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I went to the Artapestry 7 exhibition recently, and it was beautiful. So many fluffy, wooly, shiny textures! Here's my two favourites.

Unfortunately, certain pieces could only be viewed up close, because of the way they were displayed. The one called Birches was completely unrecognisable, because you couldn't get more than 2 meters away...
#tapestry #weaving

More what not to do when framing needlework.

These by my grandparents were framed by *professional framing companies* (in Vermont South and Knox - both no longer exist). One was a tapestry, and another a woolen embroidery behind plastic (purchased as glass).

1 Rusting staples, and mountains of them. Rusted fabric.

2 Sticky tape - packing (!) tape was used, *on the fabric* - staining and brittleness.

3 Heavy chipboard backing plate instead of a proper spanning frame - this swells and bows as it absorbs moisture, crumbles with age as the glues (!!) break down and wood oils come out - discolored fabric.

4 Nailed in place through fabric, backboard and frame at an angle - rusted.

*gah*

The second - brown laminate (!!) backboard, masking tape, packing tape and more rusty staples, both originally nailed into the frame. So much discoloration!

The re-mount (my father) of the last used sensible brackets to hold the tapestry in place ‘cos nails had split the frame and the tapestry had fallen out.

#FiberArts #tapestry @fiberarts #needlework

"You've Got a Friend" is a 1971 song by American singer-songwriter #CaroleKing. It was first recorded by King and included on her second studio album, #Tapestry (1971). Another well-known version by #JamesTaylor appears on his album #MudSlideSlimAndTheBlueHorizon. His was released as a single in 1971, reaching number one on the #Billboard Hot 100 and number four on the #UKSinglesChart. The two versions were recorded simultaneously in 1971 with shared musicians.
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@gedeonm @gruber I really like the colorful look and overall design. Unfortunately Tapestry doesn't work for me yet. For Mastodon I need the possibility to immediately answer or like a post. I don't want to go to Ivory for every like, first hunting for the post I was at in Tapestry. And for RSS, Inoreader for me just does a better job of presenting content in-stream or allow fast access to the original site. I haven't tried YouTube channels yet. #tapestry

After a few days of tweaking, #Tapestry has become my all-in-one-read-everything-online app, including for Mastodon, Bluesky, Reddit, blogs and even YouTube. The trick to make this work is to enable “open in Safari” in settings, which will open each post in their corresponding apps with just one tap if I want to interact with them or see comments. I also have separate timelines for blogs vs social media, though I find myself using the All Feeds timeline most of the time.

Ok I really like #Tapestry but I can’t use it until they have support for content warnings.

I used their own muffle feature (puts stuff behind a warning based on keywords) but that only works if the person uses the keyword in the body of the post… just saw a spoiler because they had the keyword in the text of the CW.