Weaving and Upcycling: Craft Tapestries with Recycled Fabric

Overview

“I will be able to weave my palm tree, starting with the trunk, a simple and quick shape to make, then the leaves. Finally, I will complete the weaving by working the background and adding a few knotted stitches in red.”

In this video lesson Delphine Dénéréaz addresses the topic: Floral Shapes and Background, 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

“Plant forms and background In this lesson, i will show you how to weave a plant shape then, we will complete with the bottom that we will embellish with knotted stitches. I will start by making a row of Egyptian points above the orange step to bring relief to my weaving. For this I take a beige thread, of the same color as the future trunk of the palm tree. I wind on every thread of warp that remains, until the end. I place my weft yarn inside the weave, by reweaving it on one or two warp threads. Same for the second side. I mug well. And we see that the rank of Egyptian points is well form...”

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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