You may remember the Nonet I wrote called Dancing in Fetters. I also wrote recently about the zoom workshop I did with Julia Triston.
One of the exercises was to write words on a piece of paper and cut it up and reassemble it.
Instead of the textile I was going to make, I started a new piece by writing the whole of the Nonet on a piece of calico. I used a thermofax screen I had made some years ago of chains that I had drawn.
I cut this fabric into squares and reassembled it using the sewing machine. The letters show up more as letters than marks as in the original paper collage.
I printed out various sizes of a treble clef, stave and music notes to see whether this was what I wanted on my hanging.
I settled on a size and drew it out on Stitch 'n' Tear.
I straight stitched the stave on the machine and tore off the tissue. I hand stitched the treble clef. I then satin stitched on the machine over the top of the straight stitch.
I drew the music notes on bondaweb befor ironing it onto fabric. I cut out the notes and ironed them onto the hanging.
I used calico to make the binding.
I had some fabric in my stash that was a perfect match for this piece as it looks like bass clefs.
So, Dancing in Fetters 1 is finished. Now on to Dancing in Fetters 2.
Thanks for joining me today.
Bernice
Love the sense of movement in this.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I thought you would like it
DeleteGreat to see your progress! thanks for attending my online workshop about Text in Textiles.
ReplyDeleteThank you. And thanks for the inspiration
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