Textile Postcard Project Week #138

May 24th -30th 2020

I gained a lot of pleasure from making my own stamps. This kangaroo has been 'stamped' onto appropriately coloured and printed commercial cotton fabric.

The detailed view shows that the stamped image is not quite perfect. This allows for the casual appearance of 'hand made' items

Textile Postcard Project Week #137

May17th - 23rd 2020

 A piece of procian dyed cotton fabric has been altered to display irregular pleating. This was done by firstly wetting the fabric, then leaving it to dry in a scrunched and twisted roll. When dry, the fabric was opened and the pleats were ironed in place. The pressing with a hot steam iron makes the pleating much more permanent.The sample fabric was placed on the card and the pleats were over stitched with a variegated cotton thread. The scrunching and stitching can be seen more clearly in the detailed view below.

Textile Postcard Project Week # 136

May10th to 16th 2020

The frayed piece of fabric is silk from the end of a roll. It appears quite attractive as it is positioned on the dull pink backing.

The near view clearly shows the frayed edges.

Textile Postcard Project Week # 135

May 3rd - 9th 2020

I have used a scrap of black cotton fabric for this week's postcard. The black fabric was bleach discharged into a very 'unexpected' design. I have over-stitched it with free machine stitching using a variegated thread. Discharging of colour always leads to an unexpected design...that is the fun of the process. The detailed view really shows the odd pattern that the discharge left.