Thursday 31 March 2011

Al Talle, from UAE heritage

There is a very nice craft art spread in United Arab Emirates. is called (Al Talle).

This art had begun in UAE long time ago were Bedouin women use colorful Threads knitting them together in similar order. 

the tools used in knitting the threads together called (Kajojah) 


the output called Talle


al Talle is used to decorate the fabrics. here are some examples:






Wednesday 30 March 2011

More of Arabic Calligraphy Art.

As i noticed, the previous post got a very high rate of views. hence i decided to post more pictures of the Arabic Calligraphy Art.

The following pictures are designed by Hassan MASSOUDY from Iraq.







you can read more about Hassan on the following link.

Sunday 27 March 2011

The Art of Arabic Calligraphy...

I decided to give you a brief of the Arabic Calligraphy which is really beautiful art developed by Arabs. I believe that's lots of you maybe this is first time hear about this art. but this is a very familiar art in our region. 


The Arabic language, a part of the Semitic branch of the Afroasiatic languages, is composed of 28 letters (mostly consonants). It is written from right to left with the letters flowing into each other. The letters are distinguished from one another mainly by the use of dots and their location.

Calligraphy has its roots in simple written Arabic, but has developed into much more complex styles. There are many kinds of scripts, like

Deewani:


 Kufi:


Reqaa:


 Thuluth:


and many other designs. you can have a good idea about the history of Arabic Calligraphy in Wikipedia.

More designs show the beauty of this art:



اشكال الخط العربي بالصور


اشكال الخط العربي بالصور

اشكال الخط العربي بالصور

hope you like it :)



Thursday 24 March 2011

Fabric bows tutorial.

Whenever you do fabric project you will left off having small pieces of fabrics that you may think it's better to get rid of. 
Here is nice idea of what you can do of such small pieces of fabrics. 


and the details of the tutorial is here.

Wednesday 23 March 2011

Autumn Felt Flower Pin..

Having one color felt will really make you feel bored and would like to change. in the following post you will see how you can color your felt and make a beautiful Autumn felt flower. visit this link..

different colors of felt 

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Sizzix to cut the felt into different shapes

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final result

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Tuesday 22 March 2011

How to dye wool..

I was always wondering how can i get different wool/felt colors in order to make the hair accessories more unique. here what i found today and definitely i will try it soon. 


materials required:

and 


and for the full tutorial please visit Diona Duthie tutorial on this link.

Monday 21 March 2011

DIY baby blocks,,

Have you ever thought of making a baby blocks from foam.

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material required are

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here are the full post.

Sunday 20 March 2011

Mini Quilt..

Colorful liberty circles can be used for a quilting.



this can be converted to


the how to apply this you will find in the following link

Monday 7 March 2011

Long time no post :(

Hi All,
I know it has been long time i didn't post new topics in my blog. but the previous weeks i was busy in something new i am trying to learn not related to the craft art..it's actually mobile programming :)
but i miss the craft work so much and soon will post a new topic.
keep in touch..
See you Soon