Breakthrough!

Satin lines on the bias, a joyful combination of blue, lime green and red, which I'm really pleased with!
I'm planning to try a rouleaux effect so that the backing fabric can't be seen.

The gold makes the red more vibrant, which works well.

Horrockses' dress 1953 V&A

• Focus on satin, obi and piping stitch working on a large scale initially, avoid flat fill stitch. 
• Develop designs for flowers using Horrockses dresses for reference.
• Use motifs at different scales and colour palettes to create new designs.
• Lines - rouleaux