Crocheting a blanket project for my unborn neice..:)

This is like one sixth of the overall blanket its made up of BabyBamboo wool, using the double crochet stitch of each patch. In this picture there are 30 different patches of purple and silver and 20 crochet flowers placed were four patches meet.

This is a picture of the flowers before there put on the main blanket, I plan to do around 150 more square and place a border around the finished piece....I don't recommend BabyBamboo wool, its really good quality wool but for €4:50 per ball you don't get allot.....

Finished piece......

Front....

Left Side....

Back....

Right side...

Front from an elevated view point.....

Construction of garment.....

I first started by boning my polyester satin,

 

 

I then stiched on a tube on the inside and inserted wire and acetate to help give the piece structure..

 

I then cut down the top boning and wire and stitched down the excess fabric on the inside.... 

 This is what it looks like before the balls(chibori) and the play pin balss wrapped in satin....

 

back.

 

left side,

 

here are the balls that i used.....

 this is a picture of my little sister wearing the piece before the latex was added...

 

the latex mixed with process magenta and acrylic red....

 

this si the latex drying on the piece....

Blood...

 The Design Begins

Here are two sculptures I made to get my design juices flowing...one was inspired by the heart and valves the other by clotting blood....

1. the valve sculpture,

2. The clotting sculpture, made up of loads of red buttons sewn on to muslin, 

Heres a nice print of the buttons sculpture...I photcopied it in coloue then enlarged and photcopied over the original in black and white...pretty nice print..:)

I then began to place my two sculptures on the mannequins and developed my croquis,

I eventually choose this design out my possible 60,

and drew my illustrations,

Front,

Back,