Fashionable clothing does not only rely on the style and cut. Fabrics are of great importance too because it ensures comfort, fit, flexibility and match. Purchasing and using quality fabric makes the cloth durable and well to do. Most people enjoy fabric shopping a lot and for them there is…
Nigeria has been known to be home of one of the biggest textile industries in Africa over the years. Nigeria is richly diverse in culture with over 500 ethnic groups and thirty-six states across the country. Fabrics make a great part of our culture, the colorful and glaring textiles unique…
Adire Is a Yoruba word which means “tied and dyed”. Adire was first produced and worn by the Yoruba people of south western Nigeria. Adire first emerged in the city of Abeokuta, a center for cotton production, weaving, and indigo-dyeing in the nineteenth century. Adire is made by resist-dyeing which involves creating…
Textile designing is very intricate, and before a certain print is completed, it goes through various stages, and these procedures leave the fabric with crinkles. Before the inception of Electronic iron, adire fabrics were straightened using a wooden mallet and trunk via a medium known as ‘Beating’. After the procedures…
The outbreak of Covid-19 which left all the nations of the world on lock-down for months had a major toll on everyone, but irrespective of that, a good number of us just had to get pre-occupied and get busy so we don’t lose our minds sitting at home all day.…
Achieving some designs can seem really tasking and difficult, but with joint efforts and skills, nothing seems impossible. Recently we produced a custom made design, using the batik method to achieve ‘Pepsi Logo’. Materials used: Cotton white fabric Latex glove Scissor Pencil Stencil Batik Stamp (Pepsi logo on it) Fabric…
Freehand drawings are drawings made without the use of drawing instruments or straightedge. Sketching patterns as a first-timer without the aid of any instrument could be challenging, but practice they say makes perfect. Materials needed A 100% cotton white fabric Latex gloves Scissors Pencil stencil Fabric dyes Wax Water Plastic…
‘Tie and dye’ also known as ‘Adire’ is a resist-dyed cloth that uses different techniques to achieve diverse patterns on the fabric. The term adire actually means “tied and dyed, and it was first applied to the indigo-dyed cloth. The tie-dye processes have various methods to achieve patterns on fabrics,…
The dewaxing method in adire making simply means melting the wax off the fabric. Before proceeding to dewax a fabric, you first have to apply your patterns/design across the fabric using wax which serves as a resist to help prevent the dye from taking over all parts of the fabric. …
INTRODUCTION Creativity is the use of imagination or original ideas to create something which devises new ways to solve problems, implement solutions, develop strategies, or cut costs which leads to an increase in productivity/ revenue. In order to create compelling designs, first, you need to have a creative mindset, and…