How can you clean an old tapestry?
Q. I have a needlepoint tapestry created by my mother years ago. It recently survived hurrican Ivan, but was drenched in rainwater and left unprotected for several weeks. It is dirty, probably mouldy, and some of the colours have seeped into adjacent areas. The backing fabric may have deteriorated as well. The local cleaners refuse to touch it. Any suggestions? Mike D.
Asked by Mike D - Thu Mar 13 23:41:36 2008 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. My wife takes her needle points to the cleaners when she is done working on them, before putting them behind glass. Ask them if you signed a waiver (releasing them from everything) , will they do it. Unless it s real bad that it will fall apart.
Answered by SnL - Fri Mar 14 00:14:49 2008

Are all Tapestry Wall-hangings sold on the Internet similar quality?
Q. I have found 4 different sites for a Tapestry that I would like to buy.The prices range from $79 to $183. They look identical, but because the prices are so different am I getting a poor quality for the cheaper price? Is 100% cotton better than Cotton/ Polyester mix?
Asked by Susan W - Sun Apr 20 09:19:19 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Be careful. I got caught up in that once. IT was okay - where they s*cked was in the shipping and handling charges. Make sure you get one from a reliable spot that you can return it to should it not suit once you have it on your wall and REALLY take care with the additional charges. Good luck!
Answered by 34th B.G. - USAAF - Sun Apr 20 09:26:51 2008

Where can I get a SOFA depicting scenes of the BAYEUX TAPESTRY?
Q. I am looking to purchase a Sofa that has a tapestry print fabric depicting scenes from the bayeux tapestry. I do have photos of the sofa that I am looking for. information on Retailers or Manufacturers Name would be great, thankyou.
Asked by northernbrand - Mon Jun 23 06:21:30 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. The manufacturer Multiyork used to make them a few years ago. Don't know if they still do but you could give them a try. www.multiyork.com
Answered by Jack R - Wed Jun 25 18:48:39 2008

Should I fill my wall space with a tapestry or a painting?
Q. I have a big empty wall that needs something. I found a gorgeous tapestry that I think would look good there but I can't decide if I should get it or look for a nice painting. Any opinions on tapestries?
Asked by Jen Cubs - Thu Jan 18 15:16:29 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I once hung a tapestry over my fireplace instead of a picture. I got more complements about it. I say go with the tapestry. It's really hard to find the right picture anyway.
Answered by professor grey - Thu Jan 18 15:54:43 2007

How do I finish a tapestry?
Q. I have a piece of woven tapestry material from a fabric store. Its not finished on any of the edges. I would like to make a tapestry that I can hang. How do I do this?
Asked by wonderer152 - Sat Oct 13 10:30:53 2007 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I always buy some nice fringe for mine. Or you can turn the edges under and sew it like a hem, or you can make binding (or buy bias binding) to put all around the edge. .
Answered by Kacky - Sat Oct 13 10:38:44 2007

Where can I sell my tapestry works on line?
Q. I have made fine tapestry for years. I have a whole stack of them that I want to sell. I sell them here, but it's not going too well. Where can I sell my works through the internet? Thank you!
Asked by Winker M - Wed Mar 19 18:35:53 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Etsy.com is a cool website where people sell their homemade artwork, crafts and jewelry...check it out!
Answered by Kristina Q - Wed Mar 19 18:48:25 2008

How do you "tapestry weave" the picture that you just drew, onto a loom?
Q. I've been trying to find a pattern or picture do "tapestry" weave onto a loom. If I find that pattern, great, but I don't know how to put it on there. But I do already know how to tapestry weave. Will I need any graph paper?
Asked by Kevin A - Fri Oct 24 17:05:46 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. All you will need is an actual size "cartoon" of your pattern or picture Be sure to draw your picture the size you want your tapestry to be, ie: 36 inch wide weaving, your picture needs to be 36 inches wide. graph paper depends on how good an artist you be!! If you can sketch the picture into a cartoon for your weaving, excellent! Then tape your cartoon up behind your tapestry loom and get busy.
Answered by Miz Lamb - Fri Oct 24 17:50:19 2008

How do you clean/restore a tapestry?
Q. My husband inherited a full wall-sized tapestry after his grandfather passed. It is very nice but pretty dingy. Where would we go or who would we talk to about getting it cleaned? Anybody know about how much that would cost?
Asked by bethusila - Thu Aug 13 09:51:57 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. works very well but it has to be winter where you live: put it out on the fresh snow. the snow absorbs the dirt. no chemicals needed so very good for nature and your health too. and totally free! for the restoring (if you mean it's damaged): contact a museum, there will be someone working there specialised in restoration who can advise you.
Answered by dragon - Thu Aug 13 11:06:32 2009

How is the best way to clean a large old tapestry?
Q. this tapestry has been in my family since I was young, and i want to have it cleaned or clean it other than just hanging it outside on the clothesline
Asked by sandyjay@sbcglobal.net - Thu Jun 5 21:57:51 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I'm a big believer in taking things like this to a good dry cleaner. It may be costly, but it is too easy to ruin them. I would ask a yarn shop or antique dealer for reccomendations.
Answered by Butterfly Lover - Thu Jun 5 22:58:58 2008

How can I hang a small (1'x2' ) silk tapestry.?
Q. This is a very finely woven tapestry and I am looking for hardware that will work. The Zoroufy company makes hardware that is way to big for this piece. I have looked at "clip rings" but these require a rod and I have found none that work together as a unit.
Asked by Susan S - Fri Dec 8 19:43:15 2006 - - 3 Answers - 0 Comments

A. You can use a small cafe curtain rod, or you can have it mounted in a glass frame by a professional. Good luck.
Answered by crimson - Fri Dec 8 20:11:38 2006

If one's life is a tapestry, what colour is your 'thread' and what colour is that of your significant other?
Q. I am basing this question on Carole King's wonderful song "Tapestry". I'd also like to know what the other side of the tapestry looks like - where the threads come in, where they end. The criss-crossings and twisted knots. What is the final picture? I'm guessing we move into 4 dimensions - well most of us - some may go further! Your responses are fabulous! I'm at a loss to pick any as being better than another. I guess this is why our individual tapestry links (on whatever level) with each other. I can visualise cascades of brilliant cloth draped over, under, and through the world. BTW if you read Piers Anthony you may have come across his series 'Incarnations of Immortality' that segues into this question too. Thank you all so much. [cont.]
Asked by Sybil - Tue Jun 12 08:39:13 2007 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Hi Sybil, My tapestry would be draped on the wall of an ancient castle; it would have been started long, long ago and it has recently been discovered unfinished. It is a celebration of my life, my past lives, my dreams, insights and experiences. Threads will be strong and good quality reflecting my strength of character. Texture will sometimes be rough, sometimes smooth but there is nothing coarse. This is not a primitive piece. Colours in the main section will be subtle, the outer border more vibrant. The weave is complicated and there is more to this tapestry than first meets the eye. There will be more shadow than light. Some parts will be more detailed and intricate. In some of the lighted areas, ribbons and beads will be added to… [cont.]
Answered by pollyanna - Tue Jun 12 11:55:51 2007

Help! I need the title & author of a YA book about a runaway who learns tapestry weaving?
Q. A runaway girl, named Elizabeth Van Vliet, meets a young woman on the road who takes her into her life in San Francisco. The young woman is a tapestry weaver, and teaches Elizabeth how to weave. Elizabeth makes friends with some neighbors, and toward the end of the novel, the young woman is murdered in the laundromat in which she works at night. I loved this book as a teenager, and am desperate to remember the title & author, and hopefully find it again! Thank you!
Asked by packmule - Fri May 25 12:50:37 2007 - - 1 Answers - 1 Comments

A. Well, if no one here can provide you with the answer you could always try the following website: It's a really neat website. You give them as much info as you have on the book and they'll do their best to find out the title for you. I've used them several times and they've always found the book I was looking for. Try them, it's completely free! Good luck and happy reading! :-)
Answered by Bookworm - Fri May 25 14:32:34 2007

What is the best fabric to use to tie-dye a tapestry?
Q. I'd like to tie-dye a few tapestries and I don't know what fabric to use. I've read that people use tablecloths and bedsheets but I'm not sure what materials they need to be (100% cotton, or will synthetic fiber blends work?). Also, sheets and tablecloths have different weights and thread counts, are there any that work particularly well and can be found cheaply at a local store? I will be using Procion dye and pretreating with soda ash
Asked by blacklotus90 - Wed Dec 30 15:39:10 2009 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. We seem to be having some differences in concepts here. To me, a tapestry is a heavy woven fabric, made by hand (or now by machine) without use of a shuttle. Typically scenic or floral, used for decorative hangings or heavy draperies or sometimes upholstery. What are you trying to make? Procion MX will dye cellulosics like cotton, rayon, linen; they will also dye silk, wool and nylon, but with color shifts. See the information here: If you try to dye, say, a cotton-poly blend fabric, you'll get a lighter color than intended, a marled color, warp or weft of white, and the other dyed, or some other mixture. The way the fibers were blended to make the fabric will determine it. If you're not using greige goods (PFD, prepared for… [cont.]
Answered by kay - Thu Dec 31 23:25:24 2009

What can I use to hang up a tapestry?
Q. I have a tapestry that I want to hang up in my dorm room but unfortunately, the walls are as hard as rock so I cant use thumbtacks like I usually do. I'm also not allowed to drill any kind of holes in the walls because then I'll be charged for damage to the room later so I was wondering if anyone knows of any kind of super sticky tape or something that I can buy that will hold cloth to a wall but wont superglue it there or cause any damage? Ideas anyone?
Asked by Daria - Sun Oct 4 22:07:05 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Check with some first if you're allowed to do this, but you may be able to use industrial velcro. Roxanne
Answered by Roxanne - Sun Oct 4 22:39:49 2009

My princess smeared lipstick on the back of a tapestry upholstered recliner! How do I get it out?
Q. I tried Resolve and elbow grease, and it lightened it significantly, and the pattern helps to disguise it, but I can still tell it's there. Is there any known household cleaner or Heloise trick (OK, I refuse to try vinegar if that's the case!) that may remove it further?
Asked by shellbugger - Fri Sep 22 16:01:01 2006 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

A. My wife bought a small bottle of some stuff called"OOPS" or better yet,go to a car care place ie; Napa or schucks and purchase a can of upholstry cleaner that has the built in brush on the lid.It works.
Answered by macheen852 - Fri Sep 22 16:09:52 2006

What are good ways to hang tapestry or art on fabric: a 3 x 4 foot quilt; a 15x20 inch batik; an antique rug?
Q. These pieces have no hooks, loops, channels, rods, etc. The quilt and batik have simple cotton lining [sewn only around the outside edges]. The fringed rug has no backing at all. It is delicate, 80 to 100 years old. I want to make sure not to damage the items with pulls, misshape them or puncture them. Thanks so much for any suggestions, or for guidance to a website or reference book.
Asked by bergie - Mon Feb 6 22:27:30 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. They make "Quilt Hangers". I think I bought mine at A.C,Moore. I got it in the unfinished wood section. It is 2 pieces of wood that clamp down togather at the ends, therfore NOT damaging the fabric at all. My antique Quilt looks beautiful hanging in the stair well,
Answered by chyrelanne - Tue Feb 7 10:59:16 2006

What is the difference between a duvet and a tapestry?
Q. HELP! duvets?tapestry?comforter s?
Asked by becky - Sun Jun 7 15:26:39 2009 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

What does the Bayeux Tapestry tell us about William the Conqueror?
Q. Boring Subject I know. But I need 400 - 500 words on it - HELP!!! I particulary also need stuff about where is the Bayeux Tapestry now.
Asked by Llama - Tue Jul 25 04:23:52 2006 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Well it tells us about His wife, his ship, his kingdom, him as a person, how he became king. Try out these websites - www.hastings1066.com www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk Try searching google - William I or Kings of England William The Bayeux Tapestry is now in Bayeux, Normandy, France. Good Luck! P.S - I find it quite interseting actually - worlds first comic strip and it's really educational!
Answered by Georgia - Wed Jul 26 02:09:33 2006

Why was the Bayeux Tapestry important in the study of the Norman conquest of England?
Q. Ive tried studying the question but so far no luck! :(
Asked by ashhhhh :) - Thu Oct 30 02:35:44 2008 - - 2 Answers - 0 Comments

A. It's considered to be a primary source of evidence as it was produced not long after the conquest itself, reputedly by William the Conqueror's wife Matilda (although this is unlikely to be true). So it is the closest we will get to a set of photographs taken of the preparations for the battle and the battle itself. It's one of the few primary sources to survive. It can tell us so much about armour, and the types of boats they used, the horses they used, and all sorts of things we just don't get from descriptions of the battle. I think you need to do some more research about the Tapestry at these websites - this one is particularly good because it does answer your question much better than I have above Battle of Hastings… [cont.]
Answered by northumberland_girl - Thu Oct 30 02:47:55 2008

How do you clean tapestry chairs?
Q. How do you clean tapestry chairs?
Asked by Teeny - Fri Jun 20 14:50:11 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. I assume they are expensive chairs. They sell an upholstery cleaner in the supermarkets, it is a foam, cleaner - spray it on the chairs then rub with a clean sponge. Using lots of old white towels or soft cotton clothes rub off the foam until the seats are clean. When the towels you use to clean off the foam come up clean then that means most of the dirt is out. It takes a lot of elbow grease. You may have to repeat the procedure several times, I do not know how many chairs you have to clean but you will be wise to buy two cans of upholstery cleaner if you have more than 4 chairs. Another thing you can do is rent a steam upholstery machine for this job.
Answered by baremp - Fri Jun 20 20:29:24 2008