Description

An ensemble of matching smocked dress and wool blend coat, the dress features delicate embroidery, smocking and faggoting to create a dainty aesthetic. The floral motifs and pastel colour scheme of the garments, especially the coat’s lining, reflect English Cottage Gardens. Meredith Woolnough is a contemporary textile artist whose intricate use of natural embroidery motifs has been influential in my decision to adorn the garments with hand and machine embroidery and a hand-drawn print for the coat lining. The key aesthetic features include the smocking, embroidery, faggoting, lace insertion and free-motion embroidery, while some significant functional aspects are the self-covered buttons, bound buttonholes, sash tie, placket and pleated lining.

Images of Work

"The evenly smocked bodice also features delicate embroidery"

"The lower section of this dress features machined lace insertion which joins the white and pink fabrics in a soft flowing curved design."

Select Student Folio Pages

The pages selected for each project reflect the individual students' interpretations of the syllabus guidelines for the MTP. Each student should develop their folio according to the guidelines, relating to their own individual project. This may result in a variety of presentation styles, numbers of sketches and/or experiments.