My floral theme was inspired by my love of floral forms and textile designers such as Cas Holmes, Corinne Young and Orla Kiely. I developed a range of stitched samples as a foundation for my final outcome. I explored manipulating fabrics, machine embroidery, pleating and ruffling.

I started by gathering real life flowers to use in the heat press. My first experiments included using the flowers as silhouettes with blocks of colour inks. I then explored painting and dying on the flowers themselves to create more complex patterns. The colour palette evolved from my experimentation and primary research.

I made a decision to use cotton fabric which helped make the colours more muted and earthy. I then started to manipulate my A2 pieces by a variety of pleating techniques on the sewing machine. I explored weaving with wool to join my pieces together.

I had to ensure that the colours chosen matched up with my pieces. I displayed my pieces hanging together they worked well as a series, the main piece was central to my display. This made me realise how the final presentation of my work was integral to my design.