I wanted to produce something in the American Art Deco style
for this challenge. My original idea was to design a seed packet which fits in
with my theme of fruits and seeds quite nicely. As I progressed though, it
seems to have metamorphosed into a poster.
I created the final design in PaintShop Photo Pro X3 using
vector graphics and then used this as a template for the piecing.
The rosehip was made separately using a reverse appliqué method
and then attached to the background as a whole.
All the fabric except the black is hand dyed by me as per Helen
Deighan’s method for graduated effects from her book Dyeing in Plastic Bags.
The lettering was achieved by printing onto Artist Transfer
Paper (ATP) and ironing this on.
I decided not to do lots of free machine embroidery on this
piece as I wanted to keep it clean and simple.
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| This closeup shows how the yellow fabric has been left around the seeds during the process of reverse appliqué |
