These make good gifts for your loved ones, friends, and family alike. You can make these in memory of a special occasion or as a housewarming gift. The blocks of the quilt are usually made by multiple people.

To unravel a cocoon, a silk worker or an automated machine will brush the cocoon to find the loose end and load it through a porcelain eyelet onto a reel that unravels silk strand.

Here’s another flashback-to-geometry term. This is a way to create triangles by cutting a square in half on its diagonal. Then, you cut it again from its other diagonal, given you a grand total of four fabric triangles.

This is an applique technique in which quilters cut out floral motifs from printed fabric. They stitch these onto another fabric as an embellishment.

Life is too short to spend time rearranging a pile of decorative pillows on your bed. Keep it streamlined like this space from interior designer Alvin Wayne with a neutral blanket folded over pillows for a steamlined look.

The designs are often installed as appliques. Someone might make an album quilt in memory of a loved one or to celebrate a special occasion like a wedding, a birthday, or an anniversary.

As technology advances, so does the scope of textile design. In the near future, with access to advanced software and tools, textile designers will have the capability and flexibility to design, create and customize fabric textures in complex detail.

Within a week, I felt like my complexion had become more glowy and brighter than before, and I was over the moon. Bedsure say that the polyester used in their satin pillowcases ‘creates less friction against hair than those made from cotton, thereby protecting skin against facial sleep lines that can become deep wrinkles.

While historical records of the origin of silk manufacturing in China are largely lacking, Chinese legends credit Empress Leizu with the development of sericulture, which is here the art of making silk.

The most common consumer application of silk is apparel production. Silk has been prized for thousands of years for its incredible softness and durability, and to this day, consumers prefer real silk over its synthetic alternatives.

Changing kitchen cabinet hardware is a simple way to transform the look of your kitchen without renovating. Interior designer Alvin Wayne added a graphic look to this otherwise all-white kitchen with black metal cabinet and drawer bar pulls for a crisp modern feel.

Staff were helpful and very friendly. We ate on the terrace outside so not sure if the dogs would be welcomed inside in colder weather. Room was clean. Dinner and breakfast were good.

After the cocoons have been heated, silk producers carefully unravel the threads that the silkworms meticulously put into place.

If you are hand-quilting, this is the best stitching technique you can use. It involves taking a number of stitches before you pull the thread through.