Ribbons are inherently very pretty, so when they are folded and manipulated to make folds and gathers, they make for very beautiful trims. However easily and quickly they are made, they elicit a feeling of professionally made trims. You can attach them to kids’ frocks, hats, bags, purses; even the slippers can do with some … Read more
The picture above is the border of a scarf I have – you have to see it yourself to know the beautiful texture it has. I was forever wondering how they got the fabric into such a pretty textured bubble like look. Then I stumbled upon this article on makezine.com. Yahoo!. I have enough knowledge … Read more
Wikipedia says that ‘texture is the perceived surface quality of a work of art’. It is one of the seven formal artistic elements. In fashion designing, texture is achieved through fabric surface texture as well as fabric manipulations. Many designers layer multiple fabrics in a single garment for the sake of texture. Cut outs made … Read more
Information overload – that is what happens when I look for some embroidery designs suitable for sewing on baby clothes. All the children’s embroidery designs are so adorable. I usually want to embroider all of them – and then a slight headache starts in the back of my head – this is what I mean … Read more
Screen printing is one of the most cost-effective ways to print clothes in bulk. It is used around the world by a lot of people to print on t-shirts, banners, etc. I will give you an overview of what screen printing is all about and how to go about it. I have this friend who … Read more
Potato printing brings out the kid in me – I love stamping away to glory with those super cute potato stamps. Reminds me of the time I used to do this a lot. But there is a difference between then and now. Here my canvas is fabric, not the easily disposable paper I used to … Read more