Heat Setting Week 12 What is the technique? Heat setting requires thermoplastics fabrics which by definition refers to the quality of a fiber whose molecular structure breaks down and becomes fluid at a certain temperature, making it possible to reshape the fabric by pleating, moulding or crushing. The fabric is “fixed” on cooling and cannot be altered unless heated to… Read more →
Moodboard Words associated to Galaxy: solar system, stars, space, nebula, constellation, planets Colour scheme: dark blue, purple, gold, SPARKLES!!! Solar System Stars Nebula Constellation Space/Galaxy Planet Floor/Surface … Read more →
Field Trip 2 Week 11 Touch and Print Field trip 2 was a trip to Touch and Print office which is located in Bras Basah. On this trip we learnt more about colour composition, images transfer methods and the products they offered that would aid our process of image transfer. Leon, the coordinator of the trip, started by giving us a lecture.… Read more →
Bleaching and Laser Cut Week 10 What is the technique? Fabric Bleaching Fabric is one of the stages in the manufacture of textiles. All raw textile materials, when they are in natural form, are known as ‘greige’ material (pronounced grey-sh). This greige material will have its natural color, odor and impurities that are not suitable for clothing materials. Not only… Read more →
Etching Week 10 What is the technique? Fiber etching technique is commonly known as devore which uses Fiber Etch Fiber Remover. It is a gel which creates decorative effects by removing fiber. Fiber Etch removes plant fibers: cotton, linen, ramie, rayon and paper. It is also very effective on fabric blends (and most noticeable on blends containing at least 50% plant fibers).… Read more →
Knitting Week 7 What is the technique? Knitting Knitting is a method by which thread or yarn is used to create a cloth. Knitted fabric consists of a number of consists for number of consecutive rows of loops, called stitches. As each row progresses, a new loop is pulled through an existing loop. The active stitches are held on a… Read more →
Fabric Manipulation & Stitching with Elastics Week 6 What is the technique? Fabric manipulation The technique we learnt for fabric manipulation was called smocking which is an embroidery technique used to gather fabric so that it can stretch. Smocking developed in England and has been practised since the Middle Ages and is unusual among embroidery methods in that it was often worn by laborers. Other major embroidery styles are… Read more →
Felting and Appliqué Week 5 What is the technique? Felt is a non-woven textile that is produced by matting, condensing and pressing fibres together. Felt can be made of natural fibres such as wool or synthetics fibres such as acrylic. While some types of felts are very soft, some are touch enough to form construction materials. Wet felting Felt is made… Read more →
Fabric of Thread Week 4 What is the technique? From improved appliqué to the creation of entirely new fabrics and embellishments, there’s hardly a decorative sewing process that hasn’t benefited from the explosion of new stabilizers recently ignited by the popularity of machine embroidery. Designed to support, or even replace, fabric under the stress of dense and multi-directional machine stitching, stabilizers can be applied in many ways,… Read more →
Transfer Printing Week 1 & 2 What is the technique? Transfer printing is the transference of an image to fabric or other materials via a substrate. Image is transferred via heat and pressure. This technique relies on the fact that dyes sublime when heated which is sometimes also known as sublimation printing. Transfer Printing on fabrics by : Drawing using crayons… Read more →
