and wavy lines on Rayon crepe
20. The same on Rayon satin but it was a little too thick to get good tucks.
21. On Polyester sheer but the tucks aren't very clear in the photo.
Pleats and Tucks
22. Narrow rucks using the blind hemming foot and altered needle position
I have a really good book, "The Art of Manipulating Fabric" by Colette Wolff and tried some ideas from it.
23. Grid of tucks using the quilting foot as a guide
24. Random tucks using the quilting foot
25. Shell edged tucks using Blind Hem stitch on sheer fabric
26. Random pleats stitched on decorated fabric
27. and the reverse
28. Narrow pleats stitched down in alternate directions
Holes
29. I tried Hessian for this. The grid worked quite well and is threaded with a Ratstail cord
30. Free maching on Hessian, not entirely successful. Going shopping for scrim!!
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