This issue is dedicated to those who hold on to cherished textiles in the hope that one day they will be enlightened on how to repurpose them in a new fashion. Call it an upcycling issue if you will, you'll find original ways of transforming knitted and sewn clothing, threads, and cherished items into something new. Also in this issue, are topics like the Monk's cloth crisis, and which cloth is used instead for Swedish weaving, and, Diamond Petals by Judith Marquis, another tutorial on fabric manipulation that looks very much like dragon scales. It's a pleasure to announce we have a new quilting column, The Quilter's Connection, written by Heather McArthur. See what she has to say about what to do with old and worn quilts. And you don't want to miss the solution to the conundrum about stashing yarn, 'To Stash or Not to Stash' written by Knitting Contributor, Cynthia MacDougall. This is a topic we all struggle with, see how Cynthia's experience helps to put what we think of our yarn stash into perspective and clear the yarn clutter without feeling like we're giving up something precious. Enjoy the issue.
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Editor's letter
Cherish
I do it, you do it. We all do it. We keep textiles that
are precious to us: an old skirt, a jacket, a hand
knit sweater, a quilt block for future reference
(or did we make a mistake?), sample stitching
and the list goes on. Although there’s a fine line
between hoarding and saving cherished textiles,
the difference is in why we save them. I have a
couple of old wool skirts, for example, intended
for deconstructing and repurposing into a set
of cushion covers and a couple of stylish wool
bags sporting wool appliqué; and I’ll stop here
as the options are numerous. These items aren't
only for repurposing, but they can be used for
experimenting sewing and quilting techniques
and creative designs.
The hand knit sweater, particularly if worked up
in lacework or cables, and sample stitching, often
called on purpose, ‘a sampler’, can be kept as a
reference and can cleverly be framed in a sewing
room or made into a tea cosy or cushion cover for
the simple feeling of admiration.
It can sound like all we can do is use it as a ‘cover’
of some kind, particularly for cushions – the
easiest of options. But think further, and you might
find alternatives you like, as in using it as trimming
or accents for clothes, quilts. My favourite thought
for a future project is to make lacework swatches
&
Repurpose
and frame them. This series of knitted lacework
will be beautiful against a window pane. I love
knitted lacework? It should be on a t-shirt.
This issue is dedicated to those who hold on to
cherished textiles and such items in the hope
that one day they will be enlightened on how to
repurpose them in a new fashion.
It is my pleasure to welcome aboard Heather
McArthur, former publisher of Quilter’s
Connection Magazine, as Quilting Contributor
in our new column, The Quilter’s Connection.
I'm also happy to welcome Heather's faithful
subscribers who will be able to keep the
passionate 'connection' with her as she expands
the quilting section in ANPTmag.
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10 Cathy McClean
sewing
Chenille Shawl
14 Clodagh Coker
fiber art
Thread and Fiber Art
16 Lynn Swanson
sewing
The Suede Tote Bag
20 Kerrin Brookes
machine embroidery
Second Hand Rose Table Runner
26 Elaine Theriault
quilting
The Wool Bucket
30 Colleen McMahon
quilting
The Story of Barkcloth
Vintage Runner
34 Jean Boyd
quilting
Summer Sampler 2019
38 Paul Leger
quilting
Reduce – Reuse – Recycle Quilt
40 Chris Curran
sewing
An old jersey becomes a new cushion!
56 Lorraine Thompson
knitting
Thoughtful Soles Series
Wool Stew Socks
60 Denise Powell
knitting
The Sweater Vest
62 Jacqueline Grice
knitting
Windswept Wrap
64 Red Heart, Tammy Hildebrand
knitting
Vintage Stitches Tunic
70 Jo Gatenby
repurposing
Paper Tube Bracelet
Knit Cuff Bracelet
Hat & Mitt Set for Baby
76 Patty Brake
cross stitch
Spring Posy Thrifted Candy Dish Topper
78 Betty Stokoe
hardanger
Party Favours
80 Iryna Varabei
nizanka
Serendipity Colour Play Cushion Cover
82 Christine Allan
swedish weaving
Starry Sky Bag
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48 Summer Fibrations
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
Meredith Filshie, Garrie Bea Joyce
and Rita Rottman
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3 Editor’s Letter
6 Mark Your Calendars!
6 Advertiser Index
8 Heather McArthur
The Quilter's Connection
The Quilter’s Dilemma
What to do with an old, worn out quilt
52 Cynthia MacDougall
Knit Together
To Stash or Not to Stash
55 Knitting
Standard Abbreviations
& Terms
98 Business Directory
Special Features
86 Diamond Petals - fabric manipulation
Judith Marquis
90 Pulled Thread Pastries Part 3
Kim Beamish
in
every
issue
42 In the Studio with Ana Buzzalino Part 2
The slow stitching movement
Matchstick Quilting, Satin Stitch and Cross Stitch
Ana Buzzalino
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46 Become a Quilt Judge!
Canadian Quilters’ Association/
Association canadienne de la courtepointe
Marcy Horswill
in the loop
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Advertiser Index
29 Banyan Batiks
28 Brampton Sew N Serge
99 Brother
98 Business Directory
55 Canadian Guild of Knitters
51 Canadian Quilters' Association
47 Coats
85 CreativFestival
63 Crochet Designs by NanaRuth
06 Dueck's Sewing Centre
96 Embroiderers' Association of Canada
51 eQuilter.com
75 Four Boys and a NL Girl
100 Gütermann Creativ
63 Hardanger House
97 Haus of Stitches
39 Hummingbird Sewing
02 Husqvarna Viking
28 Kelly's Creative Sewing
55 KNITmuch
63 KnitSwiss Yarns
59 KnittingTours.com
97 Lowery Workstands
28 Melissa Marginet
96 Ontario Hooking Craft Guild
13 PFAFF
06 Phyllis' Home Decor
51 QUILTsocial
63 Rypan Designs
97 Sandpiper Creations
28 Sew Inspired
28 Sew With Vision
97 Spirit of Belarus
37 That Sewing Place
39 The Quilt Place
37 The Quilt Store
63 The Yarn Guy
07 Unique Knitting & Crochet
75 X's & Oh's
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Chenille
Shawl
Ever wonder what to do with that rayon dress that no
longer fits or mom’s special blouse? A recycled Chenille
Shawl is the answer! Combining eight different rayon
blouses or dresses with a new piece of rayon this shawl
will wrap you with warmth and love.
Chenille fabric is usually done one sided but for a
shawl or a scarf it gives you a much nicer look to make
it double sided. When creating chenille fabric, the
stitching and the cutting must be done on the bias.
For this technique the fabric must be rayon; using
cotton will make the shawl too heavy.
Quilts, wallhangings, vests or bags are created with
4 to 5 layers of cotton or flannelette. Chenille fabric
is created and washed and can then be used in
combination with other fabrics or on its own. For these
projects you would cut the top (3 or 4) fabrics 1” to
2” smaller than the base fabric, layering the fabrics
right side up over the base fabric and leaving a border
around the outside. This will give you a seam allowance
to insert the chenille into the project, plus it makes it
much easier to cut just the top 3 or 4 fabrics avoiding
the bottom fabric. – Cathy
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A knitting tote bag made from a recycled suede jacket
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Second
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Rose
Table
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The
Wool Bucket
Wool
fabric is terrific
for keeping the shape
of this storage bucket. I
used an older wool remnant
from Eaton’s! It’s always a pity to
throw out a good piece of wool fabric.
Here’s how I put it to good use.
– Elaine
skill level Intermediate
finished measurements 8” high x 10” diameter
materials
fabric
• 195⁄8” [0.5m] of wool fabric or other heavy fabric like canvas
for outer fabric
• 195⁄8” [0.5m] of Northcott Artisan Spirit Shimmer (20255M-42)
for lining
stabilizers
• 8” x 32½” Flex Foam for interlinings
• 3” x 32½” fusible fleece for interlinings
• 8” [0.2m] fusible webbing for interlinings
threads
• matching embroidery weight thread
• bobbin weight thread
other
• 10” plastic plate from the dollar store to provide support for
the bottom. I found one that is the same blue as my lining
fabric!
• scissors
• a chalk pencil or marking tool
• ruler
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prepare the lining
1. If you wish to reinforce the bottom of
the lining, you can put some fusible
fleece on it before you sew it to the
lining tube. I chose to use a plate to
provide stability to the bottom of the
bucket.
2. Sew the center back seam of the long
lining piece. Leave an opening so you
can turn the project inside out.
3. Find and mark the quarters of the
lining circle and the lining tube as you
did for the outer fabric.
4. Match the quarter marks and sew
around the bottom of the bucket.
final assembly
1. Turn the lining so the right side is
facing out. Matching up the center
back seams, push the lining into the
outer bucket fabric. The right side of
the lining should be touching the
right side of the outer bucket. Sew
around the top of the lining and the
outer fabric.
2. Turn the bucket inside out through the
opening left in the back seam of the
lining. Press well along the top edge.
3. Top stitch about ¼” away from the
edge of the bucket.
4. Close the opening in the back seam.
You can hand stitch this, use a small
piece of fusible to fuse the opening
closed or overlap the edges and sew it
with the sewing machine.
5. Stuff the lining into the outer bucket
fabric.
6. Turn the top edge down where the
fusible fleece meets the foam, so you
have a gorgeous fold over trim on
the bucket.
7. Insert the plate into the bottom.
Elaine Theriault
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Summer
skill
Sampler 2019
level Intermediate
finished measurements
44" [112cm] square
materials
fabric
Note:
This is a great stash-buster quilt and you have
many choices for selecting fabric for a sampler
quilt. Here are a few ideas:
• Choose a favourite colour scheme and then
look through your stash to find fabrics with
small, medium and large designs in those
colours. The more variety of fabric, the more
interesting the design.
• Use all solid fabrics in coordinating colours.
• Go monochromatic, meaning all fabric in one
colour family.
• Choose a specific style eg: '30s prints, modern
fabrics, batiks.
• As a rule, you'll want to have light, medium
and dark fabrics in each block. It's usually a
good idea to have some solid or tone-ontone
fabrics, as well as prints, for whatever
style you choose. But it's OK to do your own
thing and use your fabric as you wish.
Enjoy the process!
• 2½ yd [2.3ml in total of fabric for the blocks
• 3 yd [2.7ml for backing
• 1¼ yd [1.2ml for border and binding
threads
• regular sewing thread in a neutral color
other
• 50" x 50" [380 x 380cm] batting
• rotary cutter, ruler and cutting board
The Summer Sampler quilt was originally
created as part of my Guild's Block of the
Month programme. Most of the 6" blocks
are nine patch, but a few other styles have
been used as well. Special thanks to my
friends and fellow Guild Members, Dianne
Fyn, Vivien Levermore and Faith Wilson, for
helping to design this project. Thanks also to
my longarm quilter, Carol Darou, for doing
her amazing custom quilting on my quilt.
You'll probably find that 6" blocks are quite
addictive! There are hundreds of nine patch
blocks in the public domain and it's also
easy to create your own original blocks. I
discovered that there are many common
elements in the blocks: squares, half-square
triangles, quarter-square triangles, squarein-a-square
blocks, strips and flying geese.
After choosing my colour scheme, I started
out by making several of the shapes listed
above. Then I arranged them into blocks
that would finish at 6". - Jean
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Reduce - Reuse - Recycle Quilt
Like all quilters, I’ve been told that I should only
use good 100% quilting cotton fabrics. Do I
always listen to what I’ve been told? Absolutely
not. Neither should you. Although I typically use
100% cotton fabrics, I do from time to time use
non-traditional fabrics for quilting such as shirts.
On average I go through my shirt closet once a
year searching for shirts I haven’t worn for eight
months or more. My reasoning is that if I haven’t
worn them in that period of time, I’ll probably
not wear them again and it’s time to repurpose
or find them a new home.
The inspiration for this quilt came while visiting
my friends Tom and Lucien in Lewis, Delaware.
Lucien, a quilter, had a small stack of 4” squares
that looked like they were cut from shirt fabric.
I did not ask about the origin of the stack, but I
also never forgot what I saw.
A while after I got home from my vacation, I
went looking for the shirts that I sorted to
donate or to throw away, depending on their
condition. Remembering what I saw at Lucien’s
and looking at all the shirts, I came up with a
plan.
I started by removing all the buttons and stored
them in a container. Then I sorted the shirts into
two piles: one pile of solid coloured fabrics, the
second, with printed patterns.
I was very pleased that on the quilt’s completion the only thing not reused or recycled was the thread.
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Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
Summer Fibrations
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in Almonte, Ontario
Summer Fibrations is an exciting fibre art exhibition
at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum in the
beautiful town of Almonte, Ontario.
Members of Out of the Box, a group of fibre artists
from the Ottawa area, will exhibit about 200 pieces
of their innovative work at the museum from June
22 to July 6, 2019. One can see influences of quilting,
knitting, doll making, felting, embroidery, beading,
embellishing, crocheting, silk fusion, paper making,
book making and mixed media that go beyond
the application of traditional techniques to cloth
and fibre. Artists often combine techniques in one
piece to achieve interesting artworks. A wide variety
of surface design processes and the intriguing
outcomes of dyeing cloth yield fascinating results.
Meredith Filshie
Juanita Sauve'
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Knit Together
To Stash or Not to Stash
what a question!
This article is a cross crafting one. Knitters have
stashes, crocheters have stashes, quilters and clothing
makers have stashes, and those of us lucky enough to
do more than one hobby tend to have more than one
stash. It’s rare, but I have come across an odd crafter
who does not keep any stash at all. I know! What would
that even look like?
There are pros and cons to stashes, and I hope that by
offering a few of both, you can tailor your stash that
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Wool
Stew
Sock 1 Problem
Sock 2 Solved!
What do you do when your
refrigerator is crowded with
little dishes of leftovers?
Make a hearty stew for supper.
What do you do when your
yarn basket is overflowing with
little balls of leftover wool?
Knit socks. Problem solved!
I knit these socks with a variety
of leftovers and I added a
generous garnish of buttons.
– Lorraine
Socks
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Background photo by Monika Grabowska
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A Sweater Vest
The Sweater
Sometimes a garment you knitted many years past is no
longer useful. Maybe it’s now too big or too small, or a very
dated style as in ‘1980s shoulder pads?’. Or, just a little too
worn out. For whatever reason, we can be reluctant to let go
of something we made and of which we have fond memories.
About 35 years ago I knit an all wool Aran pullover. I wore it
many times, but gradually put it on less and less frequently.
It was a little too tight, I found pullovers a bit too warm, and,
frankly, the sleeve cuffs were badly worn. It sat in a drawer, still
loved but unworn, for many years.
Finally, I decided that to get more use out of it, I would have
to remake it. Since it was pure wool I could have felted it and
cut out warm mittens or slippers or even pot holders. I could
have simply taken off the sleeves and turned the body into
an Aran cushion cover. These ideas were all very tempting
until I realized that, although I don’t wear pullovers much, I
do wear vests frequently. So, a vest it would become.
Obviously, you will not be able to follow this project exactly,
but I hope it will inspire you to think of ways of recycling
older garments into something you’ll wear again.
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knitting
With another 4mm needle pick up the 92
sts at cast on edge.
Once you have done that fold that
needle upwards with wrong sides facing,
with both needle tips facing the same
direction.
Note: If for whatever reason you don't, just
transfer the picked up sts to another needle
so needle tips point in the same direction.
Knit the sts from both needles like a
3-needle bind off, but you’re not binding
off the stitches on the right needle. The
stitches on both needles are knit together
to end up on one needle. 92 sts on one
needle
Work back and forth in garter stitch until
you have 130 ribs.
At this point there should be about 60g
of yarn left to work the next feather and
fan pattern.
Repeat Rows 1 - 9 and increase 10 sts
evenly in Row 9 by kfb of sts. 102 sts on
needle, turn and purl one row, turn.
Repeat feather and fan pattern Rows 11 –
16, for a total of 20 repeats.
Work Rows 1 - 8 one more time and then
cast off all sts in pattern.
Voilà! All knit up, just need to soak and
block it lightly or leave as is. Hope you’ll
love wearing this big wrap scarf.
Jacqueline Grice
KnitswissYarns
www.KnitswissYarns.com
Ravelry: Knitswiss
Hand Dyed Yarns
www.KnitswissYarns.com
Hardanger House
designs by Betty Stokoe
bettystokoe@gmail.com, 403-742-2749
Betty incorporates traditional
hardanger embroidery in her
contemporary designs. From small
quick-to-stitch gift ideas to larger
pieces for your home decor, you'll
find lots of variety in the Hardanger
House line of embroidery patterns
& kits. View them all on Etsy:
etsy.com/shop/HardangerHouse
Rypan Designs
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Maria Rypan is an international
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‘Gerdany’ beadwork and projects
for many publications. Since 1995
Maria teaches, produces a kit line and
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In this repurposing
issue, Red Heart
looks back at a 1969
vintage crocheted
tunic. Inspired by this,
Tammy Hildebrand
designed the Vintage
Stitches Tunic using
her approach to
vintage stitches and
the versatile Red Heart
Unforgettable yarn.
FREE
skill level Advanced
finished measurements
38 (42, 46, 50, 54, 58)" [96.5 (106.5, 117,
127, 137, 147.5) cm] around bust
31¾ (31¾, 33, 33, 34¼, 34¼)" [80.5 (80.5,
84, 84, 87, 87) cm] in length
Directions are for size Small. Changes
for sizes Medium, Large, Extra Large, 2X
Large, and 3X Large are in parentheses.
materials
yarn
• RED HEART® Unforgettable®
6 (7, 8, 9, 10, 12) balls 3960
Tidal (4 Medium) Red Heart®
Unforgettable®, Art. E793 available
in 3½oz [100g], 270yd [247m] balls
hooks
Susan Bates® Crochet Hooks
• US F-5 [3.75mm]
• US G-6 [4mm]
other
• Susan Bates® split lock stitch markers
• yarn needle
gauge
1 motif = 2" [5cm] in diameter using
smaller hook; 5 [dc2tog, ch 2] and 7 rows
or rounds = 4¼" [11cm] using larger hook.
CHECK YOUR GAUGE. Use any size hook
to obtain the gauge.
Note: Use smaller hook to make motifs only,
and larger hook for the remainder of the
pattern.
Vintage Stitches Tunic
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Photos courtesy of Red Heart
FOUR BOYS
AND A NL
GIRL
DESIGNS
D E S I G N S
www.fourboysandanlgirl.ca
fourboysandanlgirl@gmail.com
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Serendipity
Colour Play
Cushion Cover
skill level advanced
Note: The Turning Rows method is used
for this design. It is recommended to try
the smaller project done with this method
first, as in the Belarusan Nizanka Snowflake
ornament published in Issue 48.
finished measurements
cushion cover 15½” [39.5cm] square
design size
164 x 164 stitches
15ct fabric 12” x 12” [30 x 30cm]
18ct fabric 10” x 10” [25 x 25cm]
materials
fabric
• 15 -18 ct fabric (it may not be even woven)
for stitching with yarn, the best mesh
size ranges between 14 - 18ct.
yarn
• fingering weight yarns and/or floss of
any colours
Bamboo and soft cotton yarns are
preferable for this kind of stitching.
It happened quite by serendipity. Suddenly, I found myself
with a heap of leftover yarn. I also found a forgotten piece
of evenweave fabric with an attractive texture to it, shortly
after. The cloth is a great backdrop for Nizanka embroidery
and if I gave the design some pop of colour, it will be quite
the topic of conversation.
I thought, cushion cover! All the pieces came together at the
right moment.
Nizanka is so perfect for stitching with yarn particularly on
this forgotten piece of fabric.
It isn’t necessary to fix the thread ends, just leave them on
the front side and let them create a fringe. And because it’s
Nizanka, you don’t have to worry about the back side of your
work, as the back of this stitching method is always neat!
Gather your leftover yarn, thread them on a needle and
stitch. Play with colours. I intentionally omitted the colour
key for this design. Use whatever leftover yarn/floss and
your imagination.
– Iryna
needles
• tapestry needles sizes 18-20 depending
on thread/yarn used
symbols
Notes
1. The blue lines are guidelines and are not
to be stitched.
2. The blue dot marks the center of the work.
3. The blue diagonal lines are the medial lines.
4. The blue arrows show the direction of
the stitching.
5. Each line on the chart equals one
fabric thread.
6. The stitching is done row by row. Each
new row is stitched with a new thread.
7. The Turning Rows method is used
for this design. It means, the stitched
row changes the stitching direction
by making one diagonal stitch at the
Blue Line.
8. Most diagonal stitches are done on the
front side of the fabric. Though, there
are few diagonal stitches that are done
on the back side. These are indicated
with the Back-Side Diagonal Running
Stitch symbol.
Iryna Varabei
Spirit of Belarus
https://ivarabei.wixsite.com/spiritofbelarus
www.facebook.com/SoB.designs
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Monk’s Cloth Crisis
Crisis leads to innovation
It was a sad day last year when the only importer of Monk’s
Cloth in North America had dropped the distribution line. This
left all suppliers and crafters wondering who would pick up the
line and when? A burning question on everyone’s mind since
it’s not an easy task to do. As an entrepreneur, it’s easy to run
into difficult situations, particularly with supplies, which calls to
quickly come up with plan B.
WOW! What will we do without our beloved cloth to weave?
Swedish weaving is an addictive craft whose popularity has been
growing over the past few years, becoming quickly the craft of
choice. It’s a counted needlework and surface embroidery that
uses 4-ply worsted weight yarns on a 7ct fabric (Monk’s Cloth)
making the process very easy to see, weave and very fun to do!
So, what to do about the Monk’s Cloth Crisis? I have thought
outside the box and my plan B is using upholstery fabrics! My
thought is: if I can get a needle through it, it’s ‘weave-able’. Let
the weaving begin!
A variety of items can be woven using upholstery fabrics like bags,
pillows, runners, blankets and curtains. There are some readymade
blankets that are weave-able with the sides already seamed
(bonus!), as well as some finished pillows with zippers for easy
stuffing. I also have a small carpet that is weave-able as well.
With this craft in an upswing we know someone will pick up the
distribution line. But in the meantime, upholstery fabrics is where
it’s at, well for me anyway, until I can get more Monk’s Cloth. Visit
me at www.funandfastpatterns.ca to see what I have currently.
Choosing your fabric for the Starry Sky shoulder bag in this issue
can be tricky, but I have supplies including the fabric and strap
ready to be woven. www.funandfastpatterns.ca/collections/notions
Starry Sky Bag
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I first saw Dragon Scales, a technique by Gillian Conahan, while doing research
for the articles on The Beauty of Texture series. At that time, I couldn’t see how
to work it in nor had I the time to play with what appeared to be a totally
different sort of fabric manipulation. It stuck in my mind; running it over
and over until I had to try it out, first in paper and then in fabric.
Arrowhead smocking has the bottom points of the arrowhead tucked inside
the row below. Gillian’s dragon scales had the points on top.
I’ve renamed my version of the design Diamond Petals. You’ll see how I made
use of leftover fabrics from two other garments to create these petal samples.
While attempting to adapt this work to the sewing machine, the fact that
all the stitching was off straight-grain resulted in the need for a stabilizer.
Many types of stabilizer were tested, from plain tissue to woven iron-on,
to tear-away and finally settled on non-woven very light-weight stabilizer/
interfacing. This held the grain and folds accurately but allowed the fabric to
be folded with less bulk than other types. The design takes up both in width
and length from the original sized piece of fabric.
This could be an interesting technique in garments, artwork, craft objects or
quilting. It isn’t recommended for children’s wear or items that need to stand
up to abrasion or machine washing but you be the judge. - Judith
Diamond
Narrow striped fabric made into an environmentally friendly pouch
Petals
fabric manipulation
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Take your projects from
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