Synopses & Reviews
The Complete Fabric Artist's Workshop is a comprehensive source of all the newest and most popular fiber art techniques! It is a compilation of the best of Fabric Art Projects (Creative Publishing international, 2009) and Fabric Art Workshop (Creative Publishing international, 2007). This technique-driven book explores a wide range of new possibilities and materials available to fabric and journal artists. Each unique technique is presented with brilliant photography and step-by-step instructions. Experiments lead to discoveries. Amaze yourself with exciting fabrics you can fashion, using everyday products and the newest materials on the market. Then turn your works of art into a journal, a quilt, a wall hanging, a garment—whatever you desire.
The Complete Fabric Artist’s Workshop teaches techniques for altering the character and color of fabric to create truly personal pieces. Watch spontaneous designs develop when you try lasagna painting, monoprinting, splash and puddle, and other unique techniques. Burn your silk, rust your cottons, and distress your felt. For each technique, Susan has designed a project that makes the most of your newly crafted fabric. Fuse Angelina fibers into a colorful collage to wrap around plain jars or vases. Send your friends one-of-a-kind fabric postcards made with painted fusible web. Give the dining room cozy ambience with gossamer silk candle covers and monoprinted placemats. Go to work in style with your brayer-printed lunch bag and a quilted, painted folder briefcase. Accessorize an outfit with a designer necklace made of unique fabric beads or drape your neck with a to-die-for rust-dyed scarf. Whether you are an accomplished fabric artist or a novice who's eager to learn, you’ll find The Complete Fabric Artist's Workshop extremely helpful and inspiring.
About the Author
Susan Stein owned a successful quilt and fiber arts shop in St. Paul, Minnesota called Colorful Quilts and Textiles. She stocked all the cutting edge products for quilters and fabric artists who love to go beyond basics into fabric painting, dyeing, fabric manipulation, and other fiber arts. In 2003, Susan was voted Minnesota Quilter of the Year. She is the author of Fabric Art Workshop, The Complete Photo Guide to Textile Art, and The Complete Photo Guide to Art Quilting published by CPi. She has also written two other quilting books and has researched and contributed to numerous Creative Publishing international titles. Susan is now retired, but still quilting and exploring fabric arts for fun!
Table of Contents
Introduction
COLOR AND IMAGERY
Paintstiks Technique Quartet
Paintstik Decorated Apron
Brayer Painting
Brayer-Painted Lunch Bag
Quilted/Painted Folder Briefcase
Sponge Painting
Stamping with Found Objects
Nature Printing
Monoprinting
Monoprinted Placemats
Splash and Puddle Painting
Sunprinting with Paint
Resisting Paint
Painted Tabletop Screen
Lasagna Dyeing
Lasagna Painted Silk Throw
Rust Dyeing
Rust-Dyed Silk Scarf
Screen Printing
Screen-Printed Pillowcase
Shaving Cream Marbling
Color Discharge with Bleach
Discharged Dye Pillow
Image to Fabric Sheet Transfer
Photo-Transfer Mail Sorter
Printout to Fabric Transfer
Inkjet Transparency to Book Cover
TEXTURE AND DEPTH
Foiling Four Ways
Fabric Beads
Fabric Bead Necklace
Silk Fusion
Silk Cocoons and More
Gossamer Silk
Gossamer Silk Candle Cover
Burned-Edge Applique
Burned-Edge Applique Tea Cozy
Distressed Felt
Painted Fusible Web
Painted Fusible Web Postcards
Angelina Fiber
Angelina Jar Wrap
Ribbon Netting
No-Sew Matted Assemblage
Collage with Fabric
Collaged Wall Hanging
GALLERY OF ARTISTS’ PROJECTS
Resources
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index