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Felt was launched in 2007 by Christchurch graphic designer Lucy Arnold, in response to the US craft-selling site Etsy. [1] Arnold, in her mid 20s, had bought a sewing machine in 2005 and made merino arm warmers for friends and family, eventually selling them on Etsy. [2]
While projects posted on the site tended to be made using traditional techniques such as knitting, crochet, cross stitch and sewing they often conveyed modern sentiments such as images of a favorite rock band, or motifs from a favorite 1980s video game. [3] The site had over 190,000 registered members. [4]
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A sewing pattern is the template from which the parts of a garment are traced onto woven or knitted fabrics before being cut out and assembled. Patterns are usually made of paper , and are sometimes made of sturdier materials like paperboard or cardboard if they need to be more robust to withstand repeated use.
Gathering seams once involved tedious hand sewing of basting, which was time-consuming, especially with heavy fabric. However, finer gathers could be achieved. Now, a quick and easy way to make a gather is to use a wide zigzag stitch with a sewing machine. Both the upper and lower thread are pulled long and placed in front of the sewing machine.
A Möbius strip scarf made from crochet.. Ideas from mathematics have been used as inspiration for fiber arts including quilt making, knitting, cross-stitch, crochet, embroidery and weaving.
Sister Susie's Sewing Shirts For Soldiers Sister Susie's sewing in the kitchen on a "Singer", There's miles and miles of flannel on the floor And up the stairs, And father says it's rotten getting mixed up with the cotton, And sitting on the needles that she leaves upon the chairs. And should you knock at our street door Ma whispers, "Come inside."
Hand made greeting card. Card making is the craft of hand-making greeting cards.It shares skills in common in allied crafts such as scrapbooking and stamping.. Unlike handcrafted cards, mass-produced printed greeting cards have been faced with competition from electronic greeting cards.