This is the section of Page 162 that I am going to focus on for my resolved sample.
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I played around with the picture in Photoshop Elements to see how the software would treat the drawing. This is 'Watercolour'. The colours have changed from a red/orange base to a blue/green base. I'm not sure how this happened but I really like it. It has helped me to see the lines and variations of colour in the drawing.
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I traced out the main features to guide me with my stitching. The 'noses' across the middle came as quite a surprise!
Sticking with the blue/green colours, I painted bondaweb in colours to match the layout of drawing. I ironed the torn pieces onto black felt, mounted on pelmet vilene.
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Page 172
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I decided to use underside couching and running stitch to map out the background. This helped to define the general shapes.
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Page 173
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After this, I free-machine stitched with metallic threads across the background (M3/38 L2.5) to blend the hand stitching into the background. I saw how effective this had been when I was working on chapter 10 and really liked the results. I zigzagged to add texture around the eyes and lips. I added additional stitching at the top right and bottom left of the sample to partially show eyes and lips.
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Page 174
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I added cords, couched on wires to make purls and added them above the eyes and diagonally across the middle to indicate noses. I finished by shaping the edges with facial features - eyes, noses and lips.
The white cords are shaped on wires.
All the machine embroidery was stitching using metallic threads, including on the cords. As I finishing touch, I added silver foil diagonally across the design to match the direction of the stitching.
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Page 175
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Close up.
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Presentation Board 1
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Presentation Board 2
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