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Straw Bag Design: Rosa Cha Woven handbag designs offer a sophisticated palette of colour, texture, pattern and scale for a truly unique fashion look. A wide variety of patterns can be made by chang…

A Rum Fellow's jaunty, handcrafted textiles, now available with Schumacher in the U.S., also have an important social mission

There are as many ways to design for tapestry as there are tapestry weavers. Everyone has to find their own way. But over the last couple years I have employed one particular technique that I find shakes my brain loose and helps me conquer the fear that comes up when designing large pieces. I start

WEFTY and Mister Domestic partnered to bring Mathew’s Tumbling Blocks Weave pattern to print! This four page pattern walks you through the entire weaving process, providing color step-by-step photos to get you through that tricky third layer.

In the Middle East, Al Sadu weaving is a traditional embroidery form of weaving that is hand woven by Bedouin women. Sadu is commonly seen on fabric used in tents or ­majlis floor pillows,...

I've got paper weaving on the brain. Everywhere I go I see new designs I want to try out, but I'm still working through an incredible source of inspiration, the Woven and Constructed exhibit that happened in conjunction with the recent Lotus World Music Festival. You can read more about my first design here. My second design, also inspired by an African textile, was much less difficult to plan and execute but, in a way, I found the simplicity and balance to be much more pleasing. Here is the…

Moving right along with MAKE&GIVE30 project number 4! I knew if I wanted to get through my yarn a giant weaving was in order. Weavings are perfect for scrap yarn because even if you have just a few yards of...

If you’re a seamstress extraordinaire than you are no stranger to bias tape. You probably know a handful of ways you can apply it to your sewing projects. If you missed it, we show you how to make your own bias tape here! However, if you’re not a sewing whiz, fear not! We treated our bias tape […]

Modern fabric weaving. Triaxial, hexweave, madweave, and basket weave.

Learn how to start a weave and how to weave in this weaving tutorial for beginners.