Introduction to Contemporary Patchwork

Overview

“Before going to work with the specific pieces of our design, I will briefly explain the basic concepts of patchwork. I will teach you a very simple but essential norm, if we skip it it will be very complicated to go back. ”

In this video lesson Zita Chocarro Iriarte addresses the topic: Patchwork basics, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Contemporary Patchwork. Combine and upcycle fabrics to create unique textile pieces.

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson I will explain some basic notions of "patchwork". They are very simple. But they are essential for us to understand how they work. Imagine that this is the total area of our bag and that we have to build it based on bits. For example, this would be half. And this would be a quarter. What I need you to understand is that these two pieces cannot be joined directly Because the length is not the same. And this emptiness would stay here and we couldn't fill it in later. To assemble these two pieces, We need the length to be the same. So we would need to add a piece here. For examp...”

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Course summary for: Introduction to Contemporary Patchwork

• Level: Beginner
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• 5586 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (1h 27m)
• 3 downloads

• Category

  Craft, Design

• Areas

  DIY, Fashion Design, Sewing, Textile Design