Welcome to Cross Stitch Stash! Our stash of Out-of-Print, Hard-to-find, vintage and new release cross stitch patterns is second to none! Armed with this book and a rug hook, you'll be producing rag rug creations in no time. Rag Rug Inspirations explores the past, present and future of a craft that has been practised for centuries.
It also, in step-by-step detail, explains the main rag rug making techniques together with the necessary materials and equipment. This classic book has everything a weaver needs to know about weaving rag rugs, from basic information to drafts for 20 traditional two- and four-shaft patterns. Topics include materials, rag preparation, weaving and finishing hints, design, and information on antique looms, suppliers and a glossary.
From fabric strips to completed rugs - it's all in the twist! Author Bobbie Irwin guides you through the age-old art of rug twining to create beautiful, durable objects for your home, all with strips of new or recycled fabric. You'll begin with a twining sampler to learn the basic methods you'll need to make rugs, baskets, placemats, even a photo album. Clearly presented techniques and project instructions include color diagrams and photos. Learn to make your own twining frames, and discover nonframe projects that use boxes, cardboard tubes and bowls as forms for twining.
Every weaver weaves a rag rug—or two, or three. Discusses the history of rag rugs, introduces equipment and techniques, and provides instructions for making twenty projects. The book is arranged into three chapters: Home includes a selection of projects for fun and easy rugs in a range of colors and styles, as well as a shaggy pillow, draft excluder, wall hanging, and chalkboard frame.
Gifts has wonderful ideas for unique items that you can make for friends and family, from a clutch bag to flower hair clips and even a brooch. A comprehensive section at the start of the book covers everything you need to know about which fabrics to choose, what tools you will need, and what the essential techniques are, allowing you to discover how to update this traditional craft with endless possibilities of color and fabric combinations.
Rag-rug making is a traditional craft. In Britain and North America the techniques that were most commonly used were hooking, prodding, braiding and weaving. These methods are now enjoying a revival, inspired partly by the desire to transform recycled materials into unique, hand-crafted pieces for the home.
This comprehensive "natural history" of a traditional art form honors more than a hundred contemporary Finnish American rag rug weavers and loom builders, whom the author has met and interviewed during more than two decades of research, mostly in Michigan's western Upper Peninsula. Entire magazine warped as if something damp may have been set on it, but pages in very good shape.
Like new condition. Army, Air Force, Marine, and Navy outfits for boy and girl 15" dolls. Crochet five different dresses and hats using worsted weight yarn.
Multiple price tags crossed off on cover, but otherwise very good condition. Good condition. Doll Crochet Classics , Fibre-Craft, Shelf wear to spine and cover, but otherwise very good condition. All Dolled Up! Seven outfits, crocheted or sewn, for 15" craft dolls or "cone dolls. May have tags on cover, slight store shelf wear, but otherwise excellent condition.
Vintage Pattern Shop Catalog. Row 7: 3 ch, work a cluster of 1 dc in 1 st st and 1 tr in each remaining st. Fasten off. Work 1 sc in 2 nd st from hook, a joined hdc over next 2 sts, a joined dc over following 2 sts, 1 tr in each of next 2 sts, 2 dc in following st, a joined hdc over next 2 sts, 1 hdc in following st, a joined sc over next 2 sts, 1 sc in following st, 1 sl st in each st to end.
Miss 1 ch, work 1 sl st in each of next 2 sts, 1 sc in each of following 3 sts, 2 sc in next st, 1 sc in each st to end. Row 2: Miss 1 ch, sl st in each of next 2 ch, 1 sc in each of following 2 sts, a joined hdc over next 2 sts, 1 hdc in following st, 1 dc in next st, 2 dc in following st, 1 tr in each remaining st, miss 1 st on row 1, sl st in next st. Provides step-by-step instructions on how to make fifty projects from leftover fabric including rag rugs, jewelry, home furnishings, and greeting cards.
Learn ten different rag-rugging methods and use them to create 30 stylish and practical items for yourself and your home. In Rag Rug Techniques for Beginners, Elspeth Jackson details ten methods that will help you learn the art of rag rugs, and inspire your craft creativity. Elspeth will show you the skills, tools and equipment you'll need for each one, as well as providing advice on choices of fabrics and design. She will help you to identify common mistakes that you might run into, building for you a strong foundation in the craft.
Each chapter includes step-by-step instructions for a traditional rug plus two other projects for yourself or your home, such as placemats, bowls, wall hangings and more, so that you can show off the new skills you've learned.
Using upcycled fabrics, only a few basic tools and simple techniques, you'll master rag-rugging in no time! An exciting moment for any crafter is when they are able to take the love for crafts and turn it into real money. Selling your crafts enables you to make money doing what you love, along with the convenience of setting your own hours and working from home.
Author : United States,United States. Committee on Governmental Affairs. Creating a beautiful throw rug from scraps is easy enough for anyone to master.
Making Rag Rugs, a collection of 15 original designs from a variety of talented rug crafters, suits the skills of any crafter, from the rawest beginner to the most sophisticated talent.
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