Contemporary Tapestry Weaving
Tidying Up and Doing a Hem Stitch
A course by Marion Weymes , Textile Artist
About the video: Tidying Up and Doing a Hem Stitch
Overview
“Now that we have learned the basics of weaving and produced a small piece, we will learn how to tidy up the back and finish it off using a hem stitch.”
In this video lesson Marion Weymes addresses the topic: Tidying Up and Doing a Hem Stitch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving. Bring color and warmth to any space with abstract tapestry designs using a frame loom and original weaving techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson, we are going to finish off this square or a little test patch as I call it. We're going to look at tidying up all these loose ends at the back. And then I'm going to show you how to do something called a hem stitch. So that's a really nice way to get a nice tidy edge at the top of your tapestry. Firstly, We are just going to again fill in the gaps here. so we can just get up to a nice flat edge at the top. Just like we did before, I'm going to take another color of yarn here, the same thickness as the rest of the yarn we've been using so far. And I'm going to fill in the ...”
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Course summary for: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving
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Areas
Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving
Marion Weymes
A course by Marion Weymes
Marion Weymes is a textile artist and project manager from Dublin, Ireland, who discovered her love for textile art after searching for a new creative project to disconnect from screens and technology. What started as a therapeutic hobby quickly became a newfound passion. She is a self-taught artist who found her own style through trial and error experimentation.
Today, Marion creates large art pieces that she sells on her website and shares on her Instagram account.
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