International Pictogram Project: Women of the World Unite

Women of the World Unite

I was delighted with my colours and that I had a female pictogram. As I love creating with the embroidery software I looked to how I could use the pictogram. A bit of research lead me to the female icon and from then on it was fun. One thing I forgot was that we had to include a full size pictogram so I’m afraid she had to be inserted behind the icon.

My package

Some sampling and trial runs to make sure it would work.

Sampling

I have a 780 which would have meant I had to re-hoop and I was terrified that I wouldn’t get it perfect, so I begged my friend Carol who has an 830 if we could stitch the design out on her machine – I owe you big time, Carol! I used a layer of Sulky Sticky + on the back of the hoop and two layers of tear away stabilizer, laid the felt down on the top and secured it with a line of basting. Then we started… The first layer is made up of female pictograms in various poses – dancing, celebrating, happy, going places.

First stage

The second layer is made up of the full size pictogram which I decided to add with an appliquéd sheer fabric.

Stage two

The final layer is the female icon made up of a rainbow of female pictograms.

Selecting the colours

So far, so good

Almost there

I have really enjoyed participating and am loving seeing what everyone else is doing. Thank you for the invitation to join in.

Hilary in Dorset, UK

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Jan Allston9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Amazing Hilary – like everything you do! The circle of colours, the clean look of the piece are fantastic. All united in a common theme too. Fantastic!

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Sophie Wood9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Loving the rainbow! It looks fantastic:)

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Alison Steyn Grant-Fletcher9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Wow, inspiration! Lovely to see your and Trienie’s ideas.

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marilynpretorius9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Visually wonderful and a great concept. Well done, it really is very eye catching. Looks like the Rainbow Nation!

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roscro9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Great piece & really strong visual design, Hilary. Love all those active women doing their own thing in the background! Indeed, the layering elements make this compelling viewing -drawing me in to linger.

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Jutta Hellbach9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Oh Hilary, thats fantastic, I do love it!!

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trieniekrugel9 years ago EditEditing comments on the BERNINA blog is only possible after logging in with a blog user account. Sign up now or create a user account if you do not have one yet.

Clever, and I love the colors!!

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