It's been a while since I braved the Bernina machines. I decided that this afternoon I really had to go back and think about the skills that I had learnt in first year (which were A LOT), so I put myself back on the machines, trying out the idea of embellishments with the tailor-tacking foot. I managed to pick it back up straight away, which came as a bit of a surprise. I love the result that the tailor-tacking foot produces, with it's loose threads and ability to unthread parts to create little looped textures. These reminded me of my loops linear knots. Some of the samples came out quite poorly, but that is more down to the fact that I have forgotten how to pull away the threads, sometimes unravelling my whole design.
I used the machine to replicate the idea of lace, keeping to the same themes I used on the Cornely 121, just in a simpler form. I am really pleased with the sample, especially as the stitch itself gives a great texture to the pieces. I didn't get as many samples done as I'd have liked, however I have all week to continue to play around with colours, materials and scales.
