Saturday, 31 December 2011

Chapter 8 - Trimmings

The second part of chapter 8 was about trimmings - making your own from fabric scraps.

Image 1 - 'Ribbons' from fabric scraps (a close up is below this image):

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Image 2 - Close up of scrap 'ribbons' (descriptions below the image):

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From left to right:

  • three strips of fabric layered, sewn with white zigzag and then frayed
  • two strips of fabric twisted around each other and secured with black zigzag
  • two contrasting strips of fabric twisted around each other and secured with black zigzag
  • one strip of fabric with a black seam stitch
  • one strip of fabric with two rows of white zigzag
  • one strip of fabric with three rows of black decorative stitching
  • two strips of fabric layered, sewn with white zigzag and then frayed

Image 3 - knotted strips:

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Image 4 - One strip of fabric with several pieces knotted around it:

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Image 5 - One strip of fabric knotted at intervals:

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Image 6 - One wide strip of fabric with small pieces knotted around it:

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Image 7 - Fabric strips folded over and knotted:

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Image 8 - Close up from image 7 with two fabric strips folded over together and knotted.  The two looped pieces are then separated out:

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Image 9 - A tassel made from two pieces of fabric folded over, knotted and then the 'dangly bits' (!) are cut:

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Image 10 - Toggles made from rolled up fabric strips and tied with either string or a thin piece of fabric:

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Image 11 - Close up of one of the toggles in image 10:

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