Fabric Unit: Click To Edit Master Subtitle Style
Fabric Unit: Click To Edit Master Subtitle Style
Fabric Unit: Click To Edit Master Subtitle Style
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Overview
The Fabric Unit is made up of 4 parts:
Knitting Rag Rugs Sewing Notes and Questions.
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years
or rots.
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Weaving also
associated
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Weaving
Very labour intensive to weave a fabric Until the Industrial Revolution (late 1700s mid
1800s) fabric was expensive because it took so much work to make it.
Result: Fabric: Used and reused until nothing left
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Rag Rugs
Rugs/mats have been made for 1000s of years Anything that can be made into a yarn or string can be
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1.
To save money
2. To make money (sell at craft fairs) 3. To have a hobby 4. To express creativity 5. To be ecologically aware (reusing something
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Crochet
2. Knotting 3. Braiding
The method you will use will depend on the availability of tools
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colour fabric
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Advantages
More Less
Easier
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About 1500
years ago Japan and China had the most developed techniques in tie dye fabrics
The art of
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1960s:
Part of the
crafts and back to nature movement
Used to
express individuali ty
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Appliqu
You create a
Many ways of
using a
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Design
Considerations
1. What size
will you make your pillow? Avoid skinny, little pieces. Hey are hard to work with.
2. Patterns:
1.
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