The tool dictates letter forms and so if you want to sew letters on a sewing machine you have to design a lettering style that works without lifting the needle…
I liked the funkiness of these capital letters and will be experimenting with a panel of lettering. Sewing machine lettering is a stop, start, twist and turn the fabric business – in this case turn the paper while sewing. So ordinary cursive loses its fluidity which can be great, and often the smooth curves get bumpy, which adds a naivete. But I wanted to play around with caps.
I stitched it with a variegated machine Spanish 100% cotton thread – on the spool it says Amann Group Metler Silk Finish. This was stitched on Chinese Rice paper which I think was about 60gms. I don’t know where you can get it as my brother brought me a roll form China.
One of my ongoing interests is the textural pattern of a fully block of text, whether it is Gothic, pictograms or cursive. Below are two of my cards which explore this notion.
The thank you card and the cursive valentine card are available in the Slice of Lime gift shop
Thank you for this Lin. Beautiful turns on the sewing machine. Not easy. I did a pointed brush workshop withGLA on Saturday and am looking forward to further experimentation.