A Touch of Glamour
Now that summer is on the way, I have stopped making woollen clothing and turned my attention to lighter garb. I have been toying with the juxtaposition of military wear and softer, less hostile motifs for a while. In WWII, the nose cone of aircraft would be painted with pinup girls as part of their livery, so I have decided that this would be a good way to soften the look of a military shirt, while also adding a touch of glamour.
Shirt Number One
For my first shirt, which I found in a lifeline shop, I found an image that really pulled focus; the portrait of the Dancer Alexander Sakharoff, painted by Alexej von Jawlensky.
To adorn the shirt, I embroidered three different images; with the larger going on the back and two smaller ones for the shoulders.
Each one was created with free motion machine embroidery. I decided to leave the face as the background fabric but this puckered too much, so I filled the faces of the next shirt. Another thing I should have done with both is border them with satin stitch, while they were still in the hoop and then attach them with regular straight stitch. However, I did not do that and instead attached them with satin stitch and now have puckering around the images.
Shirt Number Two
The second image I used was from Guillermo Martà Ceballos.
This time I filled in the faces.
