Believe Crafts: Unique, Creative, and Profitable
What do you do if your home there are some fabrics that are not used anymore? Maybe you’ll think to throw it away … but do not you think that the fabric can be as useful and even make money for you??
Patchwork fabric remnants that are deemed most people are not useful anymore. But the hands of people who are creative, patchwork can be transformed into a beautiful bed covers, quilts, curtains, bags, dolls, coasters, and others. Utilization percha can to beautify the room, living room, or in any corner of the house. Patchwork, quilting, and appliqué are the techniques in the utilization of patchwork.
Quilts, Patchwork & applique is made from hand crafted patchwork composed and arranged in a compact, and combined with modern skills, resulting in works that have artistic value and scope of art in itself.
In detail the meaning of Quilts, Patchwork & applique as follows: Patchwork is the art of crafting and combining patchwork of different colors and patterns to follow a repeating pattern by hand or machine sewn, while the applique is an art form images of the pieces of fabric and taped above the surface of the fabric by using sutures hand or machine as well. Both of art is then refined with a sewing techniques oppressed (Quilts). This technique is performed after inserting a type of foam called a dacron / silicone fabric between sheets that have the same size. The result will be more tidy and has a thickness that provides the beauty and uniqueness.
Use of this rag than can fill the time for mothers and young women may also provide additional revenue for them. The raw material used is very cheap because it comes from the rest of the fabric that is not used anymore. Quilting has a pretty good business opportunities for products produced unique and creative. In Indonesia, quilting artisans still sedikt. Therefore there are many opportunities for mothers and young women to develop this quilting business.
Here are the tools needed:
1.Rotary Cutter
This thing is very sharp and can cut up to 6 layers of cotton fabric. Hope this thing kept away from children because of a sharp cutter knife once. Get used to after wearing always the key.
2.Rotary Mat
Alas for use when we use the rotary cutter and will not be damaged because it is referred to as ‘self healing’ mat. Made with a variety of sizes and brands and the existing grid for cutting accuracy. We recommend that you buy a medium size 22 × 12 inch (1 inch = 2.5cm) or the brand Olfa Omnigrid.
3.Rotary Ruler
Ruler is indeed special for use with rotary cutter and rotary mat. This ruler has been no sign of sizes up to 1 / 8 fractions for cutting accuracy. Sold in various sizes, but it is recommended to wear brand Omnigrid 6 x 12 inch size.
4. Sewing machine
Sewing machines only real option, if you want a quick and neat please buy a sewing machine. If you want to save money can use the method of hand quilting; but the result will be long and usually we would get bored quickly.
Sewing machines do not need an expensive, which is important for straight sewing machines and provide a sharp needle size 80.
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