Flower Power

My first attempt at freeform crochet, ready to send to Australia for Prudence Mapstone's 50 years of flower power - a freeform crochet and knit artwork for Fibrefest, Sydney, May 1-3, 2015.  I think its more patchwork than freeform but this project is a good opportunity to start me experimenting with alterative crochet methods and stitch.
 

 

The Class of 2014

Proud to be featured in this months Embroidery Magazine Volume 65 Nov/Dec 2014 as part of the Graduate Showcase 'The Class of 2014' one of 11 student's selected:



This makes me think I should really stop creating relaxing crochet Hippos and blankets and get down and do some stitching again!

Graduated!

First class honours degree!

FACETS The Final collection for my Degree!

 

Sustainable fashion....

The sewing machine is feeling the strain, telling me it needs a service (I don't blame it).  The CAD software is in meltdown, flakey at the best of times, is very temperamental.  This has taken me three days and still needs hand embellishment.  My poor domestic machine is not designed for this amount of stitching abuse!

Nearly there

I'm now in my final timetabled week of stitching with two more weeks after this to hand-in.  Samples are on a large scale literally, I am taking over the house, and the creation is feeling very industrial!