The completed embroidered assessment piece for Module 3 is a pair of shoes based on the design topic of spirals.
How do you feel about the resulting conclusion?
Overall I am pleased with the final pair of shoes. Having never made shoes before, and not realising quite how fiddly they can be to hand craft, I have ended up with a matching pair. The shoes are quite fun and the colours are bright and strong. I used fabrics I had already dyed and buttons etc. that I had made for samples and it has been good to use things I have already made.
I have found this module the most difficult so far; I didn't feel I really connected with the design topic and it has taken a long time for me to work through, mainly due to procrastinating rather than a physical time issue. This may also be because I am reaching the half way point of the course. By the time I got to the assessment piece I felt I was struggling a bit and needed to loosen up. Encouragement from Sian gratefully received. I was also not keen on my initial colour choices. But I finally tried to view it as if I had a deadline and brief and got on with it!
Is it fit for purpose - give reasons?
The shoes are fit for purpose because they fit and are a pair, and seem to have held together well. It might be quite hard to find an outfit to match the shoes but I'm sure they would go with a summer dress etc.
If you were asked to make it again, what changes would you make to the way you designed it and the way you made it?
Firstly I would stitch each component part on a larger piece of fabric to give some more play on size and movement. The pelmet Vilene was probably not the best choice for stiffening the heel sections, although it does work. The DMC memory thread spirals have not held as tightly as I would have liked and it was very expensive to use, coloured or covered wire would be better. Regarding the design component I could have gone much bigger on the Hunderwasser inspired decoration for the tops of the fronts and cut and changed more from my original design.
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