Why do I chose to make such labour intensive pieces of textile art work? Whilst stitching on the background fabric for the Mad Hatters jacket - which is going to take me an age -I have also been making the thread only pieces which will be applied later!
Here you can see the underside and the rough needle drawing ready to stitch - these pieces are on water soluble fabric with metallic thread and as my machine does not like metallic thread I have to use it in the bobbin and work in reverse.
Here ready for washing out
So far there are 10 pairs of scissors - lots more to go!!
Why is the Mad Hatter dangerous - because look what happened whilst I was stitching - the pointed end hit me in the face - luckily I had my specs on!!
Here you can see the underside and the rough needle drawing ready to stitch - these pieces are on water soluble fabric with metallic thread and as my machine does not like metallic thread I have to use it in the bobbin and work in reverse.
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Ha - my machine does not like metallic thread either! Like you I put it in the bobbin - though apparently you can get needles specifically designed for metallic thread which is supposed to help prevent it breaking!
Good luck (and blimey - what patience you have!)
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