Tapestry

We are preparing for the tutorial. Necessary tools and materials: yarn of two colors, for mouse and for background; thick yarn or wool for felting, the same color as mouse yarn; thread for the basics; thread for embroidery of eyes and a nose; needle with a large eyelet and with a small one; ...

Today we talk with Maria Solovey, the creator of bags, which have become a cult among connoisseurs of handmade and "natural" things over the past few years. In this interview we will ask Maria where the name "gulena bag" came from, if it is easy to be an artisan and a teacher, if ...

Do you love hand-made rugs as I do? No?! Then I have 3 reasons to get a new angle on weaving. The first reason is the ease of fabrication At first glance it seems that tapestry rugs are difficult and long to make. In fact, everything of genius is simple! You just need a wooden frame and thread. ...

There is a lot of entertaining and fascinating stories in my handmade life. So I decided to share some of them with you?! So, story number 1. "Bargello".   I saw this embroidery for the first time more than 30 years ago, in the late 80s. Ordinary people didn't have an acces to the ...

When a soul wants something bright and unusual, there is nothing better than to try art. Today I would like to share with you works by Just Judit, an artist from sunny Barcelona. The artist creates her colorful tapestries, the size of which ranges from 40x60 cm, of wool and cotton yarn. She knitted ...

I love weaving: of beads, cords, threads. Found some frames without glass in the bins and wanted to make them applied and to weave, too. You need: wooden frame; flax (jute, paper) twine or knitting yarn; beads; PVA glue. A tree with bare branches Cut 15-20 pieces of twine (their number ...