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Embellish Me: How to Print, Dye, and Decorate Your Fabric

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Embellish Me: How to Print, Dye, and Decorate Your Fabric Cover

 

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Synopsis:

Embellish Me is the ultimate guide to achieving the perfect surface finish for your fabric-based projects. Comprehensive step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed illustrations that illuminate an extensive range of fabric alteration and embellishment techniques. Learn tie-dyeing, bleaching, and shibori; block, silk-screen, and digital printing; and beading, embroidery, and appliqué. This information-rich guide will equip you with all the information you need to apply these techniques to any number of fabric projects, from tote bags and clothes to cushion covers, lampshades, toys, and home furnishings. Galleries throughout the book will inspire you to engage with these techniques, showing how they have been applied to fabric and providing a valuable starting point for your craft.

Divided into three sections, Embellish Me begins with essential information on tools and materials, as well as a comprehensive chapter on pattern design, which covers computer-rendered patterns in addition to hand-drawn designs. The second section is organized by technique, covering bleaching, dyeing, and printing, as well as more complex embellishing techniques such as embroidery, needle punching, and foil embossing. Each chapter concludes with an artist interview, giving you insight into the working practices of contemporary fabric crafters, and providing further inspiration for your own projects. The third section rounds out the book with instructions for crafters who want to take their fabric designs to the next level, and offers in-depth advice on important issues such as how aspiring crafters can best market and sell their own designs.

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About the Author

Laurie Wisbrun is an author and fabric designer who lives in Austin, Texas. You can find more about her and her work at www.lauriewis.blogspot.com and www.lauriewisbrun.com.
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Table of Contents

SECTION ONE: THE BASICS

Chapter 1: Getting started

Tools and materials

Understanding fabrics

Chapter 2: Designing Patterns

General pattern design tips

Hand rendered patterns

Computer rendered patterns

SECTION TWO: TECHNIQUES

Chapter 3: Bleaching

Removing color

Abstracts

Basic patterns

Motifs and artworks

Gallery

Practitioner interview

Chapter 4: Dyeing

Natural dyes

Dip dyeing and over dyeing

Tie dyeing

Batik

Shibori

Gallery

Practitioner interview

Chapter 5: Printing Patterns

Placement or all over printing

Block printing

Heat transfer printing

Digital printing

Screen printing

Pen and ink

Stenciling

Gallery

Practitioner interview

Chapter 6: Embellishment

Sequins

Beading and buttons

Zips

Fringes

Studs

Toys and trinkets

Stitching

Buttons

Gallery

Practitioner interview

Chapter 7: Specialist techniques

Needle punch

Embroidery

Punching

Appliqué

Foil embossing

Gallery

Practitioner interview

SECTION THREE: GOING PRO

Working with a digital printing service

Developing a collection

Marketing and selling your designs

Practitioner interview

Resources

Glossary

Index

Acknowledgments

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Product Details

ISBN:
9781596688629
Author:
Wisbrun, Laurie
Publisher:
Interweave Press
Edition Description:
Flexibound
Publication Date:
20121231
Binding:
TRADE PAPER
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Two-color art throughout, color photos t
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
9.75 x 7.5 in
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Embellish Me is the ultimate guide to achieving the perfect surface finish for your fabric-based projects. Comprehensive step-by-step instructions are accompanied by detailed illustrations that illuminate an extensive range of fabric alteration and embellishment techniques. Learn tie-dyeing, bleaching, and shibori; block, silk-screen, and digital printing; and beading, embroidery, and appliqué. This information-rich guide will equip you with all the information you need to apply these techniques to any number of fabric projects, from tote bags and clothes to cushion covers, lampshades, toys, and home furnishings. Galleries throughout the book will inspire you to engage with these techniques, showing how they have been applied to fabric and providing a valuable starting point for your craft.

Divided into three sections, Embellish Me begins with essential information on tools and materials, as well as a comprehensive chapter on pattern design, which covers computer-rendered patterns in addition to hand-drawn designs. The second section is organized by technique, covering bleaching, dyeing, and printing, as well as more complex embellishing techniques such as embroidery, needle punching, and foil embossing. Each chapter concludes with an artist interview, giving you insight into the working practices of contemporary fabric crafters, and providing further inspiration for your own projects. The third section rounds out the book with instructions for crafters who want to take their fabric designs to the next level, and offers in-depth advice on important issues such as how aspiring crafters can best market and sell their own designs.
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