Samples with fabric

T E S T I N G 

Following on from some of my drawings, I chose to develop some of my ideas onto some cotton. I was trying to think about what the bleaching may look like on a woven sample, but I soon realised I was thinking too literally. I then thought about the texture of my weave and I want it to have three dimensional qualities. With this in mind I thought about creating some pleats on one of the samples. I did this by gathering lines of the fabric and then i stitched them with a monofilament thread. For the sample on the right, I thought about beading and how that could work in a weave sample. I hand stitched some french knots and beads onto my fabric. I have gained knowledge from this sampling, as I now know that I would like to create some pleats and so I want to incorporate this through my threading plan. I also now know that if I add beads to my samples, straight lines of beads would work better to reflect the movement I discovered through my street photography.