I mentioned before that my sample for the fountain wall had some limitations. Primarily I wanted to try out technique and some stitching/thread choices. I knew, or at least suspected, that its small size would skew reading how well the fabric was working. But now I can see that even the stitching had not translated the same to the larger version even though I tried to keep spacing ratios similar. It's really the thickness of the thread, and probably the fact that I switched fabrics. At any rate, I'm wondering if I need to add a second line of stitching along each line now stitched. The "water" cascading down the surface just isn't showing up the way it did on my small sample. The larger scale appears to demand a thicker thread or line. I'll see how I feel about it tomorrow...
In the meantime, suggestions?
4 comments:
One reason might be that the small piece with the straight line stitching is darker or at least it looks darker in the pictures.
I think you're right about heavier using thread, but maybe in irregular fashion, every third, then four, the two then three....and so on
Susan
A trick I've used to pump up stitched lines that didn't provide the intended impact is to stitch another line along side of the first......but using a different color......(lighter or darker - just not the same color)
HOw about couching a thread over the stitched lines?
Such good ideas! Thank you all - I may try some of each and see what helps.
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