Occasionally I am asked to create a completely unique item for a customer, the most recent of which was a bespoke purse for birthday present. Word of mouth was instrumental in this one, with the good folks at
Really Now pointing the client in my direction.
After some discussion about styles and shapes of purse, using my
Flickr album for reference, the customer decided on one of my embroidered snap purses, with a flamingo on the front and pink polka dot lining, all excellent decisions!
With something more figurative like this I try to do some research first, so I know what I'm aiming for. I find
Pinterest really useful for this, as I don't need to go printing out sheets full of birds for just the one project.
And now I've remembered what flamingos actually look like, not always pink it would seem, I can start scribbling.
Once I've got a general idea of the design, and it's placement on the purse, I use the iron on transfer pencils to get a simple outline on the fabric to work from.
