After experimenting with dyes in my sketchbook, I decided to
use them on some organza that I had manually ruffled on the sewing machine.
This didn’t work as well as I thought it would due to the dyes not taking to
the fabric that brilliantly, getting trapped between the ruffles and drying
very uneven; however it well reflected my previous visual research in my
sketchbook with the blending of the colours. (I also didn't like how the dye settle upon the stitching). I now know I need to find some
material and dyes that work well with each other as I would like to continue
with this technique.
After one of my tutors, Nigel saw these samples in a group critique, he suggested taking a look at Osborne and Little’s new season’s collection of trimmings. This was really helpful and helped me to consider my fabric choice a little bit more, and reflect on ways I could dye the fabric (it may be a good idea to pre-dye the fabric before ruffling, to enable the dye to settle before-hand). Unfortunately due to the timing of the embroidery/ weave cross over, I didn’t manage to experiment with this, although in my final week I propose to come back to it.
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