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A Perfect Red: Empire, Espionage, and the Quest for the Color of Desire
by Amy Butler Greenfield  Publisher Comments This colorful account is a richly researched, dramatic, enthralling look thatportrays the color red as a driving force in history and empire since ancienttimes. 8-page color insert....
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Print Liberation: The Screen Printing Primer
by Nick Paparone Synopsis Print Liberation is a comprehensive DIY guide to screen printing for both novice crafters as well as experienced artists. The book begins by giving readers a brief history of screen-printing while outlining the basic principles of the process including...
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Creative Surface Design: Painting, Stamping, Stenciling and Embossing Fabric & More
by Sandy Scrivano Publisher Comments Now you can add your own personal touches, including many types of fabric, leather, suede and wood. It's easy when you follow the instructions in this book....
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Shibori: The Inventive Art of Japanese Shaped Resist Dyeing
by Yoshiko Wada Publisher Comments A comprehensive study of Japan's tradition of shaped resist dyeing, detailing the history, techniques, patterns and modern artistry that yields unrivaled subtlety and beauty admired the world over....
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Shibori for Textile Artists
by Janice Gunner Publisher Comments Shibori is the Japanese term (from the word meaning "to squeeze or wring") for the dye-resist technique of binding, clamping or gathering the cloth so that the dye cannot reach certain parts. The result is a most powerful combination: a carefully...
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Craft of Natural Dyeing
by Jenny Dean Publisher Comments A complete guide to growing plants for natural dyes and instructions for their use....
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Floorcloth Magic: How to Paint Canvas Rugs for Decorative Home Use
by Lisa Curry Mair Publisher Comments You're tired of staring at bare hardwood floors, but the cost of carpeting makes you cringe. You're fed up with endless vacuuming. You'd like to turn your creative energies to home dTcor. What to do? Make floorcloths! These hand-painted durable canvas...
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The Yarn Lover's Guide to Hand Dyeing: Beautiful Color and Simple Knits
by Linda La Belle Publisher Comments For knitters and crocheters who want to take their craft to the next level bycreating their own unique, handpainted yarns Linda LaBelle offers a practicalprimer for kitchen-sink dyeing plus 50 patterns and tips.Potter...
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Complex Cloth: A Comprehensive Guide to Surface Design
by Jane Dunnewold Publisher Comments Innovative surface-design techniques combine dyeing, bleaching, painting, stamping and stenciling to create rich, visually complex fabrics....
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Natural Dyeing
by Jackie Crook Publisher Comments For thousands of years, natural dyes have been celebrated for their subtlety and diversity--and, thanks to contemporary concerns about chemicals and toxins, their popularity is surging again. Fortunately, as this vibrant guide so elegantly shows, the...
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Memory on Cloth: Contemporary Shibori Innovations
by Yoshiko Iwamoto Wada Publisher Comments Shibori is infinitely more than the tie-dye that became well known in the late 1960s. Shaped-resist dyeing techniques have been done for centuries in every corner of the world. Yet more than half of the known techniques-in which cloth is in some way tied,...
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The Surface Designer's Handbook: Dyeing, Printing, Painting, and Creating Resists on Fabric
by Holly Brackman Publisher Comments Beginning with studio practices and safety rules, this information-packed handbook is appropriate for both newcomers and experienced dyers but assumes that readers have a serious interest in textile design. An overview of dyeing starts with fibers and...
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Hands on Dyeing
by Betsy Blumenthal Publisher Comments Open up new worlds of color for fiber, fabric, and yarn, using readily available dyestuffs and common household equipment....
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A Weaver S Garden: Growing Plants for Natural Dyes and Fibers
by Rita Buchanan Publisher Comments Valuable hints on dyeing fibers and fabrics, soap plants to use for cleaning textiles, fragrant plants to scent and protect fabrics; planning and creating a garden featuring cotton, flax, indigo, much more....
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The Weekend Crafter: Painting Floorcloths: 20 Canvas Rugs to Stamp, Stencil, Sponge, and Spatter in a Weekend (Weekend Crafter)
by Kathy Cooper Synopsis This follow-up to the successful Complete Book of Floorcloths is a shorter, less-expensive, entry-level paperback by the same author. Step-by-step color photos and reader-friendly instructions guide readers through colorful contemporary projects, from...
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Dyes from American Native Plants: A Practical Guide
by Lynne Richards Publisher Comments The dyeing of textiles and other materials is a rewarding and delightful way to bring the colors of nature to daily living. In our technological age, dyes from plants offer subtle and diverse hues unavailable from synthetic dyestuffs. They connect...
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More Photo Fun: Exciting New Ideas for Printing on Fabric for Quilts & Crafts
by Hewlett Packard Comp Publisher Comments Use the latest technology to enliven one of America's oldest forms of folk art! "More Photo Fun provides step-by-step recipes for creating fabulous effects on fabric, using your digital camera, scanner, printer, and/or computer. You will learn how to...
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Printing by Hand: A Modern Guide to Printing with Handmade Stamps, Stencils, and Silk Screens
by Lena Corwin About the Author Lena Corwin is a textile designer and illustrator based in Brooklyn. Among her clients are Marithé + François Girbaud, Calvin Klein, Jill Stuart, and Elle Decor magazine. She also illustrated Stewart, Tabori and Chang’s Kids Crochet and...
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The Complete Book of Floorcloths: Designs & Techniques for Painting Great-Looking Canvas Rugs
by Kathy Cooper Synopsis Transform a piece of canvas into the focal point of any room with water-based paints, a sewing machine, standard painting tools, and 10 simple steps. Ten projects, ranging from tight geometric patterns to free-form squibbles and whimsical shapes, can be...
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Color on Cloth: Create Stunning Effects with Dye on Fabric
by Ruth Issett Publisher Comments Simple cold-water dyes can unleash the power of color in your favorite fabrics to glorious effect. Clear, detailed instructions inspire you to try direct dyeing, layered dyeing, painting with dye, and pattern dyeing and folding techniques. Other...
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