Different types of supplies you can buy for better fabric painting You can make do with 3 primary fabric paint colors, red, blue and yellow, and one or two brushes and start painting on your fabric.

Have you seen a favorite pattern in a fabric and struggled to pinpoint its name? Here is a post putting a name to your dilemma. These different types of fabric prints and patterns are what attracts us ...

In our house most of the time, clothes get holes because of incorrect pressing – the iron box burns holes in the fabric very easily when the temperature is not compatible. This happens with synthetic ...

Romans and Egyptians took great interest in their appearance and spend a lot of effort and currency on fashion and style. Wearing a particular type of clothing communicated status, wealth and ...

There are so many types of fabrics available, it is very easy to feel lost in a textile showroom. Usually, the color and patterns attract you first to a fabric. But that is only one element of the ...

Do you know that earlier collars were mostly detachable from clothes? Today collars are integral parts of most of our clothing. It frames the face, keeps your neck warm, and gives the whole garment ...

1. Aline dress This dress basically follows the Aline silhouette – ie flowy from the shoulders. It can also have a fitted defined waist but the hem is always flared giving the whole silhouette the ...

There are many different types of leather which really confuses me when I go to buy. I am the kind who ask why, what, when of things I buy – this way I have come to know a little bit about different ...

I have always been fascinated by smocking done on my girls’ dresses and always thought it is too difficult to do. Realistically it is a little bit difficult to do than other embroidery work but the ...

Polynosic Fibers This fiber is very similar to Rayon fibers but the tenacity of this fiber is more than that of rayon. Cuprammonium rayon fiber Cuprammonium rayon fibers are made from cellulose ...

I bet that you will find at least one skirt in every girl’s wardrobe – atleast as a petticoat or as a divided skirt or a half slip or whatever. You cannot ignore this piece of fabric sewn into many ...

1. Hairline stripes Hairline Stripes These are very very thin stripes, which are usually placed quite close to each other but could be arranged with more space between too; The name refers to the ...