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#fabric

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JJ Celery

While I'm waiting an absolute forever for the knit fabrics to dry, there's juuust enough space on the rack for one more coupon. I've decided to spend the evening dyeing the "apricot" Oxford. I just happen to have some Dylon machine dye and the process takes about 4h.

I took a photo of the fabric before its first laundry. Look at it. What an absolute Bolognese Tupperware of colours.

Then the store photo. Even had I ordered it on purpose, I would have been disappointed.

Fabric hanging roughly off of my left arm, photographed under "daylight" bulbs in the kitchen. It's a washed out orange, like Tupperware after you stored Bolognese sauce in it.
Original photo from the store, looking significantly more vibrant and rich.
#sewing#fabric
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josefin

I got almost nothing done yesterday, except for tidying and prepwork. Woke up today at 4.30 so now I've started cutting fabric for some todays sewing project (that will likely continue into tomorrow 😅). Now I'm taking a short break.

Also: I made a sale yesterday. I designed these little drawer style boxes last fall with magnets in them. Made to hold needles but also other small items. I just sold two 🙃

two small drawer style boxes. One orange and the other hot pink.
#maker#sewing#fabric
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Faintdreams

#Bjd #AntiStain

Probably going to be buying an 1/3 size bjd doll in the near future, but am not sure if they are made of vinyl or resin.

I want to get some anti-stain underclothes.

Does anyone know what 'anti stain ' fabrics usually are?

I might try sewing my own as I have the potential dolls measurements...

Any help appreciated.

#fabric#chemistry
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JJ Celery

I have been meaning to take photos of my new fabric before it became laundry, but I've been very busy, and the days I haven't been busy had been overcast and pissing rain; very bad light. So laundry it is.

Instead taking my own I shall post the store photos, a mini review of each piece, and what it's gonna (probably) become.

This is shaping up to be a long thread so mute me for a couple of hours if it's too much.

Without further ado here's my latest fabric haul!

#sewing#fabric#FabricHaul
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Sini Tuulia

Look at this absolutely horrendous and terrible extremely on sale mystery cellulose fibre fabric. Terribly drawn lion killing a snake, poor snek! Scary trees! A very badly drawn probably a panther, looks like it could do with a warm meal! A monkey! It's horrible and ugly and I kind of love it. 😆

An old time illustration of what could be a lion having a fight with a snake, maybe a cobra. It's in an art style that could be described as: "My patron says I must draw him a lion, and I've not seen a lion in my life, but I saw a stuffed one once and read a description and that's going to have to do..." It's sort of very Baroque, done in pen or maybe even a woodcut, and it's kind of awesome but also looks very rough. Very dramatic. Snake isn't doing well, but it looks like mutually assured destruction more than anything.
The background, which is a non-pleasant off white, shows many many small wrinkles after washing and before ironing, and has a writhing mass of complex and twisting trees, branches and foliage upon it, in addition to the previously discussed lion and snake. It just looks very chaotic, and it's hard to make out solid details.
A terribly drawn panther! It looks like someone took an almost dry clay idol of a stalking panther and then tossed it down some stairs. There are strange lumps, divots, protrusions, angles... It just doesn't look right. Clay idol, down some stairs. Poor kitty, you didn't deserve this.
A monkey! It's sitting on the treetop of one of the aforementioned trees and is the only animal here that has any kind of facial definition and expression. This one looks like it's either gathering fruit off a disembodied tree branch, or doing a Shakespeare monologue. In any case, it's not a horribly terrible monkey, and can even be recognised as such, even when one of its front paws (Hands? Monkey hands?) has been drawn poorly enough that it looks like a part of it is missing. Poor little guy, doing his best.
#Sewing#Fabric
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Jim P.

Stopped into Joann Fabrics since they're shutting down and discounting everything. Grabbed some foam core boards and a few packs of fabric squares that are good for small projects (dice bags, pouches, that sort of stuff). Some of the fabric they had left was tempting but the line to get it cut was super long, I wouldn't have made it out for at least another hour.

The space bees fabric might have been worth the wait, though.

A row of fabric bolts with various novelty patterns, including: * Comic book onomatopoeia ("zap", "pow", etc) * Lollipops and candy canes * Biplanes * Guinea Pigs with Southwestern accents (cowboy hats, sombreros, lassos, cacti) * Various breeds of cats with food bowls, fish, books, and other toys * Astronauts in tethered spacesuits floating in space * Bees in space with helmets, in UFOs, spaceships along with constellations, planets, moons, stars, and comets. * Dogs with wrapped presents and the text "time to party" * The Guinea Pigs again (same fabric) * Fields of stars both in dot and 5-point style in reflective rainbow colors
#Joann#Crafting#GoodbyeJoann
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Lisa Makes Stuff (she/her)

UPDATE: Finally, something worth reporting.

My multi-quilt project, which I have mentioned here before, is at the stage where all 14 mini-quilts are quilted, and each one has a hanging sleeve fully attached.

Next stage: labels. The person who commissioned the quilts wants each quilt to get a different label, based on the recipient (not just their name). I'm waiting on the content for the labels.

#quilt#quilting#art
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Heather 👻

#Crafters - What are your thoughts on these kinds of really obviously #AI generated printed #fabric?

They really annoy me and anger me.

(pls no hate on Dalston Fabric Mill they're a good store and I actually saw these prints in person at the craft show at the NEC last month too)
dalstonmillfabrics.co.uk/3d-fa

dalstonmillfabrics.co.uk/3d-fa

www.dalstonmillfabrics.co.uk3D Fantasia Cotton Print, Wild Dinosaurs
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Artemis

New fabric coming in means I need to get rid of old fabric. There's a creative reuse store in town that takes craft supply donations. I'll be dropping off these 2 bags of fabric for them to resell. We've got several larger pieces of cotton (sheet-sized), a number of smaller shiny or decorative fabrics, several bags of leather scraps, and a bag of wool scraps. Plus a book on making costume armor.
#Fabric #Sewing #SpringCleaning #Crafting

2 full bags of fabric. One has a bunch of rolls sticking up, shiny red, shiny blue, heavy weave orange, and a bag labeled "wool scraps". The other has white cotton folded on top. A piece of blue flower print can be seen beneath it.
Replied in thread
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Jenny Lam

7 - Do Ho Suh, “Doorknobs: Horsham, London, New York, Providence, Seoul, Venice Homes,” polyester #fabric and stainless steel #wire, Lehmann Maupin.

8 - Mu Boyan, “Relax,” #color on stainless steel, Aye #Gallery.

9 - Yuichi Hirako, #wood, #acrylic #paint, The Modern Institute.

10 - Huang Wanbing, “The Entropy Reduction of Hundun,” ramie, China glass cloth, #steel, Hive Center for #ContemporaryArt.

iPhone 12 Pro photo by Jenny Lam at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
iPhone 12 Pro photo by Jenny Lam at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
iPhone 12 Pro photo by Jenny Lam at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
iPhone 12 Pro photo by Jenny Lam at Art Basel Hong Kong 2025
#MastoArt#FediArt#Artist
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Calishat

#fabric #SmartTextiles #wearables #haptics #VR

"A research team...are using a highly versatile film not much thicker than household cling film to impart new capabilities to objects while saving energy in the process. When used in wearable textiles, these films can move and press against the skin providing haptic feedback that can enhance the VR gaming experience by allowing players to feel textures, impacts and other physical sensations."

uni-saarland.de/aktuell/smart-

www.uni-saarland.deSmart textiles and surfaces – How lightweight elastomer films are bringing tech to lifeClothes that can mimic the feeling of being touched, touch displays that provide haptic feedback to users, or even ultralight loudspeakers. These are just some of the devices made possible using thin silicone films that can be precisely controlled so that they vibrate, flex, press or pull exactly as desired. And all done simply by applying an electrical voltage.
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