Final set up.

This is all my final pieces put together as the installation piece. I am so proud of the outcome; it really is everything I hoped for and more. All the colours work brilliantly together and it reflects my entire theme perfectly.

Final Table Cloth

This is my final table cloth, I’m really happy with how this turned out, to create this I printed 3 meters of cotton which I then cut in half and then sewed it together as it wasn’t wide enough. I got help printing this as it was a very large screen. Even though this print wasn’t designed to be a repeat it seems to flow seamlessly which really surprised me. The colours used are beautiful and the tea party print is very faint which is perfect as it doesn’t distract from the main point of attention, I really hope it looks as effective with my entire installation piece put together.

Final Runner.

For my final set up I decided to create a runner which will go on top of my table cloth. I decided to do it double sided one side with my aztea devore print dyed with pink MX5B and on the other I used cotton printed with pink 5BTL and purple 2BTL. To connect them both I over locked the sides together.

This runner is exactly what I was wanting although from far away you can’t see the devore print but once close enough you can see the detail of the print.

The print on the cotton didn’t work out as well as I had hoped as the screen moved whilst printing so parts looked over layered which isn’t what I was hoping for. 

Final Bunting

For my final bunting I made 2X 2 meters of bunting. Some of the flags I left plain colour and the others I left as a simple print and the purple I quilted. For the union jack I used a heat transferred my sponged union jack. I really love this as I wanted to keep it quite simple as my table set up is really busy so I didn’t want it to be too much with the bunting.

Final Felt Pieces.

Here is my final pieces of sculpted felt, all done using the needle felting technique.

I have made 3 sandwiches, 5 cupcakes, 5 tea cups and 1 tea pot.

I feel all the colours are beautiful and they all fit together perfectly. I’m ever so happy with how successful these have turned out. I tried to make to make them all slightly different sizes and shapes so that each one would stand for their own reasons. I was worried I wouldn’t have enough time to create them all, but thankfully all were completed on time to a high standard.

Final Place settings.

For my final Place settings I was wanting to create 6 but when being realistic about the size of the table is be able to use 6 wouldn’t be able to fit so I chose my favourite 4. I added wadding in-between all to make them stand from the table and look like real place settings.

All cotton

-Union jack Pigment sponged – Red BTL, Blue G3 printed – Black SN-G

-Pink- ½ Cup water- ½ Tbsp Red MX5B- Printed- Black SN-G (Heat transferred)

-Green- ½ Cup water – ½ Tbsp Green MXG+MX4G- Printed- Black SN-G (Heat transferred, Embroidery)

-Blue- ½ Cup water- ½ Tbsp Turquoise MXG- Printed- Black SN-G (Embroidery)

I feel all samples have turned out better then I had first expected and I’m looking forward to adding them to my set up to see how well they work. 

Final Cushions

These are my final made up cushions; I used the 3 samples to create these which I felt were the strongest which were:

Sample 1- ½ Cup water- 1/8 Tsp Procian- Turquoise MXG, Yellow, MX4G, Red MX5B, Purple MXG+MX5B, Green MXG+MX4G

Plate print- Black SN-G

Sample 6- ½ Cup water- 5x 1/8 Tsp Procian-  Turquoise MXG, Yellow, MX4G, Red MX5B, Purple MXG+MX5B, Green MXG+MX4G (rinsed once dyed)

Tea party print- Turquoise 4G, Purple 2BTL, Green B

Sample 6- ½ Cup water- 5x 1/8 Tsp Procian-  Turquoise MXG, Yellow, MX4G, Red MX5B, Purple MXG+MX5B, Green MXG+MX4G (rinsed once dyed)

Tea party print- Turquoise 4G, Purple 2BTL, Green B

Plate print- Black SN-G

Personally I feel these cushions have turned out fantastically and they aren’t too big or too small. I’m very happy with everything about these cushions.

Table cloth samples.

For my table cloth I used my Alice in wonderland quote visual sheet, I didn’t change it any way as I loved it how it was, as a lot of my samples were coloured I wanted to keep these simple and keep the cotton how it was, I sampled different coloured pigment prints and blending different colours together and layering the screen. I personally really like this screen as its very bold and clear and it does look effective in all colours but I had to visualise it with the rest of my pieces and colours that would flatter the print the most.

I did do some samples on coloured cotton but it really didn't work with print and the print didn't complement the colour.

Personally my favourite sample is turquoise purple and green letter print, with the purple and pink tea party print, all the colours work so well and both prints really complement each other. 

Bunting samples

 To reflect my research on the street parties, I wanted to create some bunting to display with my final piece, I sampled using my own print and union jacks to tie in the era, like the place settings I worked into some of the samples with heat transfer, quilting and embroidery.

I also did some extended samples with different back ground and different prints, either different colour or multiple prints.

I have shown these samples made up as bunting so I could experiment making bunting. I’m really happy with the majority of these samples and I feel the final made up piece will look fantastic and incredibly effective.

(All samples evaluated.)