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TEXTILE CRAFTS

Dye, Salt & Water Calculator for Shibori Projects

The online calculator helps you calculate the net quantity of dye powder and other auxiliaries required for a fabric dyeing project. Please input the fabric weight in gms (if your fabric weight is 1.5kg, please input 1500). Also, please select if the fabric to be dyed is cotton or silk and the calculator will suggest the suitable auxiliary. Finally, select the shade requirement between light, medium or dark. The online calculator will provide information about the exact amount of dyes & auxiliaries needed. To learn the process of dyeing, click here. 

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Posters-Textile Crafts

Videos-Textile Crafts

Entrepreneurship in Textile Waste
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Entrepreneurship in Textile Waste

Can you turn textile waste into a treasured business opportunity? Watch this video till the end.
The Business of Fashion
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The Business of Fashion

Thinking of a wonderful fashion product or service that can become your next business venture? This short video will help you understand the basic elements of a fashion business that need to be sorted before you take the big step. As always, an informative bite size video created in simple vocabulary; democratising the world of learning...one bite at a time!
Shibori The Tie Dye Tech
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Shibori The Tie Dye Tech

Create colourful textile patterns with tie-dye techniques. Commonly known as Shibori, it is a set of resist tying techniques that creates wavy, flowing colour patterns on fabrics.
How to do Lazy daisy Stitch
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How to do Lazy daisy Stitch

Simple easy steps of 'How to do Lazy Daisy Stitch' in hand embroidery patterns. Clearly defined video of Hand Embroidery for handkerchiefs, dresses and other hand-crafted apparel. Lazy-daisy stitch is one of the most prevalent stitched utilized in creating small floral patterns. It forms light loops that beautifully rest on the fabric surface to denote petals & leaves. This stitch is not meant for bigger petals, leafs or loops as then the stitch is prone to snapping & puckering.
Blanket Stitch / Buttonhole Stitch for edge finishing
02:28

Blanket Stitch / Buttonhole Stitch for edge finishing

How to do finish fabric edges in a decorative manner using buttonhole or blanket stitch.
Blanket stitch to finish patch edges
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Blanket stitch to finish patch edges

Short video about finishing raw edges of hand stitched patches by blanket stitch.
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