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Beautiful Designs Found With A Quilting Template
Quilting is a long cherished skill that has passed down through families for generations. Grandmothers taught mothers who taught daughters the techniques required to produce beautifully crafted quilts that would be admired for years to come. Anyone who has quilted knows the inordinate amount of patience it takes to cut and compile the mosaic […]
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The Steep Learning Curve Of Digitizing Embroidery Designs
So you have your own embroidery machine and you want to use your own picture or pattern. Now what? How do you get your design digitized for your use?
The answer to that will depend on many things. Are you planning on embroidering as a hobby or will you be embroidering as a business? Is […]
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Shibori
Shibori is a Japanese term for several methods of dyeing cloth with a pattern by binding, stitching, folding, twisting, or compressing it. Some of these methods are known in the West as tie-dye.
In Japan, the earliest known example of cloth dyed with a shibori technique dates from the eighth century; it is among the […]
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Timeline of clothing and textiles technology
Timeline of clothing and textiles technology.
pre-history - spindle used to create yarn from fibres
(unknown) - loom
c.6500 BC - Approximate date of Naalebinding examples found in Nehal Hemar cave, Israel. This technique, which uses short separate lengths of thread, predated the invention of spinning (with its continuous lengths of thread) and requires that all […]
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Twill tape
Twill tape is a flat twill-woven ribbon of cotton, linen, polyester, or wool.
Twill tape is available in various widths, generally up to 1 inch (2.5 cm), and a wide range of colors.
Twill tape is used in sewing and tailoring to reinforce seams, make casings, bind edges, and make study ties for closing garments (for […]
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Uneven knitting
Uneven knitting is a knitting technique in which two knitting needles of different sizes are used. The method is sometimes used when the knitter have a significantly different gauge on knit and purl stitches. It is also useful for producing elongated stitches and certain specialty patterns.
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Warp (weaving)
The warp is the set of lengthwise threads attached to a loom before weaving begins. Each individual warp thread in a fabric is called a warp end. Warp means “that which is thrown across” (Old English wearp, from weorpan, to throw, cf. German werfen, Dutch werpen).
Warp is spun fibre. The spin of the fiber […]
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Youghal lace
Youghal lace (or Yougal lace) is a needle lace inspired by Point de France developed in Youghal, County Cork, Ireland.
Youghal lace was a top quality commercial product that ended with the First World War. Lace Making was taught in Youghal from 1845 by the Presentation Sisters. Among the finest pieces of lace made in […]
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Zardozi
Zardozi work is a type of embroidery in India. It prospered during the Mugal Emperor, Akbar but later due to loss of royal patronage and industrialization, led to its decline.
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Sweater design
The ultimate aim of sweater design is a sweater that its intended wants to wear.
In pursuit of this ultimate aim, secondary goals include designing a sweater that
* serves a practical purpose;
* makes its intended wearer physically comfortable; and
* makes its intended wearer […]
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