Several more designs were produced in paper.
As some were to lead to fabric samples, fabrics were photocopied to help.
As in previous chapters paper designs, fabrics and stitch reflected snails and slugs
Paper sheets were produced to help with tonal effect; dark,medium and light
Further paper designs
Stack and whack to help produce similar shapes
Stitched fabrics
Fabric samples: Stage A and Stage B
Further paper designs
Several were produced but the ones highlighted led to further development
The three first examples were not developed further
The second of the two below was developed further (See Stage B)
The one below as made up of two blocks side by side, cut in equal columns and rearranged. These were developed further.
(See Stage A samples 1,2 and 3)
This fan resulted from a similar block as above, cut in columns then diagonally and laid out. In fact this was one that I did not develop further
'Stack and whack' to help produce similar shapes
In the first series of 'stack and whack' four different tonal papers were selected
Here, four are laid out as quarters before and after cut using a threadless needle in the sewing machine to produce perforations (Used a separate needle as it could blunt)
From these pieces several arrangements resulted.
One in particular followed. Selecting just some of the pieces to produce a block which could then be cut in equal columns.
In my mind I was looking to produce a fabric board for a game, whether it be 8 x 8 as in chess or draughts, 10 X 10 as in the traditional game of 'snakes and ladders', or less traditional. Why not use a design as on page 17 above?
In the meantime I started to stitch various hand-dyed fabrics.
Stitched fabrics
Several fabric pieces were machine stitched using running stitch, various machine generated stitches as used in Chapter 8, whip stitch, cable stitch and free machine embroidery. Threads included Gutermann black and white, perle, and fancy threads. Some stitching was in parallel rows, others followed the pattern, overlappd one another, dense and less dense. These can be seen in the samples later in the chapter.
Fabric samples: Stage A and Stage B
Stage A
These samples had the game boards in mind .
Initially I thought about making quarter of a chequer board, aiming to produce light and dark 3 x 3 cm pieces within a square 12 x 12 cm
Resulting in this sample (Sample 4)
I then thought it would be useful to have more variety in the design using the 'Stack and whack' technique to generate pieces of fabric put together either to produce a traditional chequer board or a more varied 'snakes and ladder' without the symbols.
Here is a design for the chequerboard
made up by combining dark and light shaded squares, glued down then cut in equal strips, alternated light rows with dark rows, glued down again before cutting into strips across the original pattern (shown below)
Could this be something to do for a final project?
Here is the sample for a less traditional board:
The design used was one of the blocks shown above (third illustration) in the chapter.
Samples 1 and 2 below were joined together to produce a larger sample 3
Sample 1 has seam backward facing, Sample 2 forward facing with stitching to embellish between the rows.
Stage 2
Following the techniques used in Chapter 10
Here is the sample produced made up of three sections
Explanation:
