I apologise for the shoddy photograph, but it was all I had at the time. Anyway – you can see that I put the embroidered cogs (from my earlier pillowcase prototype) onto a skirt. This was my plan, and I’m glad it worked!

Just a couple of notes – the skirt is a linen/polyester blend, and as such stretched a little on the embroidery ring. In future I’ll look for pure linen or cotton to minimise this. I only did three little cogs, because the larger cog I did on my test took so long, and I was impatient. The final effect is a bit underwhelming, I fear, but there’s nothing to stop me from adding more cogs as and when the fancy takes me. Maybe I’ll have them tumbling down the skirt in a cascade!

I’ve recieved a couple of nice comments about the cogs – mostly from people surprised that I’d actually done them myself, and not bought the skirt like that. Which is a nice backhanded compliment.

Possible future plans involve adding more cogs, and/or doing some abstract steam/smoke patterns on a white article of clothing (possibly that top). However, that’s not quite as defined in my head as the cogs were.