Contemporary Tapestry Weaving

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

“Tidying Up and Doing a Hem Stitch In this lesson, we're going to finish off this square or a little test patch, as I call it. We'll look at tidying up all these loose ends at the back, and then, I'll show you how to do a hem stitch. That's a nice way to get a nice, tidy edge at the top of your tapestry. First, 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'll take another colour of yarn of the same thickness as the rest of the yarn, we've been so far, and I'll fill in the gaps, making sure that we are usi...”

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Course summary for: Contemporary Tapestry Weaving

• Level: Beginner
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• 4434 students
• 4 units
• 18 lessons (4h 0m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving