Ian had made the large box in April and I still had no idea whether I was going to be able to get a laser design to put in it, so I thought I’d crack on and at least make an embroidered layer. After the success of the text layer in the small box I decided to make the text as picot as a separate layer, as embroidery on net. Click on the gallery below to view how I went about it, more info in the captions
I printed off the design as a template and taped it all together at full size. I laid the net over the top to line up the design as I went
Three sizes of Charnia
The embroidery set up. It’s easier to use the machine at this height rather than seated
The first template. The key was accurate hooping, making sure the net and stabiliser was completely square in the hoop
I started out using small templates to line up the design but found I didn’t need this as I could line the start point up with the end of the last word
I placed the stabiliser on top of the net to avoid any snagging issues
Lining up the text was easy on the large touch screen
Embroidery in progess
Finally
You canmake out the shadow of the text on the grass
The movement of the text appealed to me
Embroidery on net drying in the breeze
Trimming the stabiliser from the embroidery
Washing the lace to remove the stabiliser after embroidery. I was worried that the cotton bobbinet would shrink. It didn’t, although the embroidery pulled in a little. I found that it was possible to get it back to shape after washing by blocking it onto an ironing pad with pins, and pressing lightly
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