Chapter 6 - Revisited

As I wasn't very happy with the samples in this chapter and on Siân's advice I cut up the first sample . Wavy lines were cut horizontally and put onto adhesive solulable with some space between each stripe. Also, these were put so as to form a slight curve. Further snippets of fabric were added before the stitching. I tried to leave some glue in the piece and put it on paper rolls covered with a kitchen towel to prevent the fabrics from sticking to the paper. This created a wavy line and gave a new life to a boring piece. I'm quite happy with this new sample. Experimenting to create a 3D piece opens up new possibilities I will certainly explore.

 Another sample which got cut up and woven with painted coton organza strips. 

Put on adhesive soluble with gaps left between the rows, this new sample got stitched in freemotion zigzag.

I think that these two samples make you focus even more on the details of the stitching

 

 

Experiments using dissolvable fabric

These little samples were done on dissolvable adhesive fabric. Strips of plastic bottles serving as armature were "glued" to the surface and captured in the stitchingbefore the stitching.

When the dissolvable surface was washed out, the plastic strips regained their natural movement, creating organic shapes. here, care has to be taken not to stitch too much into the plastic because it would break it and thus prevent it from rolling up.

 

Module 6 - Chapter 7 - Use of Dissolvable Fabric

The next samples are done on different dissolvable materials ranging from fabric-like (e.g. Soluvlies, readily available here in Luxembourg) to plastic-like material like Avalon and Romeo.

The samples had a beginning size of 4 cm and shrunk slightly after the dissolving process. To keep the shape they should be pinned to a piece of Styropor, although this might make the dissolving process more difficult as you can't really feel how much the glue has disintegrated. Depending on how loosely the sample is stitched I find it easier to leave it sitting in water for some time.

The samples were stitched in the same way: first stitching a grid, then adding the circular shapes going vertically and overlapping.

Different stitch methods on soluble material

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One last sample stitched onto adhesive Soluvlies with trapped pieces of fabric and cut painted transparency. Here some glue residue was left in the sample which was put over a little bowl for the drying process so that it would keep its shape.

Soluble lace methods to translate areas of drawings 

When taking the pics for the following samples I realized that some of them aren't really lacey but I have to say that I really enjoyed this chapter. 

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