A renovated former Cistercian farmhouse converted into a charming country inn, located 6.2 mi from Beaune, Le Hameau do Barboron offers a wine cellar and a full breakfast served each morning. Spectacular setting and service!
Damien greeted us, showed us around the property, and helped bring our luggage to the third floor. He gave us great recommendations on local wines to try. His dog Cyrus is adorable too. All in all 10/10. A wonderful start to our honeymoon.
Set up a breakfast bar on the inside of a kitchen cabinet that can be concealed when not in use. Marie Flanigan Interiors added a zellige tile backsplash that is practical and decorative as a finishing touch.
Create drama in a classic black-and-white kitchen with heavily veined stone countertops. In this space from deVOL Kitchens, countertops and a matching backsplash in San Simone quartzite adds movement and polish.
This hotel had all that we needed for a two-night stay. It's close to the autoroute for easy access and has lots of parking, as well as being close to the town and all amenities.
What sets these quilts apart are the borders around each square. This “lattice look” is accomplished by stitching strips of fabric between blocks. Putting all those blocks together creates diagonal, horizontal, or vertical lines throughout the quilt top, depending on how it’s designed.
While automation has made silk production easier and fairer for workers in every part of the world, not all production facilities have access to the same forms of automation.
Style the daybed in your office guest room so that it works like an off-duty lounge space when it's not being used, like this space from Emily Bowser for Emily Henderson Design.
It’s a good idea to prepare your fabric here before you quilt. Some shrinking is inevitable when those woven fabrics are eventually washed. Before you do any sewing or cutting, pre-washing the material allows you to “get the shrinking done” before you start.
This is a quilt’s bottom layer, which appears at the back of the piece. For many sewists, linen and cotton are popular material selections for a quilt backing. Butter Muslim is most often used for the aforementioned Trapunto quilting.
Thanks to digital design software like Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, professional designers are able to create intricate motifs that would have otherwise taken hundreds of hours to complete by hand. And for more advanced applications such as three-dimensional embroidery simulations, with there’s specialized software such as CAPE (Computer-Aided Pattern Engineering) and TUKA (Technical Design System) you can create any kind of embroidery designs digitally and then transfer it on fabric with help of embroidery machine .
Designers need comprehensive knowledge about different fabrics, like cotton or silk, along with a strong understanding of color theory and other aspects related to fabric printing techniques like screen printing or digital printing.
Unlike silk which is a conterraneo fibre, satin is a type of weave that can be made from a number of different materials. Most fabric that is characterised as satin has a soft, shiny finish that can be used as anything from clothing to upholstery.
This kind of stitching is done randomly. To make your task easier, you can use the darning foot on your sewing machine. This technique takes a lot of practice to get to the point where it doesn’t look haphazard.