Div Knits

[crap-userrname16]

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Haven’t had a chance to watch the tutorial yet, but I’m seriously considering making this for my gf’s niece

[frostedmagnolias]

Lace Trimmed Silk Dress

c. 1899

Whitaker Auction

[iamasalmon]

the thing about fiber art that nobody tells you about is that every single kind of fiber art is a gateway drug to other kinds of fiber art.

[ihaveanewdesk]

- hey I got some needle and thread, I should start getting some fabric to start sewing

- what pretty embroidery floss, I should learn cross stitching

-I should start embroidery since I already have the floss.

- yarn is so nice, i should get some yarn so I can make my own outfits and toys.

- knitting has such a nice texture. I should get some knitting needles to make socks

- time to learn weaving

- time to make my own yarn

- time to…

And it keeps going

[emo5ever]

my patchwork phedsheets skirt 🩵💙💚🖤🩶🤍

[hookednbusy]

I’ve been making a couple of things for myself lately that I need to post but I’ll start with the most recent - this incredible jumper I just finished!

Since it’s the middle of summer, I won’t be able to wear it but the design came out exactly how I wanted. More details on my inspirations to come 🕷️

[mildlyartisticsuperdetective]

OKAY SO HERE ARE THE PICS. Inspired by this post by @pipistrellus (@pipcomix)

These are 16th century Renaissance inspired hotpants, panelled with navy velvet with a red silk lining and hand-embroidered butt slogan, which I believe is like 300% historically accurate. They’re actually modelled off a genuine Tudor pattern but then made ridiculous because who am I.

Worn with thigh highs and a 18th C shirt cuz it was all I had to hand and frankly shirts don’t change that much lol.

Watermark is to my Instagram! @oh.papillon

[kernalphage]

You know what? I'm posting it again as it's own post to brag.

Look at her!!

[bwabbitv3s]

I finished the last constellation tonight. All 40 of them are now done! Went through and double checked and every stitch is in place for them and all the beads are in place. Which just leaves the milky way part to do.

[bwabbitv3s]

Started stitching the Milky Way in. Slowly making progress on it as I am hiding the travelling thread so the back will look nice.

Looks pretty cool and keeps the readability of the other stitches. Very happy with it. Just a thousand or so to do. As they are in a grid roughly every centimetre apart.

[bwabbitv3s]

Update on the constellation quilt. I have gotten the last Milky Way stitch done now. Which means the quilting part of this project is done. My next step will be to baste the edges down, remove the pattern, trim the quilt square, and lastly attach the binding.

[bwabbitv3s]

Progress on the constellation quilt has come along quite a lot now. Finished the binding on the quilt over the weekend. I prefer to machine stitch the binding to the front then hand stitch the back side. It gives such a nice finish to the quilt. Took the time to measure it also and it ended up being 72" by 72" (183cm by 183cm).

With that done I could finally start removing the pattern. Which is taking both less time and more time that I thought it would. As it rips really easily so that goes fast, but the tiny corners and removing it under the beads is slow. You can now see the difference in the glow effect with it against the dark front of the quilt instead of the pattern.

[bwabbitv3s]

Behold the stars of the constellations of the northern sky! I love how this quilt has turned out. It was a lot of fun to work on and the effect is so cool in person. Overall I would estimate it took about 90-100 hours to complete. Give or take 10 hours if you want to count the time I spent custom dying the fabric.

I made sure to get a nice photo of it in daylight. For once I also remembered to get a quilt label on it. The back really shows the difference in readability of the quilting on the ice dyed fabric compared to the solid front. Thank you everyone that has followed this. I am glad you all found joy in it.

Those that are interested, here is the pattern I used by Haptic Lab. I made the large northern hemisphere version, and plan to make the matching southern hemisphere one next year. I also got your back for the less crafty people. Haptic Lab sells finished quilts in this pattern, both as a large quilt and a small one.

[crochethub]

After 10 months of dedication, I finally finished! I confess I was hesitant to post it, since I'm not a professional, but I feel I achieved a good result. by TheresaZoe

[stahsm]

Overlock Stitch by @clothes_reetzy

[thatisuseful]

Damn, that's useful

[fluidstatick]

Finally a hand sewing tutorial on a hemline that isn't just the ladder stitch! the ladder stitch disappears when you tighten it, but it's not meant for hemlines because it breaks really easily! The overlock stitch is more stable, so it holds much longer, and it won't pucker or warp the fabric!

[shamebats]

What it looks like on the right side of a Hawaiian shirt I shortened and hemmed by hand.

[tobiasbones]

The other day i bought this yarn cause that’s obviously the trans flag, and I just saw that this colour is called ‘life’! I’m gonna cry

[pmamtraveller]

Textile art featuring a school of koi fish, by artist Lin Xia.

[vincentbriggs]

Friend was getting frustrated at hand sewing because the polyester thread was twisting a lot, so I gave him some cotton thread and he went wow this is so much better. now I'm wondering if perhaps a lot of the people who hate hand sewing have never tried it with a well behaved thread. If you've only ever hand sewn with polyester thread try cotton or silk, or linen with some beeswax! (And read this blog post with more advice.)

[dollsahoy]

I have given similar advice in regard to machine sewing--cheap polyester thread creates varying levels of frustration that nicer polyester thread does not, and I wonder how many people who have problems with machine sewing are actually dealing with uncooperative thread.

(I discovered this on accident, when I switched from my usual Saba or Gutermann thread to a no-name 2/$1 store brand thread that once was my main thread, thinking it was nothing more than a silly act of nostalgia, but, no. All of the issues I used to have sewing knits immediately reappeared. I switched to a better thread--in a worse color match--and the problems vanished. And I'd thought the problems with sewing knits had gone away because my sewing skills had improved! Nope! It was spending more money on thread!)

[smallerplaces]

This is giving me flashbacks to the time in the 2010s when I thought I'd save time and money by picking up some cheap off-brand thread at the convenient SAS Fabrics (a discount mill-end store). I went from having no trouble sewing a nice seam to have endless and varied problems.

That also reminds me that at some point, I'll need to side-eye the current thread stash, as all but two spools are from my mother's stash, so they are a minimum of six years old, probably much older. Here, therefore, is a link on how to test if your thread is too old. (It's one thing I don't buy at estate sales!)

Is my sewing thread too old to use?

Even though you may think that buying a large box of vintage thread on sale sounds like a like your saving money, it may turn out to be quit

[vincentbriggs]

I like old thread, but I do always pull on it to make sure it's strong enough! I figure if it can last for decades in a garment there's no reason a properly stored thread can't last just as well on the spool. And the weaker stuff is great for hand basting, so I keep it too, as long as it's a decently smooth cotton. (At my first tailoring job I learned that you can actually buy specially made hand basting thread that's designed to break easily so it's easier to pull out.)

But oogh, yeah not the cheap fuzzy stuff. If a bunch of secondhand thread comes with any of those thin cheaply made spools that have that very visible fuzziness they get tossed immediately. Serger thread is the only stuff that's allowed to look like that!

[deeplenpeeple]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa i finished my dnp cross stitch!!!!!! finally!!!!!!!!!!

i made this for my best friend who’s 30 on sunday. she and i met and became friends 13 years ago because of dan and phil and this picture is based off of a photo she took at tit (dan’s holding the flowers she gave them at the end of the show).

i’m framing it and giving it to her tomorrow i’m so so so excited

@danielhowell @amazingphil

[pardalote]

Finished stitching my Oversight series.

12 small embroidered poem-objects in wool, linen, cotton, silk, stitched on canvaswork mesh and edged in glass beads.

[littlealienproducts]

PDF FILES - Luna the Crow Sewing Case - Raven keepsake Pattern by TheWishingShed

[theduckasaurrex]

wow I’m so cool I actually managed to do something during exam season wow wow

This was an adidas sweatshirt I found at like a tj max a year ago and I had the idea to wing it up. I did the wings, I wasn’t a huge fan of the original outline but it came out way cooler than I hoped and I decided it needed something between them so. Sun! Sun is supposed to look like it’s dripping I think. The front is supposed to look like fire (my friend’s idea) but I don’t think it came through that well. And the feather on the sleeve I thought would be cool and for some reason it agreed with me? I used a ref from Pinterest for the wings uhhh.. Put beads on the hoodie string and colored out the logo as best I could because fuck corporate.

Tldr: shirt I made with ~vague concept~ and ~bleach~