Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric

Overview

“Next, you'll see how to nest shapes together. In my case, it is first a question of placing the window within the staircase before finishing the remaining steps. Then I will weave the gate and the building around it.”

In this video lesson Delphine Dénéréaz addresses the topic: Nested shapes, which is part of the Domestika online course: Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric. Recycle your old fabric to make beautiful decorative tapestries using traditional weaving techniques.

Partial transcription of the video

“nested shapes In this lesson, i will show you how to place an element inside a shape and we will finish weaving the staircase of the drawing. I place the elements by eye, in relation to my sketches, but if it seems simpler to you, you can use a marker to mark your chain using a tape measure, and transfer the measurements to your sketch. This was also why I advised in the previous lesson to make the sketch in scale 1 in relation to the weaving next. I'm going to simplify my drawing a bit to make it easier to do. The window will be just one white rectangle, instead of having an outline all ar...”

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Course summary for: Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric

• Level: Beginner
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• 886 students
• 5 units
• 16 lessons (2h 24m)
• 5 downloads

• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Accessory Design, Fiber Arts, Interior Decoration, Textile Design, Weaving