A recent piece of coursework required me to produce some samples of Sashiko work, both traditional and a modern take on it as well. The traditional pieces were easy to do, worked on A4 size pieces of fabric.
Requiring much more thought was the modern piece. I decided to make a box to present the work in and came up with this piece worked in modern fabrics with machine stitching on the outstide and tradition fabric with hand stitching on the inside.
The medallion on the inside was free machined with the inside of the box stitched the traditional way.
The outside of the box was machine stitched with a firebird motif free machined on as a shadow to the firebird medallion on the outside.
The button is an antique ceramic button that came from a coat belonging to one of my grandparents, it fits the project perfectly! I'm so proud of this piece.
Worked samples
2 comments:
Haven't seen these!!! They're beautiful, look forward to seeing the box in the raw. You were right to be chuffed !
Wonderful! Val
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