FABRIC MANIPULATION

Fabric manipulation textile and dyeing techniques

MATERIALS

Textile: slashing technique

MATERIALS

PROCESS Gather a piece of fabric, cut it in half to have top and bottom pieces

Prepare the scraps by cutting them into small pieces.

procesS Layer your sandwich! kept the colours and fabrics roughly grouped.

put the top fabric on the fabric roughly gruped before.

PROCESS Gather a piece of fabric, cut it in half to have top and bottom pieces

sew a cross,a line down the middle and then across.sewthe vertical lines,working to the edge of the fabric from the centre.

procesS Repeat the step six with the horizontal lines.each square is approx 2 cms square. .

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final result

FINAL RESULT sharp scissors cut from corner to corner on each square. Aim to cut through the top layer and some or all of the scrap layer.

PROCESS Gather a piece of fabric, cut it in half to have top and bottom pieces

put the top fabric on the fabric roughly gruped before.

procesS Layer your sandwich! kept the colours and fabrics roughly grouped.

sewthe vertical lines,working to the edge of the fabric from the centre.

final result

FINAL RESULT Straight lines. I’ve varied the width so that you can see how this affects the finished piece

MATERIALS

Textile: DYEING technique

MATERIALS

PROCESS Chop the cabbage into quarters and place them in a sauce pan

Add a tablespoon of salt

procesS Add a tablespoon of distilled white vinegar

Cover the cabbage with water.

PROCESS Once you have a deep fuchsia, strain the cabbage.

procesS

Same process for each fruit.

final result

Now that your dye ready, pour the content into a container

FINAL RESULT

nOW YOU CAN START plashING the dye on the fabric!