by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
A light weight worsted wool often finished with a hot pressed soft glazed, that was manufactured from the early 17thC for making flags. It looks similar to a heavy weight linen. It was also known as bunting after the rows of pennanted flags that were made from it and...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Or tambour, a round frame consisting of two rings from the original drum concept, used for tambour embroidery. ...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Even if we don’t recognise the term for tambour lace, most of us have heard of sprigged muslins, the 18C summer dress fabric of many a period drama. A lace made of chain stitch worked with a tambour hook on a muslin or fine net fixed onto a deep round...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Tambour embroidery is a hooked embroidery stitch worked using both hands: the right hand holds the tambour hook and the left hand holds a line of thread beneath the fabric. The needle is pushed through the fabric, catches the thread, pulls a loop of it back through...
by Heather Luke | Jun 23, 2015
Pipe clay blocks used to mark out darts and stitching lines, fitting and altering points on fabric that rub out. It works well on most fabrics, and especially on...
