The Embroidery Stitching.

This is a shot of me on the sewing machine hard at work. The machine stitch wouldn't have taken that long if I didn't have to keep on moving the embroidery hoop around to keep it tight.

 

 

really enjoyed doing this part of my design because I can't get enough of the sewing machine. The only downside is it hurts my back after a while. I can't wait to have the chance to do it again.

The Printing.

Woohoo!

It was so exciting to see my final designs printing to their full size. It didn't take as long as I thought it would either because I managed to get my designs steamed as well in the same day and ready for washing so i could embroider them.

Have a look at how it happened...

 

 

 

Don't they look good. I am so proud of myself haha.



The Final Designs.

Number 1.

 

I am very happy with this as a final design. I think it is a suitable design for a throw and it will be of a higher market level once embroidered. I love the structure of this design and the combination of floral and geometric elements.

 



 

 

Number 2.

I love the stemmed flowers in this design and I like how I have combined them with the offset leaf idea. I like the way I have added the geometric background because I think that is what makes the composition work.

 

 

Number 3.

This design I love for the different geometric patterns on either side of the floral composition and the offset leaves I believe are what makes this design successful. Once i have added embroidery to this design I think it will rise higher in the market.

 

 

I am so pleased with all three of these designs and I love the colour palette I used. My inspiration for these designs came from websites like Designers Guild and magazines like Linum. 

The Next Inspiration.

http://www.next.co.uk/shop/category-bedsets-0 

 

I love these bed linen designs by designers of Next for the colour, simplicity and choice of flower. I think these are great and I would love to have a kind of structure to my designs in this way. 

 

 

 

 

These designs from Next are at the lower end of the market when compared to Selfridges because there is a great difference in price of product. I think my work has the potential to be at the higher end of the market but I would like to cater for all if possible.

The Design Ideas.

My plan when creating my design ideas is to create bespoke, one off pieces that are one large composition. I want to do this because I obviously prefer working this way and I don't like always working in repeats. I believe that working with one whole composition allows you to show off your embroidery skills in every way you choose and that isn't always as easy when dealing with repeat patterns.

At the start of this module I had three collections but now I am down to two collections instead. I am only designing for two collections now because I am looking to manage my time effectively and if i want to do embroidery in my work then I can't give myself too much work with not enough time.

I am designing my Beatriz Milhazes inspired collection to suit the outcome of a throw and my embroidered florals collection will be geared towards a bedding outcome.

So... Let's get designing!

The Missoni Inspiration.

Selfridges.

http://www.selfridges.com/en/Home-Tech/Categories/Shop-Home/Home-accessories/Cushions/?ic=19832&llc=sn&ppp=min&mrf=Category

Here is the link to selfridges home accessories section on cushions. I have found a few inspiring soft furnishings by looking on their website and also visiting their shop in Manchester. These are some examples of the ones I like best.

Missoni.

 

I really like these four cushion designs by Missoni for the mixture of geometrics and florals. I think my designs are similar to these because of the black and white flowers with line and the use of simple geometrics. I love the structure of these cushion designs and I aspire to produce work of this quality. 

The Composition Ideas.

 

These compositions contain my floral imagery in either realistic, stencil or outline form. I have tried to use a mixture of the kinds of flowers from my initial research stage and combine them to give myself an idea of the possible outcomes they can achieve. 

My fave!

 

 

 

 

 

Each of these composition ideas would be intended for interior products. I like all of these ideas even though a couple of them are quite basic. When creating these compositions I have tried to create a different structure of pattern on each idea, I think i have achieved this and there is plenty of room for potential embroidery techniques if these ideas were to be taken further.