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Hey ! I’m Floriane
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I am a textile designer, and I love to create fabric manipulations ! I created my own Creative Textile Studio, Flo Home Delight, just out of school, and I’ve been making crazy textile things there.
And when my passion for fabrics was getting too big to handle on my own, I decided to share it ! After working in fashion design, in textiles and on my own, I started to write about my favorite subjects.
Here’s what I love to talk about …
Theoric knowledge around textiles and how they are made, not to annoy you, but so you can make better creations !
Hello, amazing creations ! Learn more about how to make them, create beautiful things, and become a master at fabric manipulations !
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This is what I’ve been writing about lately :
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What are fabric manipulations ?
Definition Making textile manipulations (or fabric manipulations) is playing with the fabric to change its appearance, drape or shape. Usually, we want the fabric to become more dimensional, to go from flat to 3D. Put in another way, you can describe textile manipulations as in this blog post : "Fabric manipulations are techniques that ...
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Fabric Manipulation Guide : Pleating
Pleats have been used in textiles and fashion for ever. But the style and techniques of pleats have changed a lot, opening a world of possibilities with each technological innovation ! Pleats are a great fabric manipulation technique, adding interesting details to a garment or completely creating it. Let’s see what type of pleats is ...
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Canadian Smocks : The Complete Guide
What are Canadian Smocks ? Canadian smocks are a type of fabric manipulation or hand stitching technique also sometimes called North American smocks. The craftsman make stitches on certain places of the fabric, to gather the fabric together, creating a 3D pattern.
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What are the differences between woven, knitted and non woven fabrics ?
Fabrics are amazing. There are so many different ones that exist, and they can inspire you to create anything. But how do you choose which fabric to use, with so many possibilities ? And how do you recognize the differences between 2 fabrics, when they can seem so similar at first look ? That's when ...
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What is a creative process ?
A creative process is a series of steps a designer takes during designing his project, in order to go from an idea to the final product, refining his concepts through each steps to get the best solution.
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