Embroidery: machine stitch week two.

This week in machine embroidery, I have been using both the tailor tack foot and zipper foot with the hairpin technique (making use of the end of an old coat hanger too wrap a thick yarn around then sew too fabric).

Both of these feet allowed me too develop my ideas and theme with more interesting and unusual samples rather than just normal stitch into fabric.

Tailor tack tucks from the back- negative space line drawing.

Of this weeks samples, I think that this is one of my most successful ones. Created by using the tailor tacking foot on a folded edge of the fabric, then opening it out. It is much more interesting on the underneath rather than the tucked side. Again i used the drawing from negative space technique by stitching around lines I mapped out on the under side- creating a drawing from the not stitched space.

Hairpin technique with zipper foot overlayed with satin zig zag stitch- map line drawings.

A sample which I think would be better with improvement is this hair pinned and stitched over one. Although I like the idea of having this background of pile like yarns too stitch over, I think that if I was too do it again, I would improve it by hair pinning the yarn closer together too avoid gaps and give it a bit more substance. I would also stitch much more over the top too add more line and structure.

Hairpin technique and satin set pattern 6. - negative space drawing,

My least successful of the samples I have done this week would be this sample.This is because it didn't work out like I expected it too. The parts that are "hair pinned" look too "thrown on" against the black background and variable thread stitch. I'd like it to have been much softer and that it flowed better than it does.