{"title":"Dueep Jyot Singh","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-art-of-rug-making-learning-how-to-make-rugs-paperback","title":"The Art of Rug Making - Learning How to Make Rugs - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Introduction Tools Required Latch Rug Hooking Frames Precut wool Locker Needle Hooking Pile Rug Making Rugs with Rug Guns Punching needles and other tools Rug Weaving Rag Rugs with Recycled Scraps Using a Shaggy Rug Tool Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction I was just browsing through my own personal library, looking at all the vintage craft books, but I did not find a book with instructions on how to make rugs. I could make Victorian crochet doilies, knitted mittens, scarfs, some articles of clothing called fascinators, and even socks and knickerbockers, but what about rugs? It is only later that I found out that according to the Victorians rug making was not considered to be a genteel occupation, which could be indulged in by the daughters and wives of gentlemen. These languishing ladies would sit in front of the embroidery frame, plying a needle, while dining of strawberries and cream, no doubt, while rug making was done by people of lower social strata. Nevertheless, we are fortunate that we have stopped thinking of such idiotic considerations in order to make rugs. So this book is going to tell you all about the art of rug making, and you are going to let your creativity loose in making these amazingly beautiful items for your home.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319835492575,"sku":"9781523211883","price":18.88,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/W8hPw_CbqL9781523211883.webp?v=1788374350"},{"product_id":"learn-the-art-of-natural-dyeing-paperback","title":"Learn the Art of Natural Dyeing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Learn the Art of Natural Dyeing Table of ContentsIntroduction Introduction Tie-Dye Tips Steps for Dyeing Preparation of Your Fabric Bleaching Your Goods Tying before Dyeing Pleating Knotting Sun Burst Marbled Effect Twisting Preparing the Dyes Different Types of Natural Dyes Coloring Wool Blue Coloring Wool Purple Coloring Silk Green Coloring Cotton Sky-Blue Coloring Clothes Brown Black Dye for Linen, Wool, and Cotton Goods Coloring Wool Green Coloring Silk Crimson Dyeing Silk Pale Pink Getting a Deep Red Color Traditional Turmeric Dye Using Woad to Get a Blue Tint Dark Blue Color Green Dye Cinnamon Brown Color Olive Green Color Mordants Alum - Ferrous sulfate - Stannous Chloride - tin Chrome - Potassium Dichromate Copper Sulfate - Last Finishing Touches Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction Whenever members of my family have to move for official duty, all over the globe, they asked me what I want from their new posting. And my answer is always invariably, traditional textiles, and that is all I have, a really good collection of traditional textiles made locally. Below is an excellent example of traditional dyeing, an art which has been practiced in many parts of the world, for millenniums. So this book is going to tell you all about how you can enjoy a brand-new activity, that of dyeing, as done in the East and in the West with natural products. You can see the neck in a different color design, and the border of the shirt made up with a white traditional border design. All I have to do is press this cloth after washing it, pressing it, and then cutting it, according to my own specifications and stitching it to make an excellent tie-dye shirt. So now let us begin with the art of dyeing, which is almost forgotten today, even though once upon a time with a great number of chemicals dyes coming into the market in the Victorian era, every single piece of cloth was dyed in really colorful, discordant, and really bright hues. If you look at some of the clothing worn by women in the 18th and 19th century, you should not be surprised if they wore dresses made up with green, orange, vermilion, scarlet, red, pink, and any other color of their choice, all mixed together like that of a colorful parakeet. And that was the fashion. Today, we are going to call that loud fashion sense \"noisy and tasteless.\" That is because it is possible that we prefer more subdued colors instead of dark and clashing colors all mixed up in rainbow hues in just one garment. But at that time, the more colorful the attire, the more that woman was considered to be fashionable. Tie-dye traditionally happens to be the art of resistance dyeing. You can get distinctive patterns by just tying the fabric into pleats, folds, knots, and even scrunches. This is going to prevent the dye from penetrating certain areas. My mother told me that she and her younger sister were taught a particular subject, at school in England after the 2nd world war, called Domestic Science, and these types of courses were even taught at the college level. I was looking in my aunt's practical books, and found plenty of tie and dye patterns, which had to be made by the students, in order to pass the Degree Course. These techniques have been around for centuries, all over the world, especially in West Africa, where it is called batik, in Asia, and in southeastern Asia. The flower children of course used to wear plenty of tie and dye clothing, in the 50s and 60s and this particular dress happened to be emblematic of the free-spirited day and age of that particular era. These clothes were accompanied with lots of beads and huge chunky jewelry. So let us begin with tips on how to dye properly.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319843455199,"sku":"9781523454648","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/Gvht1xs02M9781523454648.webp?v=1788374364"},{"product_id":"teach-yourself-stitch-craft-and-dressmaking-volume-iv-pattern-drafting-for-men-and-practice-drafts-trying-your-hand-at-drafting-shirts-paperback","title":"Teach Yourself Stitch Craft and Dressmaking Volume IV: Pattern Drafting for Men and Practice Drafts - Trying your hand at drafting shirts - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Introduction Taking Measurements Introduction to Shirts Half back measurement Drafting for Half Open Shirt\/T-Shirt Material required Instructions for Drafting Front Portion Back draft Ordinary Back Gathered or Pleated Back Yoke - Shoulder Full Open Shirt Back portion Draft Pocket Sleeves Sleeve cuff Sleeve Placket Collar Stitching Instructions Manila Shirt Draft Front Portion For the Back Portion Yoke - Shoulder Front yoke Safari Shirt Front Portion Back Drafting Collar Author Bio Publisher Introduction In my previous books of this series, I touched a little bit upon pattern drafting, and how you can make your own patterns with a little bit of know-how. But when you are doing the pattern drafting for men, the drafting is going to be different than what how you do it for women and children. That is, of course, natural, because the body build is different, and so are the measurements.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319847420127,"sku":"9781523641581","price":9.43,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/AwpC1t1nEI9781523641581.webp?v=1788374371"},{"product_id":"learning-the-traditional-art-of-hand-embroidery-paperback","title":"Learning the Traditional Art of Hand Embroidery - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Introduction General Principles of the Embroidering Art Selection of Pattern Pattern Position Pattern Laying on the Cloth Things needed Embroidery Needles Selection of the Best Thread Threading During Embroidery Finishing and Starting Yarn Working with an Embroidery Hoop - Transferring the Pattern Copying The Design onto Another Paper\/Fabric Different Traditional Stitches of Embroidery Flat Stitch Group Tacking Stitch And Running Stitch Backstitch Stem Stitch Also Known As Outline Stitch Straight Stitch Satin Stitch Long and Short Stitch. Flat Stitch Fishbone and Open Fishbone Stitch Loop Stitch Group Blanket Stitch And Buttonhole Stitch Feather Stitch Double Feather Stitch Fly Stitch, Open Attached Fly Stitch, and Closed Attached Fly Stitch Chain stitch group Open Chain Stitch Twisted Chain Stitch Lazy Daisy, Wheat Ear, and Attached Wheat Ear Stitches Knotted Stitches Group French Knot Stitch Coral Stitch Bullion Stitch Finishing Your Project Blocking Your Design Mounting Appendix Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction A thing of beauty is a joy forever and Curly Locks sitting on a silk cushion and sewing a fine seam after dining off strawberries and cream are 2 clichés which have everything to do with keeping oneself adorned with something beautiful, made by one's own hands. The instinct of beautifying one's house and surroundings and also one's clothes is innate in a human being. And that is why traditional designs incorporated designs, including natural symbols and figures like flowers, animals, leaves, and birds, through needle and thread on a base. Women used fishhooks and ivory needles 5000 years ago with fiber from plants like cotton thread, jute thread, and even silk thread. Even today, natural fibers are used for embroidery including silk. We do not know which particular civilization where and how long ago decided to embellish the garments one wore with embroidery. But we do know that ancient civilizations more than 5000 years ago had experts in the art of needle and thread and their families, and these housewives were proud to demonstrate their creative abilities to everyone who came to visit and admire. When the Spaniards conquered the Philippines, - 1521 to 1799- they wanted to show the natives that they were the conquerors and that is why they ordered them to wear their traditional shirt- Canga untucked in their loin cloths -bahags. The Filipinos in order to show that they were not conquered decorated these shirts with such exquisite embroidery, that each shirt worn became an admirable barong tagalog. When I was young, I had a number of these sent to me by my aunt in the Philippines, - shirts for ladies - which I wore when at college to the great admiration of all my fellow classmates. You can look at some of the examples in the Appendix and throughout the book. Each of them took anywhere between one and a half years to 3 years to make by hand by my skilled artisan friends through state aided societies for the upliftment of women.. They are now being sold all over the world through nonprofit organizations and the money going straight to the women. Traditionally, any surface which was present and visible would be embroidered upon and embellished with patterns. So this book is going to tell you all about how you can learn the traditional art of hand embroidery. After that you can try your hand at your own designs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319887528159,"sku":"9781530153497","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/9x-1umUL29781530153497.webp?v=1788374440"},{"product_id":"learning-decorative-stitches-the-art-of-shirring-and-smocking-paperback","title":"Learning Decorative Stitches - the Art of Shirring and Smocking - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Learning Decorative Stitches - the Art of Shirring and Smocking Table of Contents Introduction Gathering Using Cords for Gathers Staying a Gathered Seam Getting Started with Smocking Traditional Diamond Stitch Different Types of Stitches Cable Stitch Honeycomb stitch and Surface Honeycomb Surface Honeycomb Outline back stitch Also Known As Stem Stitch Chevron Stitch Wave Stitch Trellis stitch Measuring for Smocking Helpful Tips Gauging Machine Smocking Also Known As Shirring Tips for Machine Shirring Couching Fagotting Finishing the Smocking Conclusion Author Bio Publisher Introduction I was just moving around the local fabric market, when I noticed that a number of garments were embroidered with really attractive smocking stitches at the front and the back, the neck, yokes, pockets, sleeves, the bodices, necklines, bodices, cuffs, and even waists of a supposedly plain design and turn them into a thing of beauty. Smocking is supposed to have originated in Europe somewhere in the medieval times, where buttons could not be afforded by the laborers to fasten the garment and fullness needed to be controlled. This was done with multiple rows of gathered fabric which was controlled over a wide area. Nowadays, it is restricted to just babies and children's clothing primarily, even though you can use it on any garment which needs a bit of decorative embellishment. Later on, smocking became a purely decorative design intended as a status symbol - the word originates from a peasants' shirt also known as a smock. This was used extensively in almost every garment made by hand for laborers as well as for popular ordinary wear in the eighteenth as well as the nineteenth century. Smocking at that time was done with crewel needles or embroidery needles with silken threads or cotton threads depending on the fabric. You will need about 3 times the initial width's material because of major part of it is going to be gathered up into folds, and stitched together. If you can gather the material, you can smock it. Naturally, this was the best way in which clothes could be \"gathered together\" in the absence of elastic. The fabrics on which the stitches work best are lightweight and ones that can gather easily. These include gingham, muslin, crêpe de Chine, Cashmere, Swiss cotton, voile, Batiste, cottons, and handkerchief linens.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319890510047,"sku":"9781530039593","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/3IhAaRDk7W9781530039593.webp?v=1788374446"},{"product_id":"beauty-everlasting-dried-and-pressed-flowers-learning-the-ancient-art-of-drying-and-pressing-flowers-and-creating-things-of-beauty-paperback","title":"Beauty Everlasting - Dried and Pressed Flowers - Learning the Ancient Art of Drying and Pressing Flowers and Creating Things of Beauty - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents Introduction How to Skeletonize Leaves Drying Flowers Naturally Traditional Drying with Sand Preparing Your Flowers for Drying Two Ways of Drying Flowers - Face up and Face Down Dry Filler Items Drying with Silica Gel How to Prevent Over - Drying Air Drying Methods and Glycerin Glycerin Assembling Your Flowers Dried Flower Projects Flower Frame Flower and Herb Leaf Ideas Appendix Conclusion How to Make a Rose Potpourri Crystallized Violets Author Bio Publisher Introduction The art of floral preservation has been en vogue for millenniums, all over the world, in some form or the other. You may have heard of dried flowers, dried herbs, dried seeds, bark, roots, and even potpourri. The only reason why I would want to live in the age of Cleopatra is that the ancient Egyptians knew all about a flower preservation method with which flowers kept their original color, shape, and looks for more than 6 months after they had been cut. Cleopatra's rooms were full of these flowers. Unfortunately, we have lost this method of preserving flowers, with the burning of the library at Alexandria. However, even up to 1638, Signor Ferrari living in Siena - Italy - described how flowers could be preserved and kept everlasting and alive. Nevertheless, the flowers that we dry today do not have their original color not do they have the rich feel of a thing alive. What we have is something mummified because it has been dried in sand and silica gel. When I was a child, I asked my science teacher to give me a little bit of silica gel because I wanted to preserve all the flowers in our garden in all their colors, and that nice gentleman told me that the colors changed and turn brown, when the water content was removed from that particular plant. I believe that was the first disappointment in my young life, because I wanted all of those colors and their shapes to last forever. But, well, that secret has gone with the ancient Egyptians. Nevertheless, today we are drying flowers, through air drying processes, and this book is going to tell you all about how you can create things of beauty from dried flowers, and anything natural, which you can dry and turn into a thing of beauty and a joy forever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51319891099871,"sku":"9781530278213","price":14.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NfkbDp2omp9781530278213.webp?v=1788374447"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/dueep-jyot-singh.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}