These allow you to make marks on the top and then sew over them, or temporarily attach the fabric with masking tape and stitch along the edge.

Located within a walking distance from the historic center of Dijon and 2133 feet from the train station, Hotel Victor Hugo offers a garden and rooms with a flat-screen TV and a private bathroom. The location of this hotel with available parking is ideal!

Here, you stitch on the seam where two patches or blocks meet. This makes the stitch discreet while reinforcing the seam.

Muga silk fabric is only produced in the state of Assam in India, and muga silkworms are semi-domesticated. While muga silk isn’t widely known in the rest of the world, generations of Assam residents have made muga silk garments for the nobility of this region.

While mulberry silk is, by far, the most widely produced type of this fabric, there are a few other types of silk fabric worth mentioning as well:

Some quilting supplies are available at large retailers like Walmart. If you’re making a simple hand quilt, you may be able to find everything you need under one roof.

This is a style of quilting known for its double stitching lines. Sometimes those lines have cording running through them. This style has stitching only on the quilt top with a thick foundation fabric here underneath for a backing.

So there you have it, everything you need to know about textile designing. Whether you’re just starting out as a textile designer, or have been in the industry for years, there’s always something new to learn and appreciate about this creative craft.

Retile your shower-tub combo to add color and pattern to a neutral bathroom, like this space designed by Sonya Lee Architect. Add a built-in shower niche for space-saving storage in the same pattern for a sleek look.

As the silk strand loads onto the reel, it is automatically attached to another strand to make a continuous string. The sericin in the silk strand helps the strands stick together. Next, silk producers twist these long strings together to make yarn.

Piecing describes the process of joining pieces of fabric to end up with one large piece — in this case, a quilt.

While not every antique auction on eBay is a vintage piece of art, there are indeed collectable antiques that can fetch quite a few high bids at the antique auction market.

Quilters turn the sides of the pieces under and then top-stitch or finish them with hand-stitched blanket stitches or satin stitches. Appliqueing can be done by hand as well as with a sewing machine.

I would, however, set aside just one day to visit Beaune as that was plenty for me. It is just a short walk to the old town, so pelo transportation is at all necessary.