Today I have done the last few finishing touches to the dress and have got it looking just right. On friday Dexter advised me to sample part of the embroidery on the skirt, at first I really didn't think this would work as the fabric is so fine and can be quite tempremental in the machine but one I had got it into an embroidery hoop it was absoloutely fine. I have recently got a new machine so it took me a while to figure out how to create a neat stitch with the free hand machine embroidery on it.
I first tried two layers of muslin in an embroidery hoop. This worked well-I think I have sussed my machine!
This is a sample of free hand machine embroidery on one layer of muslin. I used an embroidery hoop to keept the fabric taught. This picture isnt very clear but the smaple shows the struggle I had with the tension of the machine!
I then moved onto the hem of my dress, as the fabric is so light I tried to keep the hem to a minimum and as neat as possible as it will be seen. I think this has been very sucessful and gives the bottom of the dress a really lovely shape.
I then finished with the braiding around the neckline and over the shoulder to the back of the dress. I only did a sample of the front piece as this would be the same on all pieces. I covered a strip of calico with muslin and then embroiderd over the top. I then covered the back and stitched around the outside. This gives an indication of where the edging braid would have been and the size although on relfection, I think it would've been bigger than what I have done.
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