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| | Weaving rag rugs is an immensely satisfying process that enables you to use cast-off remnants of fabric -- and a favorite old shirt or two -- to make something beautiful and functional for your home. In this book, you'll explore the fascinating history of rag weaving, learn how to weave a basic rag rug, master some of the most popular traditional designs, and experiment with contemporary techniques for weaving and embellishing rugs. Filled with scores of color photographs of rugs by more than 40 artists from around the world, this book is a delight for weavers and non-weavers alike. |
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| | ISBN: 1579902669 Date Published on 12/1/2001 |
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| | Rag rugs have been a feature of American homes since the middle of the 19th century. Warm and hard-wearing, they can be made from recycled clothing, blankets, or any other scrap textiles. Designs and colors vary from subtle natural patterns to bold, bright compositions, all displaying the unique versatility of the craft. In Rag Rugs, Ann Davies explains the various techniques, including the hand techniques of hooky and proddy and the plethora of gadgets designed to make the job easier. Highly illustrated with 120 color photos as well as diagrams, the book includes advice on dyeing fabrics in the microwave, cutting by hand and other methods, and working with and without a frame; it also looks at various backing materials and methods of finishing edges. Providing an excellent overview of the work of modern rag rug makers, this book will also be of interest to textile artists. |
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| | ISBN: 1861262299 Date Published on 9/1/1999 |
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| | Rag rugs were made by women, now mostly unknown, from the remnants to hand in their daily lives. The best designs were those inspired by nothing more than the view from the maker's window, and fashioned into a rug with scraps of worn-out children's clothes or husband's breeches or old flannel petticoats.
This book looks at rag rug-making throughout the last two centuries, describing the basic home-made apparatus of hooks and wooden frames, the patient, repetitive techniques employed by the rug-makers and their often astonishing results.
Some designs are crude, others fastidious and fine, some colours are sombre, some bright. Subjects range from abstract geometric patterns to ships at sea to the family cat. In all cases, however, the rugs brought colour into austere and improverished homes and their manufacture occupied long winter evenings of rural isolation. |
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| | ISBN: 074451892X Date Published on 6/1/1997 |
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| | Packed with practical projects, Rag Rugs includes striking pattern ideas and inspirational examples to get you started in creating your own works of wall and floor art. |
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| | ISBN: 078580658X Date Published on 3/1/1997 |
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| | Fabric remnants, discarded specially chosen material can be hooked on to canvas to create wonderful rugs, wallhangings and cushions. Ann Davies, one the UK's leading exponents of this traditional craft, shows you how. |
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| | ISBN: 085532807X Date Published on 10/1/1996 |
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