Woven fabric projects

Woven Bracelet: Learn how to make a beautiful handwoven friendship bracelet for you and your friends. These bracelets are easy and really fun to make. You can start off with a simple design and make them more elaborate as you become more familiar and comfortable …

I had fun last weekend making some little woven baskets out of 2-1/2" batik strips. These baskets are often made out of paper such as magazines, newspaper, maps, potato chip bags etc. but I wanted to use fabric. I used...

(first photo courtesy of Lauraspinner, and yarn is Nerds on Falkland spun by Laura) Warp was two different two ply handspun yarns, approx light worsted/dk weight. Weft was heavy worsted two ply f...

Methods that make the most of handwoven fabrics when it comes to turning them into garments

Looking so psychedelic… this is overshot “woven on opposites”. I’m using the aqua for my main colour and orange for the accent colour. It beats more closely because there is no tabby to provide the base structure and looks more weft-faced. The treadling rhythm doesn’t feel as convenient as alternating two feet for pattern-tabby-pattern-tabby, but ...

This spring I wove cotton yardage on my Saori loom . I designed and and sewed a new jacket. THIS IS MY NEW DESIGN. I named it KOI POND. In my ravelry group ,WEAVING IN THE SAORI WAY, I started a weave -a- long on Saori mobius cowls 101 so I wove a new cowl also this week , as I was on standy by for jury duty all week I did not want to start winding a new warp etc. Here is my new double wrap mobius cowl. If you are a ravelry member here click on this link ravelry group thread mobius cowl 101…

Weave with fabric to add something extra to your weaving. Try these different ways to incorporate a new material into your next project.

Handwoven baby blanket by Nancy Menzel photo by Aimee Radman

Just finished these placemats. I had fun trying out a new technique with strips of fabric woven into a cotton canvas. I like the way they turned out. If you would like to try this project, you can find the directions in the Spring 2010 Issue of Quilts and More. In case you can't get your hands on this issue, following are the instructions with a few of my own suggestions thrown in. Materials Needed: You will need about a yard of fabric for each placemat. Scraps would work fine, or you can…