Textile arts Textile arts Bandhani work is a type of dyeing practiced mainly in the states of Rajasthan and Gujarat, India. Sometimes, it is also referred as Bandhani art or Bnadhani art work. The term “bandhani” derives its name from a Hindi word Bandhan which means tying up. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bandhani work"
Banner-making is the ancient art or craft of sewing banners. ...more on Wikipedia about "Banner-making"
Batik or batique is an Indonesian-Malay word and refers to a generic wax-resist dyeing technique used on fabric. The word originates from Malay word for dot or point, "titik" and the Javanese word "amba", meaning ”to write”. ...more on Wikipedia about "Batik"
A Bell Pull is a woven textile, cord, handle, knob, or other object that connects with a bell or bell wire, and which rings a bell when pulled. Bell pulls are used to summon workers in homes of people who have butlers or other servants, and often have a tassel at the bottom. ...more on Wikipedia about "Bell Pull"
Craftivism is a form of activism, typically for social justice or environmentalism, that is centred around practices of craft - especially handicrafts. Practitioners are known as craftivists. ...more on Wikipedia about "Craftivism"
The term "crazy quilting" is often used to refer to the textile art of crazy patchwork and is sometimes used interchangeably with that term. Crazy quilting does not actually refer to a specific kind of quilting (the needlework which binds two or more layers of fabric together), but a specific kind of patchwork. Crazy quilts rarely have the internal layer of batting that is part of what defines quilting as a textile technique. ...more on Wikipedia about "Crazy quilting"
Felting is the process by which wool fiber is matted into a fabric. Wool fibers have scales and are also crimped; when these fibers are wetted, softened, and then rubbed together, they grab each other and are permanently bound together. ...more on Wikipedia about "Felting"
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Fiber art is a subclassification of fine art defined by the usually exclusive use of fabrics, yarn, other natural fibers, and now synthetic fibers to focus on the properties of the material as well as the hands-on work intensive process as part of the significance of the piece. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiber art"
A fiber artist creates works of art from fibers of any sort, including yarn and thread. However, almost any material can be rendered into a fiber, and this fact makes for rather surprising fiber art. For example, a nun in Hamtramck, Michigan wove an eagle from silver and gold strips. ...more on Wikipedia about "Fiber artist"
Katazome is a Japanese method of dyeing fabrics using a resist paste applied through a stencil. With this kind of resist dyeing, a rice flour mixture is used, and applied to the cloth that will be painted. Where the mixture sticks, no paint will be able to be applied during the painting or dyeing stages. ...more on Wikipedia about "Katazome"
(Knotting) The process of creating a series of knots in a fiber - usually in the creation of a net or in the art of macrame. See also knot and macrame. ...more on Wikipedia about "Knotting"
Macrame or macramé is a form of textile-making using knotting rather than weaving or knitting. Its primary knots are the square knot and forms of hitching ( full hitch and double half hitches). It has been used by sailors, especially in elaborate or ornamental knotting forms to decorate anything from knife handles to bottles to parts of ships. ...more on Wikipedia about "Macrame"
The malong is a woven Maranao multi-colored cloth bearing variety of okir designs. The well-organized shapes indicate the weaver's village of origin. The garment can function as blanket, bedsheet, dressing room, hammock, prayer mat and for cultural events of the Maranaos. A newborn is wrapped in a malong and as he grows this piece of cloth becomes a part of his daily life. When he dies, he is once again wrapped in a malong. ...more on Wikipedia about "Malong"
Mille-fleur ( French) literally means "thousand flower" and refers to a background made of many small flowers and plants. It was an especially popular motif in the applied arts and crafts during the Middle Ages in Europe. ...more on Wikipedia about "Mille-fleur" Fast www.shortopedia.com shortopedia
Millinery is women's hats and other articles sold by a milliner, or the profession or business of designing, making, or selling hats for women. A milliner is one who designs, makes, or sells women's hats. ...more on Wikipedia about "Millinery"
Patchwork is a form of needlework or craft that involves sewing together small pieces of fabric and stitching them together into a larger design. This larger design is then often quilted, or else tied together with pieces of yarn at regular intervals, a practice known as tying. Patchwork is traditionally 'pieced' by hand, but modern quiltmakers often use a sewing machine instead. ...more on Wikipedia about "Patchwork"
Qalamkari or Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block-printed cotton textile, produced in various places in India. The word derives from the Persian words qalam (pen) and kari (workmanship). ...more on Wikipedia about "Qalamkari"
A quilt is a type of bedding— a bed covering composed of a quilt top, a layer of batting, and a layer of fabric for backing, generally combined using the technique of quilting. Another technique for securing the quilt layers is tying. Typing refers to the technique of using thread, yarn or ribbon to pass through all three layers of the quilt at reqular intervals. These "ties" hold the layers together during use and especially when the quilt is washed. This method is easier and more forgiving if the quilt is made by hand. Tied quilts are called, depending on the regional area, "hap", "comfort" or "comforter", among other names. Many quilts are made with decorative designs; indeed, some quilts are not used as bed covering at all, but are rather made to be hung on a wall or otherwise displayed. ...more on Wikipedia about "Quilt"
Rug-making is an ancient craft, and covers a variety of techniques. ...more on Wikipedia about "Rug making"
Sashiko quilting (刺し子, [Pronounced: SA-SHEE-KOE]) is a form of quilting originating from Japan. ...more on Wikipedia about "Sashiko quilting"
Shibori is a Japanese term for several methods of dyeing cloth with a pattern by binding, stitching, folding, twisting, or compressing it. ...more on Wikipedia about "Shibori"
Spinning is the process of creating yarn (or thread, rope, cable) from various raw fiber materials. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spinning (textiles)"
A spinning wheel is a device for spinning thread or yarn from fibrous material such as wool or cotton. ...more on Wikipedia about "Spinning wheel"
Tapestry is a form of textile art. It is woven by hand on a weaving- loom. The chain thread is the carrier in which the coloured striking thread is woven. In this way, a colourful pattern or image is created. Most weavers use a naturally based chain thread made out of linen or wool. The striking threads can be made out of silk, wool, gold or silver, but can also be made out of any form of textile. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tapestry"
A tassel is a ball-shaped bunch of plaited or otherwise entangled threads from which at one end protrudes a cord on which the tassel is hung, and which may have loose, dangling threads at the other end. Tassels are normally decorative elements, and as such one often finds them attached, usually along the bottom hem, to garments, curtains, or other hangings; and to mortarboards. ...more on Wikipedia about "Tassel"
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