New Layers

I decided to use organza for my layered dress, I did have second thoughts about using this material and thought I should have chosen chiffon but after I done my layers I thought it looked better as I done one layer on chiffon and it was too bright and out of place with the rest of my layers.

 

My first layer I made from the heat transfer technique by re-creating one of my postcards with fabric paints and printing the design all over the organza. The print didn’t turn out as bright as I thought but I still liked this layer.

 

 

This layer was made from brusho. As brusho was my favourite technique on the postcards I thought I would try it on a layer of my dress. Although the results look good, it was a disaster, I spread the material over the table which just about fit and wet the fabric then sprinkled the brusho over. It was so messy and there was not enough room so the brusho went everywhere. Even still I liked the effect it made, messy or non-messy!

The third layer was the layer of chiffon. Just by looking at the picture it is a lot brighter than my first two layers which I thought would look out of place so I started to layer the dress together and see what style I could create. I tried turned the chiffon fabric inside out which did work and it wasn’t as bright, however I still thought it looked out of place. This layer was created using heat transfer from a design I re-created from one of my postcards. I didn’t think it would be this bright as my first attempt at heat transfer on the organza fabric was quite a subtle look.

 

I made these layers by using the laser cutting machine with white leather. I then used the circles that were cut out from the back and stitched them on to the front. On the front, I also used embroidery technique with different coloured cotton for another layer.  One of my favourite layers was the laser cutting as the laser is so precise and the end results look great. I liked the fact I could also use the left over leather circles to add to the front. On the back when the laser was cutting out the shapes, it left burnt marks around the edges, I decided to keep it like that because it has a better effect and is better suited to my style dress.