Folded fabric

Touch Point is woven using a double-folded pure linen yarn. This enhances its dense structural character while adding stability.

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Our Deputy Decoration Editor Ruth Sleightholme rounds up her favourite plain fabrics for upholstery, curtains, cushions and more.

Drapery reference.

This was a very fun shoot. She was great at making the linen cloth look like it does in Baroque statues. Obviously she is holding the drape with one hand here, but it makes for a very Athena-like pose.

Made 1920-1929 and designed by Fortuny. This fabric is blue silk pleated by Fortuny's method. The hem is sewn with matching blue silk.

This tutorial covers everything about how to ruche fabric, from choosing the right material to using different methods of ruching.

Dear beloved future students, I hope that you are as excited as I am! Here is a sneak-peek... Here are samples I did with my...

Alison Watt. Oil on a massive canvas. Alison Watt does “fabric painting.” She paints on canvas but her subject matter is cloth.

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Taffeta n. Plain weave fabric, rib variation, made of filament yarn from acetate or silk, with slight sheen and slight rustle sound. Firm fabric. The word is

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This is the 12th in our series of staff project posts created for the Spoonflower Staff Quilt Challenge. Danielle, Kim and I (Kate) weren’t really sure where to start with […]