I sewed the stem with the presser foot, rather than the free-motion foot, but you can see where the pressure of the foot made "tracks" in the tinfoil. Lesson: use the freemotion foot throughout.
What to do in the background? How about some "shadow vines" - here some cords are used to determine the layout, and some of the leaf templates put in place to get an idea of what it will look like - I used a blunt needle to lightly indicate the vine and leaf outlines, and just stitched until the line needed to stop - in which case it was sometimes possible to carefully go along some previous stitching, rather than have to stop and cut the thread -
Next, take the thread out of the needle and stitch all over the background, between the shadow leaves and vines - this will puncture the tinfoil, but as it's behind the sheer layer, it'll all stay in place.
With all the stitching done, it was time to trim to size and apply the binding. I stitched round an A4 piece of paper, then again just inside that line, using pale thread for invisibility, and trimmed along the outer line of stitching. (The stitching helps keep the foil from ripping, if you use a rotary cutter.)
5 comments:
This is so cool. I need to give the foil a try... I just love sewing paper but I never thought about foil. Thanks
More to love...this one has a real elegance to it.
Love this! Have to give tin foil a try.
Brilliant!
oh, love!
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