Free machined over hand dyed threads and organza ribbon
on sticky soluble fabric.
Remember (I have to tell myself) this is only a sample, a
quick response to a found image.
Source picture
“Architects’ vision
of London takes inspiration from 19th-century Paris. Quinlan and Francis Terry
are spearheading a fight against the wave of skyscraper construction in London,
beginning with a classically inspired design for the site of Hyde Park
barracks.”
OK so it’ll be black and white, and how can I get the
brickwork pattern right…
NO NO NO NO!
Had to squash my initial reaction down and think more
creatively.
Decided to just do a simple row of arches, forget the
detail and the actual colours.
I arranged a hand dyed red-pink-purple perle cotton
thread on sticky soluble, over a band of purple organza ribbon. Covered with
Gulietta soluble then free machined a zigzag pattern (using straight stitch) to
join the threads together.
I used the white fabric kind of sticky soluble, it’s all
I can get these days. But I’ve found before that I can’t get rid of the
residue. At the Knitting & Stitching Show I asked Jan Beaney and Jean
Littlejohn about this, and they said it works for them, I’m just not leaving it
to soak long enough.
So I thought I’d give it another chance with this little
sample. No luck. The packet says to rinse away in room temperature water but it
still doesn’t work for me, even with hot water and hours of soaking.
Anyway I picked it all off the back eventually. Remind me
not to use it again. Such a shame, the old clear plastic-like sticky soluble
was wonderful!
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