Fabric Surface Design

Fabric Surface Design
Author: Cheryl Rezendes
Publisher: Storey Publishing
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1603428119

Presents step-by-step instructions for creating surface designs on fabric using textile paints and printing ink, and includes tips on such techniques as stamping, silkscreen, image transfer, marbling, and Japanese shibori.

Cloth that Changed the World

Cloth that Changed the World
Author: Royal Ontario Museum
Publisher: Other Distribution
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Chintz
ISBN: 9780300246797

Published in conjunction with the exhibition originally scheduled to be held at the Royal Ontario Museum from April 4, 2020 to September 27, 2020.

Foolproof Fabric Dyeing

Foolproof Fabric Dyeing
Author: Linda Johansen
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 163
Release: 2020-04-25
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1617459666

A reference guide to all you need to know to dye fabric, including necessary tools, the best dyes, which fabrics to use, additives, precautions, and more. Dyeing expert and author of Fabric Dyer’s Dictionary, Linda Johansen offers a full overview of the process, including special tips and techniques for tricky colors. The compact size is perfect to take along to a class or to the fabric store to match complementary fabrics and materials. And the hidden wire-o binding will allow the guide to lay flat next to your work surface for easy reference. Dyeing is addictive! You’ll come back to this must-have guide over and over Complete and easy-to-follow recipes for every shade and hue for each color of the spectrum Includes directions for Dharma and ProChemical dyes

A Field Guide to Fabric Design

A Field Guide to Fabric Design
Author: Kimberly Kight
Publisher: C&T Publishing Inc
Total Pages: 164
Release: 2011-11-16
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1607056186

A comprehensive, step-by-step resource for fabric design and printing—including tips from top designers. If you’ve ever dreamed of showing your designs on fabric, textile aficionado Kim Kight, of popular blog True Up, is here to teach you how. Comprehensive and refreshingly straightforward, this impressive volume features two main parts. First, the Design and Color section explains the basics with step-by-step tutorials on creating repeating patterns both by hand and on the computer. Next, the Printing section guides you through transferring those designs on fabric—whether it's block printing, screen printing, digital printing or licensing to a fabric company—and how to determine the best method for you. Includes extensive photos and illustrations

The Spoonflower Handbook

The Spoonflower Handbook
Author: Stephen Fraser
Publisher: Abrams
Total Pages: 531
Release: 2015-09-01
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1613129858

An accessible guide to understanding and using Spoonflower to design your own fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap. Designing fabric, wallpaper, and gift wrap used to be the stuff of dreams. Only a few select creatives got to do it, and it required formal training and significant financial investment. But times have changed, and today anyone with a computer, Internet connection, and idea can upload a file and order their own fabric or paper, printed affordably one yard or more at a time. At the forefront of this revolutionary DIY movement is Spoonflower, a North Carolina startup that produces designs for hundreds of thousands of users worldwide—twenty-four hours a day/seven days a week to keep up with demand. With step-by-step tutorials and projects that span a wide spectrum of skills, The Spoonflower Handbook is written for both new and experienced users of this print-on-demand technology. Covering everything from equipment to software to working with photos, scans, repeats, vector files, and more, it is an essential guide to a booming new creative outlet.

Painting with Fabric

Painting with Fabric
Author: Jeanine Malaney
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012-12-12
Genre: Quilting
ISBN: 9781480199729

Painting With Fabric Artist Jeanine Malaney explains how to creating artworks utilizing fabric. This technique will allow you to paint a picture with fabric! It's not a typo...it is not painting on fabric, though Jeanine does utilize paints minimally for shading or highlighting; rather, this is creating a "painting" with the medium of fabric instead of paint! Soooooo fun and less threatening than using paints. You will learn the process of finding an inspiration, establishing a design based on the elements of artistic composition, selecting appropriate fabrics, collage layering, use of paint for detail and shading. Also included are design tips for skies, water, mountains, rocks, cliffs, foliage, trees, figures and buildings. If you want to create original and unique fabric collages, one-of-a-kind watercolor or landscape quilts, and without the purchase of any kind of kit, this is your book

Fabric Printing at Home

Fabric Printing at Home
Author: Julie Booth
Publisher: Quarry Books
Total Pages: 131
Release: 2015-11-15
Genre: Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN: 1627883940

You don't have to be a fashion designer to create your own amazing fabrics! Fabric Printing at Home will show you how to create your own fabric prints using all of the traditional techniques, as well as techniques using regular everyday things you find around your kitchen! With tons of color photos, step-by-step instructions, and helpful hints, you will be crafting your very own fabric designs in no time! Learn to make print blocks, rubbing plates, stencils, fabric resists, and colorants from a wide range kitchen materials. Learn how your favorite fruits and veggies will add the perfect shapes and textures to your fabrics, or how to use recycled materials for surface design. Before you know it, you'll be crafting beautiful fabrics worthy of runways from common materials in your kitchen!

Kalamkari

Kalamkari
Author: Nelly H. Sethna
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1985
Genre: Textile fabrics
ISBN: