Fabric

Many Techniques for Working with Fiber, Inspire Area Artists By Kathryn Bassett kathrynb@kpcnews.net Sunday, 16 October 2011 07:35 Lina Zerkle blends bold shapes, strong colors, patterns, textures and her own sense of humor to create unique, nontraditional artwork in fabric form. “It’s more than just technique,” she said of her work. “Once you get the [...]

Quilting Fabrics Essential for the Beginner by Terry White Cotton Fabric When you are new at something, it is best to use the easiest materials. When it comes to sewing a quilt, the best material to use is 100% cotton fabrics. It is very easy to find cotton fabric for quilting these days. Walk into [...]

On The Eighth Day Of Havel’s, My True Love IsThe 7″ Serrated Sewing/Quilting Scissors Make the Lining 1. I used polyester taffeta lining fabric for the lining. I traced the correct size of the lining onto the fabric with a fine line marker and then cut it out with serrated scissors. Havel’s serrated scissors are [...]

On The Fourth Day Of Havel’s,My True Love Is The 8″ Sewing/Quilting Scissors Make the Christmas Presents 1. Choose fabric scraps that liven up the design. I chose four green prints.Green will show up very well against the orange background. 2. Apply fusible web to the back of the fabric scraps. Take the paper off [...]

On The Second Day Of Havel’s, My True Love Is The 5 1/4″ Ultimate Embroidery Scissors Decorative Stitching 1. Choose yellow, orange and pink threads in cotton and rayon for decorative stitches. 2. Use the decorative stitches on your sewing machine to join the patches and to stitch them to the interfacing. The interfacing is [...]