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4) Here is the final outcome of my feather and t-shirt, i am very pleased with the outcome and the way all the embroidery threads fall on the t-shirt. I did not have any problems during the process of making my embellishment for my t-shirt. As i had previously sampled this on my planning page in my sketchbook.

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3) I then began to thread my embroidery tassels. I achieved this by looping the embroidery thread around a knitted stitch and knotting to keep it secure.

PROBLEM,

Too clustered and i feel it would benefit another neon colour being introduced.

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2) I used interfacing to stiffen the base of the knitted feather shape, ready to machine stitch the stem on using a zig-zag stitch using a domestic sewing machine. You can clearly see in the image above the green zig-zag stitch in the center of the feather.

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To achieve this shape i increased my stitches by one stitch on every line to widen the shape of the feather. When i hit the middle of the pattern i started to decrease my stitches by one on every row. This gave me the desired shape.

PROBLEM,

I did not like the shape of the feather sample because it was not as i desired, to rectify this i folded the edges under and hand stay stitched to create my desired shape.

Shrink plastic sample

Here i have sampled with shrink plastic, the base of plastic was shaped to a feather and i then used a special hairdryer to shrink it. I then cut long small pieces of the plastic to fill the base of the feather, which have curled and twisted which give a great effect. This was very experimental however i would of had difficulty attaching it to the shirt and the outcome in this case was not apt for what i was after.

Video

press play above to view the video of my peer and i experimenting with spray paints, My inspiration came from Alexander Mcqueen's S/S collection because he used technology to embellish his garment. i have been researching his experiment as part of my current project and above is the outcome of a recreation using what i had to hand. i was pleased with the result and it was a fun task to do as each outcome would vary.

Here are some images from Victor and Rolf's 2010 ready to wear collection which I'm highly attracted to. The first picture is of one model wearing all of the garments of the collection, the model stood on a rotating platform while Victor and Rolf took one garment off her and dressed the next model ready to walk down the catwalk. Here is the video of the show...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuMVfFn_b9Q

Watch for yourself the genius behind the thought process.

Well my life is at standstill at the moment, I feel like I'm not getting anywhere!! (hmm its not good) I really want to know where my life is heading but I know that's never going to happen!!! I can relate to this picture because I really feel like doing this sometimes, sitting by a random tree and just think my brains off. I would love to have a crystal ball to see the future (I wonder if they actually see the future, well that another thing I should look up!!) Ahhh how sad am I!! I make myself laugh at times :) hey that's all that counts ayy if I make myself laugh nothing else matters!!

I'm totally in love with Mr Gerard Butler, the limelight has come of the Bieber and gone straight to the Butler!! It's day 12 of being poorly sick and all i seem to be doing is cheering myself up with films with Mr Gerard Butler in...The poster has come down of Bieber and the gorgeous Gerard has the wall all to himself, he should be honoured! ;) Thinking on, how can i go from youth to maturity in my taste of men, is this related to my illness!?