Items that need fastenings;
Shoes - a strong felt ball through and elasticated loop
Coats & jackets - felt balls, paper or card strengthened rolled 'buttons'
Bags - loops and balls; cords and buttons, tabs
Purses - loops and felt buttons, tabs
Notebooks - loops and felt buttons, cords, tabs
I will make notes in my small notebook as I think through what I will create for my assessment piece which I have not decided yet.
Cords
I made stitched cords using zigzag stitch. I tried using a straw to guide the core through from front to back but personally feel that I have more control doing this without the straw, foot on and dogs up. Sometimes the zigzag gets a little bit lumpy and I have to raise the presser foot to ease past the 'lump'.
Page 19 - Cords
The top cord was red thread zigzagged over black gimp
The second cord was stitched twice with red metallic and a variegated red thread over red gimp core
The third cord was lengths of green tones of sari silk stitched together and zigzagged with a metallic two thread yarn
The fourth cord is orange wool doubled and stitched with gold metallic thread in the bobbin and a variegated thread on top
The fifth cord is dull brown wools x 3 zigzagged with beige and brown threads
The bottom cord is a pale metallic core zigzagged with metallic threads top and bottom
Stitched cords can be used to stitch over a bag seam to give an edging particularly if they have been plaited or knotted together to give depth and added interest. They are useful for securing purses, bags and notebooks.
Braids
I used three yarns and laid them side by side then stitched over them with a zigzag stitch top image
The second braid is three lengths of wool stitched together using a zigzag variegated thread
The third braid is made with the same three lengths of yawn stitched with an automatic pattern
The fourth braid is made form two lots of three lengths of wool both stitched together with an automatic pattern then stitched together, making six lengths of wool stitched together with the same automatic pattern
The wools used for the core of the orange samples are shown at the bottom
Page 20 - Thread Braids
Fabric braids
Page 20 - Fabric braids with sari silk
Three lengths of sari silk were stitched with an automatic pattern and the edges frayed
Page 21 - Three torn strips of calico as fabric braids
Calico was stitched with the same automatic pattern using different threads and then torn and frayed to make fabric braids
Page 21 - Three pieces of black felt as fabric braids
Three pieces of black felt were stitched with different automatic patterns in different colours. I particularly like the top image and will use the loopy patten again. The bottom lime green on black looks good and could be used successfully on a bigger piece, perhaps cuffs of a jacket
Page 22 - Yarn stitched together with automatic pattern
These yarns were very loosely constructed and I thought that they might be interesting to stitch together. A range of automatic patterns were chosen to make this piece.
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A piece of random dyed felt and a piece of random dyed cotton were stitched using a pretty loopy automatic pattern with a toning variegated thread. The buttonhole was made controlling the hole, then the tab cut and the upper folding down element edged with zigzag. The bottom edge was folded up to ensure that the tab and hole met at the correct place and the bag made with zigzag stitch again in the same variegated thread.
I would have made two buttonholes but broke my buttonhole connection to my machine, so one buttonhole had to make do.
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Lots of issues with this piece. I didn't support the felt so it's quite wobbly. It's only three inches square, so fiddly. I had broken my buttonholer, so made the buttonholes manually, which I hand't done for years. However, I decided to make a go of it and made a paper button from previously block printed paper which I then strengthened with acrylic wax. and made four, not very good, buttonholes; two on the flap and two on the bag. The flap was stitched with zigzag (mmm) and the base folded up and stitched to construct the bag ensuring that the buttonholes met in the right place. The paper bead was used to hold the bag closed.
Paper buttons
I made some paper buttons, rolling them straight and triangular; I used kadi paper that had been printed, paper from an Indian book, tissue paper and wallpaper
These samples will be stored in a box, so no page number - photo in book page 23
I used Pritt stick to secure the and rolled them on the table.
Felt buttons
These will be stored in a box - photo in book page 23
I made these large and small buttons from a range of wool tops - the bottom right grey and brown balls were made from un-dyed sheep's wool, the little pink and black was merino pink and the black was silk. This one was the most difficult to felt.
These samples will be stored in a box - photos in book page 23
Flat felt buttons. These were not hugely successful but are firm and could be used to secure a bag or a jacket quite well
My ideas for weber some of the fastenings created in this chapter might be applied were drawn in my small note book for a book with bead and cord, a jacket with loops and felt buttons; felt buttons and loops for a bag or purse and cord and felt buttons for a jewellery roll - picture below
My ideas for weber some of the fastenings created in this chapter might be applied were drawn in my small note book for a book with bead and cord, a jacket with loops and felt buttons; felt buttons and loops for a bag or purse and cord and felt buttons for a jewellery roll - picture below
Ideas for fastenings - photo Page 23
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