So chapter 10, ... gosh, I found this unexpectedly difficult. I did spend a long time producing endless piles of chopped up paper rearranged into various patterns. I didn't like any of them, but eventually I did produce one that was interesting. So the next four pictures were alternative arrangements and I settled on the last one because it looks quite different and very random and the least identifiable as a product of the original pattern. So far so good.
So I started to cut and piece. Initially this was technically successful on the whole (although one diagonal seam did go very askew).
I randomly alternated forward facing and backward facing seams.
The first diagonal seams were ok, although as mentioned above one did slip a little(!).
The seams are still randomly placed to back or front.
The pattern was working out quite well until the point when I realised I would have to start cutting through seam lines rather than though the middle of a piece of cloth. At that point technical accuracy went out of the window. I had to cut through the line that I would need to sew along and so many seams were missing, misplaced, and at the wrong angle. But I have to say I rather like the outcome.
The main purpose of this blog is to record my progress through the City and Guilds level three certificate in stitched textiles, although I'm sure there will be many diversions and digressions along the way ...