Bunting Samples

 I had to experiment with tension and needle size to determine how I wanted my knitted flags to look.

 For the doile flags, I PVA'ed the cut edge so it would not fray or snag threads.

Here is a sewn sample of the flags I plan to include. I want to keep the colour scheme minimal and focus on the texture and methods used. The first is a hemmed calico flag, with lino cut printing on to it. There is also the doile and knitted flags. I do however intend to increase the size.

This is a sample of the typographic flags i plan to use, at first I used just a piece of material but this looked unexciting and too 2D so I wadded up my second attempt which made it look better. My lettering will have serifs and I plan to use calico.

Moving in the furniture ...

Here are some ideas from Pinterest of the modern idea of vintage distressed upcycling, I think this fits in perfectly with my theme of folk art and craft, the idea of never throwing anything out and always reusing and handing down.

In storage, we found a lovely vintage bookcase, although the design is simple, it is functional and will fit in with my project perfectly.

I used a power sander to strip back the varnish and then I will white wash it, giving a distressed look which is very current at the moment.

Tshirt and bag design put onto a screen

My screen has finally came back but I can't start printing until half term because Katie Jarvis is still printing on the large table and I need a large area to secure my tshirts and bags.

Final Draft of My Vinyl Cover

I reproduced my vinyl cover to give a better finish, from the range of designs I made, my client liked this one the best. Originally, I was going to use my own imagery for the photographic elements, this however proved to be difficult, as there were many variables working against me. Such as: the weather, the time I had left and the location of such a shot.This considered I went onto Google images and sourced the above image of Morton Arboretum woodland from Wikipedia. This obviously is not ideal, in reality though, Graphic Designers don't have the luxury of time to collect their own images, the internet is a valuable resource and as long as no copyright is infringed.