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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 21:29:42 GMT
that is a great idea, anxiousmom!! I have a couple really old flour sack towels with holes and thin spots in, and this would be a great way to make them use-able again!! (my mom still does gorgeous embroidery-- her stitches are TINY-- on flour sack toweling fabric; she makes them for a home décor shop outside of Kansas City...)
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Post by sharlag on Aug 12, 2015 21:30:36 GMT
When I did wheat weaving in the late 70s, it involved long strands of wheat soaking in water. The water container was a long rectangle used for wetting wallpaper, I think. The water made it pliable and so it wouldn't just break. You wove, and braided it. You also had to take the tiny, tube-shaped stems and insert them into slightly less tiny, tube-shaped stems. WHen I did quilling around the same 1970s time frame, the strips of paper were just 1/8 inch wide as I recall. But stittsygirl 's photo makes the strips look wider than that.
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Post by hennybutton on Aug 12, 2015 21:37:24 GMT
I just looked up huck towels. They're the thin, white, woven dish towels my 100 year old grandma used to embroider on when I was a kid. The ones I remember best had the day of the week and a chore for that day, like laundry, ironing, dusting, etc.
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 12, 2015 21:50:13 GMT
I know what both are, but have never had an interest in either. It seems like all crafts seem to cycle round and resurface from time to time. Does anyone still do huck cloth embroidery? I have a package of vintage huck cloth that came from my late MIL's stash. I need to figure out what to do with it or get rid of it! I know that there are a lot of people like me that buy up the vintage huck cloth towels that haven't yet had anything done to them. They either embroider vintage designs or some other kind of embellishing. I use some of mine because they absorb nicely-particularly compared to some of the newer terry cloth towels.
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Post by msliz on Aug 12, 2015 21:53:32 GMT
My grandma braided rag rugs from wool scraps. She made two of them, and I'm lucky enough to have one of them. The other one was the prettier one though. My mother used to get down on her hands and knees and point to the different fabrics and say "Ooh, I remember that dress!" or "That was the prettiest suit! It had this cute little jacket with a peplum ..."
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 21:54:37 GMT
I know what both are, but have never had an interest in either. It seems like all crafts seem to cycle round and resurface from time to time. Does anyone still do huck cloth embroidery? I have a package of vintage huck cloth that came from my late MIL's stash. I need to figure out what to do with it or get rid of it! I know that there are a lot of people like me that buy up the vintage huck cloth towels that haven't yet had anything done to them. They either embroider vintage designs or some other kind of embellishing. I use some of mine because they absorb nicely-particularly compared to some of the newer terry cloth towels. ^^^ this is why I have a stash of flour sack fabric towels, too!! They absorb really good, and don't leave lint like the terry cloth ones do.
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Post by melanell on Aug 12, 2015 21:58:33 GMT
I know nothing about Wheat Weaving, but I think quilling is pretty. but then again, I'm a paper crafting kind of gal.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 21:59:21 GMT
I've been around crafting all my life...my dad is a craftsmen with wood. I've worked in several craft stores, taught all kinds of craft classes and written for craft magazines and blogs.
I've never heard of wheat weaving. I've known about quilling for many many years.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 12, 2015 22:05:18 GMT
I think I've heard of wheat weaving; not sure I'm picturing it right! Never wanted to try quilling. So sure, I'll say obscure. I personally think traditional scrapbooking is obscure; it's more of a little niche in crafting. Especially since the advent of digital cameras and photobooks. Also the demise of many scrapbook companies and stores. Yet, I still enjoy from time to time.
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Post by stittsygirl on Aug 12, 2015 22:06:50 GMT
When I did wheat weaving in the late 70s, it involved long strands of wheat soaking in water. The water container was a long rectangle used for wetting wallpaper, I think. The water made it pliable and so it wouldn't just break. You wove, and braided it. You also had to take the tiny, tube-shaped stems and insert them into slightly less tiny, tube-shaped stems. WHen I did quilling around the same 1970s time frame, the strips of paper were just 1/8 inch wide as I recall. But stittsygirl 's photo makes the strips look wider than that. The regular quilling supplies I've seen in craft stores, and most of the quilling how-to books, still appear to use 1/8 inch strips, but some people like Yulia Brodskaya take it to a whole other level. It's beautiful, but like somebody else mentioned, I probably don't have the patience, or the artistic vision, to create work like that .
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Post by scrapperal on Aug 12, 2015 22:24:16 GMT
I always thought huck toweling was the fabric? Not the embroidery done on it? I buy the old huck towels I can find. I had one that was a bit raggedy and just finished putting patchwork patches on it so I can use it. So cute!
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Post by cmhs on Aug 12, 2015 22:47:00 GMT
Just the other day I was thinking that I wished macrame was in style because I enjoyed it back in the 70s. So, I headed over to Pinterest to see what's new in the world of macrame -- basically nothing is new in the macrame world except the paracord bracelets. Oh well.
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Post by delila on Aug 12, 2015 22:49:39 GMT
I quill, not as much as I used to. I started it when I was young. I have used a bit on scrapbook pages in the past but mostly on cards. It is not as difficult as it looks.
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& with that post I became a junior member!!!! Yay for me!
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 12, 2015 23:00:01 GMT
how about hair ornaments...ie jewelry and flowers made from human hair...I inherited a couple of these...a big thing like 120 yrs ago That's first thing I thought of when I read OP! Do you display yours? I've gone between fascinated and repulsed when I've seen examples. But I wonder if it will come back as a way to commemorate your DNA for future generations?
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Post by anonrefugee on Aug 12, 2015 23:07:44 GMT
I always thought huck toweling was the fabric? Not the embroidery done on it? I buy the old huck towels I can find. I had one that was a bit raggedy and just finished putting patchwork patches on it so I can use it. Hmm, that looks more like a flour sack towel to me, is there a texture that's not showing?. But I love what you did! My mom did huck towels / Swedish weave embroidery when I was little. I still use one with triangles that look like Christmas trees. Ithe towel weave is slightly guided and the embroidery is geometric. Here's what we call Huck: huck towel embroidery Btw anxiousmom I did not make it to Alabama Chambin (sp) on our trip. That's beautiful stitching, hope to see some day. Oops ETA for huck link www.nordicneedle.com/newsletters/_300/332.shtml
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Post by flute4peace on Aug 12, 2015 23:25:15 GMT
When I did wheat weaving in the late 70s, it involved long strands of wheat soaking in water. The water container was a long rectangle used for wetting wallpaper, I think. The water made it pliable and so it wouldn't just break. You wove, and braided it. You also had to take the tiny, tube-shaped stems and insert them into slightly less tiny, tube-shaped stems. WHen I did quilling around the same 1970s time frame, the strips of paper were just 1/8 inch wide as I recall. But stittsygirl 's photo makes the strips look wider than that. I remember doing both wheat weaving and quilling in 4H when I was a kid. Corn-husk doll making too. Great memories, thanks for bringing them up!!
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Post by AnotherPea on Aug 12, 2015 23:33:00 GMT
Dd just started cross stitching. Apparently it is making a comeback too.
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Post by Mystie on Aug 12, 2015 23:40:09 GMT
I have an aunt who has done quilling for years. And my grandma was an excellent tatter, she made me a bunch of delicate snowflakes for my Christmas tree.
Latch hooking, that takes me back. I used to do that when I was ten or twelve. Now I prefer needlepoint.
I've been seeing some chicken scratch gingham embroidery popping up on my Pinterest lately, I wonder if it's making a comeback? It's such a cute look.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Aug 12, 2015 23:43:04 GMT
My mother was always an avid crafter so I've been exposed to most all of these. While I did some crafting myself at younger ages, I'm not much into it now. It doesn't really fit into my current design ethos for my home. I do still scrapbook some but it's limited now to keeping up the boys' books. Those books have always been more of a memory book compilation and not a overly "designed" scrapbook.
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Post by mama2three on Aug 12, 2015 23:50:53 GMT
When I did wheat weaving in the late 70s, it involved long strands of wheat soaking in water. The water container was a long rectangle used for wetting wallpaper, I think. The water made it pliable and so it wouldn't just break. You wove, and braided it. You also had to take the tiny, tube-shaped stems and insert them into slightly less tiny, tube-shaped stems. WHen I did quilling around the same 1970s time frame, the strips of paper were just 1/8 inch wide as I recall. But stittsygirl 's photo makes the strips look wider than that. I tried wheat weaving when I lived in the middle of wheat country in the late 80s. It can be very beautiful if well done (not me by a long shot!). I have a few woven wheat ornament and wall hangings that were gifts. My kids have done quite a bit of quilling in school and it's very nice. I just don't have the patience for it. My ADD DS loves it and finds it relaxing. How about tatting? Does anyone do that? I tried it once, and that was it for me. I always enjoy watching the ladies tatting at the 4-h fair but it's not for me. I found it tedious. It's amazing how they can keep the bobbins in order and tat while hardly looking at what they're doing.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Aug 12, 2015 23:58:12 GMT
My grandma braided rag rugs from wool scraps. She made two of them, and I'm lucky enough to have one of them. The other one was the prettier one though. My mother used to get down on her hands and knees and point to the different fabrics and say "Ooh, I remember that dress!" or "That was the prettiest suit! It had this cute little jacket with a peplum ..."
this is a PERFECT story for a scrapbook page!! --my sister did wool hooked rugs for a period of time; similar to the latch hooking supplies, with the hook and the open-woven backing, only instead of small pieces of yarn, it was a long piece of wool that you pulled thru the weave to make small loops. I could never do anything like that; it required way too much exactness to keep the loops even. ETA: years ago I attended a festival in Milwaukee (maybe at the State Fairgrounds?) called Folk Fest; it featured the areas / heritage of Europeans all over who settled in Milwaukee, I think. People dressed in ethnic costumes, had booths to show off historic crafts (like wheat weaving, etc), and participated in dancing competitions, etc. There was someone demonstrating tatting, wheat weaving, rosemaling, tole painting, etc. and I particularly remember a demonstration of bobbin lace (??) I think it was called that. It used a large number of bobbins (like thread spools) that were pinned to a pillow, and the person wove the thread on the bobbins in and out following a pattern to make lace. All those kinds of 'older, historic' crafts just fascinate me, even hair weaving!! ETA2: I have always been fascinated by needlepoint, and wanted to try it! I think there's a needle arts store in Scottsdale that might offer classes. (but like someone else said, it doesn't quite fit the decor of our house; plus, it would be expensive to get into something new and I'd probably lose interest in it after not too long.)
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Post by perumbula on Aug 13, 2015 0:24:35 GMT
I've done Huck Weaving. It had a moment around here about 15 years ago. I did a whole blanket in a mirrored tree design with Red Heart ombre yarn on a large soft fabric that looked like aida cloth but wasn't stiff. I used the blanket so it wore out. I may still have it around, but the fabric was wearing out and losing the yarn and the yarn would snag on everything. My sisters did latch hooking. I have aunts that do tatting, and I have a tatted lace edged handkerchief framed in my sitting room that my grandmother made. My mom has done some hardager. basically, if it's thread on cloth, my mom has probably done it. I've seen quilling and thought about trying it, but have never done so. I have cross stitch projects from nearly 20 years ago that I have no clue what to do with. Cross Stitch is way too country for the style of my home but I put a ton of work into them. I feel bad getting rid of them, but I don't actually want them anymore. The only cross stitch I've done that I want to keep is my Christmas stockings. Now, has anyone heard of bobbin lace? I used to want to try that one.
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Post by Nanner on Aug 13, 2015 0:34:36 GMT
I know what both are, but haven't done either.
I have done macrame and latch hooking (rug hooking), though.
Does anybody remember liquid embroidery from the early 70s?
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2015 0:45:00 GMT
I've never heard of wheat weaving, but I'm familiar with quilling and pretty much all the other crafts people have mentioned here. I like crafts. Wish more people did. No more than macrame. It was a craft I was actually good at I read recently that macrame is making a comeback. Then I will be hopping! I could make lots of cool things with macrame! I used to make hemp necklaces and beads with it. Loved macrame!
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Post by seikashaven on Aug 13, 2015 0:54:17 GMT
I know what both are, but haven't done either. I have done macrame and latch hooking (rug hooking), though. Does anybody remember liquid embroidery from the early 70s? Trichem liquid embroidery! My mum had the little carousel thing to hold all the paints. Fun memory.
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Post by caro on Aug 13, 2015 0:55:53 GMT
I would love to be able to quill like this. Or like Yulia Brodskaya, whose paper quilling and artwork is just gorgeous . That's gorgeous but what would you do with the finished product?
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Post by mama2three on Aug 13, 2015 1:33:34 GMT
I know what both are, but haven't done either. I have done macrame and latch hooking (rug hooking), though. Does anybody remember liquid embroidery from the early 70s? Now that brings back memories! Liquid embroidery was all the rage in the 1970s Andy mom got into it big time! She also sewed most of my clothes, and I remember how proud I was of the dress I designed when I was 6. I vividly remember that dress: a 1960s style very short jumper in white polyester knit onto which mom had measured out and drawn a grid in red using the liquid embroidery markers and I drew my own designs in each square : pictures of my dog, my house, my family, flowers, etc. as only a 6 yr old could do. I was very proud of that dress and wore it a lot until it didn't fit anymore. I wouldn't be surprised if my mom still has it somewhere in her house.
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Post by ntsf on Aug 13, 2015 1:37:54 GMT
I don't display the human hair jewelry but I should...
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Post by momof3pits on Aug 13, 2015 1:46:18 GMT
Love latch hooking! I inherited hair jewelry. My mother was repulsed that I would want it but I was fascinated!
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Post by camcas on Aug 13, 2015 1:52:12 GMT
funny but i have been crafting since i was a child and htought i had heard of or tried most down to crochet/scrapbooking/card making/mixed media and quilting now with a little bit of stitchery and beading on fabric thrown in I like crafts that produce a finished product i like...i enjoy the process but i also want my time spent doing something that produces an end result I think is beautiful or useful. I am afraid quilling and wheat weaving and latch hooking just dont do it for me
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