Vine Development

So the vine is probably the aspect that has changed the most.

While initially, we started with three seperate vines, as I began work on the first vine, we realised that as it had to be 6 meters long, it was not feasble time-wise to make three. I had initially hoped to make two full length 6-meter vines but similarly was faced with time issues. I spent around 7 hours sewing the first vine!

I began by sewing rows of hexagons together until they were 6 meters in length and then sewing these two rows of hexagons together. I used a zig-zag stitch at 4.5mm width and 1mm length. This created an unusual look that sort of resembled a catapillar trail that I really liked. I then created triangles to fill in the gaps at the edge and sewed a strip of fabric onto the edges that I turned into a seam and put wire in.

I made sure the ends met.

For the second vine that would be wrapped around the pillar I just sewed the hexagons together leaving gaps to create a different effect. Below is an image of the second vine.






We then pinned the flowers on in the installation!