Reverse appliqué is a technique I have used many times however the task I set myself was to produce a sample as close as possible to the original art work. For me the most important elements to this sample were to use fabrics with a similar in texture and colour to the original art work.

Initially this was not an issue as I had a varied range of fabrics to choose from meeting both the need for texture and the correct colours. I did find however that I needed a single coloured fabric with a small repeated pattern which I did not have in the required green.

I overcame this problem by scanning in a piece of fabric that had the design requirements but not the correct colour infect this fabric was red.

Once the fabric was scanned in I transfer the image into a word document and manipulated the image to the require colours and printed it onto printable fabric.

Having completed the sample and analysed the outcome I now realise that the sample would work much better if I produce a larger piece. Allowing larger areas within the sample to work with as well as showing more of the patterns within the different fabrics. Additionally I have learned that I should not use my sketchbook to determine my sample size as this restricts the technique as well as the flow of the sample.