During the first week back into subject after field had finished, we had been given the choice to sign up in a fabric or stitch workshop. This of which I had signed up to Stitch where the tutor Maggie would show us what we would be doing and if we would use what we learn in the next three weeks with her into our project.
From this Maggie started off the workshop by telling us what we can and can’t do in the work space if she’s there or if she is not there for health and safety reasons. In the lesson she started with learning the basics on how we set up a sewing machine and how we thread the machine. We were then told to pick a piece of fabric for us, by doing this we had set ourselves in front of our machines where we would then change the settings for each stitch pattern we would want to do. By doing this it was to make us get use to using the machine and knowing what we can do for our induction so we can use them again if needed to without having a tutor besides us.
During the second week of stitch we were then taught by maggie how to produce a fabric manipulation by just using one piece of fabric. This started off by Maggie showing different ways to fold on paper first so we could produce a pattern where we would then move onto transferring the pattern onto a piece of fabric. From this I then started using a ruler and fabric pen to draw out a grid on my fabric ready for when I start making my final outcome. Overall I started to produce the cuts and fold into my design where I done straight stitch to hold the fabric folds together before the shapes appeared.
Moving onto the final week of stitch I had carried on finishing what I was doing on the second week of stitch where I then used an iron to hold the parts in place so that they would be easy to stitch on the machine. Once I had done that I then used a zig-zag stitch where it would hold the design better in place and not move, this of which I then decided on the thickness of the zig-zag stitch and out close together I wanted them to look like. Which ended up me doing a test run on a piece of fabric, Once I chose the piece I then finally got to finish off my design and have a final outcome showing with a yellow coloured stitch.
Rebecca Chick 