Imogen Anastasia Millard

 After the stitch-out, I have begun adding the hand beaded details. This is to show in my entry that I am capable of both digital and hand stitched designs.  So far I have completed the main body of the dress by creating a rainbow gradient effect using delicate glass beads and sequins. These beaded details are going to bring back more of the glamorous side of drag and provides a more interesting contrast between subject matter and the materials and techniques used. 

After a long, 12 hour digital embroidery stitch out session, the base design is complete. The design was stitched out onto a pink a sturdy cotton fabric which I dyed and from here the hand stitched beading elements just need to be added.   The total size of this piece is going to be 1m x 0.4m in size so the largest piece I have created so far. The extra details that are going to be added are to add more of the glamorous side of drag into the design again and provide a stark contrast between the subject of the embroidery. 

 Developed from first hand research as a digital illustration and then converted into Wilcom. Through converting the design as two layers - one being all the base colours and shapes and the other being the satin run stitch, I successfully transferred by design through the smart design feature. After changing all the base layer stitches to tatami and then adding back in details with satin stitch on the nails and the iron rim. For the tatami stitched parts I edited the angles of stitch so that they flowed better round the shapes of the design. On the arm stitching I added the Florentine effect on Wilcom so the stitches follow round and add depth to the shape.  This piece was stitched out onto a plain, hot pink cotton and is part of the Ready To Go Nowhere collection I have developed for the Hand and Lock competition.