The final exhibition

Sorry I have not posted in a while… I have been super busy doing my final collection. Below is a sneak peak of my show, with me celebrating with a good bottle of Budweiser 🙂
Hope you like, I will post close up shots soon, I promise!

Ta Dah!!!!! #1

Well here it is my first finished piece! I have done the neck placement, with hand embroidery detailing.  I have added little satin stitches of gold to make the piece sparkle!

A little stitch here and there

I love hand embroidery, even though it is very time consuming it is still riding strong in the fast paced fashion industry!
Below I have done French knots which have worked really well in the gold thread.
Also playing with pattern in the background with chevron and herringbone stitches!

 

 

stitch away!….

During my 1st year I really wanted to experiment with embroidery.  Ever since I can remember I have enjoyed embroidery from doing the counted cross stitches and when I started college I was able to do machine embroidery really inspired me to be more creative, however I have been very certain about one thing… no patchwork! my aim is to create modern embroidery pieces which I feel i have done mixing machine and hand stitch together, with ribbon embroidery to give a creative edge to the design.    As the year went on I become more confident with mixing different textures together with felt, melted PVC and hand embroidery works really well!

in 2nd year I want to be more daring with my embroidery and try more complicated stitch work which will enhance my finished pieces.