'Green' with Envy...Final Design Development...

Firstly I had to print my 'simplistic' designs on to my chosen natural fabric - Calico.  This went quite well, after my initial screen printing tests had bled quite badly, due to the card stencils being too thin, I chose to do my stencils on a thicker card - I found that this helped to over come the problem (although there was still a bit of bleeding it was minimal and would be covered by the appliques later on in the development).

My final screen prints, for my collection, ready for the intricate development with applique and embroidery:-

Once my screen prints had dried I started at work with the detail of my designs.  I added machine embroidered leafs, buttons, old dish cloths, old scarf and fleece, bits of old cord, hand embroidery, bead work.....




I added buttons to this design - I decided that it was a simple design
and didn't need too much detail to make it work well.
I think this design would look great as a roman blind, curtains or as bed linen.
This is my favourite design - it is so simple but still ties in with the main design
for the headboard.




This design was shown for my 'jumper' cushion with buttons and embroidered dish cloths.
For this design I added free hand machine embroidered leafs,
a large button and the main central design was cut from an old fleece.
I feel that this design would be great, not only as a feature design on a cushion, but also
as a repeat design on bed linen, curtains, or blinds.




This is another very simplistic design that I have added machine embroidered
dish cloths.  I decided that I should onlyhave the appliqued leafs randomly placed
as I did not want it to look too regular.
I think this design would look great as a throw or a roman blind or curtain fabric.




This design is based upon the stalk shape from my headboard design.
I added tiny beads to embellish this design it is a delicate design and I felt that anything more would be too heavy.
I think that this would look great on a lampshade or as bed linen.




I took my main headboard design and rotate it and flipped it and came up with this design.
I then added hand embroidery and pieces from an old scarf to this design to add texture
and colour.  This design would look great on a duvet cover with matching pillow cases -
one 'cluster' placed in opposite corners (ie. top left and bottom right).




This is my main design for the full height upholstered headboard.
I have incorporated aspects of all of the designs within the collection.
The large leafs are made from old place mats and curatins with machine embroidery and beads.




This is the main design hanging mobile. It is made from all the different
style of leafs used throughout the collection as well as some extra experiments
that were made from recycled or eco friendly materials especially for the mobile.


























I feel that my design have worked well and I have enjoyed developing it and lookingat new innovative ways to expand my ideas.



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All images are my own.