The latest meeting of the Grassington Textile Arts Group was a powerpoint presentation followed by a workshop, illustrating the diversity of Angelina Fibres in Textile Art.
Angelina fibres are iridescent ultra-fine synthetic fibres. They reflect and refract light giving a wonderful shimmering effect. When bonded with heat, a web on non-woven fabric is created - a little piece of wispy gossamer material that can be cut, sewn and embellished.
We now have 13 ideas for incorporating the Angelina fibre into our latest projects. The talk explained how to embellish greeting cards with the fibre, how to produce a fabric used to capture the effervescence character of waterfalls and sea, and how to create sheets of shimmering background fabric and for use in making buttons and sequins.
The fibres could be spun, woven, layered and trapped and then embroidered by hand or machine. The applications of Angelina Fibre in Textile Art was certainly impressive.
