Module Three - Chapter Three

Wow, this chapter has taken for ever to do.  Christmas and New Year took a lot of time out of the schedule and the storms and floods have been so depressing it's been hard to keep motivated.  But we have been very lucky. Whilst we live very close to a river (a winterbourne) it has managed to keep flowing, although some parts of the village have flooded with one road being badly affected.  However this chapter, hopefully is finished.  I am definitely all corded and buttonholed out!

Bound edges with pintucks - Page 28

Trying out pin tucks on different thicknesses of fabric

Burnt Edges - Page 29/30

Horrible isn't it!

I love the colours and the ragged nature of this.

Corded Edges - Page 30

The most obvious use for these (to me) is to make little banners.  They could be made little presents for people and stitched with particular motifs to match the person's personality.

A bookmark possibly or part of a collage.

Corded Edges - Experiment Page 32

Another favourite of mine because of the colours and the ragged character.  I could sew these all day.

Wired edges - Page 32

I broke a few needles with this exercise, even though I used a wide zig zag to secure the wire, which also snapped.

Lettuce edges - Page 33

Decorative stitch edges - Page 33

Loved stitching these.  I particularly like the blue stitched paper luggage label.   The bottom example was based on an idea from Edges and Finishes.

I loved stitching this.  Love the colours.  Enjoyed making the purple cord.  I would use this edge on a very decorative piece of work, I don't know what but something rich and exotic.

Horrible red monster.  This has not worked well.  The red triangles are too far apart.  The sample is too big.  The black Kunin felt strips with sheers and automatic stitching have been burnt away with the soldering iron.  I found the strips too thin and brittle making it hard to handle them.  Hate this. 

Eyelet and button hole edges - Page 34

These edges could be used as a mechanism to close a drawstring bag or vessel.

Edges to use on wall hangings, banners, bags and table runners.

Layers of edges - Page 35

The lettuce layers reminds me of a Flamenco dress or indeed frilly knickers!  The bottom decorative edge perhaps the edge of a table runner

Experiment - Page 36

The strips going through the buttonholes was an idea from Edges and Finishes (Val Campbell-Harding), but I decided to double up on the red felt, add eyelets and a cord.  This edge could be used for an item of clothing (a jacket) or by adding more pieces and turning it around to make a wall hanging, banner or decoration on a belt or braclets.