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Shoulder Pads Contrary to popular opinion, the object of shoulder pads is not to make you look like a football player. They actually have many purposes, to provide a smooth and even foundation for the garment to hang from if you have bumpy bony shoulders, to compensate for uneven shoulders, to camouflage sloping shoulders, to generally shape the shoulder area so a specific style of sleeve hangs properly, all in addition to their purpose of modifying the silhouette (giving you linebacker shoulders). There are two basic types of shoulder pads, round and square. The round ones slope gently at the outside edge, while the square ones end sharply. They vary in size and thickness as appropriate to the garment and the current fashion. They by no means have to be an inch thick and made of foam rubber. I use them in almost every jacket or coat that I make just to provide a bit of support at the shoulder seams for both drape and seam, and often I make them no more than a few layers of fabric thick. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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How true this all is. I had a coat made for me recently. I gave the
lady some 'gentle' shoulder pads, with the fabric. She didn't put them in. I have worn the coat a few times, but I'm going to have to unpick the lining a bit and put some in - it doesn't look or feel right. .. In message , NightMist writes Shoulder Pads Contrary to popular opinion, the object of shoulder pads is not to make you look like a football player. They actually have many purposes, to provide a smooth and even foundation for the garment to hang from if you have bumpy bony shoulders, to compensate for uneven shoulders, to camouflage sloping shoulders, to generally shape the shoulder area so a specific style of sleeve hangs properly, all in addition to their purpose of modifying the silhouette (giving you linebacker shoulders). There are two basic types of shoulder pads, round and square. The round ones slope gently at the outside edge, while the square ones end sharply. They vary in size and thickness as appropriate to the garment and the current fashion. They by no means have to be an inch thick and made of foam rubber. I use them in almost every jacket or coat that I make just to provide a bit of support at the shoulder seams for both drape and seam, and often I make them no more than a few layers of fabric thick. -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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On Thu, 23 Apr 2009 22:48:55 -0500, NightMist wrote
(in article ): Turkey Work Smyrna Stitch I hold turkey work to be a distinct thing on it's own and entirely seperate from candlewicking, though the two may be combined in a single piece. I am saying this straight out because I know a good many people use the two terms interchangeably. I have also seen redwork called turkey work, my best guess there is that the color has something to do with the mislabling. Turkey work is a needlecraft that gives a piled, or even fuzzy effect. It has been used for any number of things over the years from rugs to bedspreads to upholstry to toys and so on. It has been around since at least the seventeenth century, and has had periodic fads over the centuries. While some of the original turkish stitches involved useing a cluster of threads to make individual tufts on the surface of the fabric, modern turkey work is primarily makeing loops and cutting them to create the piled effect. It can be worked on almost any fabric with a distinct weave, and with nearly any decorative thread. It is most commonly done at this point in history by needlepointers, so the majority of readily available instructions call for needlepoint canvas and wool. I have used it on cushion covers with common embroidery thread and pearl cotton, and found it easy enough to do on embroidery linen or canvas duck. When done with wool or knitting yarns it is often brushed to make it fuzzy, a nice effect for animal fur or teddy bears and what have you. Here is a picture of a simple bit. The squirrels tail was made in this stitch, obviously cutting the loops to leave the threads rather longish: http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/...34088454pyGQat Here are two different sets of instructions for doing this stitch, one standard, one modified: http://www.heritageshoppe.com/herita...es/turkey.html http://www.needlepoint.org/StitchOfT...h/2006/aug.php Wow Nightmist. I don't know where you find all this information. But it's fascinating! I love the Word of the Day. Maureen |
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Buttonhole stitch
Blanket stitch Different stitches with similar and sometimes interchangeable purposes. The names of these stitches are often confused. Both are used for binding raw edges, lace making, embroidery, and buttonholes. There are strong similarities in appearance between the two stitches, and both have countless variations upon them. However upon closer examination they are clearly different stitches, and are made very differently. Instructions for making both stitches, with some variations on the blanket stitch are he http://www.heritageshoppe.com/herita...ketstitch.html -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Well, I never knew the 'groups of three' aspect of blanket stitch. I
just thought blanket stitch had wider gaps between the 'legs'. Thanks for this extra snippet of knowledge Nightmist. .. In message , NightMist writes Buttonhole stitch Blanket stitch Different stitches with similar and sometimes interchangeable purposes. The names of these stitches are often confused. Both are used for binding raw edges, lace making, embroidery, and buttonholes. There are strong similarities in appearance between the two stitches, and both have countless variations upon them. However upon closer examination they are clearly different stitches, and are made very differently. Instructions for making both stitches, with some variations on the blanket stitch are he http://www.heritageshoppe.com/herita...ketstitch.html -- Best Regards pat on the hill |
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Jersey A single knit cotton or cotton blend fabric, usually sold by the yard in tubes. It has a substantial crosswise stretch and much more limited lengthwise stretch. The original fabric from the isle of Jersey was wool, and sometimes lightly napped on the purl side. Heavier doubleknit jersey is available, though it has less stretch. It is the fabric that isused to make T-shirts not the fabric used to make sport jerseys, at least in the US. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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matelassage
Originally a variety of wholecloth quilting from Marseilles, the word has come to simply mean quilting in the modern sense that we are all familiar with. Pieced, applique, or wholecloth, this is the word most commonly used in french for making quilts. In the original work in France the top may have been a print, embroidered, or plain, most commonly in linen or cotton though silk was also much in use. The batting was usually of carded cotton or silk. For a while quilts of this variety were a much in demand trade good. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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Hollow fiber While they are used a lot in things like filtration systems and other industrial applications requireing a floating membrane, hollow fibers are also used in textiles. As a stand alone term, hollow fiber usually refers to a manmade fiber that has been spun around a solid core of something like vinyl, the core is then slid out of the resultant yarn leaving the hollow shell. This yarn is an excellent insulator, but has very poor tensile strength. It is used in several brand name thermal products, where it is used as a fill or batt. Several companies are experimenting with blending various types of hollow fiber with other fibers in order to produce a textile retaining the excellent insulating properties of hollow fibers, and with sufficient strength to be used as a functional fabric. -- Nothing has been the same since that house fell on my sister. |
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I will be back to doing this sometime after I get back from the
wedding. I was just going to take a day off to put the finishing touches on my dress, and then _everything_ went wrong. NightMist thinking of writing a book called "When Good Sewing Machines Go Bad" -- Legolas is my house elf |
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Block Printing
Block printing is the earliest printing technique known of imparting printed design to textiles, in fact the use of block printing on textiles may well predate its use on paper. Sources vary as to whether China or Egypt was the first civilization to play with the method. In its earliest forms, pieces of wood were carved with the desired design, then dye was bushed on the blocks and stamped on the fabric. As the art evolved more interesting methods were tried, some successfully, some less so. Since vegetables dyes were the ones primarily is use, a lot of experimenting to get various colors on a single piece with a colored background took place. Some interesting results were achieved by stamping just the mordants, and then brush or tub dyeing. Of course stamping resists was not far behind stamping dyes in being thought of, and discharge methods came along after a while as well. Through history blocks for printing have been made of a wide variety of materials and combinations of materials. Wood is not as common now, assorted metals, silicones, rubber, linoleum (like back in school art class), and various such things have been used and are still used today. In the west block printing has largely been discarded in comercial application, but in the east it is still much in use as so much more industry there is home based. The recent rubber stamp craze in the west extended into clothing and textiles with designs being stamped on all sorts of things in fabric paint. Thickened dye can be used with rubber stamps, but the dye tends to degrade the rubber fairly quickly. There are however a large number of vegetable based resists that can be used with rubber stamps and cause them no damage whatsoever. Stamping these resists and then applying dye with a brush can yield very satisfactory results that last longer than paint. -- Legolas is my house elf |
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