Dissolvable fabric embroidery

Julie Atthews (@julieatthewsart) • Instagram photos and videos

I used dissolvable fabric to sandwich pieces of spun and unspun wool. I then free machine embroidered over the top.

Ref 6.7.1a Ref 6.7.1b Always enjoy a meditative exercise before getting into sample making. This chapters exercise...sort out my thrum box! Getting a feeling for a range of 'goodie' bags with colour themes on a wet weekend gave me this selection: Ref 6.7.2 The soluble fabrics that were in my collection included Romeo and Texturite for cold water dissolving and one for hot water but I had not worked with paper soluble so decided to put that on my shopping list to see variation, I also noticed…

Meredith Dale trading as Meredith Woolnough on Instagram: "This dissolvable material is water soluble fabric. It is a common machine embroidery stabiliser that is available from sewing stores or online. There are many companies that make it these days, and they may have their own ‘brand names’ (I’ll list a few of the most common ones below) but they are all selling essentially the same thing. I like the white ‘washable web’ variety of water soluble fabric myself. There is also a clear…

Dissolvable fabric

Dissolvable fabric sample

I’m starting to explore my theme of masks and faces with some sketches of faces. For these first attempts I use a fascinating drawing book...

The origins of embroidery can be traced back to the Warring States period in China (500-300BC) and to Sweden's Migration period (300-700AD), and some would argue that it hasn't changed much over the centuries: