Fabric slashing

Fabric slashed bag!

After finding a video on YouTube based on a technique called slashing, I have decided to create a sample similar. You take a base fabric min...

Chenille technique - a sandwich of fibres within 2 layers of calico, stitched in lines and slashed to reveal the filling.

I spent today at a workshop revisiting a technique I'd not used for some time - faux chenille or stitch and slash work. I'd forgotten what a pleasure it could be - though one basic thing about it hit me fair and square as I was working. While colour choices are always central to the kind of textile work I do, in this case it seemed absolutely vital to work with a good colour palette since, in a way, that is what the whole thing is about - the juxtaposition of glimpses of colour against a…

what I call RipTech ... I've made ripped handpainted silk textiles like these and ripped painted calico too ~ the results are fabulously tactile and visually a delight ......distressed canvas strips stitched to create 3D layers, dyed and manipulated for patterns. Inspired by Margaret Crowther

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Slashing on Cotton by Beata Jarmolowska

How to Chenille Chenilling is a brilliant and simple textiles technique that can be used in a whole range of applications. If you wanted to make a suit jacket more interesting and tactile you could...

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Free motion embroidery creates a lot of scrap threads. I don’t throw them out and incorporate them in my art work. Here are a few tips on how to reuse them.

Day 1 We started by delving into our stashes of fabric - we were told: don't be too selective, just pile on the layers of offcuts and re...

Linking up (just under the wire) with Patti's Visible Monday! TOC Koos Van Den Akker Alterations and Modifications Conclusion More Pictures Pattern The seventh challenge was pretty straightforward: Using at least two prints, coordinate them to make an outfit. Use only the fabric prints you have chosen to make your pieces. Now this challenge is right up my alley! I love to mix prints. Almost immediately, I thought of a pattern that I've been wanting to make for years, Vogue 2971. It is a Koos…